Clinton P. Conrad

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Clinton P. Conrad is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clinton P. Conrad has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Geophysics, 20 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Clinton P. Conrad's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Clinton P. Conrad is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Clinton P. Conrad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and France. Clinton P. Conrad's co-authors include Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni, Bradford H. Hager, M. D. Behn, Péter Molnár, Laurent Husson, Paul G. Silver, T. W. Becker, Eugene I. Smith, Michael Gurnis and Claudio Faccenna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Clinton P. Conrad

103 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Reassessment of 20th century global mean sea level rise 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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. Reassessment of 20th century global mean sea level rise
    2017 242 citations Clinton P. Conrad et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clinton P. Conrad United States 39 4.0k 858 438 410 390 105 5.0k
Colin W. Devey Germany 34 2.9k 0.7× 695 0.8× 249 0.6× 373 0.9× 205 0.5× 119 3.8k
R. W. Hobbs United Kingdom 34 2.7k 0.7× 556 0.6× 191 0.4× 697 1.7× 428 1.1× 234 3.9k
Mathilde Cannat France 44 6.0k 1.5× 921 1.1× 228 0.5× 654 1.6× 298 0.8× 171 7.0k
William W. Chadwick United States 43 3.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 109 0.2× 438 1.1× 469 1.2× 141 4.5k
Anthony Koppers United States 37 4.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 451 1.0× 714 1.7× 234 0.6× 145 5.3k
S. P. Grand United States 44 7.3k 1.8× 624 0.7× 122 0.3× 309 0.8× 358 0.9× 112 7.9k
S. A. Soule United States 31 1.5k 0.4× 859 1.0× 99 0.2× 207 0.5× 249 0.6× 86 2.3k
William F. Haxby United States 24 1.9k 0.5× 681 0.8× 92 0.2× 386 0.9× 339 0.9× 34 3.0k
G. M. Kent United States 38 4.2k 1.0× 774 0.9× 75 0.2× 568 1.4× 316 0.8× 125 4.7k
Peter Bird United States 46 8.0k 2.0× 591 0.7× 188 0.4× 552 1.3× 267 0.7× 92 8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clinton P. Conrad

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Magni, Valentina, et al.. (2025). Hydrous Regions of the Mantle Transition Zone Lie Beneath Areas of Continental Intraplate Volcanism. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2024). Recent ice melt above a mantle plume track is accelerating the uplift of Southeast Greenland. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 3 indexed citations
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Mohn, Chris E., Razvan Caracas, & Clinton P. Conrad. (2024). Lower mantle water distribution from ab initio proton diffusivity in bridgmanite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 649. 119095–119095. 3 indexed citations
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Király, Ágnés, et al.. (2024). The Importance of Anisotropic Viscosity in Numerical Models, for Olivine Textures in Shear and Subduction Deformations. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2023). Convective Self‐Compression of Cratons and the Stabilization of Old Lithosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(4). 8 indexed citations
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Naliboff, John, et al.. (2023). Modeling Viscoelastic Solid Earth Deformation Due To Ice Age and Contemporary Glacial Mass Changes in ASPECT. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(3). 6 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2022). On the Relation Between Basal Erosion of the Lithosphere and Surface Heat Flux for Continental Plume Tracks. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(7). 16 indexed citations
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Selway, Kate, et al.. (2022). Constraining Upper Mantle Viscosity Using Temperature and Water Content Inferred From Seismic and Magnetotelluric Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(8). 10 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal Variations in Surface Heat Loss Imply a Heterogeneous Mantle Cooling History. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(6). 4 indexed citations
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Király, Ágnés, Clinton P. Conrad, & Lars N. Hansen. (2020). Evolving Viscous Anisotropy in the Upper Mantle and Its Geodynamic Implications. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(10). 11 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2019). Deep Water Cycling and Sea Level Change Since the Breakup of Pangea. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(6). 2919–2935. 40 indexed citations
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Wessel, Paul & Clinton P. Conrad. (2017). ASSESSING PACIFIC ABSOLUTE PLATE AND PLUME MOTIONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Ruban, Dmitry A., et al.. (2016). Long-term eustatic cyclicity in the Paleogene: a critical assessment. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 127(4). 425–434. 10 indexed citations
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Ballmer, Maxim, Clinton P. Conrad, & Eugene I. Smith. (2012). Basaltic continental intraplate volcanism as sustained by shear-driven upwelling. EGUGA. 3273.
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Heuret, Arnauld, Clinton P. Conrad, F. Funiciello, & Serge Lallemand. (2011). Relation between subduction megathrust earthquakes, sediment thickness at trench, and plate coupling. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., T. A. Bianco, Eugene I. Smith, & Paul Wessel. (2010). Asthenospheric Shear Controls Global Patterns of Intraplate Volcanism. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., M. D. Behn, & Paul G. Silver. (2007). Seismic Anisotropy as a Constraint on Global Mantle Flow and Plate Motions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P., et al.. (2004). Subduction Dynamics and Great Earthquakes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Behn, M. D., Clinton P. Conrad, & Paul G. Silver. (2003). Evidence for Upper Mantle Flow Associated with the African Superplume. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Conrad, Clinton P. & Bradford H. Hager. (1999). The thermal evolution of an Earth with strong subduction zones. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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