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Saskia Goes 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 Saskia Goes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 198 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Saskia Goes 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 Saskia Goes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Saskia Goes is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing primarily on Geophysics. Their research spans subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, notably earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geological and tectonic studies in Latin America. Additional areas of research include seismic waves and analysis, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Saskia Goes are Jenny Collier, Andreas Rietbrock, Catherine A. Rychert, Nicholas Harmon, and Lidong Bie.

The scientist has published research in various venues. The most commonly appearing publication sources are Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Nature, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Recent papers credited to the scientist or their team include:

  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc, 2020, Nature
  • Rapid subduction initiation and magmatism in the Western Pacific driven by internal vertical forces, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Continental lithospheric temperatures: A review, 2020, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Seismic Tomographic Imaging of the Eastern Mediterranean Mantle: Implications for Terminal-Stage Subduction, the Uplift of Anatolia, and the Development of the North Anatolian Fault, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction, 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Shallow mantle temperatures under Europe from P and S wave tomography

    S. Goes;R. Govers;P. Vacher

  • Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocities

    Fabio Cammarano;Saskia Goes;Pierre Vacher;Domenico Giardini

  • Thermal structure of the North American uppermost mantle inferred from seismic tomography

    Saskia Goes;Suzan van der Lee

  • A recent tectonic reorganization in the south-central Mediterranean

    S. Goes;D. Giardini;S. Jenny;C. Hollenstein

  • Reconciling dynamic and seismic models of Earth's lower mantle: The dominant role of thermal heterogeneity

    D. Rhodri Davies;S. Goes;J.H. Davies;B.S.A. Schuberth

  • A Lower Mantle Source for Central European Volcanism.

    Saskia Goes;Wim Spakman;Harmen Bijwaard

  • Subduction-transition zone interaction: A review

    Saskia Goes;Roberto Agrusta;Roberto Agrusta;Jeroen van Hunen;Fanny Garel

  • India–Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent

    Fabio Capitanio;Gabriele Morra;Gabriele Morra;Saskia Goes;Roberto Weinberg

  • Interaction of subducted slabs with the mantle transition-zone: A regime diagram from 2-D thermo-mechanical models with a mobile trench and an overriding plate

    F. Garel;S. Goes;D. R. Davies;J. H. Davies

  • Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere

    J. W. van Wijk;W. S. Baldridge;J. van Hunen;S. Goes

  • Dynamic models of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction: subduction motions and energy dissipation

    Fabio Antonio Capitanio;G Morra;Saskia Goes

  • New GPS constraints on the Africa‐Eurasia plate boundary zone in southern Italy

    Ch. Hollenstein;H.-G. Kahle;A. Geiger;S. Jenny

  • Active deformation in eastern Indonesia and the Philippines from GPS and seismicity data

    Corné Kreemer;William E. Holt;Saskia Goes;Rob Govers

  • Evidence of lower-mantle slab penetration phases in plate motions

    Saskia Goes;Fabio Antonio Capitanio;Fabio Antonio Capitanio;Gabriele Morra

  • Dynamics of plate bending at the trench and slab-plate coupling

    Fabio Antonio Capitanio;G Morra;G Morra;Saskia Goes

  • Subducting-slab transition-zone interaction: Stagnation, penetration and mode switches

    Roberto Agrusta;Saskia Goes;Jeroen van Hunen

  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

    George F Cooper;George F Cooper;Colin G Macpherson;Jon D Blundy;Benjamin Maunder

  • Earthquake recurrence parameters from seismic and geodetic strain rates in the eastern Mediterranean

    Sarah Jenny;Saskia Goes;Domenico Giardini;Hans-Gert Kahle

  • Thermally Dominated Deep Mantle LLSVPs: A Review

    D. R. Davies;S. Goes;H. C. P. Lau

  • On the relationship between volcanic hotspot locations, the reconstructed eruption sites of large igneous provinces and deep mantle seismic structure

    D.R. Davies;S. Goes;M. Sambridge

  • The April 22, 1991, Valle de la Estrella, Costa Rica (Mw = 7.7) earthquake and its tectonic implications: A broadband seismic study

    Saskia D. B. Goes;Aaron A. Velasco;Susan Y. Schwartz;Thorne Lay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen Ritsema
Jeroen Ritsema University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jenny S. Collier
Jenny S. Collier Imperial College London
Andreas Rietbrock
Andreas Rietbrock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Nicholas Harmon
Nicholas Harmon Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fabio A. Capitanio
Fabio A. Capitanio Monash University
Jeroen van Hunen
Jeroen van Hunen Durham University
Julie Prytulak
Julie Prytulak Durham University
James O.S. Hammond
James O.S. Hammond Birkbeck, University of London
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen

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