Christine Thomas

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Christine Thomas is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Thomas has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Ocean Engineering and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christine Thomas's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (84 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (80 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (61 papers). Christine Thomas is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (84 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (80 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (61 papers). Christine Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Christine Thomas's co-authors include Sebastian Rost, J. W. Hernlund, Paul Tackley, J. M. Kendall, Edward J. Garnero, Fred F. Pollitz, Roy Livermore, Thorne Lay, James Wookey and Luca De Siena and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christine Thomas

103 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

ARRAY SEISMOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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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. ARRAY SEISMOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
    2002 754 citations Sebastian Rost, Christine Thomas profile →

Peers

Christine Thomas
James Wookey United Kingdom
Sidao Ni China
S. Hung Taiwan
U. Faul United States
S. J. Webb South Africa
Jeroen Ritsema United States
Hitoshi Kawakatsu Japan
Ya‐Ju Hsu Taiwan
James Wookey United Kingdom
Christine Thomas
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Countries citing papers authored by Christine Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christine Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christine Thomas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christine Thomas. Christine Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Thomas, Christine, et al.. (2025). On the Influence of Pressure, Phase Transitions, and Water on Large‐Scale Seismic Anisotropy Underneath a Subduction Zone. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christine, et al.. (2024). Pressure-dependent large-scale seismic anisotropy induced by non-Newtonian mantle flow. Geophysical Journal International. 238(1). 400–419. 1 indexed citations
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Meijde, M. van der, et al.. (2024). Waveform Fitting of Receiver Functions for Enhanced Retrieval of Crustal Structure in the Presence of Sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(5). 3 indexed citations
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Seghedi, Ioan, et al.. (2023). The seismic attenuation signature of collisional orogens and sedimentary basins within the Carpathian Orogen. Global and Planetary Change. 223. 104093–104093. 8 indexed citations
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Castelnau, O., Jin S. Zhang, Julien Chantel, et al.. (2023). Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures, and Seismic Anisotropy of Wadsleyite in the Earth's Transition Zone. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(11). 2 indexed citations
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Durand, S., et al.. (2023). Deep Earth rotational seismology. Geophysical Journal International. 234(3). 2365–2374. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Daoyuan, et al.. (2023). A New Seismic Phase to Detect Mid‐Mantle Scatterers. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(2). 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christine, et al.. (2023). On the Importance of Using Directional Information in the Search for Lower Mantle Reflectors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 96–104. 3 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Joachim, Wolfgang Friederich, M. Korn, et al.. (2022). UNIBRA/DSEBRA: The German Seismological Broadband Array and Its Contribution to AlpArray—Deployment and Performance. Seismological Research Letters. 93(4). 2077–2095. 2 indexed citations
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Chantel, Julien, Anna Pakhomova, Rachel J. Husband, et al.. (2022). Textures Induced by the Coesite‐Stishovite Transition and Implications for the Visibility of the X‐Discontinuity. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(10). 2 indexed citations
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Peter, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Reduction of wind-turbine-generated seismic noise with structural measures. Wind energy science. 7(3). 1227–1239. 5 indexed citations
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Andrault, D., S. Durand, Zuzana Konôpková, et al.. (2019). Kinetics and detectability of the bridgmanite to post-perovskite transformation in the Earth's D″ layer. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5680–5680. 6 indexed citations
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Ballmer, Maxim, et al.. (2016). Compositional layering within the large low shear‐wave velocity provinces in the lower mantle. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 17(12). 5056–5077. 62 indexed citations
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Villaseñor, Antonio, et al.. (2013). Ambient seismic noise levels: A survey of the permanent and temporary seismographic networks in Morocco, North Africa. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christine, Edward J. Garnero, & N. C. Schmerr. (2008). Upper Mantle Discontinuity Structure From Wavefield Migration of Precursors to SS and PP. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christine. (2005). Seismic Structure of the Lowermost Mantle. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Pulkkinen, T. I., P. Janhunen, A. Viljanen, et al.. (1998). Observations of Substorm Electrodynamics Using the MIRACLE Network. 238. 111–114. 58 indexed citations

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