Patrick Wu

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Patrick Wu is a scholar working on Geophysics, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Wu has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Geophysics, 51 papers in Oceanography and 43 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Wu's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (76 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (50 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Patrick Wu is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (76 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (50 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Patrick Wu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Hong Kong. Patrick Wu's co-authors include Shun‐ichiro Karato, W. R. Peltier, Holger Steffen, Hansheng Wang, Georg Kaufmann, Wouter van der Wal, Paul Johnston, H. S. Hasegawa, Rebekka Steffen and Kurt Lambeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Wu

110 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Rheology of the Upper Man... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Rheology of the Upper Mantle: A Synthesis
    1993 1.4k citations Shun‐ichiro Karato, Patrick Wu Science profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Patrick Wu 3.9k 1.8k 1.6k 640 450 114 5.5k
Erik R. Ivins 1.3k 0.3× 2.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 481 0.8× 372 0.8× 85 4.0k
Jeffrey T. Freymueller 8.2k 2.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 274 0.4× 253 0.6× 240 10.2k
Emile A. Okal 8.3k 2.1× 1.6k 0.9× 848 0.5× 154 0.2× 248 0.6× 304 9.4k
R. W. King 7.4k 1.9× 921 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 201 0.3× 986 2.2× 114 9.4k
Hazel Rymer 2.4k 0.6× 955 0.5× 492 0.3× 171 0.3× 187 0.4× 62 3.2k
Holger Steffen 972 0.3× 947 0.5× 960 0.6× 251 0.4× 143 0.3× 89 2.2k
Michael Bevis 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 192 0.3× 1.2k 2.6× 78 5.1k
Riccardo Riva 811 0.2× 1.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.6× 520 0.8× 411 0.9× 102 4.1k
Richard G. Gordon 15.8k 4.1× 2.5k 1.4× 896 0.5× 1.3k 2.1× 142 0.3× 127 17.0k
Freysteinn Sigmundsson 4.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 431 0.3× 118 0.2× 145 0.3× 172 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Wu 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 Patrick Wu. Patrick Wu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brandes, Christian, Holger Steffen, Rebekka Steffen, Tanghua Li, & Patrick Wu. (2025). Effects of the Last Quaternary Glacial Forebulge on Vertical Land Movement, Sea‐Level Change, and Lithospheric Stresses. Reviews of Geophysics. 63(3).
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Chen, Fang, et al.. (2025). Coupled effects of amoxicillin and copper on high-risk antibiotic resistance gene dynamics during dairy manure aerobic composting. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165114–165114. 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, Rebekka, Holger Steffen, Volker Klemann, et al.. (2023). A commercial finite element approach to modelling Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on spherical self-gravitating compressible earth models. Geophysical Journal International. 235(3). 2231–2256. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Tanghua, Nicole S. Khan, Alisa Baranskaya, et al.. (2022). Influence of 3D Earth Structure on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in the Russian Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(3). 15 indexed citations
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Peltier, W. R., et al.. (2022). Glacial isostatic adjustment: physical models and observational constraints. Reports on Progress in Physics. 85(9). 96801–96801. 21 indexed citations
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Brandes, Christian, Holger Steffen, Peter B. E. Sandersen, Patrick Wu, & Jutta Winsemann. (2018). Glacially induced faulting along the NW segment of the Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone, northern Denmark: Implications for neotectonics and Lateglacial fault-bound basin formation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 189. 149–168. 38 indexed citations
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Steffen, Rebekka, Holger Steffen, & Patrick Wu. (2016). Comparison of the glacial isostatic adjustment behaviour in glacially induced fault models. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Ya, Patrick Wu, Guangyu Huang, & Yan Zong. (2015). Holocene sea-level reconstruction for Guangdong coast and a comparison with GIA model outputs. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 2 indexed citations
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Steffen, Holger, Patrick Wu, & Hansheng Wang. (2014). Optimal locations of sea-level indicators in glacial isostatic adjustment investigations. Solid Earth. 5(1). 511–521. 11 indexed citations
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Steffen, Holger & Patrick Wu. (2014). The sensitivity of GNSS measurements in Fennoscandia to distinct three-dimensional upper-mantle structures. Solid Earth. 5(1). 557–567. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Hansheng, Longwei Xiang, Patrick Wu, et al.. (2013). Effects of the Tibetan Plateau Crustal Structure on the Inversion of Water Trend Rates Using Simulated GRACE/GPS Data. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 24(4-1). 505–505. 6 indexed citations
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Steffen, Holger, Patrick Wu, & Huanye Wang. (2013). Optimal locations of sea-level indicators in glacial isostatic adjustment investigations. 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, Rebekka, David W. Eaton, & Patrick Wu. (2011). Moment tensors, state of stress and their relation to postglacial rebound in northeast Canada. European geosciences union general assembly.
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Peng, Jinfeng, K WANG, Xin He, et al.. (2006). Identification of live liver cancer cells in a mixed cell system using galactose-conjugated fluorescent nanoparticles. Talanta. 71(2). 833–840. 41 indexed citations
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Wang, Hansheng & Patrick Wu. (2006). Effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness and mantle viscosity on glacially induced surface motion on a spherical, self-gravitating Maxwell Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 244(3-4). 576–589. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Patrick. (1999). Modelling postglacial sea levels with power-law rheology and a realistic ice model in the absence of ambient tectonic stress. Geophysical Journal International. 139(3). 691–702. 34 indexed citations
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Chan, Ta‐Chien, et al.. (1998). Hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients on renal replacement therapy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 13(3). 731–734. 11 indexed citations
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Bell, J. S. & Patrick Wu. (1997). High horizontal stresses in Hudson Bay, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 34(7). 949–957. 3 indexed citations
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Karato, Shun‐ichiro & Patrick Wu. (1993). Rheology of the Upper Mantle: A Synthesis. Science. 260(5109). 771–778. 1395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lok, Anna S., et al.. (1989). Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Interferon: Experience in Asian Patients. Seminars in Liver Disease. 9(4). 249–253. 48 indexed citations

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