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D-Index
44
Citations
8134
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4673
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1783

Scott D. King 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 Scott D. King sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 177 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott D. King 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 Scott D. King sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% 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

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Scott D. King is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, contributing significantly to the fields of Geophysics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, among others.

Their work encompasses a variety of specialized subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence. The main topics covered in their studies include Planetary Science and Exploration, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Astro and Planetary Science, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Space Exploration and Technology.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Scott D. King include:

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • The seismicity of Mars (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • InSight Constraints on the Global Character of the Martian Crust (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • Surface waves and crustal structure on Mars (2022, Science)
  • First observations of core-transiting seismic phases on Mars (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent collaborators include W. B. Banerdt, Philippe Lognonné, S. E. Smrekar, Domenico Giardini, and M. P. Panning.

Their research has been published extensively in several prominent scientific venues, such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Scott D. King has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Edge-driven convection

    Scott D King;Don L Anderson

  • African hot spot volcanism: small-scale convection in the upper mantle beneath cratons.

    Scott D. King;Jeroen Ritsema

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

    W. Bruce Banerdt;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Don Banfield;Domenico Giardini

  • An alternative mechanism of flood basalt formation

    Scott D. King;Don L. Anderson

  • A comparison of methods for the modeling of thermochemical convection

    P. E. van Keken;S. D. King;H. Schmeling;U. R. Christensen

  • The seismicity of Mars

    Domenico Giardini;P. Lognonné;P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike

  • Testing the tracer ratio method for modeling active compositional fields in mantle convection simulations

    Paul J. Tackley;Scott D. King

  • Conman: vectorizing a finite element code for incompressible two-dimensional convection in the Earth's mantle

    Scott D. King;Arthur Raefsky;Bradford H. Hager

  • An inversion for radial viscosity structure using seismic tomography

    Scott D. King;Guy Masters

  • Dawn Arrives at Ceres: Exploration of a Small Volatile-Rich World

    C. T. Russell;C. A. Raymond;E. Ammannito;D. L. Buczkowski

  • A community benchmark for subduction zone modeling

    Peter E. van Keken;Claire Currie;Scott D. King;Mark D. Behn

  • Archean cratons and mantle dynamics

    Scott D. King

  • Composition and structure of the shallow subsurface of Ceres revealed by crater morphology

    Michael T T. Bland;Carol A A. Raymond;Paul M M. Schenk;Roger R R. Fu

  • Why cold slabs stagnate in the transition zone

    Scott D. King;Scott D. King;Daniel J. Frost;David C. Rubie

  • The interior structure of Ceres as revealed by surface topography

    Roger R. Fu;Roger R. Fu;Anton I. Ermakov;Simone Marchi;Julie C. Castillo-Rogez

  • A community benchmark for 2-D Cartesian compressible convection in the Earth's mantle

    Scott D. King;Changyeol Lee;Peter E. van Keken;Wei Leng

  • Sensitivity of convection with an endothermic phase change to the form of governing equations, initial conditions, boundary conditions, and equation of state

    Joel Ita;Scott D. King

  • Hotspot swells revisited

    Scott D. King;Claudia Adam

  • Hotspots and edge-driven convection

    Scott D. King

  • Models of Mantle Viscosity

    Scott D. King

  • The relationship between plate velocity and trench viscosity in Newtonian and power‐law subduction calculations

    Scott D. King;Bradford H. Hager

  • Dynamic Earth: Plates, Plumes and Mantle Convection

    Scott D. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen D. Long
Maureen D. Long Yale University
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Julie Castillo-Rogez
Julie Castillo-Rogez California Institute of Technology
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Aymeric Spiga
Aymeric Spiga Sorbonne University
Simone Marchi
Simone Marchi Southwest Research Institute
Carl W. Gable
Carl W. Gable Los Alamos National Laboratory
Paul M. Schenk
Paul M. Schenk Lunar and Planetary Institute

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