Mark A. Richards

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Richards is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Richards has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Richards's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (44 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). Mark A. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (44 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). Mark A. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Mark A. Richards's co-authors include Bradford H. Hager, Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni, Hans‐Peter Bunge, Paul R. Renne, Geoffrey F. Davies, John R. Baumgardner, Yanick Ricard, Robert W. Clayton, Adam M. Dziewoński and R. P. Comer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Richards

66 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid

1985 645 citations Bradford H. Hager, Robert W. Clayton et al. Nature profile →
Geoid anomalies in a dynamic Earth

1984 541 citations Mark A. Richards, Bradford H. Hager profile →
The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motions

1998 502 citations Mark A. Richards et al. profile →
State shift in Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, possibly induced by impact

2015 275 citations Paul R. Renne, Courtney J. Sprain et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Richards United States	37	5.1k	952	736	650	548	68	6.4k
John R. Delaney United States	41	3.0k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	388 0.5×	379 0.6×	273 0.5×	104	5.2k
P. J. A. McCausland Canada	20	2.0k 0.4×	675 0.7×	629 0.9×	874 1.3×	390 0.7×	82	2.7k
J. Urrutia‐Fucugauchi Mexico	32	2.7k 0.5×	1.9k 2.0×	1.3k 1.8×	565 0.9×	866 1.6×	270	4.4k
C. G. A. Harrison United States	34	2.5k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	248 0.4×	246 0.4×	123	3.8k
J. A. Tarduno United States	42	3.1k 0.6×	2.3k 2.4×	2.9k 3.9×	772 1.2×	618 1.1×	140	5.0k
E. G. Nisbet United Kingdom	31	2.0k 0.4×	505 0.5×	415 0.6×	713 1.1×	542 1.0×	75	3.4k
R. B. Hargraves United States	34	2.6k 0.5×	913 1.0×	1.5k 2.0×	387 0.6×	808 1.5×	97	3.9k
J. W. Geissman United States	35	3.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	210 0.4×	189	4.6k
Jason Phipps Morgan United States	51	8.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	305 0.4×	273 0.4×	134 0.2×	169	9.2k
Klaudia F. Kuiper Netherlands	35	3.2k 0.6×	2.6k 2.7×	384 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	178 0.3×	111	4.8k

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LeVeque, Randall J., et al.. (2024). Possible Mechanisms for Tsunami‐Like Surge Deposits Due To the Chicxulub Impact at the K‐Pg Boundary at the Tanis Site, North Dakota. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(5). 2 indexed citations

Cathles, L. M., et al.. (2023). Influence of the asthenosphere on earth dynamics and evolution. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13367–13367. 8 indexed citations

Richards, Mark A., et al.. (2022). Postdocs as Key to Faculty Diversity: A Structured and Collaborative Approach for Research Universities. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 759263–759263. 7 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar & Mark A. Richards. (2021). The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts: 2. A New Conceptual Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 19 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2021). The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts I: Observations From the Deccan Traps. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 26 indexed citations

Richards, Mark A., et al.. (2020). Elastic Flexure of Young, Overlapping Basaltic Lava Flows Offshore the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands: Observations, Modeling, and Thermal/Chronological Analysis. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(3). 2 indexed citations

Richards, Mark A., et al.. (2019). Seismic imaging of Deccan-related lava flows at the K-T boundary, deepwater west India. The Leading Edge. 38(4). 286–290. 5 indexed citations

DePalma, Robert A., Jan Smit, David A. Burnham, et al.. (2019). A seismically induced onshore surge deposit at the KPg boundary, North Dakota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(17). 8190–8199. 65 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar & Mark A. Richards. (2019). Volatile Degassing From Magma Chambers as a Control on Volcanic Eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(8). 7869–7901. 27 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2019). Constraining the Eruptive Tempo of the Deccan Traps to understand potential climate consequences. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Richards, Mark A. & A. Lenardic. (2018). The Cathles Parameter (Ct): A Geodynamic Definition of the Asthenosphere and Implications for the Nature of Plate Tectonics. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(12). 4858–4875. 42 indexed citations

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Richards, Mark A., Paul R. Renne, Walter Álvarez, et al.. (2017). Triggering of the Largest Deccan Eruptions and Other Possible Geophysical Effects of the M w 11 Chicxulub Impact. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Renne, Paul R., Courtney J. Sprain, Kanchan Pande, et al.. (2016). Tempo of the Deccan Traps eruptions in relation to events at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Perron, J. Taylor, J. X. Mitrovica, Michael Manga, I. Matsuyama, & Mark A. Richards. (2007). Evidence for an ancient martian ocean in the topography of deformed shorelines. Nature. 447(7146). 840–843. 153 indexed citations

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Matsuyama, I., J. X. Mitrovica, J. Taylor Perron, Michael Manga, & Mark A. Richards. (2005). Rotational Stability of Dynamic Planets with Lithospheres. 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2230. 2 indexed citations

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Richards, Mark A., et al.. (1995). Controlled release from poly(phosphoester) matrices. Journal of Controlled Release. 33(1). 13–21. 31 indexed citations

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Christie, David M., Robert A. Duncan, Alexander R. McBirney, et al.. (1992). Drowned islands downstream from the Galapagos hotspot imply extended speciation times. Nature. 355(6357). 246–248. 139 indexed citations

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Richards, Mark A., et al.. (1991). Evaluation of polyphosphates and polyphosphonates as degradable biomaterials. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 25(9). 1151–1167. 64 indexed citations

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Bills, B. G., Mark A. Richards, & W. S. Kiefer. (1986). Mars: Gravity, Topography and Dynamic Compensation. LPI. 48–49. 1 indexed citations

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Hager, Bradford H., Robert W. Clayton, Mark A. Richards, R. P. Comer, & Adam M. Dziewoński. (1985). Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid. Nature. 313(6003). 541–545. 645 indexed citations breakdown →

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