Rinus Wortel

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Rinus Wortel is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rinus Wortel has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Rinus Wortel's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (36 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (25 papers). Rinus Wortel is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (36 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (25 papers). Rinus Wortel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United States. Rinus Wortel's co-authors include Sierd Cloetingh, Wim Spakman, Rob Govers, Laurent Jolivet, Patrick Monié, B. Meyer, Hubert Whitechurch, Jafar Omrani, Bruno Vrielynck and Philippe Agard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Rinus Wortel

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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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. Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process
    2011 795 citations Laurent Jolivet, Wim Spakman 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
Rinus Wortel Netherlands 23 2.6k 301 181 174 128 39 2.8k
R. M. Clowes Canada 34 3.0k 1.2× 361 1.2× 210 1.2× 151 0.9× 112 0.9× 102 3.1k
Loïc Labrousse France 29 2.6k 1.0× 342 1.1× 179 1.0× 162 0.9× 167 1.3× 70 2.8k
P. Vergély France 18 1.5k 0.6× 174 0.6× 197 1.1× 183 1.1× 146 1.1× 43 1.6k
A. Pérez‐Estaún Spain 29 2.2k 0.8× 273 0.9× 184 1.0× 148 0.9× 153 1.2× 72 2.4k
Arthur G. Sylvester United States 19 1.8k 0.7× 311 1.0× 213 1.2× 336 1.9× 215 1.7× 53 2.0k
M. Eyal Israel 20 1.6k 0.6× 534 1.8× 118 0.7× 246 1.4× 219 1.7× 30 1.8k
Claire A. Currie Canada 27 3.0k 1.2× 416 1.4× 150 0.8× 170 1.0× 180 1.4× 71 3.2k
Khaled Hessami Iran 21 1.5k 0.6× 240 0.8× 102 0.6× 183 1.1× 273 2.1× 38 1.7k
George A. Thompson United States 28 2.2k 0.8× 278 0.9× 174 1.0× 342 2.0× 164 1.3× 52 2.4k
R. Bayer France 15 1.9k 0.7× 253 0.8× 78 0.4× 162 0.9× 127 1.0× 33 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rinus Wortel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rinus Wortel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rinus Wortel

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

All Works

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Meijer, Paul, et al.. (2013). Model study of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea and Paratethys: closure of the Indian gateway. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Hafkenscheid, E., Steven C. Bergman, J. H. Davies, et al.. (2013). Integrating Plate Tectonic Reconstruction and Mantle Dynamics: A valuable Aid in Frontier Exploration. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Govers, Rob, et al.. (2013). Dynamics and stress field of the Eurasian plate. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Govers, Rob, et al.. (2013). Tectonic evolution and mantle structure of the Caribbean. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(6). 3019–3036. 94 indexed citations
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Baes, Marzieh, Rob Govers, & Rinus Wortel. (2011). Subduction initiation along the inherited weakness zone at the edge of a slab: Insights from numerical models. Geophysical Journal International. 184(3). 991–1008. 68 indexed citations
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Özbakır, Ali Değer, Rinus Wortel, & Rob Govers. (2010). The nature and location of the plate boundary between the Anatolian and African plates. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4366. 1 indexed citations
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Govers, Rob, et al.. (2008). Dynamics of continental collision: influence of the plate contact. Geophysical Journal International. 174(3). 1101–1120. 31 indexed citations
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Govers, Rob, et al.. (2008). Nature of the plate contact and subduction zones diversity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 271(1-4). 245–253. 25 indexed citations
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Furlong, Kevin P., Wim Spakman, & Rinus Wortel. (1995). Thermal structure of the continental lithosphere: constraints from seismic tomography. Tectonophysics. 244(1-3). 107–117. 36 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd, Rinus Wortel, & N. J. Vlaar. (1989). On the initiation of subduction zones. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 129(1-2). 7–25. 119 indexed citations
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Stein, Carol A., Sierd Cloetingh, & Rinus Wortel. (1989). Seasat‐derived gravity constraints on stress and deformation in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 16(8). 823–826. 80 indexed citations
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Wortel, Rinus. (1986). Deep earthquakes and the thermal assimilation of subducting lithosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 13(1). 34–37. 28 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd & Rinus Wortel. (1985). Regional stress field of the Indian Plate. Geophysical Research Letters. 12(2). 77–80. 132 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd, Rinus Wortel, & N. J. Vlaar. (1985). Comment and Reply on “Short-lived 1.9 Ga continental margin and its destruction, Wopmay orogen, northwest Canada”. Geology. 13(1). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Wortel, Rinus & Sierd Cloetingh. (1982). A Mechanism for Fragmentation of Oceanic Plates: Tectonic Processes: Model Investigations of Margin Environmental and Tectonic Processes. 110. 793–801. 1 indexed citations
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Wortel, Rinus. (1982). Seismicity and rheology of subducted slabs. Nature. 296(5857). 553–556. 76 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd, Guust Nolet, & Rinus Wortel. (1980). Crustal structure of the eastern Mediterranean inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 51(2). 336–342. 21 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd, Guust Nolet, & Rinus Wortel. (1979). On the use of rayleigh wave group velocities for the analysis of continental margins. Tectonophysics. 59(1-4). 335–346. 9 indexed citations
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Nolet, Guust, G. F. Panza, & Rinus Wortel. (1978). An averaged model for the Adriatic subplate. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 116(6). 1284–1298. 11 indexed citations

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