Frank J. Spera

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

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Frank J. Spera is a scholar working on Geophysics, Materials Chemistry and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank J. Spera has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Geophysics, 28 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Frank J. Spera's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (38 papers). Frank J. Spera is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (38 papers). Frank J. Spera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Finland. Frank J. Spera's co-authors include Wendy A. Bohrson, David A. Yuen, Dan J. Stein, J. A. Crisp, Benedetto De Vivo, Harvey E. Belkin, S. M. White, Curtis M. Oldenburg, M. S. Ghiorso and Phillip B. Gans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank J. Spera

123 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)

2001 618 citations Wendy A. Bohrson, Frank J. Spera et al. profile →
Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano

2022 118 citations David A. Yuen, Melissa Scruggs et al. profile →

Peers

Frank J. Spera

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James K. Russell Canada

M. Carroll United Kingdom

Richard A. Brooker United Kingdom

Nicole Métrich France

Piergiorgio Scarlato Italy

Frederick J. Ryerson United States

R. A. Lange United States

Sally Newman United States

Alan Whittington United States

R. L. Hervig United States

James K. Russell Canada

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Feng, Xiaolei, J.C. Li, S. D. Scott, et al.. (2025). Pressure-induced redox reversal of iron and the distribution of elements in deep Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(46). e2414911122–e2414911122.

Elardo, S. M., et al.. (2025). Implications of a highly convective lunar magma ocean: Insights from phase equilibria modeling. Icarus. 438. 116629–116629.

Bohrson, Wendy A., et al.. (2024). The Role of Crustal Contamination throughout the 1329–2005 CE Eruptive Record of Mt. Etna Volcano, Italy. Journal of Petrology. 65(4). 2 indexed citations

Lima, Annamaria, Robert J. Bodnar, B. De Vivo, Frank J. Spera, & Harvey E. Belkin. (2024). The “breathing” Earth at Solfatara-Pisciarelli, Campi Flegrei, southern Italy (2005–2024): Nature’s attenuation of the effects of bradyseism. American Mineralogist. 110(5). 820–825. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Yingcai, Hao Hu, Frank J. Spera, et al.. (2023). Episodic Magma Hammers for the 15 January 2022 Cataclysmic Eruption of Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 8 indexed citations

Jackson, Matthew G., Frank J. Spera, Allison A. Price, et al.. (2021). Extreme isotopic heterogeneity in Samoan clinopyroxenes constrains sediment recycling. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1234–1234. 15 indexed citations

Heinonen, Jussi S., et al.. (2020). From Binary Mixing to Magma Chamber Simulator - Geochemical Modeling of Assimilation in Magmatic Systems. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 2 indexed citations

Spera, Frank J., et al.. (2017). A Petrogenetic Evaluation of Clinopyroxene-hosted Melt Inclusions from an Enriched Submarine Lava of the Samoan Hotspot Track: A Phase Equilibria and Diffusion Modeling Study. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Spera, Frank J., et al.. (2009). Structure, thermodynamic and transport properties of CaAl2Si2O8 liquid. Part I: Molecular dynamics simulations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73(22). 6918–6936. 42 indexed citations

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Ghiorso, M. S., et al.. (2008). A Thermodynamic Theory for Dense Silicate Liquids That Includes Explicit Provision for Variation in Composition and Fluid Structure, Derived From the Rosenfeld-Tarazona Potential Energy-Temperature Scaling Law. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Spera, Frank J., et al.. (2006). Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of liquid Mg2SiO4 at high temperatures and pressure in the range 0-150 GPa from Molecular Dynamics Simulation. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Bohrson, Wendy A., Frank J. Spera, M. S. Ghiorso, & Sarah Jane Fowler. (2006). The Magma Chamber Simulator: A Comprehensive Tool for Modeling the Evolution of Magmatic Systems. AGUFM. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Ghiorso, M. S., et al.. (2006). Molecular Dynamics Studies of MgSiO3 Liquid to 150 GPa: An Equation of State (EOS), Tracer Diffusivities, and a Detailed Analysis of Changes in Atomic Coordination Statistics as a Function of Temperature and Pressure. AGUFM. 2006. 3 indexed citations

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White, S. M., Frank J. Spera, & J. A. Crisp. (2003). Long-term Rates of Mafic Magma Emplacement and Implications for Heat Advection. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Fowler, Sarah Jane, Wendy A. Bohrson, & Frank J. Spera. (2003). Magmatic Evolution of the Skye Igneous Center, Western Scotland. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Stein, Dan J. & Frank J. Spera. (1993). Experimental rheometry of melts and supercooled liquids in the system NaAlSiO4-SiO2: Implications for structure and dynamics. American Mineralogist. 78. 710–723. 31 indexed citations

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Spera, Frank J., et al.. (1988). Rheology of melts and magmatic suspensions: 1. Design and calibration of concentric cylinder viscometer with application to rhyolitic magma. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(B9). 10273–10294. 95 indexed citations

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Clark, Stephen, Frank J. Spera, & David A. Yuen. (1987). Steady state double-diffusive convection in magma chambers heated from below.. 289–305. 37 indexed citations

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Feigenson, Mark D. & Frank J. Spera. (1981). Dynamical model for temporal variation in magma type and eruption interval at Kohala volcano, Hawaii. Geology. 9(11). 531–531. 20 indexed citations

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Carmichael, I. S. E., J. Nicholls, Frank J. Spera, Bernard J. Wood, & Stephen A. Nelson. (1977). High-temperature properties of silicate liquids: applications to the equilibration and ascent of basic magma. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 286(1336). 373–431. 159 indexed citations

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