| Rheology of the upper mantle: A synthesis S Karato, P Wu Science 260, 771-778, 1993 | 1990 | 1993 |
| Importance of anelasticity in the interpretation of seismic tomography S Karato Geophysical research letters 20 (15), 1623-1626, 1993 | 1022 | 1993 |
| Rheology of synthetic olivine aggregates: Influence of grain size and water SI Karato, MS Paterson, JD FitzGerald Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B8), 8151-8176, 1986 | 998 | 1986 |
| Water-induced fabric transitions in olivine H Jung, S Karato Science 293 (5534), 1460-1463, 2001 | 991 | 2001 |
| Lattice preferred orientation of olivine aggregates deformed in simple shear S Zhang, S Karato Nature 375 (6534), 774-777, 1995 | 938 | 1995 |
| Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: New insights from laboratory studies S Karato, H Jung, I Katayama, P Skemer Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 36 (1), 59-95, 2008 | 878 | 2008 |
| Whole-mantle convection and the transition-zone water filter D Bercovici, S Karato Nature 425 (6953), 39-44, 2003 | 843 | 2003 |
| The role of hydrogen in the electrical conductivity of the upper mantle S Karato Nature 347, 272-273, 1990 | 727 | 1990 |
| Water, partial melting and the origin of the seismic low velocity and high attenuation zone in the upper mantle S Karato, H Jung Earth and Planetary Science Letters 157 (3-4), 193-207, 1998 | 634 | 1998 |
| Water content in the transition zone from electrical conductivity of wadsleyite and ringwoodite X Huang, Y Xu, S Karato Nature 434 (7034), 746-749, 2005 | 477 | 2005 |
| The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine D Wang, M Mookherjee, Y Xu, S Karato Nature 443 (7114), 977-980, 2006 | 474 | 2006 |
| Effects of pressure on high-temperature dislocation creep in olivine SI Karato, H Jung Philosophical Magazine 83 (3), 401-414, 2003 | 466 | 2003 |
| Effect of water and stress on the lattice-preferred orientation of olivine H Jung, I Katayama, Z Jiang, T Hiraga, S Karato Tectonophysics 421, 1-22, 2006 | 440 | 2006 |
| The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation P Skemer, I Katayama, Z Jiang, S Karato Tectonophysics 411 (1-4), 157-167, 2005 | 433 | 2005 |
| Rheological structure and deformation of subducted slabs in the mantle transition zone: implications for mantle circulation and deep earthquakes S Karato, MR Riedel, DA Yuen Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 127 (1-4), 83-108, 2001 | 371 | 2001 |
| Origin of lateral variation of seismic wave velocities and density in the deep mantle S Karato, BB Karki Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 106 (B10), 21771-21783, 2001 | 355 | 2001 |
| Water distribution across the mantle transition zone and its implications for global material circulation S Karato Earth and Planetary Science Letters 301 (3-4), 413-423, 2011 | 349 | 2011 |
| Some mineral physics constraints on the rheology and geothermal structure of Earth’s lower mantle D Yamazaki, S Karato American Mineralogist 86 (4), 385-391, 2001 | 332 | 2001 |
| Mapping water content in upper mantle S Karato Geophysical Monograph-American Geophysical Union 138, 135-152, 2003 | 323 | 2003 |
| On the origin of the asthenosphere S Karato Earth and Planetary Science Letters 321, 95-103, 2012 | 321 | 2012 |
