Dan J. Bower

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Dan J. Bower is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan J. Bower has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Dan J. Bower's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (27 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers). Dan J. Bower is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (27 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers). Dan J. Bower collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Dan J. Bower's co-authors include Michael Gurnis, Maria Seton, R. Dietmar Müller, Sabin Zahirovic, Simon Williams, John Cannon, Nicolas Flament, Kayla Maloney, Nicky M. Wright and Kara J. Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Dan J. Bower

43 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Ocean Basin Evolution and Global-Scale Plate Reorganization Events Since Pangea Breakup

2016 809 citations R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton et al. profile →
A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic

2019 414 citations R. Dietmar Müller, Sabin Zahirovic et al. Tectonics profile →
Distinguishing Oceans of Water from Magma on Mini-Neptune K2-18b

2024 46 citations Oliver Shorttle, Sean Jordan et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan J. Bower Switzerland	23	2.1k	424	407	389	213	45	2.8k
Gail Christeson United States	32	2.3k 1.1×	305 0.7×	641 1.6×	830 2.1×	194 0.9×	108	3.1k
Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni United States	39	5.8k 2.8×	313 0.7×	257 0.6×	480 1.2×	237 1.1×	83	6.3k
S. A. Soule United States	31	1.5k 0.7×	207 0.5×	159 0.4×	859 2.2×	249 1.2×	86	2.3k
Bo Holm Jacobsen Denmark	24	1.4k 0.7×	249 0.6×	136 0.3×	621 1.6×	207 1.0×	79	2.3k
Renaud Merle Australia	25	1.3k 0.6×	183 0.4×	240 0.6×	353 0.9×	79 0.4×	71	1.7k
Scott D. King United States	33	3.8k 1.8×	162 0.4×	609 1.5×	432 1.1×	96 0.5×	104	4.5k
Nicolas Coltice France	30	2.5k 1.2×	118 0.3×	358 0.9×	349 0.9×	87 0.4×	66	3.0k
James P. Kauahikaua United States	23	1.7k 0.8×	238 0.6×	329 0.8×	1.1k 2.8×	362 1.7×	97	2.5k
J. Dyment France	32	2.2k 1.1×	689 1.6×	126 0.3×	687 1.8×	339 1.6×	115	2.9k
William F. Haxby United States	24	1.9k 0.9×	386 0.9×	244 0.6×	681 1.8×	339 1.6×	34	3.0k

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Thompson, Maggie, Paolo A. Sossi, Dan J. Bower, et al.. (2025). Water solubility in silicate melts: The effects of melt composition under reducing conditions and implications for nebular ingassing on rocky planets. Chemical Geology. 695. 123048–123048. 1 indexed citations

Bower, Dan J., et al.. (2025). Diversity of Low-mass Planet Atmospheres in the C–H–O–N–S–Cl System with Interior Dissolution, Nonideality, and Condensation: Application to TRAPPIST-1e and Sub-Neptunes. The Astrophysical Journal. 995(1). 59–59.

Bower, Dan J., Tim Lichtenberg, Mark Hammond, et al.. (2024). Geodynamics of Super‐Earth GJ 486b. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(10). 5 indexed citations

Lichtenberg, Tim, et al.. (2024). Magma Ocean Evolution at Arbitrary Redox State. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(12). e2024JE008576–e2024JE008576. 14 indexed citations

Shorttle, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Distinguishing Oceans of Water from Magma on Mini-Neptune K2-18b. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 962(1). L8–L8. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Bower, Dan J., et al.. (2023). Interior dynamics of super-Earth 55 Cancri e. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 678. A29–A29. 20 indexed citations

Tian, Meng, et al.. (2023). Diverse Carbonates in Exoplanet Oceans Promote the Carbon Cycle. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 942(1). L20–L20. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Daoyuan, et al.. (2022). Slab control on the mega-sized North Pacific ultra-low velocity zone. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1042–1042. 22 indexed citations

Lichtenberg, Tim, Dan J. Bower, Mark Hammond, et al.. (2021). Vertically Resolved Magma Ocean–Protoatmosphere Evolution: H₂, H₂O, CO₂, CH₄, CO, O₂, and N₂as Primary Absorbers. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(2). e2020JE006711–e2020JE006711. 61 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J., Paolo A. Sossi, Aaron S. Wolf, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Mercury's Earliest Atmosphere. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J., et al.. (2021). Hemispheric tectonics on super-Earth LHS 3844b. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 15 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J., et al.. (2020). Interior dynamics of tidally locked super-Earths: The case of LHS 3844b. 1 indexed citations

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Ballmer, Maxim, et al.. (2020). The influence of bulk composition on the long-term interior-atmosphere evolution of terrestrial exoplanets. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J., et al.. (2020). Interior dynamics of tidally-locked super-Earths: the case of LHS 3844b. 1 indexed citations

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Sanan, Patrick, Shang‐Min Tsai, Mark Hammond, et al.. (2020). Data and scripts online container for Lichtenberg et al. (2021, JGRP). OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Müller, R. Dietmar, Sabin Zahirovic, Simon Williams, et al.. (2019). A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic. Tectonics. 38(6). 1884–1907. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lichtenberg, Tim, et al.. (2018). Direct imaging of molten protoplanets in nearby young stellar associations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 621. A125–A125. 21 indexed citations

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Flament, Nicolas, Simon Williams, R. Dietmar Müller, Michael Gurnis, & Dan J. Bower. (2017). Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14164–14164. 56 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J., Michael Gurnis, Jennifer M. Jackson, & W. Sturhahn. (2009). Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase. Geophysical Research Letters. 36(10). 27 indexed citations

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Bower, Dan J.. (2004). Ridematching Online: An Evolution in Service Delivery. 12(2). 2 indexed citations

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