R. D. van der Hilst

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

R. D. van der Hilst is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, R. D. van der Hilst has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Geology and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in R. D. van der Hilst's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (56 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers). R. D. van der Hilst is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (56 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers). R. D. van der Hilst collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. R. D. van der Hilst's co-authors include Sri Widiyantoro, Hrafnkell Kárason, S. P. Grand, Sergei Lebedev, Bradford H. Hager, L. H. Kellogg, Frederik J. Simons, Maureen D. Long, Francis Albarède and Alet Zielhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. D. van der Hilst

71 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global seismic tomography: A snapshot of convection in the earth

1997 642 citations R. D. van der Hilst, Sri Widiyantoro et al. profile →
Compositional Stratification in the Deep Mantle

1999 564 citations Bradford H. Hager, R. D. van der Hilst et al. profile →
Calibration of Sulfate Levels in the Archean Ocean

2002 503 citations R. D. van der Hilst et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. D. van der Hilst United States	35	5.0k	370	326	290	260	74	5.5k
Donna K. Blackman United States	27	3.6k 0.7×	231 0.6×	536 1.6×	297 1.0×	206 0.8×	79	4.5k
Teruaki Ishii Japan	30	2.6k 0.5×	233 0.6×	375 1.2×	323 1.1×	371 1.4×	88	3.2k
R. Pedersen Norway	33	2.6k 0.5×	252 0.7×	607 1.9×	172 0.6×	189 0.7×	82	3.5k
S. V. Sobolev Germany	42	7.2k 1.4×	290 0.8×	432 1.3×	511 1.8×	208 0.8×	111	7.6k
C. J. MacLeod United Kingdom	36	3.8k 0.8×	170 0.5×	506 1.6×	323 1.1×	285 1.1×	116	4.2k
J. E. Snow United States	29	4.3k 0.9×	152 0.4×	310 1.0×	392 1.4×	414 1.6×	85	4.8k
Peter J. Michael United States	34	3.9k 0.8×	216 0.6×	611 1.9×	388 1.3×	409 1.6×	67	4.6k
Nicolas Coltice France	30	2.5k 0.5×	310 0.8×	349 1.1×	118 0.4×	174 0.7×	66	3.0k
Benoı̂t Ildefonse France	34	3.3k 0.7×	209 0.6×	399 1.2×	144 0.5×	283 1.1×	110	3.9k
Jun Korenaga United States	45	6.0k 1.2×	519 1.4×	692 2.1×	574 2.0×	308 1.2×	134	7.1k

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Yu, Chunquan, Elizabeth Day, & R. D. van der Hilst. (2013). Imaging Upper Mantle Discontinuities with SS precursors: A Comparative Study of the Generalized Radon Transform method and the Common Middle Point Stacking method. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Hansen, S. E., A. Nyblade, M. H. Benoit, S. Burdick, & R. D. van der Hilst. (2010). Connecting the African Superplume to the Anomalous Upper Mantle beneath East Africa and Western Arabia: Results from Adaptively Parameterized P-wave Tomography. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 2 indexed citations

Hilst, R. D. van der, et al.. (2010). Complex plume dynamics in the transition zone underneath the Hawaii hotspot: seismic imaging results. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Heming, et al.. (2010). Adjoint tomography using Green's functions from ambient noise. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Hilst, R. D. van der, et al.. (2009). Imaging the Lowermost Mantle Beneath East Asia With (Joint) Inverse Scattering (Generalized Radon Transform) of ScS and SKKS Data. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

Long, Maureen D., Maarten V. de Hoop, R. D. van der Hilst, & Bradford H. Hager. (2007). Shear wave splitting intensity tomography beneath southwestern Japan and coupling with numerical flow models. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

Hilst, R. D. van der. (2007). Boldly go deeper into earth. 7. 34–38.

Burdick, S., Maarten V. de Hoop, & R. D. van der Hilst. (2007). Frechet kernels for wave equation reflection tomography on curvilinear coordinates. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007.

Lebedev, Sergei & R. D. van der Hilst. (2006). Global Upper-Mantle Tomography With the Automated Multimode Inversion of Surface and S Wave Forms. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2006.

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Hoop, Maarten V. de, et al.. (2006). Imaging and characterizing structure in Earth's deep interior. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Long, Maureen D., R. D. van der Hilst, Maarten V. de Hoop, & Bradford H. Hager. (2005). Constraints on Deformation Geometry Beneath Japan From Observations and Models of Seismic Anisotropy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Lebedev, Sergei & R. D. van der Hilst. (2004). A High-Resolution, Shear-Speed Model of the Upper Mantle. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Kárason, Hrafnkell, et al.. (2003). A New Global Model for 3-D variations in P Wave Speed in Earth's Mantle. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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Widiyantoro, Sri, R. D. van der Hilst, & Friedemann Wenzel. (2003). Deformation of the Aegean Slab in the Mantle Transition Zone. AGUFM. 2003. 9 indexed citations

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Simons, Frederik J. & R. D. van der Hilst. (2002). Structure and Evolution of The Australian Lithosphere. EGSGA. 1073. 2 indexed citations

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Lebedev, Sergei, Sébastien Chevrot, & R. D. van der Hilst. (2002). The 660-km discontinuity within the subducting NW-Pacifc lithospheric slab. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 25–35. 2 indexed citations

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Kárason, Hrafnkell & R. D. van der Hilst. (2001). Mantle P-Wave Speed From Seismic Tomography; Advances in Methodology and Data Integration. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Deal, Michael, Guust Nolet, & R. D. van der Hilst. (1999). Slab temperature and thickness from seismic tomography. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 12 indexed citations

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Simons, Frederik J., Alet Zielhuis, & R. D. van der Hilst. (1999). The deep structure of the Australian continent inferred from surface wave tomography. Lithos. 17–43. 8 indexed citations

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Widiyantoro, Sri & R. D. van der Hilst. (1996). Structure and evolution of subducted lithosphere beneath the Sunda arc, Indonesia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 12 indexed citations

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