| Current plate motions C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus, S Stein Geophysical journal international 101 (2), 425-478, 1990 | 5485 | 1990 |
| Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus, S Stein Geophysical research letters 21 (20), 2191-2194, 1994 | 4655 | 1994 |
| Geologically current plate motions C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus Geophysical journal international 181 (1), 1-80, 2010 | 3289 | 2010 |
| Relative motions between oceanic and continental plates in the Pacific basin DC Engebretson geological Society of America, 1985 | 1732 | 1985 |
| Young tracks of hotspots and current plate velocities AE Gripp, RG Gordon Geophysical Journal International 150 (2), 321-361, 2002 | 1139 | 2002 |
| Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no‐net‐rotation reference frame DF Argus, RG Gordon, C DeMets Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12 (11), 2011 | 836 | 2011 |
| Current plate velocities relative to the hotspots incorporating the NUVEL‐1 global plate motion model AE Gripp, RG Gordon Geophysical Research Letters 17 (8), 1109-1112, 1990 | 726 | 1990 |
| No‐net‐rotation model of current plate velocities incorporating plate motion model NUVEL‐1 DF Argus, RG Gordon Geophysical research letters 18 (11), 2039-2042, 1991 | 688 | 1991 |
| Closure of the Africa‐Eurasia‐North America plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria fault DF Argus, RG Gordon, C DeMets, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 94 (B5), 5585-5602, 1989 | 558 | 1989 |
| Cenozoic global plate motions RG Gordon, DM Jurdy Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B12), 12389-12406, 1986 | 444 | 1986 |
| The angular velocities of the plates and the velocity of Earth's centre from space geodesy DF Argus, RG Gordon, MB Heflin, C Ma, RJ Eanes, P Willis, WR Peltier, ... Geophysical Journal International 180 (3), 913-960, 2010 | 365 | 2010 |
| The plate tectonic approximation: Plate nonrigidity, diffuse plate boundaries, and global plate reconstructions RG Gordon Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 26 (1), 615-642, 1998 | 358 | 1998 |
| Current Sierra Nevada-North America motion from very long baseline interferometry: Implications for the kinematics of the western United States DF Argus, RG Gordon Geology 19 (11), 1085-1088, 1991 | 330 | 1991 |
| Relative motions between oceanic plates of the Pacific Basin DC Engebretson, A Cox, RG Gordon Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 89 (B12), 10291-10310, 1984 | 328 | 1984 |
| Current plate motions across the Red Sea D Chu, RG Gordon Geophysical Journal International 135 (2), 313-328, 1998 | 321 | 1998 |
| Present tectonic motion across the Coast Ranges and San Andreas fault system in central California DF Argus, RG Gordon Geological Society of America Bulletin 113 (12), 1580-1592, 2001 | 285 | 2001 |
| Paleomagnetic Euler poles and the apparent polar wander and absolute motion of North America since the Carboniferous RG Gordon, A Cox, S O'Hare Tectonics 3 (5), 499-537, 1984 | 268 | 1984 |
| A diffuse plate boundary model for Indian Ocean tectonics DA Wiens, C DeMets, RG Gordon, S Stein, D Argus, JF Engeln, ... Geophysical Research Letters 12 (7), 429-432, 1985 | 263 | 1985 |
| Global tectonics and space geodesy RG Gordon, S Stein Science 256 (5055), 333-342, 1992 | 261 | 1992 |
| Evidence for motion between Nubia and Somalia along the Southwest Indian Ridge D Chu, RG Gordon Nature 398 (6722), 64-67, 1999 | 257 | 1999 |