Michael Gurnis

223 papers and 16.6k indexed citations i.

About

Michael Gurnis is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Gurnis has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Geophysics, 23 papers in Geology and 20 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael Gurnis’s work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (162 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (156 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers). Michael Gurnis is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (162 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (156 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers). Michael Gurnis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Michael Gurnis's co-authors include R. Dietmar Müller, Shijie Zhong, Louis Moresi, Maria Seton, Eh Tan, Sabin Zahirovic, Nicolas Flament, Lijun Liu, S. Spasojević and M. I. Billen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Gurnis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Gurnis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Gurnis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Gurnis. Michael Gurnis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Gurnis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Gurnis. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Gurnis. The network helps show where Michael Gurnis may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Gurnis

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