Wouter P. Schellart

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Wouter P. Schellart is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wouter P. Schellart has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Geology and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wouter P. Schellart's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (95 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (93 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (71 papers). Wouter P. Schellart is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (95 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (93 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (71 papers). Wouter P. Schellart collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and Portugal. Wouter P. Schellart's co-authors include D. R. Stegman, Gordon Lister, Louis Moresi, J. Freeman, Vincent Strak, João C. Duarte, Dave A. May, Virginia Toy, Filipe Rosas and Rebecca Farrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wouter P. Schellart

107 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width

2007 499 citations Wouter P. Schellart, J. Freeman et al. Nature profile →
A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

2006 436 citations Wouter P. Schellart et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wouter P. Schellart Australia	40	5.2k	598	310	295	262	110	5.7k
Anne Replumaz France	28	3.2k 0.6×	939 1.6×	561 1.8×	381 1.3×	260 1.0×	58	3.7k
Nicolas Flament Australia	34	2.3k 0.5×	581 1.0×	553 1.8×	385 1.3×	272 1.0×	67	3.0k
S. L. Klemperer United States	58	8.0k 1.6×	813 1.4×	451 1.5×	365 1.2×	875 3.3×	192	8.6k
Rob Govers Netherlands	30	3.4k 0.7×	206 0.3×	633 2.0×	356 1.2×	128 0.5×	83	3.9k
A. Alexander G. Webb United States	27	3.2k 0.6×	245 0.4×	507 1.6×	271 0.9×	657 2.5×	60	3.7k
Michael T. Chandler United States	9	1.4k 0.3×	487 0.8×	290 0.9×	194 0.7×	162 0.6×	14	2.0k
Lijun Liu United States	29	2.7k 0.5×	324 0.5×	432 1.4×	332 1.1×	293 1.1×	103	3.0k
Stéphane Dominguez France	32	3.3k 0.6×	396 0.7×	969 3.1×	582 2.0×	304 1.2×	81	3.8k
Laura E. Webb United States	26	4.7k 0.9×	620 1.0×	408 1.3×	143 0.5×	1.3k 5.1×	71	5.4k
Gaku Kimura Japan	42	5.3k 1.0×	689 1.2×	777 2.5×	377 1.3×	746 2.8×	169	5.9k

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Rosas, Filipe, et al.. (2025). Numerical Geodynamic Modeling of Buoyancy‐Driven Tethyan‐type Ophiolite Emplacement. Tectonics. 44(8).

Strak, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Geodynamics of Long‐Term Indian Continental Subduction and Indentation at the India‐Eurasia Collision Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(9). 1 indexed citations

Rosenbaum, Gideon, et al.. (2025). Development of arc curvature by asymmetric migration: Evidence from Permian–Triassic granitoids in the New England Orogen (eastern Australia). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 653. 119209–119209.

Schellart, Wouter P., et al.. (2024). Geodynamic models of Indian continental flat slab subduction with implications for the topography of the Himalaya-Tibet region. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2365–2365. 2 indexed citations

Strak, Vincent, et al.. (2024). Mantle upwelling induced by slab rollover subduction could explain widespread intraplate volcanism in Tibet. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1).

Wang, Chunyang, Weiwei Ding, Wouter P. Schellart, et al.. (2024). Effects of Along‐Trench Asymmetric Subduction Initiation on Plate Rotation and Trench Migration: A Laboratory Modeling Perspective. Tectonics. 43(1). 2 indexed citations

Schellart, Wouter P.. (2023). Subduction Zones: A Short Review. Elsevier eBooks. 321–355. 5 indexed citations

Schellart, Wouter P., et al.. (2022). Overriding Plate Deformation and Topography During Slab Rollback and Slab Rollover: Insights From Subduction Experiments. Tectonics. 41(2). 19 indexed citations

Schellart, Wouter P., et al.. (2020). Effect of Plate Length on Subduction Kinematics and Slab Geometry: Insights From Buoyancy‐Driven Analog Subduction Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(11). 17 indexed citations

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Strak, Vincent & Wouter P. Schellart. (2020). Thermo-mechanical numerical modelling of the South American subduction zone: a multi-parametric investigation. 1 indexed citations

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Duarte, João C., Nicolas Riel, Filipe Rosas, et al.. (2019). Delamination of oceanic lithosphere in SW Iberia: a key for subduction initiation?. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6001. 3 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P., et al.. (2019). Pacific subduction control on Asian continental deformation including Tibetan extension and eastward extrusion tectonics. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4480–4480. 124 indexed citations

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Strak, Vincent & Wouter P. Schellart. (2018). A subduction and mantle plume origin for Samoan volcanism. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10424–10424. 23 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P.. (2017). A geodynamic model of Andean mountain building. EGUGA. 7064. 1 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P.. (2017). Andean mountain building and magmatic arc migration driven by subduction-induced whole mantle flow. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2010–2010. 82 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P., et al.. (2014). Quantifying the energy dissipation of overriding plate deformation in three‐dimensional subduction models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 120(1). 519–536. 14 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P. & Louis Moresi. (2013). A new driving mechanism for backarc extension and backarc shortening through slab sinking induced toroidal and poloidal mantle flow: Results from dynamic subduction models with an overriding plate. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(6). 3221–3248. 152 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P.. (2011). A subduction zone reference frame based on slab geometry and subduction partitioning of plate motion and trench migration. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(16). n/a–n/a. 33 indexed citations

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Stegman, D. R., Rebecca Farrington, Fabio A. Capitanio, & Wouter P. Schellart. (2009). A Regime Diagram for Subduction. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 2 indexed citations

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Schellart, Wouter P., J. Freeman, D. R. Stegman, Louis Moresi, & Dave A. May. (2007). Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width. Nature. 446(7133). 308–311. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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