Christopher C. Finlay

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher C. Finlay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher C. Finlay has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Geophysics and 41 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Christopher C. Finlay's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (79 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (34 papers). Christopher C. Finlay is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (79 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (34 papers). Christopher C. Finlay collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, France and Switzerland. Christopher C. Finlay's co-authors include Nils Olsen, Lars Tøffner‐Clausen, Nicolas Gillet, Julien Aubert, Andrew Jackson, Alexandre Fournier, Magnus Hammer, Mathieu Dumberry, Stavros Kotsiaros and Terence J. Sabaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher C. Finlay

87 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

The CHAOS-7 geomagnetic field model and observed changes in the South Atlantic Anomaly

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher C. Finlay Denmark	36	2.9k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	88	3.4k
Gauthier Hulot France	35	3.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	112	4.4k
R. Holme United Kingdom	29	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	705 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	591 0.6×	71	2.6k
Vincent Lesur Germany	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	939 0.7×	446 0.4×	777 0.8×	82	2.4k
Gary A. Glatzmaier United States	38	3.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	74	5.2k
Michael E. Purucker United States	36	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.5k 1.8×	787 0.7×	285 0.3×	80	3.9k
Erwan Thébault France	27	1.4k 0.5×	992 0.6×	679 0.5×	510 0.5×	487 0.5×	82	1.9k
Julien Aubert France	39	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	107	4.7k
Terence J. Sabaka United States	39	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	725 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	87	4.4k
F. J. Lowes United Kingdom	22	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	672 0.5×	487 0.4×	497 0.5×	71	2.0k
Nicolas Gillet France	25	1.7k 0.6×	745 0.5×	656 0.5×	749 0.7×	740 0.7×	52	1.8k

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Finlay, Christopher C., Clemens Kloss, & Nicolas Gillet. (2025). Core field changes from eleven years of Swarm satellite observations. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 368. 107447–107447. 1 indexed citations

Livermore, Philip W., et al.. (2025). Local flow estimation at the top of the Earth’s core using Physics Informed Neural Networks. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 367. 107424–107424. 1 indexed citations

Finlay, Christopher C., et al.. (2024). Co-estimation of core and lithospheric magnetic fields by a maximum entropy method. Geophysical Journal International. 236(3). 1646–1667. 2 indexed citations

Finlay, Christopher C., et al.. (2024). Macau Scientific Satellite‐1 Initial Magnetic Field Model. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(22). 9 indexed citations

Finlay, Christopher C., et al.. (2024). Satellite monitoring of long period ocean-induced magnetic field variations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2286). 20240077–20240077. 1 indexed citations

Grayver, Alexander, Christopher C. Finlay, & Nils Olsen. (2024). Magnetic signals from oceanic tides: new satellite observations and applications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2286). 20240078–20240078. 4 indexed citations

Kloss, Clemens, Christopher C. Finlay, K. M. Laundal, & Nils Olsen. (2023). Polar ionospheric currents and high temporal resolution geomagnetic field models. Geophysical Journal International. 235(2). 1736–1760. 5 indexed citations

Whaler, Kathy, Magnus Hammer, Christopher C. Finlay, & Nils Olsen. (2022). Core Surface Flow Changes Associated With the 2017 Pacific Geomagnetic Jerk. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(15). e2022GL098616–e2022GL098616. 11 indexed citations

Finlay, Christopher C., et al.. (2022). Localized Origin at the Core‐Mantle Boundary of the 1969 Geomagnetic Impulse. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 2 indexed citations

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Hansen, Thomas Mejer & Christopher C. Finlay. (2022). Use of Machine Learning to Estimate Statistics of the Posterior Distribution in Probabilistic Inverse Problems—An Application to Airborne EM Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(11). 21 indexed citations

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Whaler, Kathy, Magnus Hammer, Christopher C. Finlay, & Nils Olsen. (2020). Core-mantle boundary flows obtained purely from Swarm secular variation gradient information. 5 indexed citations

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Huder, Loïc, et al.. (2020). COV-OBS.x2: 180 years of geomagnetic field evolution from ground-based and satellite observations. Earth Planets and Space. 72(1). 160–160. 40 indexed citations

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Kloss, Clemens & Christopher C. Finlay. (2018). Time-dependent low-latitude core flow and geomagnetic field acceleration pulses. Geophysical Journal International. 217(1). 140–168. 42 indexed citations

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Finlay, Christopher C., et al.. (2018). Scale separated low viscosity dynamos and dissipation within the Earth’s core. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12566–12566. 23 indexed citations

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Livermore, Philip W., Christopher C. Finlay, & Rainer Hollerbach. (2017). An accelerating high-latitude jet in Earth's core. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 8092. 2 indexed citations

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Thébault, Erwan & Christopher C. Finlay. (2015). The International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the twelfth generation. EGUGA. 15055. 8 indexed citations

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Pavón–Carrasco, Fco. Javier, J. M. Torta, Santiago Marsal, & Christopher C. Finlay. (2015). Evidence for a New Geomagnetic Jerk in 2014. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 31 indexed citations

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Kotsiaros, Stavros, Christopher C. Finlay, & Nils Olsen. (2014). Estimation of the magnetic field gradient tensor using the Swarm constellation. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 16. 5611. 1 indexed citations

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Gillet, Nicolas, D. Jault, Christopher C. Finlay, & Nils Olsen. (2013). Stochastic modelling of the Earth's magnetic field: inversion for covariances over the observatory era. European geosciences union general assembly. 15. 8 indexed citations

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Aubert, Julien, Christopher C. Finlay, & Alexandre Fournier. (2013). Bottom-up control of geomagnetic secular variation by the Earth’s inner core. Nature. 502(7470). 219–223. 152 indexed citations

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