| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Tethyan evolution of Turkey: A plate tectonic approach | Tectonophysics | 1981 | 2,675 |
| 2 | Plumbotectonics—the model | Tectonophysics | 1981 | 1,577 |
| 3 | Characterization of the magnetic fabric of rocks | Tectonophysics | 1981 | 1,413 |
| 4 | Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS | Tectonophysics | 1986 | 1,386 |
| 5 | Delamination and delamination magmatism | Tectonophysics | 1993 | 1,292 |
| 6 | Tectonics of the zagros orogenic belt of iran: new data and interpretations | Tectonophysics | 1994 | 1,237 |
| 7 | Origin of Late Mesozoic igneous rocks in Southeastern China: implications for lithosphere subduction and underplating of mafic magmas | Tectonophysics | 2000 | 1,221 |
| 8 | The hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern mediterranean area | Tectonophysics | 1979 | 1,119 |
| 9 | Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic rifting and its dynamic setting in Eastern China and adjacent areas | Tectonophysics | 2002 | 1,090 |
| 10 | Source mechanisms and tectonic significance of historical earthquakes along the nankai trough, Japan | Tectonophysics | 1975 | 964 |
| 11 | On the regional variation of heat flow, geotherms, and lithospheric thickness | Tectonophysics | 1977 | 955 |
| 12 | The Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone (Yunnan, China), Tertiary transform boundary of Indochina | Tectonophysics | 1995 | 954 |
| 13 | A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana | Tectonophysics | 2003 | 898 |
| 14 | Crustal evolution of southeastern China: Nd and Sr isotopic evidence | Tectonophysics | 1998 | 897 |
| 15 | Ultrametamorphism and granitoid genesis | Tectonophysics | 1977 | 847 |
| 16 | Internal structure of the Dead Sea leaky transform (rift) in relation to plate kinematics | Tectonophysics | 1981 | 825 |
| 17 | Microcracks in rocks: A review | Tectonophysics | 1983 | 774 |
| 18 | Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history | Tectonophysics | 2003 | 768 |
| 19 | Master “blind” thrust faults hidden under the Zagros folds: active basement tectonics and surface morphotectonics | Tectonophysics | 1995 | 764 |
| 20 | Late Jurassic–Cenozoic reconstructions of the Indonesian region and the Indian Ocean | Tectonophysics | 2012 | 758 |
| 21 | Geologic framework and tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, central China | Tectonophysics | 2000 | 748 |
| 22 | Regional tectonic framework, structure and evolution of the western marginal basins of India | Tectonophysics | 1987 | 744 |
| 23 | Velocity field of GPS stations in the Taiwan area | Tectonophysics | 1997 | 729 |
| 24 | Earthquake nucleation on faults with rate-and state-dependent strength | Tectonophysics | 1992 | 725 |
| 25 | Flow properties of continental lithosphere | Tectonophysics | 1987 | 724 |
| 26 | Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis | Tectonophysics | 2010 | 713 |
| 27 | Tectonics and plate tectonics model for the Variscan belt of Europe | Tectonophysics | 1986 | 700 |
| 28 | Determination of the mean principal directions of stresses for a given fault population | Tectonophysics | 1979 | 670 |
| 29 | Implications of fault-valve behaviour for rupture nucleation and recurrence | Tectonophysics | 1992 | 656 |
| 30 | Geotectonic evolution of late Cenozoic arc-continent collision in Taiwan | Tectonophysics | 1990 | 633 |
| 31 | Rheological stratification of the lithosphere | Tectonophysics | 1987 | 625 |
| 32 | Plate tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Eurasia in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic | Tectonophysics | 2004 | 620 |
| 33 | Recent advances in SAR interferometry time series analysis for measuring crustal deformation | Tectonophysics | 2012 | 617 |
| 34 | Phanerozoic crustal growth: U–Pb and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the granites in northeastern China | Tectonophysics | 2000 | 613 |
| 35 | Relative motions of Africa, Iberia and Europe during Alpine orogeny | Tectonophysics | 2002 | 606 |
| 36 | Cenozoic plate reconstruction of Southeast Asia | Tectonophysics | 1995 | 605 |
| 37 | Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan Orogen, northwestern China | Tectonophysics | 1998 | 601 |
| 38 | Granitic magma transport by fracture propagation | Tectonophysics | 1992 | 591 |
| 39 | Geodynamics of the western part of the Mongolia–Okhotsk collisional belt, Trans-Baikal region (Russia) and Mongolia | Tectonophysics | 1999 | 591 |
| 40 | Critical phenomena in the rheology of partially melted rocks | Tectonophysics | 1978 | 586 |
| 41 | The formation of Pangea | Tectonophysics | 2013 | 582 |
| 42 | What drove late Mesozoic extension of the northern China–Mongolia tract? | Tectonophysics | 2003 | 579 |
| 43 | Palaeozoic collisional tectonics and magmatism of the Chinese Tien Shan, central Asia | Tectonophysics | 1993 | 574 |
| 44 | The reliability of paleomagnetic data | Tectonophysics | 1990 | 538 |
| 45 | The role of salt in fold-and-thrust belts | Tectonophysics | 1985 | 531 |
| 46 | An olivine fabric database: an overview of upper mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy | Tectonophysics | 1998 | 524 |
| 47 | Basalt geochemistry used to investigate past tectonic environments on Cyprus | Tectonophysics | 1975 | 523 |
| 48 | Crustal evolution and Phanerozoic crustal growth in northern Xinjiang: Nd isotopic evidence. Part I. Isotopic characterization of basement rocks | Tectonophysics | 2000 | 522 |
| 49 | Hotspot tracks and the early rifting of the Atlantic | Tectonophysics | 1983 | 517 |
| 50 | On the post-25 Ma geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean | Tectonophysics | 1998 | 515 |
