Sierd Cloetingh

26.4k total citations
431 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Sierd Cloetingh is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Sierd Cloetingh has authored 431 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 367 papers in Geophysics, 75 papers in Geology and 72 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Sierd Cloetingh's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (241 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (238 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (131 papers). Sierd Cloetingh is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (241 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (238 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (131 papers). Sierd Cloetingh collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, France and Germany. Sierd Cloetingh's co-authors include Peter A. Ziegler, Liviu Maţenco, Jan‐Diederik van Wees, E. Burov, Rinus Wortel, Mikhail K. Kaban, Magdala Tesauro, Giovanni Bertotti, F. Beekman and P.A.M. Andriessen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sierd Cloetingh

424 papers receiving 19.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sierd Cloetingh Netherlands 78 17.5k 3.8k 3.7k 3.1k 2.5k 431 20.6k
Xavier Le Pichon France 72 14.9k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 206 18.5k
Paul Tapponnier France 69 20.0k 1.1× 4.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 4.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.5× 158 23.0k
L. H. Royden United States 68 18.2k 1.0× 3.7k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 123 21.2k
P. Tapponnier France 61 19.0k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 3.9k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 141 21.2k
Peter A. Ziegler Switzerland 44 6.6k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 93 9.1k
B. C. Burchfiel United States 63 14.8k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 965 0.4× 130 17.4k
Laurent Jolivet France 78 19.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 894 0.4× 222 20.6k
William B. F. Ryan United States 48 7.2k 0.4× 5.2k 1.4× 3.0k 0.8× 971 0.3× 764 0.3× 148 12.6k
David J. W. Piper Canada 60 5.2k 0.3× 6.6k 1.8× 6.8k 1.9× 1.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 370 12.7k
Sverre Planke Norway 56 6.2k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 3.4k 1.1× 3.2k 1.2× 236 10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sierd Cloetingh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sierd Cloetingh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sierd Cloetingh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sierd Cloetingh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sierd Cloetingh 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 Sierd Cloetingh. Sierd Cloetingh 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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Cloetingh, Sierd, et al.. (2024). Iceland Plume and its Magmatic Manifestations: LIP‐Dornröschen in the North Atlantic. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 98(S1). 10–10. 1 indexed citations
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Tesauro, Magdala, et al.. (2016). Lithospheric thermal and strength model of the Arctic region. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Koulakov, Iván, Andrey Jakovlev, François Roure, et al.. (2015). Subduction or delamination beneath the Apennines? Evidence from regional tomography. Solid Earth. 6(2). 669–679. 7 indexed citations
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Sokoutis, Dimitrios, et al.. (2010). Sobre el origen de la asimetría en el patrón general del relieve en el interior de la Península Ibérica: nuevos resultados obtenidos mediante modelación análoga. Geogaceta. 67–70. 1 indexed citations
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Lüth, Stefan, Ernst Willingshofer, Dimitrios Sokoutis, & Sierd Cloetingh. (2008). Analogue Modelling of Continental Lithosphere Subduction. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 184–189. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Lozano, Javier, Dimitrios Sokoutis, Ernst Willingshofer, Gerardo de Vicente, & Sierd Cloetingh. (2008). Analogue Modelling: Insights on Lithospheric Processes in Iberia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 42. 54–57. 2 indexed citations
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Maţenco, Liviu, et al.. (2005). Coupling between foreland and backarc basins post-orogenic vertical movements: neotectonic deformations in the SE Carpathians – Transylvania basin corridor. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
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Cloetingh, Sierd, F. Beekman, P.A.M. Andriessen, et al.. (2004). Lithospheric memory, state of stress and rheology; Neo-Tectonic controls on Europe's intraplate continental topography.. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 45. 198–202. 2 indexed citations
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Bada, G., László Fodor, Zsófia Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, et al.. (2003). Lithosphere dynamics and present-day deformation pattern in the Pannonian basin. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 5772. 4 indexed citations
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Maţenco, Liviu, Giovanni Bertotti, Sierd Cloetingh, M. Tărăpoancă, & Karen Leever. (2003). Pliocene to Active tectonics in the aftermath of the continental collision in the SE Carpathians corner: Inferences from seismic, kinematic, geomorphological and remote sensing studies. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 6835. 2 indexed citations
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Wijk, Jolante van & Sierd Cloetingh. (2002). Basin Migration By Slow Lithospheric Extension. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4827. 1 indexed citations
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Maţenco, Liviu, Giovanni Bertotti, Sierd Cloetingh, & Stefan M. Schmid. (2002). Neotectonics of The SE Carpathians Foreland: Constraints From Kinematic, Geomorphological and Remote Sensing Studies. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5640. 1 indexed citations
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Bada, G., Frank Horváth, Sierd Cloetingh, David Coblentz, & Tamás Tóth. (2001). Role of topography‐induced gravitational stresses in basin inversion: The case study of the Pannonian basin. Tectonics. 20(3). 343–363. 81 indexed citations
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Bertotti, Giovanni, et al.. (2000). Dynamic processes controlling foreland development - the role of mechanical (de)coupling of orogenic wedges and forelands. Paper presented at the EGS Topical Conference ".. Journal of Geosciences. 45. 276–277. 1 indexed citations
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Willingshofer, Ernst, Jan‐Diederik van Wees, Franz Neubauer, & Sierd Cloetingh. (1999). Thermomechanical evolution of an accretionary wedge: the Austroalpine of the Eastern Alps - indications and implications from 2D-numerical modelling. Tectonics. 809–826. 4 indexed citations
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Korotaev, M. V., А. М. Никишин, E. V. Shipilov, Sierd Cloetingh, & Randell Stephenson. (1998). Geological history of the East-Barents Sea region in the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic according the data of computer modelling.. Doklady Earth Sciences. 350. 654–658. 1 indexed citations
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Huismans, Ritske S., Yury Podladchikov, & Sierd Cloetingh. (1997). The transition from passive to active rifting: the Pannonian basin, an application. Terra Nova. 9. 96–96. 4 indexed citations
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Martín, Alfonso Muñoz, Sierd Cloetingh, & Gerardo de Vicente. (1996). Modelos de elementos finitos sobre los campos de paleoesfuerzos terciarios en el borde oriental de la cuenca del Tajo (España central). Geogaceta. 838–841. 1 indexed citations
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Wortel, M. J. R., et al.. (1991). Dynamics of the lithosphere and the intraplate stress field. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 337(1645). 111–126. 37 indexed citations
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Vlaar, N. J. & Sierd Cloetingh. (1984). Orogeny and ophiolites: Plate tectonics revisited with reference to the Alps. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw. 63. 159–164. 7 indexed citations

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