2026 Greg Hirth: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	70	962	846	455	386	311	20389

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Earth Science

962

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386

311

20389

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

1890
Citations
Rheology of the Upper Mantle and the Mantle Wedge: A View from the Experimentalists

Greg Hirth;David Kohlstedt

1707
Citations
Dislocation creep regimes in quartz aggregates

Greg Hirth;Jan Tullis

1450
Citations
A review of melt migration processes in the adiabatically upwelling mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges

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

745
Citations
An evaluation of quartzite flow laws based on comparisons between experimentally and naturally deformed rocks

Greg Hirth;Christian Teyssier;James W. Dunlap

581
Citations
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

562
Citations
Experimental constraints on the dynamics of the partially molten upper mantle: Deformation in the diffusion creep regime

Greg Hirth;David L. Kohlstedt

530
Citations
Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth's upper mantle

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

416
Citations
Grain size sensitive deformation mechanisms in naturally deformed peridotites

Jessica M. Warren;Greg Hirth

401
Citations
Strength of slightly serpentinized peridotites: Implications for the tectonics of oceanic lithosphere

J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

396
Citations
Diapirs as the source of the sediment signature in arc lavas

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

370
Citations
A periodic shear-heating mechanism for intermediate-depth earthquakes in the mantle

Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth

329
Citations
The brittle-plastic transition in experimentally deformed quartz aggregates

Greg Hirth;Jan Tullis

329
Citations
A few remarks on the kinetics of static grain growth in rocks

B. Evans;J. Renner;G. Hirth

321
Citations
Geophysical evidence from the MELT area for compositional controls on oceanic plates

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

292
Citations
Effects of serpentinization on the lithospheric strength and the style of normal faulting at slow-spreading ridges

J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

281
Citations
Reaction-driven cracking during retrograde metamorphism: Olivine hydration and carbonation

Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth

274
Citations
Rheologic controls on slab dynamics

Magali I. Billen;Greg Hirth

263
Citations
Nondilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults

J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

245
Citations
Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the Iceland mantle plume

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

228
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University

Daniel Lizarralde Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rob L. Evans Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Mark D. Behn Boston College

Mark R. Handy Freie Universität Berlin

Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure

Jan Tullis Brown University

Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota

Brian Evans Curtin University

David L. Kohlstedt University of Minnesota

External Links

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