Akira Kowada

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 805 citations indexed

About

Akira Kowada is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Kowada has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 805 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 3 papers in Geophysics and 1 paper in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Akira Kowada's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (3 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (3 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (2 papers). Akira Kowada is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (3 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (3 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (2 papers). Akira Kowada collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Akira Kowada's co-authors include Kojiro Irikura, Yoshinori Iwasaki, Paul Somerville, Norman Abrahamson, Robert Graves, Sumio SAWADA, David J. Wald, N.G. Smith, Takao Kagawa and Mikio Yamamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Nuclear Engineering and Design and Seismological Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Akira Kowada

6 papers receiving 722 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion

1999 774 citations Paul Somerville, Kojiro Irikura et al. Seismological Research Letters profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Kowada

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	In-service inspections and R&D of PCCVs in Japan 2000 ·Nuclear Engineering and Design ·(unknown), (unknown), Akira Kowada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mikio Yamamoto	2
2	Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion breakdown → 1999 ·Seismological Research Letters ·Paul Somerville, Kojiro Irikura, Robert Graves, Sumio SAWADA, David J. Wald, Norman Abrahamson, Yoshinori Iwasaki, Takao Kagawa, N.G. Smith, Akira Kowada	774
3	EVALUATION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STRONG GROUND MOTIONS USING EMPIRICAL SITE-SPECIFIC AMPLIFICATION AND PHASE CHARACTERISTICS 1998 ·Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) ·Akira Kowada, (unknown), Yoshinori Iwasaki, Kojiro Irikura	15
4	Survey of the Subsurface Structure of the Boundary Region between the Hokusetsu Mountains and the Osaka Basin 1998 ·Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan 2nd ser ) ·Masanori Horike, (unknown), (unknown), Akira Kowada, Takeshi Ikawa, T. Kawanaka	1
5	Estimation of Empirical Site Amplification Effects Using Observed Records 1997 ·Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan 2nd ser ) ·(unknown), (unknown), Kojiro Irikura, Akira Kowada	12
6	Study on Damage of Steel Structures with Ribeted Joint Caused by the Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake 1996 ·IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ·Akira Kowada, Masanori Kobayashi, Takashi Kitagawa, (unknown)	1

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