| A model for development of Red Sea JR Cochran Aapg Bulletin 67 (1), 41-69, 1983 | 540 | 1983 |
| Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: pure and simple WR Buck, F Martinez, MS Steckler, JR Cochran Tectonics 7 (2), 213-234, 1988 | 385 | 1988 |
| The Gulf of Aden: structure and evolution of a young ocean basin and continental margin JR Cochran Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 86 (B1), 263-287, 1981 | 352 | 1981 |
| Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere along the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain AB Watts, JR Cochran Geophysical Journal International 38 (1), 119-141, 1974 | 282 | 1974 |
| Effects of finite rifting times on the development of sedimentary basins JR Cochran Earth and Planetary Science Letters 66, 289-302, 1983 | 275 | 1983 |
| 32. Himalayan uplift, sea level, and the record of Bengal fan sedimentation at the ODP leg 116 sites JR Cochran, DAV Stow Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 116, 397-414, 1990 | 222 | 1990 |
| Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Results of the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01 TS Collett, R Boswell, JR Cochran, P Kumar, M Lall, A Mazumdar, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 3-28, 2014 | 216 | 2014 |
| Evidence from the northern Red Sea on the transition from continental to oceanic rifting JR Cochran, F Martinez Tectonophysics 153 (1-4), 25-53, 1988 | 216 | 1988 |
| Structure and tectonics of the northern Red Sea: catching a continental margin between rifting and drifting F Martinez, JR Cochran Tectonophysics 150 (1-2), 1-31, 1988 | 203 | 1988 |
| An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 2. Midocean ridge crests JR Cochran Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 84 (B9), 4713-4729, 1979 | 186 | 1979 |
| Free-air gravity anomalies in the world's oceans and their relationship to residual elevation JR Cochran, M Talwani Geophysical Journal International 50 (3), 495-552, 1977 | 179 | 1977 |
| The Gakkel Ridge: Bathymetry, gravity anomalies, and crustal accretion at extremely slow spreading rates JR Cochran, GJ Kurras, MH Edwards, BJ Coakley Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B2), 2003 | 169 | 2003 |
| Northern Red Sea: Nucleation of an oceanic spreading center within a continental rift JR Cochran Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6 (3), 2005 | 162 | 2005 |
| Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere: A three‐dimensional study of the Great Meteor Seamount, northeast Atlantic AB Watts, JR Cochran, G Selzer Journal of Geophysical Research 80 (11), 1391-1398, 1975 | 162 | 1975 |
| Gravity and magnetic investigations in the Guiana Basin, western equatorial Atlantic JR Cochran Geological Society of America Bulletin 84 (10), 3249-3268, 1973 | 156 | 1973 |
| Indian national gas hydrate program expedition 01 initial reports T Collett, M Riedel, J Cochran, R Boswell, J Presley, P Kumar, A Sathe, ... Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas …, 2008 | 130 | 2008 |
| Evidence of recent volcanic activity on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge MH Edwards, GJ Kurras, M Tolstoy, DR Bohnenstiehl, BJ Coakley, ... Nature 409 (6822), 808-812, 2001 | 130 | 2001 |
| Gravity anomalies, regional elevation, and the deep structure of the North Atlantic JR Cochran, M Talwani Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B10), 4907-4924, 1978 | 123 | 1978 |
| Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Krishna–Godavari basin, Mahanadi basin, Andaman Sea, Kerala–Konkan basin P Kumar, TS Collett, R Boswell, JR Cochran, M Lall, A Mazumdar, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 29-98, 2014 | 121 | 2014 |
| New Antarctic gravity anomaly grid for enhanced geodetic and geophysical studies in Antarctica M Scheinert, F Ferraccioli, J Schwabe, R Bell, M Studinger, D Damaske, ... Geophysical Research Letters 43 (2), 600-610, 2016 | 116 | 2016 |
