Tushar Mittal

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Tushar Mittal is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tushar Mittal has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Tushar Mittal's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). Tushar Mittal is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). Tushar Mittal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Tushar Mittal's co-authors include Stephen Self, Courtney J. Sprain, Paul R. Renne, L. Vanderkluysen, Kanchan Pande, D. Hemingway, Mark A. Richards, Christine Chen, C. M. Lisse and Michael A. Antonelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Tushar Mittal

57 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The eruptive tempo of Deccan volcanism in relation to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

2019 268 citations Courtney J. Sprain, Paul R. Renne et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tushar Mittal United States	20	533	406	395	205	113	62	1.2k
Sylvain Pont France	19	350 0.7×	715 1.8×	218 0.6×	232 1.1×	44 0.4×	59	1.2k
L. M. Thompson Canada	25	362 0.7×	1.4k 3.5×	606 1.5×	175 0.9×	100 0.9×	126	1.8k
Jens Ormö Spain	19	286 0.5×	1.0k 2.5×	692 1.8×	258 1.3×	69 0.6×	116	1.4k
M. Schmieder Germany	19	758 1.4×	830 2.0×	607 1.5×	121 0.6×	31 0.3×	112	1.3k
S. P. Schwenzer United Kingdom	29	296 0.6×	1.5k 3.8×	368 0.9×	215 1.0×	49 0.4×	123	1.8k
Terrence Blackburn United States	15	823 1.5×	117 0.3×	359 0.9×	510 2.5×	76 0.7×	34	1.3k
Renaud Merle Australia	25	1.3k 2.4×	240 0.6×	353 0.9×	288 1.4×	55 0.5×	71	1.7k
J. Filiberto United States	33	1.0k 2.0×	2.0k 4.9×	579 1.5×	201 1.0×	69 0.6×	123	2.5k
H. E. F. Amundsen Norway	18	708 1.3×	316 0.8×	169 0.4×	81 0.4×	25 0.2×	54	1.3k
A. Deutsch Germany	28	1.2k 2.3×	1.1k 2.7×	709 1.8×	115 0.6×	42 0.4×	66	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tushar Mittal

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Danišík, Martin, Axel K. Schmitt, Steffen Kutterolf, et al.. (2025). Refining the Eruption Chronology of Atitlán Caldera Through Zircon Double‐Dating. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(3).

Elsworth, Derek, et al.. (2025). Rate and Pressure Dependence of Dilatancy and Fault Strength in Partially‐Drained Laboratory Fault Zones. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(8). 2 indexed citations

Gupta, Ashok Kumar, Tushar Mittal, Kristen E. Fauria, Ralf Bennartz, & Jasper F. Kok. (2025). The January 2022 Hunga eruption cooled the southern hemisphere in 2022 and 2023. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 240–240. 1 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2024). The viscosity of a partially molten layer in a paleo-orogenic plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 648. 119060–119060. 2 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2024). The effects of bathymetry on the long-term carbon cycle and CCD. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2400232121–e2400232121. 4 indexed citations

Smye, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Heat sources for Variscan high‐temperature–low‐pressure metamorphism: Petrochronological constraints from the Trois Seigneurs massif, French Pyrenees. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 42(6). 867–907. 4 indexed citations

Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2024). The Crystallization of Continental Flood Basalt Lavas: Insights from Textural Studies. Journal of Petrology. 65(8). 1 indexed citations

Fauria, Kristen E., Tushar Mittal, Ralf Bennartz, et al.. (2023). Ash Deposition Triggers Phytoplankton Blooms at Nishinoshima Volcano, Japan. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(11). 5 indexed citations

Karlstrom, Leif, et al.. (2023). Multiscale Spatial Patterns in Giant Dike Swarms Identified Through Objective Feature Extraction. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(9). 1 indexed citations

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Self, Stephen, Tushar Mittal, Gauri Dole, & L. Vanderkluysen. (2022). Toward Understanding Deccan Volcanism. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 50(1). 477–506. 17 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2022). On Synchronous Supereruptions. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Christine, B. A. Sargent, D. M. Watson, et al.. (2022). Trends in Silicates in the β Pictoris Disk. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 54–54. 10 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaojing, et al.. (2021). Some Lava Flows May Not Have Been as Thick as They Appear. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(24). 1 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar & Mark A. Richards. (2021). The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts: 2. A New Conceptual Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 19 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2021). The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts I: Observations From the Deccan Traps. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 26 indexed citations

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Sprain, Courtney J., Paul R. Renne, Ignacio Arenillas, et al.. (2020). No Cretaceous‐Paleogene Boundary in Exposed Rajahmundry Traps: A Refined Chronology of the Longest Deccan Lava Flows From⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Dates, Magnetostratigraphy, and Biostratigraphy. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(9). 24 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaojing, et al.. (2020). LIP flows may not have been as thick as they appear. 1 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2019). Precipitation of multiple light elements to power Earth's early dynamo. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 532. 116030–116030. 30 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar, et al.. (2019). Constraining the Eruptive Tempo of the Deccan Traps to understand potential climate consequences. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Mittal, Tushar & Mark A. Richards. (2019). Volatile Degassing From Magma Chambers as a Control on Volcanic Eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(8). 7869–7901. 27 indexed citations

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