Peter E. van Keken

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Peter E. van Keken is a scholar working on Geophysics, Computational Mechanics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter E. van Keken has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Geophysics, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter E. van Keken's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (93 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (93 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (88 papers). Peter E. van Keken is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (93 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (93 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (88 papers). Peter E. van Keken collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Peter E. van Keken's co-authors include G. A. Abers, E. M. Syracuse, Bradley R. Hacker, E. A. Kneller, Geoff Abers, C. J. Ballentine, Simon M. Peacock, A. P. van den Berg, Shu‐Chuan Lin and Boris Kiefer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter E. van Keken

117 papers receiving 8.0k 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 global range of subduction zone thermal models

2010 1.2k citations E. M. Syracuse, Peter E. van Keken et al. profile →
Subduction factory: 4. Depth-dependent flux of H₂O from subducting slabs worldwide

2011 779 citations Peter E. van Keken, Bradley R. Hacker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter E. van Keken United States	47	7.6k	596	321	315	259	118	8.2k
Marc Spiegelman United States	34	4.9k 0.6×	571 1.0×	527 1.6×	354 1.1×	138 0.5×	72	5.8k
Nick Petford United Kingdom	27	4.9k 0.6×	1.7k 2.9×	376 1.2×	312 1.0×	296 1.1×	97	5.4k
S. V. Sobolev Germany	42	7.2k 0.9×	808 1.4×	432 1.3×	292 0.9×	208 0.8×	111	7.6k
G. A. Houseman United Kingdom	44	8.3k 1.1×	586 1.0×	725 2.3×	230 0.7×	107 0.4×	121	8.8k
Boris Kaus Germany	35	4.2k 0.5×	308 0.5×	257 0.8×	466 1.5×	74 0.3×	124	4.8k
Greg Hirth United States	59	11.8k 1.6×	614 1.0×	561 1.7×	1.4k 4.3×	186 0.7×	187	12.9k
James K. Russell Canada	42	5.5k 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	1.1k 3.3×	599 1.9×	417 1.6×	197	6.8k
George W. Bergantz United States	36	4.5k 0.6×	1.5k 2.4×	566 1.8×	115 0.4×	236 0.9×	60	4.8k
Luca Caricchi Switzerland	34	3.2k 0.4×	813 1.4×	526 1.6×	210 0.7×	128 0.5×	91	3.6k
Marian B. Holness United Kingdom	38	4.0k 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	477 1.5×	418 1.3×	343 1.3×	126	4.3k

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Penniston‐Dorland, Sarah, et al.. (2025). Constraining the thermal structure of the subduction plate interface: Coupled petrologic and geodynamic study of high-pressure rocks of New Caledonia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 652. 119172–119172. 3 indexed citations

Wilson, C. R., et al.. (2024). Thermal modeling of subduction zones with prescribed and evolving 2D and 3D slab geometries. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Keken, Peter E. van & C. R. Wilson. (2023). An introductory review of the thermal structure of subduction zones: I—motivation and selected examples. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 10(1). 10 indexed citations

Wilson, C. R., et al.. (2022). A Pointwise Conservative Method for Thermochemical Convection Under the Compressible Anelastic Liquid Approximation. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(2). 3 indexed citations

Tucker, J., Peter E. van Keken, & C. J. Ballentine. (2022). Earth’s missing argon paradox resolved by recycling of oceanic crust. Nature Geoscience. 15(1). 85–90. 12 indexed citations

Maljaars, Jakob M., et al.. (2021). An Exactly Mass Conserving and Pointwise Divergence Free Velocity Method: Application to Compositional Buoyancy Driven Flow Problems in Geodynamics. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(4). 7 indexed citations

Keken, Peter E. van, et al.. (2021). Burying Earth's Primitive Mantle in the Slab Graveyard. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(3). 22 indexed citations

Tucker, J., Peter E. van Keken, Rosemary E. Jones, & C. J. Ballentine. (2020). A Role for Subducted Oceanic Crust in Generating the Depleted Mid‐Ocean Ridge Basalt Mantle. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(8). 13 indexed citations

Shirey, Steven B., et al.. (2019). Deep Focus Earthquakes, Deep Slab Fluids, and Superdeep Diamonds. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Kimura, Jun‐Ichi, James B. Gill, Peter E. van Keken, Hiroshi Kawabata, & Susanne Skora. (2017). Origin of geochemical mantle components: Role of spreading ridges and thermal evolution of mantle. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 18(2). 697–734. 16 indexed citations

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Keken, Peter E. van, E. M. Syracuse, G. A. Abers, et al.. (2009). Modeling the subduction factory: The ins and outs from a thermal and dynamical perspective. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 3 indexed citations

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King, Scott D., Wei Leng, Shijie Zhong, et al.. (2008). A Community Benchmark for 2D Cartesian Compressible Convection. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations

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Rondenay, S., G. A. Abers, K. C. Creager, et al.. (2008). CAFE: a seismic investigation of water percolation in the Cascadia subduction zone. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Spiegelman, Marc, Peter E. van Keken, & B. Hacker. (2008). Volatiles and melting: Advanced models of fluid flow in subduction systems. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Syracuse, E. M., G. A. Abers, K. M. Fischer, et al.. (2007). Improving Seismic Constraints on Subduction Zone Geometry. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Wendy R., et al.. (2007). Two Plumes Beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Investigation into Possible Interactions in Ethiopia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 3 indexed citations

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Kneller, E. A., Maureen D. Long, Peter E. van Keken, E. M. Syracuse, & G. A. Abers. (2006). Olivine Fabric Transitions and Shear Wave Anisotropy in the Ryukyu Subduction System. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Ballentine, C. J., Peter E. van Keken, Greg Holland, E. H. Hauri, & J.P. Brandenburg. (2005). Recycling volatiles and attaining a geochemical and fluid dynamically consistent model of mantle convection. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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Keken, Peter E. van, et al.. (2003). Visualizing seismic wave propagation. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Leigh, Jason, Pat Morin, Andrew Johnson, et al.. (2003). GeoWall-2 : a Scalable Display System for the Geosciences. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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