A. K. McNamara

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

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A. K. McNamara is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, A. K. McNamara has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in A. K. McNamara's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers). A. K. McNamara is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers). A. K. McNamara collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. A. K. McNamara's co-authors include Edward J. Garnero, Shijie Zhong, Mingming Li, Peter E. van Keken, Sang‐Heon Shim, Jeroen Ritsema, A. L. Bull, Shun-ichiro Karato, Sebastian Rost and Michael Gurnis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. K. McNamara

45 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Continent-sized anomalous zones with low seismic velocity at the base of Earth's mantle

2016 287 citations Edward J. Garnero, A. K. McNamara et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. K. McNamara United States	30	3.1k	209	171	151	84	46	3.4k
Frédéric Deschamps Taiwan	29	2.3k 0.7×	240 1.1×	170 1.0×	416 2.8×	72 0.9×	83	2.7k
Arwen Deuss United Kingdom	31	3.4k 1.1×	206 1.0×	105 0.6×	61 0.4×	36 0.4×	75	3.6k
U. Faul United States	34	3.3k 1.1×	54 0.3×	135 0.8×	252 1.7×	249 3.0×	54	3.6k
Yozo Hamano Japan	25	1.1k 0.3×	655 3.1×	478 2.8×	211 1.4×	49 0.6×	90	1.6k
Eh Tan United States	17	1.3k 0.4×	111 0.5×	91 0.5×	116 0.8×	50 0.6×	38	1.5k
J. A. Tyburczy United States	25	1.4k 0.5×	61 0.3×	134 0.8×	469 3.1×	108 1.3×	45	1.9k
Maxim Ballmer United Kingdom	25	1.6k 0.5×	61 0.3×	143 0.8×	277 1.8×	39 0.5×	60	1.8k
V. Lekić United States	29	2.8k 0.9×	148 0.7×	203 1.2×	380 2.5×	48 0.6×	75	3.0k
K. Tsuno United States	19	1.4k 0.4×	93 0.4×	128 0.7×	569 3.8×	75 0.9×	26	1.7k
Sebastian Rost United Kingdom	26	2.4k 0.8×	102 0.5×	109 0.6×	52 0.3×	40 0.5×	72	2.6k

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McNamara, A. K., et al.. (2025). How increased intrinsic viscosity of lower mantle compositional reservoirs affects their spatial and morphological stability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 662. 119393–119393. 1 indexed citations

Munuera, Jose, Cian Gabbett, Joseph Neilson, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the Influence of Nanosheet Aspect Ratio on Network Morphology and Junction Resistance in Solution-Processed Nanosheet Networks. ACS Nano. 19(37). 33118–33133. 1 indexed citations

McNamara, A. K., et al.. (2019). Dynamical investigation of a thickening ice-shell: Implications for the icy moon Europa. Icarus. 329. 251–269. 17 indexed citations

Garnero, Edward J., et al.. (2017). Intermittent and lateral varying ULVZ structure at the northeastern margin of the Pacific LLSVP. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 122(2). 1198–1220. 31 indexed citations

Li, Mingming, A. K. McNamara, & Edward J. Garnero. (2014). Chemical complexity of hotspots caused by cycling oceanic crust through mantle reservoirs. Nature Geoscience. 7(5). 366–370. 132 indexed citations

McNamara, A. K., et al.. (2013). Three dimensional morphology and dynamics of ultra-low velocity zones. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Li, Mingming & A. K. McNamara. (2013). The difficulty for subducted oceanic crust to accumulate at the Earth's core‐mantle boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(4). 1807–1816. 64 indexed citations

Cottaar, Sanne, et al.. (2012). Forward modeling the perovskite-postperovskite transition in seismically anisotropic models beneath a slab. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012.

McNamara, A. K., Edward J. Garnero, & Sebastian Rost. (2010). Tracking deep mantle reservoirs with ultra-low velocity zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 299(1-2). 1–9. 181 indexed citations

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Bull, A. L., A. K. McNamara, & Jeroen Ritsema. (2009). Synthetic tomography of plume clusters and thermochemical piles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 278(3-4). 152–162. 103 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K., et al.. (2008). Dynamics of the Ultra Low Velocity Zone. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K., et al.. (2007). Toward understanding Ultra Low Velocity Zone dynamics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Ritsema, Jeroen, A. K. McNamara, & A. L. Bull. (2007). Tomographic filtering of geodynamic models: Implications for model interpretation and large‐scale mantle structure. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(B1). 80 indexed citations

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Rost, Sebastian, et al.. (2005). Detection of Subducted Lithosphere in the Midmantle From Asymmetric PP Reflections. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K. & Shijie Zhong. (2005). Thermochemical structures beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean. Nature. 437(7062). 1136–1139. 361 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K. & Shijie Zhong. (2004). The influence of thermochemical convection on the fixity of mantle plumes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 222(2). 485–500. 41 indexed citations

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Zhong, Shijie, J. H. Roberts, & A. K. McNamara. (2004). On the Dynamic Origin of the Crustal Dichotomy and Its Implications for early Mars Evolution. 76. 1 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K., Peter E. van Keken, & Shun‐ichiro Karato. (2003). Development of finite strain in the convecting lower mantle and its implications for seismic anisotropy. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(B5). 51 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K., Peter E. van Keken, & Shun-ichiro Karato. (2002). Development of anisotropic structure in the Earth's lower mantle by solid-state convection. Nature. 416(6878). 310–314. 122 indexed citations

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McNamara, A. K., Conall Mac Niocaill, Ben A. van der Pluijm, & Rob Van der Voo. (2001). West African proximity of the Avalon terrane in the latest Precambrian. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 113(9). 1161–1170. 58 indexed citations

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