Alexander Koptev

1.2k total citations
35 papers, 845 citations indexed

About

Alexander Koptev is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Koptev has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 845 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Alexander Koptev's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (30 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers). Alexander Koptev is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (30 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers). Alexander Koptev collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Netherlands. Alexander Koptev's co-authors include Sylvie Leroy, E. Calais, Taras Gerya, Sierd Cloetingh, Evgueni Burov, Todd A. Ehlers, E. Burov, T. V. Gerya, Anouk Beniest and А. В. Ершов and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Koptev

33 papers receiving 826 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Koptev Germany 20 777 121 77 71 62 35 845
C. Ayala Spain 19 803 1.0× 85 0.7× 132 1.7× 75 1.1× 70 1.1× 56 880
Patricia W. Dickerson United States 6 315 0.4× 133 1.1× 111 1.4× 83 1.2× 43 0.7× 13 416
C. M. R. Fowler United Kingdom 12 695 0.9× 122 1.0× 74 1.0× 85 1.2× 57 0.9× 16 791
P. R. N. Chindandali United States 18 577 0.7× 258 2.1× 128 1.7× 52 0.7× 23 0.4× 37 656
Violaine Combier France 9 674 0.9× 82 0.7× 30 0.4× 91 1.3× 38 0.6× 14 744
S. H. Harder United States 16 895 1.2× 70 0.6× 56 0.7× 76 1.1× 19 0.3× 51 952
Nigel C. Morewood Ireland 11 365 0.5× 60 0.5× 61 0.8× 123 1.7× 36 0.6× 12 422
Oğuz H. Göğüş Türkiye 15 903 1.2× 50 0.4× 35 0.5× 75 1.1× 20 0.3× 31 949
Arie J. van der Velden Canada 13 876 1.1× 79 0.7× 48 0.6× 75 1.1× 47 0.8× 16 935
M. Moreira Portugal 11 381 0.5× 45 0.4× 51 0.7× 128 1.8× 40 0.6× 22 446

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Koptev

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jolivet, L., T. W. Becker, Anne Davaille, et al.. (2025). Continental rifts and mantle convection. Earth-Science Reviews. 270. 105243–105243.
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Koptev, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Topography Response to Horizontal Slab Tearing and Oblique Continental Collision: Insights From 3D Thermomechanical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(10). 3 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander & Sierd Cloetingh. (2024). Role of Large Igneous Provinces in continental break-up varying from “Shirker” to “Producer”. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 11 indexed citations
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Botsyun, Svetlana, Todd A. Ehlers, Alexander Koptev, et al.. (2022). Middle Miocene Climate and Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Europe Based on Numerical Modeling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(10). 13 indexed citations
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Botsyun, Svetlana, Sebastian G. Mutz, Todd A. Ehlers, et al.. (2022). Influence of Large‐Scale Atmospheric Dynamics on Precipitation Seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia in Cold and Warm Climates During the Late Cenozoic. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(12). 7 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, et al.. (2022). 3D geodynamic-geomorphologic modelling of deformation and exhumation at curved plate boundaries: Implications for the southern Alaskan plate corner. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 14260–14260. 3 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, Sierd Cloetingh, István Kovàcs, Taras Gerya, & Todd A. Ehlers. (2021). Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 565. 116925–116925. 25 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, Anouk Beniest, Taras Gerya, et al.. (2019). Plume‐Induced Breakup of a Subducting Plate: Microcontinent Formation Without Cessation of the Subduction Process. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(7). 3663–3675. 23 indexed citations
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Koulakov, Iván, et al.. (2018). Collisional Processes in the Crust of the Northern Tien Shan Inferred From Velocity and Attenuation Tomography Studies. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(2). 1752–1769. 28 indexed citations
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Ehlers, Todd A., et al.. (2018). The influence of upper-plate advance and erosion on overriding plate deformation in orogen syntaxes. Solid Earth. 9(6). 1207–1224. 21 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, Taras Gerya, E. Calais, Sylvie Leroy, & Evgueni Burov. (2018). Afar triple junction triggered by plume-assisted bi-directional continental break-up. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14742–14742. 34 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, E. Calais, Evgueni Burov, Sylvie Leroy, & Taras Gerya. (2018). Along‐Axis Variations of Rift Width in a Coupled Lithosphere‐Mantle System, Application to East Africa. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(11). 5362–5370. 25 indexed citations
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Beniest, Anouk, Alexander Koptev, Sylvie Leroy, William Sassi, & Xavier Guichet. (2017). Two‐Branch Break‐up Systems by a Single Mantle Plume: Insights from Numerical Modeling. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9589–9597. 30 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, E. Calais, E. Burov, Sylvie Leroy, & T. V. Gerya. (2015). Dual continental rift systems generated by plume–lithosphere interaction. Nature Geoscience. 8(5). 388–392. 167 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, Evgueni Burov, E. Calais, et al.. (2015). Contrasted continental rifting via plume-craton interaction: Applications to Central East African Rift. Geoscience Frontiers. 7(2). 221–236. 67 indexed citations
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Burov, Evgueni, Taras Gerya, & Alexander Koptev. (2014). Impact of lithosphere rheology on the dynamic topography. EGUGA. 9186. 2 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander, et al.. (2013). The stress state of the Earth’s lithosphere: Results of statistical processing of the world stress-map data. Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 68(1). 17–25. 11 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander & А. В. Ершов. (2011). Thermal thickness of the Earth’s lithosphere: a numerical model. Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 66(5). 323–330. 17 indexed citations
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Koptev, Alexander & А. В. Ершов. (2010). The role of the gravitational potential of the lithosphere in the formation of a global stress field. Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth. 46(12). 1080–1094. 21 indexed citations

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