Simon A. Wilde

63.3k total citations · 31 hit papers
426 papers, 55.1k citations indexed

About

Simon A. Wilde is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon A. Wilde has authored 426 papers receiving a total of 55.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 408 papers in Geophysics, 146 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 37 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Simon A. Wilde's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (404 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (263 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (261 papers). Simon A. Wilde is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (404 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (263 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (261 papers). Simon A. Wilde collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Hong Kong. Simon A. Wilde's co-authors include Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Fu‐Yuan Wu, Jin‐Hui Yang, Peter A. Cawood, Sanzhong Li, Deyou Sun, Bor‐ming Jahn, Jian‐Bo Zhou and John W. Valley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon A. Wilde

416 papers receiving 53.2k citations

Hit Papers

Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North C... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2004 2001 2002 2010 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited
    2004 2.3k citations Guochun Zhao, Min Sun et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  2. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P–T path constraints and tectonic evolution
    2001 1.7k citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  3. Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent
    2002 1.5k citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  4. Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China
    2010 1.4k citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Deyou Sun et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
  5. Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China
    2005 1.3k citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Simon A. Wilde et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  6. A-type granites in northeastern China: age and geochemical constraints on their petrogenesis
    2002 1.2k citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Deyou Sun et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  7. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup
    2004 1.1k citations Guochun Zhao, Min Sun et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  8. Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago
    2001 1.1k citations Simon A. Wilde et al. profile →
  9. Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion
    2012 904 citations Guochun Zhao, Sanzhong Li et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  10. Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
    2013 772 citations Alfred Kröner, В. П. Ковач et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  11. Phanerozoic crustal growth: U–Pb and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the granites in northeastern China
    2000 614 citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Bor‐ming Jahn et al. Tectonophysics profile →
  12. Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution
    2000 576 citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  13. Constraints on the timing of uplift of the Yanshan Fold and Thrust Belt, North China
    2006 573 citations Jin‐Hui Yang, Fu‐Yuan Wu et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  14. Age and evolution of a late Archean to Paleoproterozoic upper to lower crustal section in the Wutaishan/Hengshan/Fuping terrain of northern China
    2004 560 citations Alfred Kröner, Simon A. Wilde et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
  15. Thermal Evolution of Archean Basement Rocks from the Eastern Part of the North China Craton and Its Bearing on Tectonic Setting
    1998 554 citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. profile →
  16. SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the North China Craton: Evidence for a major Late Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal event
    2006 549 citations Yusheng Wan, Biao Song et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  17. Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic
    2018 546 citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Jin‐Hui Yang et al. profile →
  18. Development of the North China Craton During the Late Archaean and its Final Amalgamation at 1.8 Ga: Some Speculations on its Position Within a Global Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinent
    2002 526 citations Simon A. Wilde, Guochun Zhao et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  19. A hybrid origin for the Qianshan A-type granite, northeast China: Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic evidence
    2006 511 citations Jin‐Hui Yang, Fu‐Yuan Wu et al. Lithos profile →
  20. Tracing magma mixing in granite genesis: in situ U–Pb dating and Hf-isotope analysis of zircons
    2006 484 citations Jin‐Hui Yang, Fu‐Yuan Wu et al. profile →
  21. Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Jurassic granites in the Liaodong Peninsula, NE China
    2005 458 citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Jin‐Hui Yang et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  22. The crustal accretion history and tectonic evolution of the NE China segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
    2012 454 citations Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde Gondwana Research profile →
  23. The Heilongjiang Group: A Jurassic accretionary complex in the Jiamusi Massif at the western Pacific margin of northeastern China
    2007 445 citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Jin‐Hui Yang et al. profile →
  24. Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology
    2007 437 citations Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  25. Geochronology of the Mesozoic volcanic rocks in the Great Xing'an Range, northeastern China: Implications for subduction-induced delamination
    2010 436 citations Fu‐Yuan Wu, Jin‐Hui Yang et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  26. The onset of Pacific margin accretion in NE China: Evidence from the Heilongjiang high-pressure metamorphic belt
    2009 424 citations Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde et al. Tectonophysics profile →
  27. Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton
    2010 418 citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  28. Final amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NE China: Paleo-Asian Ocean closure versus Paleo-Pacific plate subduction — A review of the evidence
    2015 384 citations Simon A. Wilde Tectonophysics profile →
  29. Hadean crustal evolution revisited: New constraints from Pb–Hf isotope systematics of the Jack Hills zircons
    2010 380 citations Simon A. Wilde et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  30. Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography
    2014 335 citations Simon A. Wilde et al. profile →
  31. Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean
    2017 316 citations Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon A. Wilde Australia 125 52.8k 22.9k 6.3k 2.6k 2.4k 426 55.1k
Fu‐Yuan Wu China 123 53.1k 1.0× 23.2k 1.0× 6.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 2.6k 1.1× 479 56.4k
Xian‐Hua Li China 95 31.6k 0.6× 12.4k 0.5× 5.0k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 3.2k 1.3× 479 37.1k
Suzanne Y. O’Reilly Australia 99 41.3k 0.8× 13.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 548 43.0k
Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan 98 32.6k 0.6× 15.6k 0.7× 5.5k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 283 35.0k
Peter A. Cawood Australia 100 36.7k 0.7× 14.1k 0.6× 5.3k 0.8× 5.1k 1.9× 3.8k 1.6× 469 38.9k
Alfred Kröner Germany 104 33.2k 0.6× 16.4k 0.7× 4.3k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 377 34.4k
Shen‐Su Sun Australia 28 37.6k 0.7× 15.9k 0.7× 5.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 44 39.2k
Guochun Zhao Hong Kong 123 50.7k 1.0× 20.5k 0.9× 6.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 3.1k 1.3× 485 52.4k
Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia 97 32.2k 0.6× 11.3k 0.5× 4.5k 0.7× 5.6k 2.1× 4.4k 1.8× 376 35.7k
Norman J. Pearson Australia 73 27.8k 0.5× 10.8k 0.5× 3.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 238 29.2k

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All Works

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Wang, Jian, Zhi Wang, Xiugen Fu, et al.. (2024). Control of stepwise subduction and slab breakoff on volcanism and uplift in the Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 647. 119057–119057.
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Huang, Bo, Tim Johnson, Simon A. Wilde, et al.. (2022). Coexisting divergent and convergent plate boundary assemblages indicate plate tectonics in the Neoarchean. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6450–6450. 36 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jian‐Bo, et al.. (2014). Geochemistry and U–Pb zircon dating of the Toudaoqiao blueschists in the Great Xing’an Range, northeast China, and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 97. 197–210. 117 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred, В. П. Ковач, Елена Белоусова, et al.. (2013). Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research. 25(1). 103–125. 772 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Jian‐Bo & Simon A. Wilde. (2012). The crustal accretion history and tectonic evolution of the NE China segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research. 23(4). 1365–1377. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Jian‐Bo, et al.. (2011). Confirming of the Heilongjiang ~500Ma Pan-African khondalite belt and its tectonic implications. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 27(4). 1235–1245. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2008). Permian bimodal volcanic rocks from Central Inner Mongolia, North China: Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and tectonic Implication. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 1 indexed citations
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Arnaud, Nicolas, Jonathan C. Aitchison, Philippe Hervé Leloup, F. Valli, & Simon A. Wilde. (2008). Constraints on the initiation of normal faulting across the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, from the Lopu Gangri range, southern Tibet. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 10. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jian, Guochun Zhao, Sanzhong Li, et al.. (2007). Deformation history of the Hengshan Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Journal of Structural Geology. 29(6). 933–949. 225 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun, Simon A. Wilde, Min Sun, et al.. (2007). SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research. 160(3-4). 213–226. 344 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun, Min Sun, Simon A. Wilde, & Sanzhong Li. (2004). Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research. 136(2). 177–202. 2293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Jin‐Hui, Fu Yuan Wu, Ching‐Hua Lo, et al.. (2004). 辽宁丹东地区侏罗纪花岗岩的变形时代: 40Ar/39Ar年代学制约. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 20(5). 1205–1214. 12 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun, Min Sun, Simon A. Wilde, & Sanzhong Li. (2004). A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup. Earth-Science Reviews. 67(1-2). 91–123. 1145 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Fu‐Yuan, Deyou Sun, Huimin Li, Bor‐ming Jahn, & Simon A. Wilde. (2002). A-type granites in northeastern China: age and geochemical constraints on their petrogenesis. Chemical Geology. 187(1-2). 143–173. 1183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Bin, Bor‐ming Jahn, Simon A. Wilde, & Bei Xu. (2000). Two contrasting paleozoic magmatic belts in northern Inner Mongolia, China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications. Tectonophysics. 328(1-2). 157–182. 483 indexed citations

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