Timothy Kusky

22.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
339 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Timothy Kusky is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Kusky has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 295 papers in Geophysics, 89 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 35 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Timothy Kusky's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (274 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (206 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (174 papers). Timothy Kusky is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (274 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (206 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (174 papers). Timothy Kusky collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Timothy Kusky's co-authors include Jianghai Li, Ali Polat, Lu Wang, M. Santosh, Brian F. Windley, Hao Deng, Junpeng Wang, Abduwasit Ghulam, Sabreen Gad and Walter D. Mooney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Kusky

326 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

Accretionary orogens through Earth history 2003 2026 2010 2018 2009 2003 2011 2013 2011 250 500 750
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. Accretionary orogens through Earth history
    2009 945 citations Timothy Kusky, Brian F. Windley et al. profile →
  2. Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the North China Craton
    2003 790 citations Timothy Kusky et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
  3. Late Cryogenian–Ediacaran history of the Arabian–Nubian Shield: A review of depositional, plutonic, structural, and tectonic events in the closing stages of the northern East African Orogen
    2011 610 citations Timothy Kusky et al. profile →
  4. Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution
    2013 576 citations Christoph Hauzenberger, Timothy Kusky et al. profile →
  5. Geophysical and geological tests of tectonic models of the North China Craton
    2011 346 citations Timothy Kusky Gondwana Research profile →
  6. Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents
    2016 342 citations Timothy Kusky, Ali Polat et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  7. Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8 billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion
    2013 288 citations Timothy Kusky, Brian F. Windley et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  8. Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean
    2020 198 citations Brian F. Windley, Timothy Kusky et al. Precambrian Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy Kusky China 72 16.4k 7.2k 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 339 18.9k
Wenjiao Xiao China 75 23.8k 1.4× 13.5k 1.9× 2.9k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 64 0.1× 505 25.0k
A. M. Celâl Şengör Türkiye 57 20.6k 1.3× 6.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 47 0.0× 159 23.0k
M. P. Searle United Kingdom 87 19.5k 1.2× 3.8k 0.5× 918 0.6× 2.1k 1.5× 50 0.0× 292 21.7k
Mohamed G. Abdelsalam United States 42 3.9k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 312 0.2× 653 0.5× 317 0.3× 95 5.0k
Karl E. Karlstrom United States 48 8.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 644 0.5× 54 0.0× 261 10.6k
Alan S. Collins Australia 63 14.3k 0.9× 4.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 51 0.0× 228 15.8k
Yıldırım Dilek United States 68 15.1k 0.9× 4.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 980 0.7× 58 0.1× 279 16.0k
Laurent Jolivet France 78 19.2k 1.2× 1.9k 0.3× 502 0.3× 1.5k 1.2× 60 0.1× 222 20.6k
Sun‐Lin Chung Taiwan 91 28.0k 1.7× 10.0k 1.4× 2.8k 1.7× 3.0k 2.3× 40 0.0× 329 29.4k
Yi‐Gang Xu China 77 18.8k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.9× 1.9k 1.4× 28 0.0× 420 21.2k

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All Works

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Wang, Lu, Ruizhi Wang, Wenbin Ning, & Timothy Kusky. (2025). North China Archean dome-and-basin structures: Arc plutons, superimposed folds, or sagduction?. Geology. 53(6). 503–508.
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Polat, Ali, et al.. (2024). Early terrestrial and lunar anorthosites: Comparative geochemistry and evolutionary processes. Geoscience Frontiers. 15(6). 101914–101914. 1 indexed citations
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Deng, Hao, Timothy Kusky, Ali Polat, et al.. (2024). Growth of the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton through accretion of different Neoarchean arc terranes: Perspective from the Linshan complex. Precambrian Research. 412. 107555–107555. 1 indexed citations
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Morra, Gabriele, Dave A. Yuen, Timothy Kusky, et al.. (2023). Metamorphic constraints on Archean tectonics. Precambrian Research. 397. 107195–107195. 7 indexed citations
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Polat, Ali, et al.. (2023). Geochemistry of Archean anorthosite-bearing layered intrusions. Earth-Science Reviews. 249. 104654–104654. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhensheng, Junfeng Zhang, Keqing Zong, Timothy Kusky, & Yanxin Wang. (2023). Plate Tectonics: The Stabilizer of Earth’s Habitability. Journal of Earth Science. 34(6). 1645–1662. 9 indexed citations
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Kusky, Timothy, et al.. (2023). Twin Earthquakes Devastate Southeast Türkiye and Syria: First Report from the Epicenters. Journal of Earth Science. 34(2). 291–296. 11 indexed citations
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Amer, Reda & Timothy Kusky. (2022). ASTER Analysis for Locating REE-Bearing Granites in Arid Regions: Example from the Arabian Shield. Journal of Earth Science. 33(5). 1114–1123. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Timothy Kusky, Youjun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Extreme sulfur isotope fractionation of hydrothermal auriferous pyrites from the SW fringe of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Implications for epithermal gold exploration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100009–100009. 1 indexed citations
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Kusky, Timothy, Lu Wang, Ali Polat, et al.. (2021). Alpine-style nappes thrust over ancient North China continental margin demonstrate large Archean horizontal plate motions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6172–6172. 43 indexed citations
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Kusky, Timothy, et al.. (2021). Depression morphology of Bayan Lake, Zavkhan province, Western Mongolia: implications for the origin of lake depression in Mongolia. Physical Geography. 43(6). 727–752. 10 indexed citations
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Gong, Songlin, et al.. (2018). No plate tectonic shutdown in the early Paleoproterozoic: Constraints from the ca. 2.4 Ga granitoids in the Quanji Massif, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 172. 221–242. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhensheng, Timothy Kusky, & Fabio A. Capitanio. (2017). Water transportation ability of flat-lying slabs in the mantle transition zone and implications for craton destruction. Tectonophysics. 723. 95–106. 23 indexed citations
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