Susanne Buiter

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Susanne Buiter is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Susanne Buiter has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Susanne Buiter's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (44 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (35 papers). Susanne Buiter is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (44 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (35 papers). Susanne Buiter collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and Switzerland. Susanne Buiter's co-authors include Guido Schreurs, Joya Tetreault, Trond H. Torsvik, O. Adrian Pfiffner, John Naliboff, M. J. R. Wortel, Christopher Beaumont, Rob Govers, Susan Ellis and Boris Kaus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Susanne Buiter

61 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling: an evaluation of the ‘sticky air’ method

2012 296 citations Fabio Crameri, Harro Schmeling et al. profile →
Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution

2023 83 citations Sascha Brune, Folarin Kolawole et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susanne Buiter Norway	29	2.5k	417	367	329	201	64	2.8k
Åke Fagereng United Kingdom	33	2.7k 1.1×	187 0.4×	277 0.8×	247 0.8×	178 0.9×	114	3.0k
Laëtitia Le Pourhiet France	31	2.8k 1.1×	243 0.6×	239 0.7×	224 0.7×	218 1.1×	78	3.0k
Alexei N. B. Poliakov France	24	2.3k 0.9×	407 1.0×	226 0.6×	349 1.1×	278 1.4×	27	2.8k
Bruce D. Trudgill United States	14	1.2k 0.5×	504 1.2×	319 0.9×	338 1.0×	373 1.9×	29	1.5k
Ritske S. Huismans Norway	34	3.2k 1.3×	700 1.7×	747 2.0×	469 1.4×	519 2.6×	90	3.8k
Hermann Zeyen France	25	2.4k 1.0×	217 0.5×	171 0.5×	164 0.5×	258 1.3×	75	2.7k
B. Colletta France	22	1.4k 0.6×	387 0.9×	191 0.5×	286 0.9×	226 1.1×	39	1.7k
Harm J. A. Van Avendonk United States	32	2.5k 1.0×	291 0.7×	769 2.1×	256 0.8×	264 1.3×	86	2.9k
Marta Pérez‐Gussinyé Germany	29	2.6k 1.0×	455 1.1×	820 2.2×	366 1.1×	159 0.8×	55	3.0k
Craig Magee United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.7×	664 1.6×	868 2.4×	570 1.7×	328 1.6×	69	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Susanne Buiter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susanne Buiter

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20 of 20 papers shown

Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2025). The influence of accretionary orogenesis on subsequent rift dynamics. Solid Earth. 16(9). 841–863.

Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2024). The influence of viscous slab rheology on numerical models of subduction. Solid Earth. 15(5). 567–587.

Brune, Sascha, Folarin Kolawole, Jean‐Arthur Olive, et al.. (2023). Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(4). 235–253. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2023). Analogue modelling of the inversion of multiple extensional basins in foreland fold-and-thrust belts. Solid Earth. 14(2). 213–235. 4 indexed citations

Zwaan, Frank, Guido Schreurs, Susanne Buiter, et al.. (2022). Analogue modelling of basin inversion: a review and future perspectives. 4 indexed citations

Illingworth, Sam, et al.. (2021). The future of conferences: lessons from Europe's largest online geoscience conference. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 437–451. 4 indexed citations

Zwaan, Frank, Guido Schreurs, & Susanne Buiter. (2019). A systematic comparison of experimental set-ups for modelling extensional tectonics. Solid Earth. 10(4). 1063–1097. 32 indexed citations

Naliboff, John, Susanne Buiter, Gwenn Péron‐Pinvidic, Per Terje Osmundsen, & Joya Tetreault. (2017). Complex fault interaction controls continental rifting. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1179–1179. 84 indexed citations

Thieulot, Cédric, Susanne Buiter, Sascha Brune, et al.. (2015). A two- and three-dimensional numerical comparison study of slab detachment. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 9255.

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Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2014). Testing the effects of basic numerical implementations of water migration on models of subduction dynamics. Solid Earth. 5(1). 537–555. 18 indexed citations

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Tetreault, Joya & Susanne Buiter. (2014). Future accreted terranes: a compilation of island arcs, oceanic plateaus, submarine ridges, seamounts, and continental fragments. Solid Earth. 5(2). 1243–1275. 67 indexed citations

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Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2013). A numerical model setup for subduction: From linear viscous to thermo-mechanical rheologies. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Ellis, Susan, C. A. Williams, Martin Reyners, et al.. (2012). How does unusually strong crust influence stress build-up and release on faults? Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Kanda, R. V., John Suppe, Susan Ellis, & Susanne Buiter. (2012). 3D Numerical Models of Slab-Mantle Interactions: Implications for Eurasia Philippine Sea Arc-Continent Collision. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Buiter, Susanne, et al.. (2012). SULEC: Benchmarking a new ALE finite-element code. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 7528. 13 indexed citations

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Crameri, Fabio, Harro Schmeling, Gregor Golabek, et al.. (2011). A benchmark comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Ellis, Susan, Timothy A. Little, Laura Wallace, Bradley R. Hacker, & Susanne Buiter. (2011). Feedback between rifting and diapirism can exhume ultrahigh-pressure rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 311(3-4). 427–438. 76 indexed citations

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Buiter, Susanne. (2010). Quantitative comparisons of numerical models of brittle wedge dynamics. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 12325. 1 indexed citations

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Buiter, Susanne & Susan Ellis. (2010). The Initiation of Subduction Models. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Buiter, Susanne & O. Adrian Pfiffner. (2002). Inversion of Extensional Sedimentary Basins. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 4260. 2 indexed citations

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