Péter Molnár

55.2k total citations · 19 hit papers
290 papers, 44.4k citations indexed

About

Péter Molnár is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Péter Molnár has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 44.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Geophysics, 75 papers in Atmospheric Science and 21 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Péter Molnár's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (210 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (160 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (150 papers). Péter Molnár is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (210 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (160 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (150 papers). Péter Molnár collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Péter Molnár's co-authors include Philip England, P. Tapponnier, Paul Tapponnier, Wang‐Ping Chen, Joann M. Stock, H. Lyon‐Caen, G. A. Houseman, Joseph Martinod, Bryan L. Isacks and Dan McKenzie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Péter Molnár

287 papers receiving 39.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Coll... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1975 1993 2004 1990 1977 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision
    1975 3.7k citations Péter Molnár, P. Tapponnier profile →
  2. Mantle dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian Monsoon
    1993 1.7k citations Péter Molnár, Philip England et al. profile →
  3. Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning system data
    2004 1.3k citations Peizhen Zhang, Zheng‐Kang Shen et al. profile →
  4. Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change: chicken or egg?
    1990 1.2k citations Péter Molnár, Philip England profile →
  5. Active faulting and tectonics in China
    1977 1.0k citations Péter Molnár et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  6. Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts
    1981 935 citations G. A. Houseman, Péter Molnár et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  7. Focal depths of intracontinental and intraplate earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere
    1983 893 citations Péter Molnár et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  8. Distribution of stresses in the descending lithosphere from a global survey of focal‐mechanism solutions of mantle earthquakes
    1971 802 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  9. Active faulting and cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia, and Baykal Regions
    1979 743 citations Péter Molnár et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  10. Relative motion of the Nazca (Farallon) and South American Plates since Late Cretaceous time
    1987 704 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  11. Slip-line field theory and large-scale continental tectonics
    1976 685 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  12. Orographic Controls on Climate and Paleoclimate of Asia: Thermal and Mechanical Roles for the Tibetan Plateau
    2010 674 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  13. Active tectonics of Tibet
    1978 651 citations Péter Molnár et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  14. Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity
    1969 644 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  15. Numerical Modelling of Instantaneous Plate Tectonics
    1974 591 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  16. Slowing of India's convergence with Eurasia since 20 Ma and its implications for Tibetan mantle dynamics
    2009 586 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  17. Plate Tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa
    1970 545 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  18. Himalayan Seismic Hazard
    2001 531 citations Roger Bilham, Péter Molnár et al. profile →
  19. Closing of the Indonesian seaway as a precursor to east African aridification around 3–4 million years ago
    2001 405 citations Péter Molnár et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Péter Molnár United States 108 37.4k 10.0k 3.9k 3.5k 2.8k 290 44.4k
R. S. J. Sparks United Kingdom 111 28.6k 0.8× 11.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.3× 4.7k 1.3× 6.1k 2.2× 466 38.2k
Walter H. F. Smith United States 40 20.7k 0.6× 5.7k 0.6× 3.7k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 112 32.1k
Dan McKenzie United Kingdom 89 38.6k 1.0× 4.5k 0.5× 5.6k 1.4× 2.9k 0.8× 4.4k 1.5× 223 44.1k
An Yin United States 74 25.4k 0.7× 4.0k 0.4× 3.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 6.1k 2.2× 234 28.9k
T. Mark Harrison United States 108 41.3k 1.1× 6.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 12.9k 4.5× 312 46.8k
L. H. Royden United States 68 18.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 123 21.2k
Paul Tapponnier France 69 20.0k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 158 23.0k
Jean‐Philippe Avouac United States 90 21.9k 0.6× 5.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 320 27.0k
P. Tapponnier France 61 19.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.4× 3.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 141 21.2k
Eduardo Garzanti Italy 81 14.0k 0.4× 7.5k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 6.2k 1.8× 4.1k 1.4× 384 21.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Péter Molnár

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Molnár, Péter, et al.. (2023). Application of a CNN to the Boda Claystone Formation for high-level radioactive waste disposal. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 5491–5491. 3 indexed citations
2.
Ge, Weipeng, Zheng‐Kang Shen, Péter Molnár, et al.. (2022). GPS Determined Asymmetric Deformation Across Central Altyn Tagh Fault Reveals Rheological Structure of Northern Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(9). 15 indexed citations
3.
Johnson, Jena E. & Péter Molnár. (2019). Widespread and Persistent Deposition of Iron Formations for Two Billion Years. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(6). 3327–3339. 14 indexed citations
4.
Bilham, Roger, et al.. (2016). Changes in absolute gravity 2000–2015, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59(1). 176–186. 1 indexed citations
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Ge, Weipeng, Péter Molnár, Zheng‐Kang Shen, & Qiang Li. (2015). Present‐day crustal thinning in the southern and northern Tibetan Plateau revealed by GPS measurements. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(13). 5227–5235. 85 indexed citations
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Molnár, Péter & G. A. Houseman. (2014). Effects of a low‐viscosity lower crust on topography and gravity at convergent mountain belts during gravitational instability of mantle lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 120(1). 537–551. 7 indexed citations
7.
Garzione, Carmala N., et al.. (2014). Inland Aridification of NW China Since the Late Middle Eocene: Stable Isotope Evidence from Western Qaidam Basin. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
8.
Pérez, Omar J., et al.. (2011). Campo de velocidades GPS en el occidente de Venezuela: componente lateral derecha asociada a la Falla de Boconó y componente convergente perpendicular a Los Andes. Interciencia. 36(1). 39–44. 12 indexed citations
9.
Hatzfeld, D. & Péter Molnár. (2009). Comparisons of the kinematics and deep structures of the Zagros and Himalaya mountain belts, and of the Iranian and Tibetan Plateaus, and geodynamic implications. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
10.
Harig, Christopher, Péter Molnár, & G. A. Houseman. (2008). Thinning and Localization of Deformation During Rayleigh-Taylor Instability and its Implication for Intracontinental Magmatism. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Huybers, Peter & Péter Molnár. (2007). Tropical cooling and the onset of North American glaciation. Climate of the past. 3(3). 549–557. 34 indexed citations
12.
Molnár, Péter. (2007). An Examination of Evidence Used to Infer Late Cenozoic “Uplift” of Mountain Belts and Other High Terrain: What Scientific Question Does Such Evidence Pose?. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 70(3). 395–410. 3 indexed citations
13.
Bendick, Rebecca, Sridevi Jade, B. C. Bhatt, et al.. (2003). GPS Measurements from the Southern Tibetan Plateau: Tests of Plate-like or Continuous Deformation. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations
14.
England, Philip & Péter Molnár. (1991). Inferences of deviatoric stress in actively deforming belts from simple physical models. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 337(1645). 151–164. 45 indexed citations
15.
Molnár, Péter. (1989). The Geologic Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau. 77(4). 350–360. 31 indexed citations
16.
Kidd, W. S. F. & Péter Molnár. (1988). Quaternary and active faulting observed on the 1985 Academia Sinica - Royal Society Geotraverse of Tibet. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1594). 337–363. 115 indexed citations
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Kidd, W. S. F., Pan Yusheng, Chang Chengfa, et al.. (1988). Geological mapping of the 1985 Chinese—British Tibetan (Xizang—Qinghai) Plateau Geotraverse route. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1594). 287–305. 97 indexed citations
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Molnár, Péter. (1988). A review of geophysical constraints on the deep structure of the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalaya and the Karakoram, and their tectonic implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 326(1589). 33–88. 274 indexed citations
19.
Molnár, Péter. (1983). Average regional strain due to slip on numerous faults of different orientations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 88(B8). 6430–6432. 93 indexed citations
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Molnár, Péter, et al.. (1981). Extensional tectonics in central and eastern Asia: a brief summary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 300(1454). 403–406. 9 indexed citations

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