A. Alexander G. Webb

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

A. Alexander G. Webb is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Alexander G. Webb has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in A. Alexander G. Webb's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (47 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers). A. Alexander G. Webb is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (47 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers). A. Alexander G. Webb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and China. A. Alexander G. Webb's co-authors include An Yin, W. B. Moore, T. Mark Harrison, Julien Célérier, Wentao Huang, Eduardo Garzanti, Wei An, Xiumian Hu, Jiangang Wang and C. S. Dubey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Alexander G. Webb

55 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

The timing of India-Asia ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The timing of India-Asia collision onset – Facts, theories, controversies
    2016 671 citations A. Alexander G. Webb et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Alexander G. Webb United States 27 3.2k 657 507 271 245 60 3.7k
Isabelle Manighetti France 35 3.9k 1.2× 477 0.7× 847 1.7× 354 1.3× 324 1.3× 67 4.3k
B. D. Turrin United States 28 1.7k 0.5× 365 0.6× 1.1k 2.1× 313 1.2× 215 0.9× 92 2.5k
Colin W. Devey Germany 34 2.9k 0.9× 673 1.0× 695 1.4× 205 0.8× 373 1.5× 119 3.8k
Junling Pei China 29 2.1k 0.6× 390 0.6× 641 1.3× 235 0.9× 357 1.5× 111 2.7k
Jamshid Hassanzadeh United States 32 3.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 575 1.1× 195 0.7× 152 0.6× 58 4.0k
Richard S. Fiske United States 32 3.2k 1.0× 565 0.9× 1.1k 2.2× 467 1.7× 362 1.5× 62 3.7k
Gary J. Axen United States 35 4.4k 1.4× 754 1.1× 861 1.7× 473 1.7× 333 1.4× 94 5.0k
Nathan A. Niemi United States 28 1.9k 0.6× 250 0.4× 951 1.9× 253 0.9× 121 0.5× 78 2.5k
I. D. Bastow United Kingdom 42 4.6k 1.4× 453 0.7× 366 0.7× 408 1.5× 512 2.1× 112 4.9k
Massimo Pompilio Italy 32 2.7k 0.8× 503 0.8× 874 1.7× 153 0.6× 64 0.3× 85 3.2k

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All Works

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Gong, Junfeng, A. Alexander G. Webb, Rasmus Thiede, et al.. (2025). Tectonics dominates exhumation along the Himalayan arc. Earth-Science Reviews. 271. 105298–105298.
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Webb, A. Alexander G., et al.. (2025). Quantifying salt extrusion versus surface salt flow rates at Mt. Sedom to gain insights on its mechanics and potential external atmospheric forcing. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 664. 119446–119446.
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Liu, Shuaiqi, Guibin Zhang, Lifei Zhang, & A. Alexander G. Webb. (2023). Omphacite Melting and the Destruction of Early High‐Pressure Rock Records. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(11). 3 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., Emily J. Chin, Lukáš Ackerman, et al.. (2022). Earth's Earliest Phaneritic Ultramafic Rocks: Mantle Slices or Crustal Cumulates?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(12). 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guibin, Jiaxing Wang, A. Alexander G. Webb, et al.. (2021). The protoliths of central Himalayan eclogites. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 134(7-8). 1949–1966. 17 indexed citations
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Shen, Tianyi, Guocan Wang, Anne Replumaz, et al.. (2020). Miocene Subsidence and Surface Uplift of Southernmost Tibet Induced by Indian Subduction Dynamics. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(10). 12 indexed citations
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Zhiqin, Xu, et al.. (2016). The Relationship between the Xianshuihe Fault Zone and Yala Snow Mountain Gneiss Dome in the Songpan-Ganzi Orogenic Belt. 90(11). 2998. 6 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., Cécile Lasserre, Marie‐Pierre Doin, et al.. (2016). The variety of subaerial active salt deformations in the Kuqa fold-thrust belt (China) constrained by InSAR. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 450. 83–95. 11 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., et al.. (2015). Discussion Starter: The Case for Duplexing without Channel Flow During the Development and Emplacement of the Himalayan Middle Crust. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Leier, Andrew, et al.. (2014). Provenance of the Cretaceous Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada: Implications for Continental-Scale Sediment Transport. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 84(2). 136–143. 70 indexed citations
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He, Dian, A. Alexander G. Webb, Kyle P. Larson, Aaron J. Martin, & Axel K. Schmitt. (2014). Extrusion vs. duplexing models of Himalayan mountain building 3: duplexing dominates from the Oligocene to Present. International Geology Review. 57(1). 1–27. 89 indexed citations
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Moore, W. B. & A. Alexander G. Webb. (2013). Heat-pipe Earth. Nature. 501(7468). 501–505. 232 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., An Yin, & C. S. Dubey. (2012). U-Pb zircon geochronology of major lithologic units in the eastern Himalaya: Implications for the origin and assembly of Himalayan rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 125(3-4). 499–522. 109 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G.. (2011). . Geosphere. 7(4). 1013–1013. 190 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G.. (2008). Structural Evidence for the Leading Edge of the Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex in the Kathmandu Region, Central Nepal Himalaya. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., An Yin, T. Mark Harrison, Julien Célérier, & W. Paul Burgess. (2007). The leading edge of the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex revealed in the NW Indian Himalaya: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan orogen. Geology. 35(10). 955–955. 157 indexed citations
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Webb, A. Alexander G., An Yin, P. G. Burnard, & Ann E. Blythe. (2002). Timing the Initiation of Extension Along the Shanxi Rift, China, With Implications for the Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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