| Three-dimensional seismic ray tracing BR Julian, D Gubbins Journal of Geophysics 43 (1), 95-113, 1977 | 594 | 1977 |
| Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth’s core conditions M Pozzo, C Davies, D Gubbins, D Alfe Nature 485 (7398), 355-358, 2012 | 560 | 2012 |
| The secular variation of Earth's magnetic field J Bloxham, D Gubbins Nature 317 (6040), 777-781, 1985 | 436 | 1985 |
| Seismology and plate tectonics D Gubbins Cambridge University Press, 1990 | 415 | 1990 |
| Geomagnetic secular variation J Bloxham, D Gubbins, A Jackson Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A …, 1989 | 356 | 1989 |
| Magnetohydrodynamics of the Earth's core. D Gubbins, PH Roberts Geomatik 2, 1-183, 1987 | 305 | 1987 |
| The distinction between geomagnetic excursions and reversals D Gubbins Geophysical Journal International 137 (1), F1-F3, 1999 | 295 | 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of geomagnetism and paleomagnetism D Gubbins, E Herrero-Bervera Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 | 269 | 2007 |
| Travel-time inversion for simultaneous earthquake location and velocity structure determination in laterally varying media C Spencer, D Gubbins Geophysical Journal International 63 (1), 95-116, 1980 | 258 | 1980 |
| Time series analysis and inverse theory for geophysicists D Gubbins Cambridge university press, 2004 | 250 | 2004 |
| Thermal core–mantle interactions J Bloxham, D Gubbins Nature 325 (6104), 511-513, 1987 | 234 | 1987 |
| Thermal evolution of the Earth's core D Gubbins, TG Masters, JA Jacobs Geophysical Journal International 59 (1), 57-99, 1979 | 228 | 1979 |
| On the resolution of density within the Earth G Masters, D Gubbins Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 140 (1-3), 159-167, 2003 | 214 | 2003 |
| Morphology of the geomagnetic field and implications for the geodynamo D Gubbins, J Bloxham Nature 325 (6104), 509-511, 1987 | 213 | 1987 |
| Energetics of the Earth's core D Gubbins Journal of Geophysics 43 (1), 453-464, 1977 | 213 | 1977 |
| Fall in Earth's magnetic field is erratic D Gubbins, AL Jones, CC Finlay Science 312 (5775), 900-902, 2006 | 209 | 2006 |
| Geomagnetic field analysis—III. Magnetic fields on the core—mantle boundary D Gubbins, J Bloxham Geophysical Journal International 80 (3), 695-713, 1985 | 208 | 1985 |
| The influence of potassium on core and geodynamo evolution F Nimmo, GD Price, J Brodholt, D Gubbins Geophysical Journal International 156 (2), 363-376, 2004 | 191 | 2004 |
| Time‐dependent flow at the core surface and conservation of angular momentum in the coupled core‐mantle system A Jackson, J Bloxham, D Gubbins Dynamics of Earth's Deep Interior and Earth Rotation 72, 97-107, 1993 | 184 | 1993 |
| Mechanism for geomagnetic polarity reversals D Gubbins Nature 326 (6109), 167-169, 1987 | 181 | 1987 |
