Juan Carlos Afonso

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Juan Carlos Afonso is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Juan Carlos Afonso has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Geophysics, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Juan Carlos Afonso's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (63 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (60 papers). Juan Carlos Afonso is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (63 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (60 papers). Juan Carlos Afonso collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Spain and China. Juan Carlos Afonso's co-authors include William L. Griffin, Manel Fernández, G. Ranalli, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly, Javier Fullea, Graham Begg, Yingjie Yang, J. A. D. Connolly, Alan G. Jones and Jaume Vergés and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Juan Carlos Afonso

93 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

The Composition and Evolution of Lithospheric Mantle: a Re-evaluation and its Tectonic Implications

2008 571 citations William L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Juan Carlos Afonso Australia	36	3.7k	359	230	213	187	98	4.1k
Yongshun John Chen China	32	3.3k 0.9×	263 0.7×	263 1.1×	255 1.2×	136 0.7×	95	3.6k
Eric Sandvol United States	47	5.7k 1.5×	390 1.1×	194 0.8×	154 0.7×	121 0.6×	151	5.9k
Xiaohui Yuan Germany	49	8.6k 2.3×	573 1.6×	265 1.2×	289 1.4×	174 0.9×	171	9.0k
James Ni United States	39	6.1k 1.7×	315 0.9×	228 1.0×	230 1.1×	117 0.6×	72	6.4k
Hermann Zeyen France	25	2.4k 0.7×	150 0.4×	258 1.1×	171 0.8×	164 0.9×	75	2.7k
J. Mechie Germany	41	4.8k 1.3×	298 0.8×	161 0.7×	494 2.3×	183 1.0×	107	5.0k
J. Nábělek United States	35	4.3k 1.2×	372 1.0×	281 1.2×	283 1.3×	145 0.8×	81	4.6k
Irina Artemieva Denmark	32	3.8k 1.0×	355 1.0×	222 1.0×	649 3.0×	398 2.1×	90	4.2k
Rui Gao China	37	4.0k 1.1×	700 1.9×	157 0.7×	562 2.6×	232 1.2×	225	4.5k
I. D. Bastow United Kingdom	42	4.6k 1.2×	453 1.3×	366 1.6×	512 2.4×	200 1.1×	112	4.9k

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Darbyshire, F. A., et al.. (2024). Thermochemical Structure of the Superior Craton and Environs: Implications for the Evolution and Preservation of Cratonic Lithosphere. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(6).

Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2024). Lithospheric Structure and Melting Processes in Southeast Australia: New Constraints From Joint Probabilistic Inversions of 3D Magnetotelluric and Seismic Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(3). 7 indexed citations

Meijde, M. van der, et al.. (2024). Waveform Fitting of Receiver Functions for Enhanced Retrieval of Crustal Structure in the Presence of Sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(5). 3 indexed citations

Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2024). Stratigraphic-chemostratigraphic assessment of early dolomitization and associated phosphogenesis of the Ediacaran-Cambrian Salitre Formation, Irecê Basin, Brazil. Precambrian Research. 412. 107541–107541.

Wu, Shucheng, et al.. (2023). A fossil oceanic lithosphere preserved inside a continent. Geology. 51(2). 204–208. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Shucheng, et al.. (2023). A fossil oceanic lithosphere preserved inside a continent. Geology. 4 indexed citations

Afonso, Juan Carlos, Walid Mansour, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly, et al.. (2022). Thermochemical structure and evolution of cratonic lithosphere in central and southern Africa. Nature Geoscience. 15(5). 405–410. 30 indexed citations

Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2021). Melting conditions and mantle source composition from probabilistic joint inversion of major and rare earth element concentrations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 315. 251–275. 8 indexed citations

Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2021). A Reduced Order Approach for Probabilistic Inversions of 3D Magnetotelluric Data II: Joint Inversion of MT and Surface‐Wave Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 7 indexed citations

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Kumar, Ajay, Manel Fernández, Ivone Jiménez‐Munt, et al.. (2020). LitMod2D_2.0: An Improved Integrated Geophysical‐Petrological Modeling Tool for the Physical Interpretation of Upper Mantle Anomalies. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(3). 16 indexed citations

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2019). The Deep Lithospheric Structure of the Junggar Terrane, NW China: Implications for Its Origin and Tectonic Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(11). 11615–11638. 26 indexed citations

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2019). New Constraints on the Thermal Conductivity of the Upper Mantle From Numerical Models of Radiation Transport. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(5). 2378–2394. 15 indexed citations

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2015). The hydrothermal power of oceanic lithosphere. Solid Earth. 6(4). 1131–1155. 5 indexed citations

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Whittaker, Joanne M., Simon Williams, Sheona Masterton, et al.. (2013). Interactions among plumes, mantle circulation and mid-ocean ridges. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, Javier Fullea, Yingjie Yang, et al.. (2011). A 3D multi-observable probabilistic inversion method for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Jiménez‐Munt, Ivone, Manel Fernández, Jaume Vergés, et al.. (2011). Decoupled crust-mantle accommodation of Africa-Eurasia convergence in the NW Moroccan margin. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(B8). 43 indexed citations

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Fullea, Javier, Manel Fernández, Juan Carlos Afonso, Jaume Vergés, & Hermann Zeyen. (2010). The structure and evolution of the lithosphere - asthenosphere boundary beneath the Atlantic-Mediterranean Transition Region. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2532. 1 indexed citations

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Griffin, William L., Graham Begg, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly, & Juan Carlos Afonso. (2009). Paleo-Archean generation of the continental lithosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73(13). 2 indexed citations

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Fullea, Javier, et al.. (2009). LitMod3D_v4.0: a software for integrated geophysical-petrological thermochemical modelling of lithosphere. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)).

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, F. Barlier, Christiane Berger, & F. Mignard. (1980). The effect of atmospheric braking and electric drag on the trajectory of the Lageos satellite. 290(19). 445–448.

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