This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Geophysical Journal International following peer review. The version record “Meichen Liu, Jeroen Ritsema, Carlos A M Chaves, Influence of shear-wave velocity heterogeneity on SH wave reverberation imaging of the mantle transition zone, Geophysical Journal International , 2022;, ggac321” is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac321