| Seismic evidence for partial melt at the base of Earth's mantle Q Williams, EJ Garnero Science 273 (5281), 1528-1530, 1996 | 655 | 1996 |
| Seismic detection of the lunar core RC Weber, PY Lin, EJ Garnero, Q Williams, P Lognonné science 331 (6015), 309-312, 2011 | 556 | 2011 |
| The core–mantle boundary layer and deep Earth dynamics T Lay, Q Williams, EJ Garnero Nature 392 (6675), 461-468, 1998 | 505 | 1998 |
| The melting curve of iron to 250 gigapascals: A constraint on the temperature at Earth's center Q Williams, R Jeanloz, J Bass, B Svendsen, TJ Ahrens Science 236 (4798), 181-182, 1987 | 458 | 1987 |
| Spectroscopic evidence for pressure-induced coordination changes in silicate glasses and melts Q Williams, R Jeanloz science 239 (4842), 902-905, 1988 | 449 | 1988 |
| Equivalence of the boson peak in glasses to the transverse acoustic van hove singularity in crystals AI Chumakov, G Monaco, A Monaco, WA Crichton, A Bosak, R Rüffer, ... Physical review letters 106 (22), 225501, 2011 | 324 | 2011 |
| Hydrogen in the deep Earth Q Williams, RJ Hemley Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 29 (1), 365-418, 2001 | 323 | 2001 |
| Hit-and-run planetary collisions E Asphaug, CB Agnor, Q Williams Nature 439 (7073), 155-160, 2006 | 309 | 2006 |
| The D ″discontinuity and its implications ME Wysession, T Lay, J Revenaugh, Q Williams, EJ Garnero, R Jeanloz, ... The core‐mantle boundary region, 273-297, 1998 | 274 | 1998 |
| Vibrational spectra of Mg(OH)2 and Ca(OH)2 under pressure MB Kruger, Q Williams, R Jeanloz The Journal of Chemical Physics 91 (10), 5910-5915, 1989 | 234 | 1989 |
| Partial melting in a thermo-chemical boundary layer at the base of the mantle T Lay, EJ Garnero, Q Williams Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 146 (3-4), 441-467, 2004 | 227 | 2004 |
| Ultralow velocity zone at the core‐mantle boundary EJ Garnero, J Revenaugh, Q Williams, T Lay, LH Kellogg The core‐mantle boundary region 28, 319-334, 1998 | 226 | 1998 |
| Seismological constraints on a possible plume root at the core–mantle boundary S Rost, EJ Garnero, Q Williams, M Manga Nature 435 (7042), 666-669, 2005 | 197 | 2005 |
| A correlation between ultra-low basal velocities in the mantle and hot spots Q Williams, J Revenaugh, E Garnero Science 281 (5376), 546-549, 1998 | 194 | 1998 |
| High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of ZrSiO4: Observation of the zircon to scheelite transition at 300 K E Knittle, Q Williams American Mineralogist 78 (3-4), 245-252, 1993 | 167 | 1993 |
| Mantle melting and basalt extraction by equilibrium porous flow CC Lundstrom, J Gill, Q Williams, MR Perfit Science 270 (5244), 1958-1961, 1995 | 166 | 1995 |
| Compositional controls on the partitioning of U, Th, Ba, Pb, Sr and Zr between clinopyroxene and haplobasaltic melts: implications for uranium series disequilibria in basalts CC Lundstrom, HF Shaw, FJ Ryerson, DL Phinney, JB Gill, Q Williams Earth and Planetary Science Letters 128 (3-4), 407-423, 1994 | 162 | 1994 |
| Crystal chemical control of clinopyroxene-melt partitioning in the Di-Ab-An system: implications for elemental fractionations in the depleted mantle CC Lundstrom, HF Shaw, FJ Ryerson, Q Williams, J Gill Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 (16), 2849-2862, 1998 | 156 | 1998 |
| Rocks from the mantle transition zone: Majorite-bearing xenoliths from Malaita, Southwest Pacific KD Collerson, S Hapugoda, BS Kamber, Q Williams Science 288 (5469), 1215-1223, 2000 | 148 | 2000 |
| High‐pressure infrared sepctra of∝‐quartz, coesite, stishovite and silica glass Q Williams, RJ Hemley, MB Kruger, R Jeanloz Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B12), 22157-22170, 1993 | 146* | 1993 |
