Derek Keir

8.7k total citations
178 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Derek Keir is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Keir has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Geology and 15 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Derek Keir's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (145 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (120 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (90 papers). Derek Keir is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (145 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (120 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (90 papers). Derek Keir collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Ethiopia. Derek Keir's co-authors include Atalay Ayele, C. J. Ebinger, I. D. Bastow, G. W. Stuart, J. M. Kendall, Tim Wright, J. O. S. Hammond, M. Belachew, Juliet Biggs and Gezahegn Yirgu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Derek Keir

168 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Derek Keir 6.1k 871 804 710 588 178 6.8k
Laura Wallace 6.2k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 624 0.8× 445 0.6× 534 0.9× 160 6.9k
Jacques Angelier 6.3k 1.0× 752 0.9× 897 1.1× 476 0.7× 545 0.9× 98 6.9k
Kerry Sieh 6.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 955 1.2× 455 0.6× 751 1.3× 117 7.2k
Onno Oncken 7.3k 1.2× 925 1.1× 393 0.5× 675 1.0× 971 1.7× 183 8.1k
Atalay Ayele 4.0k 0.7× 585 0.7× 439 0.5× 419 0.6× 317 0.5× 118 4.5k
Valerio Acocella 5.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 364 0.5× 500 0.7× 724 1.2× 172 6.8k
Giacomo Corti 4.2k 0.7× 585 0.7× 780 1.0× 940 1.3× 477 0.8× 145 5.1k
Francesco Mazzarini 2.8k 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 453 0.6× 474 0.7× 613 1.0× 141 4.1k
Uri S. ten Brink 4.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 503 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 252 0.4× 165 5.6k
Peter Bird 8.0k 1.3× 591 0.7× 552 0.7× 267 0.4× 975 1.7× 92 8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Keir

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Derek Keir's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Derek Keir with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Derek Keir more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Keir

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Derek Keir. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Derek Keir. The network helps show where Derek Keir may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Keir

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Jonathan, Philip, Derek Keir, Rex N. Taylor, et al.. (2025). Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 661–669. 2 indexed citations
2.
Gioncada, Anna, Carolina Pagli, Dan N. Barfod, et al.. (2025). Volcanism records plate thinning driven rift localization in Afar (Ethiopia) since 2-2.5 million years ago. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
3.
Gernon, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Temporal clustering of fissural eruption across multiple segments within the Ethiopian Rift. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 6 indexed citations
4.
Pagli, Carolina, et al.. (2023). Constraints on ground deformation processes at the Tulu Moye volcanic complex, Main Ethiopian Rift. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 438. 107810–107810. 7 indexed citations
5.
Harmon, Nicholas, et al.. (2022). Imaging the seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in the northern East African Rift using Rayleigh wave tomography. Geophysical Journal International. 230(3). 2036–2055. 21 indexed citations
6.
Rychert, Catherine A., et al.. (2021). Seismic Discontinuities Across the North American Caribbean Plate Boundary From S‐to‐P Receiver Functions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(7). 6 indexed citations
7.
Harmon, Nicholas, et al.. (2021). Variations in melt emplacement beneath the northern East African Rift from radial anisotropy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 573. 117150–117150. 22 indexed citations
8.
Cianetti, S., et al.. (2021). Comparison of Deep Learning Techniques for the Investigation of a Seismic Sequence: An Application to the 2019, Mw 4.5 Mugello (Italy) Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 11 indexed citations
9.
Keir, Derek, Nicholas Harmon, Catherine A. Rychert, et al.. (2020). Spatial Variations in Crustal and Mantle Anisotropy Across the North American‐Caribbean Boundary on Haiti. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(6). 5 indexed citations
10.
Zwaan, Frank, Giacomo Corti, Federico Sani, et al.. (2020). Structural Analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: Evidence for Multiphase Rotational Rifting. Tectonics. 39(7). 31 indexed citations
11.
Muluneh, Ameha, Sascha Brune, Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp, et al.. (2020). Mechanism for Deep Crustal Seismicity: Insight From Modeling of Deformation Processes at the Main Ethiopian Rift. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(7). 21 indexed citations
12.
Harmon, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Using Ambient Noise to Image the Northern East African Rift. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(4). 2091–2109. 41 indexed citations
13.
Keir, Derek, Nicholas Harmon, Catherine A. Rychert, et al.. (2019). The Tectonics and Active Faulting of Haiti from Seismicity and Tomography. Tectonics. 38(3). 1138–1155. 20 indexed citations
14.
Ebinger, C. J., et al.. (2019). Depth Extent and Kinematics of Faulting in the Southern Tanganyika Rift, Africa. Tectonics. 38(3). 842–862. 55 indexed citations
15.
Corti, Giacomo, Raffaello Cioni, Federico Sani, et al.. (2019). Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1309–1309. 61 indexed citations
16.
Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, Derek Keir, Jonathan M. Bull, et al.. (2018). Seismicity During Continental Breakup in the Red Sea Rift of Northern Afar. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(3). 2345–2362. 37 indexed citations
17.
Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, Jonathan M. Bull, Derek Keir, et al.. (2018). Initiation of a Proto‐transform Fault Prior to Seafloor Spreading. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(12). 4744–4756. 22 indexed citations
18.
Rychert, Catherine A., Nicholas Harmon, Derek Keir, et al.. (2018). Imaging Lithospheric Discontinuities Beneath the Northern East African Rift Using S‐to‐P Receiver Functions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(10). 4048–4062. 44 indexed citations
19.
Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, et al.. (2017). Crustal Structure at a Young Continental Rift: A Receiver Function Study From the Tanganyika Rift. Tectonics. 36(12). 2806–2822. 32 indexed citations
20.
Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, M. K. Savage, Derek Keir, et al.. (2017). Extension and stress during continental breakup: Seismic anisotropy of the crust in Northern Afar. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 477. 41–51. 18 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Laura Wallace Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jacques Angelier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kerry Sieh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Onno Oncken Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Atalay Ayele Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Valerio Acocella Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Giacomo Corti Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Francesco Mazzarini Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Uri S. ten Brink Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Bird
Rankless by CCL
2026