Kelin Wang

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
197 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Kelin Wang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelin Wang has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 19 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kelin Wang's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (119 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (110 papers). Kelin Wang is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (119 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (110 papers). Kelin Wang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Kelin Wang's co-authors include Yan Hu, Jiangheng He, Simon M. Peacock, H. Dragert, Ikuko Wada, T. S. James, S. L. Bilek, R. D. Hyndman, Earl E. Davis and Tianhaozhe Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kelin Wang

184 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

A Silent Slip Event on the Deeper Cascadia Subduction Interface

2001 738 citations Kelin Wang, T. S. James et al. profile →
Seismic Consequences of Warm Versus Cool Subduction Metamorphism: Examples from Southwest and Northeast Japan

1999 663 citations Simon M. Peacock, Kelin Wang profile →
Common depth of slab‐mantle decoupling: Reconciling diversity and uniformity of subduction zones

2009 403 citations Kelin Wang et al. profile →
Deformation cycles of subduction earthquakes in a viscoelastic Earth

2012 378 citations Kelin Wang, Yan Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelin Wang Canada	52	9.8k	1.2k	799	433	410	197	10.9k
Laura Wallace New Zealand	45	6.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	534 0.7×	445 1.0×	330 0.8×	160	6.9k
Guido Ventura Italy	42	4.3k 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	689 0.9×	503 1.2×	303 0.7×	179	5.9k
Onno Oncken Germany	51	7.3k 0.8×	925 0.8×	971 1.2×	675 1.6×	184 0.4×	183	8.1k
Valerio Acocella Italy	49	5.9k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	724 0.9×	500 1.2×	189 0.5×	172	6.8k
Páll Einarsson Iceland	47	5.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	368 0.5×	225 0.5×	353 0.9×	167	6.5k
Charles DeMets United States	51	14.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	688 0.9×	668 1.5×	316 0.8×	135	15.3k
Joaquim Luís Portugal	19	4.8k 0.5×	847 0.7×	657 0.8×	340 0.8×	229 0.6×	36	6.2k
Claudio Faccenna Italy	72	15.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	722 0.9×	1.4k 3.2×	227 0.6×	293	17.4k
Yoshiyuki Kaneda Japan	44	6.4k 0.7×	527 0.4×	882 1.1×	198 0.5×	355 0.9×	247	6.9k
Shuichi Kodaira Japan	53	8.4k 0.9×	684 0.6×	886 1.1×	299 0.7×	438 1.1×	324	8.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2025). On Dislocation Modeling of Megathrust Tsunami Sources. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(3). 3 indexed citations

Worthington, L. L., E. C. Roland, M. A. L. Walton, et al.. (2025). Seismic imaging reveals a strain-partitioned sliver and nascent megathrust at an incipient subduction zone in the northeast Pacific. Science Advances. 11(29). eadt3003–eadt3003.

Carvajal, Matías, Alejandra Gubler, Gareth Davies, et al.. (2025). Large Size of Two 19th‐Century Chile‐Peru Earthquakes Inferred From Trans‐Pacific Tsunami Records. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(12).

Wang, Kelin, Haipeng Luo, Jiangheng He, & Matías Carvajal. (2024). Soft barrier to megathrust rupture enabled by serpentinized mantle wedge: The Chile subduction zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 650. 119115–119115. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Tianhaozhe, Kelin Wang, & Jiangheng He. (2024). Geodetic signature of a weak Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary in postseismic deformation of large subduction earthquakes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 630. 118619–118619. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2023). Viscoelastic Response of a Self‐Gravitational Spherical Earth to Shear Dislocation Obtained Using the Fixed‐Talbot Method. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(5). 6 indexed citations

Carvajal, Matías, et al.. (2022). Evaluating the Tsunamigenic Potential of Buried Versus Trench‐Breaching Megathrust Slip. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(8). 9 indexed citations

Russo, R. M., Haipeng Luo, Kelin Wang, et al.. (2021). Lateral variation in slab window viscosity inferred from global navigation satellite system (GNSS)–observed uplift due to recent mass loss at Patagonia ice fields. Geology. 50(1). 111–115. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2021). On the Relevance of Geodetic Deformation Rates to Earthquake Potential. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(11). 35 indexed citations

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Peacock, Simon M. & Kelin Wang. (2021). On the Stability of Talc in Subduction Zones: A Possible Control on the Maximum Depth of Decoupling Between the Subducting Plate and Mantle Wedge. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(17). 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2020). Role of Serpentinized Mantle Wedge in Affecting Megathrust Seismogenic Behavior in the Area of the 2010 M = 8.8 Maule Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(22). 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2019). Stable Forearc Stressed by a Weak Megathrust: Mechanical and Geodynamic Implications of Stress Changes Caused by the M = 9 Tohoku‐Oki Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(6). 6179–6194. 35 indexed citations

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Martin, H., et al.. (2019). Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone Observatory (NCSZO): an interdisciplinary research initiative to assess tsunami and earthquake hazard from the Cascadia megathrust. IEEE Conference Proceedings. 2019. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhaozhe, Kelin Wang, & Jiangheng He. (2018). Crustal Deformation Following Great Subduction Earthquakes Controlled by Earthquake Size and Mantle Rheology. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(6). 5323–5345. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhaozhe, Earl E. Davis, Kelin Wang, & Yan Jiang. (2017). Trench-breaching afterslip following deeper coseismic slip of the 2012 Mw 7.6 Costa Rica earthquake constrained by near-trench pressure and land-based geodetic observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 479. 263–272. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin. (2016). On the Relationship Between the Seismogenic Zone and the ETS Zone. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin. (2015). Subduction Faults as We See Them in the 21 st Century. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Scherwath, Martin, G. D. Spence, Koichiro Obana, et al.. (2011). Seafloor seismometers monitor northern Cascadia earthquakes. Eos. 92(47). 421–422. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin, et al.. (2002). The Cascadia Subduction Zone and related subduction systems: Seismic structure, intraslab earthquakes and processes, and earthquake hazards. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 22 indexed citations

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Khazaradze, Giorgi, Kelin Wang, J. Klotz, Yan Hu, & J. He. (2002). Prolonged post-seismic deformation of the 1960 great Chile earthquake and implications for mantle rheology. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 6277. 3 indexed citations

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