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Greg Hirth publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Greg Hirth sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 311 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Greg Hirth D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Greg Hirth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Greg Hirth is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research is concentrated in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Their work also spans related subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and areas related to Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientist's research topics cover several major areas within the geosciences and geophysics communities. Key topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards

Greg Hirth has authored numerous papers published in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Fault-network geometry influences earthquake frictional behaviour," 2024, published in Nature
  • "Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting," 2023, published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Fault Interactions Enhance High-Frequency Earthquake Radiation," 2021, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The role of grain size evolution in the rheology of ice: implications for reconciling laboratory creep data and the Glen flow law," 2021, published in The Cryosphere
  • "Elastic Impact Consequences for High-Frequency Earthquake Ground Motion," 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters

Notable frequent co-authors in their research include Victor C. Tsai, Daniel T. Trugman, Alexis K. Ault, Y. Boneh, and Avigyan Chatterjee.

Greg Hirth received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere

    Greg Hirth;David L. Kohlstedt

  • Rheology of the Upper Mantle and the Mantle Wedge: A View from the Experimentalists

    Greg Hirth;David Kohlstedt

  • Dislocation creep regimes in quartz aggregates

    Greg Hirth;Jan Tullis

  • A review of melt migration processes in the adiabatically upwelling mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges

    P. B. Kelemen;G. Hirth;N. Shimizu;M. Spiegelman

  • An evaluation of quartzite flow laws based on comparisons between experimentally and naturally deformed rocks

    Greg Hirth;Christian Teyssier;James W. Dunlap

  • A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of {ODP} Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

    Henry J.B. Dick;James H. Natland;Jeffrey C. Alt;Wolfgang Bach

  • Experimental constraints on the dynamics of the partially molten upper mantle: Deformation in the diffusion creep regime

    Greg Hirth;David L. Kohlstedt

  • Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth's upper mantle

    Rajdeep Dasgupta;Ananya Mallik;Kyusei Tsuno;Anthony C. Withers

  • Grain size sensitive deformation mechanisms in naturally deformed peridotites

    Jessica M. Warren;Greg Hirth

  • Strength of slightly serpentinized peridotites: Implications for the tectonics of oceanic lithosphere

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Diapirs as the source of the sediment signature in arc lavas

    Mark D. Behn;Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth;Bradley R. Hacker

  • A periodic shear-heating mechanism for intermediate-depth earthquakes in the mantle

    Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth

  • The brittle-plastic transition in experimentally deformed quartz aggregates

    Greg Hirth;Jan Tullis

  • A few remarks on the kinetics of static grain growth in rocks

    B. Evans;J. Renner;G. Hirth

  • Geophysical evidence from the MELT area for compositional controls on oceanic plates

    Rob L. Evans;Greg Hirth;Kiyoshi Baba;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Effects of serpentinization on the lithospheric strength and the style of normal faulting at slow-spreading ridges

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Reaction-driven cracking during retrograde metamorphism: Olivine hydration and carbonation

    Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth

  • Rheologic controls on slab dynamics

    Magali I. Billen;Greg Hirth

  • Nondilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the Iceland mantle plume

    Garrett Ito;Yang Shen;Greg Hirth;Cecily J. Wolfe

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Daniel Lizarralde
Daniel Lizarralde Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rob L. Evans
Rob L. Evans Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mark D. Behn
Mark D. Behn Boston College
Mark R. Handy
Mark R. Handy Freie Universität Berlin
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure
Jan Tullis
Jan Tullis Brown University
Christian Teyssier
Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota
Brian Evans
Brian Evans Curtin University
David L. Kohlstedt
David L. Kohlstedt University of Minnesota

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