D. Rhodri Davies

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

D. Rhodri Davies is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Rhodri Davies has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Geophysics, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in D. Rhodri Davies's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (61 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (58 papers). D. Rhodri Davies is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (61 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (58 papers). D. Rhodri Davies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. D. Rhodri Davies's co-authors include J. H. Davies, Dan McKenzie, Péter Molnár, Saskia Goes, Stephan C. Kramer, C. R. Wilson, Nicholas Rawlinson, Eduardo A. Padlan, I. H. Campbell and Geraint T. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

D. Rhodri Davies

133 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Inherited variants of MYH associated with somatic G:C→T:A mutations in colorectal tumors

2002 980 citations D. Rhodri Davies et al. profile →
Plate Tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa

1970 545 citations D. Rhodri Davies et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Rhodri Davies United Kingdom	41	3.1k	1.6k	867	742	462	140	6.3k
Eiichi Takahashi Japan	65	6.9k 2.2×	3.4k 2.2×	285 0.3×	600 0.8×	494 1.1×	331	14.8k
Pierre Boivin France	35	745 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	310 0.4×	115 0.2×	368	6.4k
Hitoshi Mizutani Japan	45	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	373 0.4×	416 0.6×	147 0.3×	279	7.8k
Graham Packham United Kingdom	65	660 0.2×	6.9k 4.4×	2.0k 2.3×	3.1k 4.2×	1.5k 3.2×	252	12.4k
David J. Scott United Kingdom	45	1.3k 0.4×	3.4k 2.2×	116 0.1×	816 1.1×	1.4k 3.0×	215	6.7k
Roger Buick United States	58	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	69 0.1×	728 1.0×	259 0.6×	117	10.3k
Keisuke Ito Japan	45	1.2k 0.4×	5.8k 3.8×	320 0.4×	1.6k 2.2×	1.8k 3.9×	225	12.6k
Wolfgang Dörr Germany	50	2.5k 0.8×	757 0.5×	137 0.2×	1.2k 1.6×	438 0.9×	270	9.4k
Tadashi Kondo Japan	50	2.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.9×	371 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	942 2.0×	474	9.4k
George Klein Sweden	50	267 0.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	3.6k 4.9×	447 1.0×	248	8.9k

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All Works

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Pilia, Simone, D. Rhodri Davies, Robert Hall, et al.. (2023). Post-subduction tectonics induced by extension from a lithospheric drip. Nature Geoscience. 16(7). 646–652. 7 indexed citations

Eakin, C. M., et al.. (2023). The Influence of Lithospheric Thickness Variations Beneath Australia on Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Flow. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(9). 4 indexed citations

Davies, D. Rhodri, Stephan C. Kramer, Siavash Ghelichkhan, & A. H. Gibson. (2022). Towards automatic finite-element methods for geodynamics via Firedrake. Geoscientific model development. 15(13). 5127–5166. 4 indexed citations

Czarnota, Karol, et al.. (2021). Thermal Structure of Eastern Australia's Upper Mantle and Its Relationship to Cenozoic Volcanic Activity and Dynamic Topography. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(8). 13 indexed citations

Davies, D. Rhodri, et al.. (2021). Linking Intraplate Volcanism to Lithospheric Structure and Asthenospheric Flow. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(8). 30 indexed citations

Goes, Saskia, et al.. (2021). Effects of basal drag on subduction dynamics from 2D numerical models. Solid Earth. 12(1). 79–93. 9 indexed citations

Kramer, Stephan C., D. Rhodri Davies, & C. R. Wilson. (2021). Analytical solutions for mantle flow in cylindrical and spherical shells. Geoscientific model development. 14(4). 1899–1919. 10 indexed citations

Valentine, A. P. & D. Rhodri Davies. (2020). Global Models From Sparse Data: A Robust Estimate of Earth's Residual Topography Spectrum. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(8). 7 indexed citations

Nebel, Oliver, Paolo A. Sossi, Antoine Bénard, et al.. (2019). Reconciling petrological and isotopic mixing mechanisms in the Pitcairn mantle plume using stable Fe isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 521. 60–67. 54 indexed citations

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Rawlinson, Nicholas, D. Rhodri Davies, & Simone Pilia. (2017). The mechanisms underpinning Cenozoic intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia: Insights from seismic tomography and geodynamic modeling. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9681–9690. 40 indexed citations

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Brune, Sascha, et al.. (2017). Global patterns in Earth's dynamic topography since the Jurassic: the role of subducted slabs. Solid Earth. 8(5). 899–919. 31 indexed citations

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Davies, D. Rhodri, et al.. (2013). A hierarchical mesh refinement technique for global 3-D spherical mantle convection modelling. Geoscientific model development. 6(4). 1095–1107. 34 indexed citations

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Davies, J. H. & D. Rhodri Davies. (2010). Earth's surface heat flux. Solid Earth. 1(1). 5–24. 275 indexed citations

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Wordsworth, B P, et al.. (2004). The basement membrane zone in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: immunofluorescence studies in the skin, kidney and amniochorion. Lupus. 13(8). 594–600. 7 indexed citations

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Scherwath, Martin, et al.. (2001). Seismic P-wave Velocity Anomalies and Lithospheric Deformation in Central South Island, New Zealand. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Davies, D. Rhodri. (1985). Plastic and reconstructive surgery. The hand--I.. BMJ. 290(6482). 1650–1653. 3 indexed citations

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Davies, D. Rhodri, et al.. (1970). A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction - The deep structure of the Red Sea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 267(1181). 181–189. 41 indexed citations

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Matthews, D. H. & D. Rhodri Davies. (1966). A discussion concerning the floor of the northwest Indian Ocean - Geophysical studies of the Seychelles Bank. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 259(1099). 227–239. 38 indexed citations

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Francis, T. J. G., D. Rhodri Davies, & M. N. Hill. (1966). A discussion concerning the floor of the northwest Indian Ocean - Crustal structure between Kenya and the Seychelles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 259(1099). 240–261. 65 indexed citations

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Davies, D. Rhodri. (1965). Dispersed stoneley waves on the ocean bottom. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 55(5). 903–918. 25 indexed citations

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