D. Savva

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 935 citations indexed

About

D. Savva is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Savva has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 935 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Geology, 8 papers in Geophysics and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in D. Savva's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (3 papers). D. Savva is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (3 papers). D. Savva collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Malaysia. D. Savva's co-authors include Manuel Pubellier, Florian Meresse, Jean-Luc Auxiètre, Stephan Steuer, Dieter Franke, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, Matthias Delescluse, Thibaud Pichot, Louise Watremez and Mario Aurelio and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Tectonophysics and Tectonics.

In The Last Decade

D. Savva

11 papers receiving 907 citations

Hit Papers

The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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. The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea
    2013 292 citations Dieter Franke, D. Savva et al. Marine and Petroleum Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Savva France 9 830 529 307 250 240 11 935
Stephan Steuer Germany 7 791 1.0× 475 0.9× 308 1.0× 235 0.9× 232 1.0× 10 858
Yao Bochu China 12 726 0.9× 462 0.9× 246 0.8× 301 1.2× 229 1.0× 22 888
Chao Lei China 15 618 0.7× 334 0.6× 248 0.8× 301 1.2× 192 0.8× 31 715
Kanyuan Xia China 11 758 0.9× 469 0.9× 213 0.7× 269 1.1× 200 0.8× 16 826
Shiguo Wu China 16 404 0.5× 346 0.7× 187 0.6× 148 0.6× 143 0.6× 37 609
Paul Reemst Netherlands 8 353 0.4× 306 0.6× 166 0.5× 169 0.7× 115 0.5× 10 518
Tan K. Wang Taiwan 9 417 0.5× 426 0.8× 105 0.3× 102 0.4× 111 0.5× 16 602
Ingo Heyde Germany 14 397 0.5× 363 0.7× 122 0.4× 163 0.7× 90 0.4× 27 573
Jinlong Sun China 11 404 0.5× 403 0.8× 126 0.4× 112 0.4× 111 0.5× 24 612
Carlos Cramez United States 6 331 0.4× 386 0.7× 415 1.4× 162 0.6× 69 0.3× 10 637

Countries citing papers authored by D. Savva

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Savva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Savva

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Savva. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Savva 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 D. Savva. D. Savva is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Delescluse, Matthias, Yan Qiu, Manuel Pubellier, et al.. (2019). Décollements, Detachments, and Rafts in the Extended Crust of Dangerous Ground, South China Sea: The Role of Inherited Contacts. Tectonics. 38(6). 1863–1883. 30 indexed citations
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Pubellier, Manuel, Matthias Delescluse, D. Savva, et al.. (2015). Collapse and Rifting in the South China Sea. 1 indexed citations
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Agard, P., et al.. (2014). Obduction: Why, how and where. Clues from analog models. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 393. 132–145. 36 indexed citations
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Savva, D., Manuel Pubellier, Dieter Franke, et al.. (2014). Different expressions of rifting on the South China Sea margins. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 58. 579–598. 171 indexed citations
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Pichot, Thibaud, Matthias Delescluse, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, et al.. (2013). Deep crustal structure of the conjugate margins of the SW South China Sea from wide-angle refraction seismic data. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 58. 627–643. 121 indexed citations
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Steuer, Stephan, Dieter Franke, Florian Meresse, et al.. (2013). Oligocene–Miocene carbonates and their role for constraining the rifting and collision history of the Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 58. 644–657. 73 indexed citations
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Steuer, Stephan, Dieter Franke, Florian Meresse, et al.. (2013). Time constraints on the evolution of southern Palawan Island, Philippines from onshore and offshore correlation of Miocene limestones. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 76. 412–427. 57 indexed citations
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Franke, Dieter, D. Savva, Manuel Pubellier, et al.. (2013). The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 58. 704–720. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Savva, D., Florian Meresse, Manuel Pubellier, et al.. (2013). Seismic evidence of hyper-stretched crust and mantle exhumation offshore Vietnam. Tectonophysics. 608. 72–83. 91 indexed citations
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Meresse, Florian, D. Savva, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, et al.. (2012). Structural heritage as a key factor controlling the South China Sea opening. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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