Scott D. King

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Scott D. King is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott D. King has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Scott D. King's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (69 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (68 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers). Scott D. King is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (69 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (68 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers). Scott D. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Scott D. King's co-authors include Don L. Anderson, Jeroen Ritsema, Bradford H. Hager, Don L. Anderson, Paul Tackley, Carl W. Gable, G. Masters, Changyeol Lee, Joel Ita and J. P. Lowman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Scott D. King

102 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Edge-driven convection 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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. Edge-driven convection
    1998 519 citations Scott D. King et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott D. King United States 33 3.8k 609 432 268 207 104 4.5k
David Bercovici United States 44 4.6k 1.2× 778 1.3× 436 1.0× 404 1.5× 255 1.2× 140 5.6k
Yanick Ricard France 48 5.7k 1.5× 700 1.1× 465 1.1× 640 2.4× 133 0.6× 122 6.5k
A. Lenardic United States 37 3.5k 0.9× 811 1.3× 537 1.2× 250 0.9× 117 0.6× 120 4.3k
Hans‐Peter Bunge Germany 39 4.7k 1.2× 130 0.2× 321 0.7× 457 1.7× 141 0.7× 105 5.0k
Nicolas Coltice France 30 2.5k 0.7× 358 0.6× 349 0.8× 233 0.9× 49 0.2× 66 3.0k
Harro Schmeling Germany 36 3.9k 1.0× 170 0.3× 297 0.7× 199 0.7× 250 1.2× 112 4.7k
Richard F. Katz United Kingdom 27 2.6k 0.7× 231 0.4× 489 1.1× 54 0.2× 124 0.6× 75 3.3k
Craig O’Neill Australia 29 2.8k 0.8× 664 1.1× 381 0.9× 145 0.5× 30 0.1× 85 3.5k
Boris Kaus Germany 35 4.2k 1.1× 155 0.3× 257 0.6× 74 0.3× 236 1.1× 124 4.8k
V. S. Solomatov United States 29 2.6k 0.7× 1.5k 2.5× 596 1.4× 394 1.5× 223 1.1× 66 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott D. King

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott D. King

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott D. King. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott D. King 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 Scott D. King. Scott D. King 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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Long, Maureen D., et al.. (2025). Mantle Transition Zone‐Penetrating Upwellings Beneath the Eastern North American Margin and Beyond. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(4). 1 indexed citations
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King, Scott D., et al.. (2024). Reconciling Mars InSight Results, Geoid, and Melt Evolution With 3D Spherical Models of Convection. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(5).
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Grott, Matthias, S. Piqueux, Tilman Spohn, et al.. (2023). Seasonal Variations of Soil Thermal Conductivity at the InSight Landing Site. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(7). 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Shangxin, et al.. (2023). A comparison of 3-D spherical shell thermal convection results at low to moderate Rayleigh number using ASPECT (version 2.2.0) and CitcomS (version 3.3.1). Geoscientific model development. 16(11). 3221–3239. 2 indexed citations
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Stott, Alexander, R. García, Aymeric Spiga, et al.. (2022). Machine learning and marsquakes: a tool to predict atmospheric-seismic noise for the NASA InSight mission. Geophysical Journal International. 233(2). 978–998. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Shangxin & Scott D. King. (2022). Dynamics of the North American Plate: Large‐Scale Driving Mechanism From Far‐Field Slabs and the Interpretation of Shallow Negative Seismic Anomalies. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(3). 9 indexed citations
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Grott, Matthias, Tilman Spohn, J. Knollenberg, et al.. (2021). Thermal Conductivity of the Martian Soil at the InSight Landing Site From HP 3 Active Heating Experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(7). 29 indexed citations
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Kedar, S., M. P. Panning, S. E. Smrekar, et al.. (2021). Analyzing Low Frequency Seismic Events at Cerberus Fossae as Long Period Volcanic Quakes. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(4). 19 indexed citations
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Long, Maureen D., L. S. Wagner, Scott D. King, et al.. (2021). Evaluating Models for Lithospheric Loss and Intraplate Volcanism Beneath the Central Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(10). 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Shangxin & Scott D. King. (2019). A benchmark study of incompressible Stokes flow in a 3-D spherical shell using ASPECT. Geophysical Journal International. 217(1). 650–667. 15 indexed citations
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King, Scott D., Julie Castillo‐Rogez, Michael J. Toplis, et al.. (2018). Ceres internal structure from geophysical constraints. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 53(9). 1999–2007. 17 indexed citations
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Benoit, M. H., et al.. (2018). Transition Zone Structure Beneath the Eastern US. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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King, Scott D., et al.. (2016). 3D Spherical Convection Modeling of the Interior of Ceres. LPI. 1699. 2 indexed citations
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King, Scott D.. (2009). Mars Mantle Structure: Results from Calculations with an Imposed Hemispheric Lithospheric Step. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1680. 1 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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King, Scott D., et al.. (2005). The Crustal Dichotomy and Edge Driven Convection: A Mechanism for Tharsis Rise Volcanism?. 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1960. 5 indexed citations
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Keken, Peter E. van, Claire A. Currie, Scott D. King, & Richard F. Katz. (2005). A benchmark for the modeling of subduction zones. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Lowman, J. P., Scott D. King, & Carl W. Gable. (2004). Steady plumes in viscously stratified, vigorously convecting, three‐dimensional numerical mantle convection models with mobile plates. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 5(1). 36 indexed citations
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King, Scott D., J. P. Lowman, & Carl W. Gable. (2002). Episodic tectonic plate reorganizations driven by mantle convection. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 203(1). 83–91. 62 indexed citations

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