G. Komatsu

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
238 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

G. Komatsu is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Komatsu has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 97 papers in Atmospheric Science and 37 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in G. Komatsu's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (172 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (122 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers). G. Komatsu is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (172 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (122 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers). G. Komatsu collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Japan. G. Komatsu's co-authors include Victor R. Baker, Jeffrey S. Kargel, V. C. Gulick, R. G. Strom, Jens Ormö, Marjorie A. Chan, Vivek Kale, G. G. Ori, J. M. Dohm and William Parry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

G. Komatsu

228 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

1991 545 citations Victor R. Baker, Jeffrey S. Kargel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Komatsu Italy	34	3.0k	1.9k	364	363	351	238	4.2k
Stéphane Le Mouëlic France	42	4.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	261 0.7×	278 0.8×	726 2.1×	181	5.1k
Ernst Hauber Germany	43	5.2k 1.7×	2.4k 1.2×	240 0.7×	572 1.6×	695 2.0×	359	5.8k
G. G. Ori Italy	31	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	673 1.8×	632 1.7×	187 0.5×	130	2.9k
W. M. Calvin United States	38	5.2k 1.7×	1.8k 0.9×	365 1.0×	556 1.5×	701 2.0×	151	6.9k
G. R. Osinski Canada	36	4.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	110 0.3×	969 2.7×	450 1.3×	385	5.1k
P. Pinet France	40	2.8k 0.9×	982 0.5×	339 0.9×	451 1.2×	415 1.2×	173	4.0k
K. E. Herkenhoff United States	39	6.3k 2.1×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 2.8×	306 0.8×	1.1k 3.2×	215	6.9k
K. S. Edgett United States	40	7.3k 2.4×	3.0k 1.5×	1.2k 3.2×	209 0.6×	1.1k 3.0×	231	7.8k
W. H. Farrand United States	28	2.9k 0.9×	886 0.5×	161 0.4×	301 0.8×	486 1.4×	143	3.8k
Shane Byrne United States	42	4.6k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	377 1.0×	142 0.4×	933 2.7×	137	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Komatsu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Esposito, Carlo, et al.. (2024). Evidence for landslides in Sisyphi Cavi (Noachis Terra, Mars): Slope evolution and role of endogenous preparatory factors. Icarus. 425. 116314–116314.

Chwała, Marcin, G. Komatsu, & J. Haruyama. (2023). Structural stability of lunar lava tubes with consideration of variable cross-section geometry. Icarus. 411. 115928–115928. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Feng, Alberto Pizzi, G. Komatsu, et al.. (2023). Evidence for structural control of mare volcanism in lunar compressional tectonic settings. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2892–2892. 9 indexed citations

Filiberto, J., I. López, G. Di Achille, et al.. (2022). Geologically Recent Areas as One Key Target for Identifying Active Volcanism on Venus. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(22). 4 indexed citations

Komatsu, G., et al.. (2022). Utilization of the Voronoï tessellation for improved planetary age determination: A case study of a large rampart crater in Thaumasia Planum (Mars). Planetary and Space Science. 217. 105503–105503. 2 indexed citations

Sekine, Yasuhito, et al.. (2022). Recognition and Classification of Martian Chaos Terrains Using Imagery Machine Learning: A Global Distribution of Chaos Linked to Groundwater Circulation, Catastrophic Flooding, and Magmatism on Mars. Remote Sensing. 14(16). 3883–3883. 7 indexed citations

Esposito, Carlo, et al.. (2021). Large-Scale and Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformations on Mars: A Review. Geosciences. 11(4). 174–174. 11 indexed citations

Filiberto, J., et al.. (2021). Idunn Mons: Evidence for Ongoing Volcano-tectonic Activity and Atmospheric Implications on Venus. The Planetary Science Journal. 2(5). 215–215. 15 indexed citations

Filiberto, J., et al.. (2021). The Geologically Supervised Spectral Investigation as a Key Methodology for Identifying Volcanically Active Areas on Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(7). 7 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, J. A. P., Victor R. Baker, Tao Liu, et al.. (2019). The 1997 Mars Pathfinder Spacecraft Landing Site: Spillover Deposits from an Early Mars Inland Sea. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4045–4045. 9 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., et al.. (2018). Timings of early crustal activity in southern highlands of Mars: Periods of crustal stretching and shortening. Geoscience Frontiers. 10(3). 1029–1037. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feng, J. W. Head, A. T. Basilevsky, et al.. (2017). Newly Discovered Ring‐Moat Dome Structures in the Lunar Maria: Possible Origins and Implications. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(18). 9216–9224. 18 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., et al.. (2017). Generic identification and classification of morphostructures in the Noachis-Sabaea region, southern highlands of Mars. Journal of Maps. 13(2). 755–766. 10 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., Jens Ormö, Tomoko Arai, et al.. (2017). Further evidence for an impact origin of the Tsenkher structure in the Gobi-Altai, Mongolia: geology of a 3.7 km crater with a well-preserved ejecta blanket. Geological Magazine. 156(1). 1–24. 12 indexed citations

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Pizzi, Alberto, et al.. (2017). Spreading vs. Rifting as modes of extensional tectonics on the globally expanded Ganymede. Icarus. 288. 148–159. 12 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., et al.. (2015). Catastrophic flooding, palaeolakes, and late Quaternary drainage reorganization in northern Eurasia. International Geology Review. 58(14). 1693–1722. 28 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., C. H. Okubo, J. J. Wray, et al.. (2015). Small edifice features in Chryse Planitia, Mars: Assessment of a mud volcano hypothesis. Icarus. 268. 56–75. 48 indexed citations

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Brunetti, Maria Teresa, Fausto Guzzetti, Mauro Cardinali, et al.. (2014). Analysis of a new geomorphological inventory of landslides in Valles Marineris, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 405. 156–168. 59 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G., et al.. (2014). Astrobiological Potential of Mud Volcanism on Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1085. 3 indexed citations

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Komatsu, G. & Victor R. Baker. (1994). Longitudinal Profiles of Plains Channels on Venus. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 727. 1 indexed citations

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