Albert Kottke

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Albert Kottke is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Kottke has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 30 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Albert Kottke's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (21 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers). Albert Kottke is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (21 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers). Albert Kottke collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Albert Kottke's co-authors include Ellen M. Rathje, Jonathan P. Stewart, Walter J. Silva, David M. Boore, Tadahiro Kishida, Brian Chiou, Emel Seyhan, Robert B. Darragh, Jennifer L. Donahue and Robert Graves and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Albert Kottke

51 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

NGA‐West2 Database

2014 1.2k citations Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh et al. Earthquake Spectra profile →
PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER

2009 507 citations Albert Kottke, Ellen M. Rathje profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert Kottke United States	16	2.4k	1.1k	258	144	87	57	2.6k
Robert B. Darragh United States	14	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	162 0.6×	127 0.9×	106 1.2×	35	2.5k
Tadahiro Kishida United Arab Emirates	18	1.8k 0.7×	825 0.8×	116 0.4×	156 1.1×	73 0.8×	56	1.9k
Emel Seyhan United States	11	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	135 0.5×	194 1.3×	164 1.9×	15	3.1k
Walter J. Silva United States	21	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	130 0.5×	183 1.3×	150 1.7×	42	3.2k
Erol Kalkan United States	29	2.4k 1.0×	707 0.7×	330 1.3×	90 0.6×	110 1.3×	97	2.7k
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k 1.6×	2.4k 2.2×	198 0.8×	227 1.6×	176 2.0×	26	4.2k
Timothy D Ancheta United States	8	1.4k 0.6×	642 0.6×	109 0.4×	81 0.6×	57 0.7×	14	1.4k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 2.0×	2.6k 2.4×	289 1.1×	258 1.8×	202 2.3×	91	5.1k
Adrián Rodríguez-Marek United States	30	3.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	83 0.3×	337 2.3×	129 1.5×	110	3.4k
G. H. McVerry New Zealand	20	1.2k 0.5×	840 0.8×	102 0.4×	130 0.9×	130 1.5×	45	1.8k

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Meng, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2025). Investigating Near-Fault Ground Motions Using Data Recorded by Dense Arrays Around the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Rupture. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 115(6). 2721–2740.

Kaklamanos, James, et al.. (2024). Implications of input ground‐motion selection techniques on site response analyses for different tectonic settings. Earthquake Spectra. 40(2). 1521–1551.

Arrowsmith, R., et al.. (2024). Shakebot: A Low-cost, Open-source Robotic Shake Table for Earthquake Research and Education. 488–495.

Scott, Chelsea, et al.. (2024). Tectonic Landform and Lithologic Age Impact Uncertainties in Fault Displacement Hazard Models. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(16). 5 indexed citations

Macedo, Jorge, et al.. (2024). Estimating Systematic Source, Site, and Path Effects in Nonergodic Ground-Motion Models: Insights from the Turkish Ground-Motion Database. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 114(6). 3024–3040. 5 indexed citations

Thompson, Eric M., Mike Hearne, B. Aagaard, et al.. (2024). Automated, Near Real-Time Ground-Motion Processing at the U.S. Geological Survey. Seismological Research Letters. 96(1). 538–553. 9 indexed citations

Arrowsmith, J Ramón, et al.. (2024). Virtual Shake Robot: Simulating Dynamics of Precariously Balanced Rocks for Overturning and Large-displacement Processes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 5 indexed citations

Kottke, Albert, et al.. (2023). A DesignSafe earthquake ground motion database for California and surrounding regions. Earthquake Spectra. 39(1). 702–721. 6 indexed citations

Seylabi, Elnaz, et al.. (2023). Seismo-VLAB: An Open-Source Software for Soil–Structure Interaction Analyses. Mathematics. 11(21). 4530–4530. 1 indexed citations

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Macedo, Jorge, Chenying Liu, & Albert Kottke. (2023). Evaluating the Performance of Non-Ergodic Ground Motion Models in the Ridgecrest Area. 103. 203–213. 4 indexed citations

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Atik, Linda Al, Nicholas Gregor, Norman Abrahamson, & Albert Kottke. (2022). GMPE‐consistent hard‐rock site adjustment factors for Western North America. Earthquake Spectra. 38(4). 2371–2397. 5 indexed citations

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Boore, David M., Robert Youngs, Albert Kottke, et al.. (2022). Construction of a Ground-Motion Logic Tree through Host-to-Target Region Adjustments Applied to an Adaptable Ground-Motion Prediction Model. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 112(6). 3063–3080. 7 indexed citations

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Kottke, Albert, Norman Abrahamson, David M. Boore, et al.. (2021). Selection of random vibration theory procedures for the NGA‐East project and ground‐motion modeling. Earthquake Spectra. 37(1S). 1420–1439. 19 indexed citations

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Kozaci, Ö., et al.. (2019). Rapid Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance and Paleoseismic Trenching Preliminary Results for the M6.4 and M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Southern California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 2 indexed citations

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Milner, Kevin R., S. Callaghan, P. J. Maechling, et al.. (2018). A SCEC CyberShake Physics-Based Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Model for Northern California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Byungmin, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Ellen M. Rathje, et al.. (2015). Subsurface Shear Wave Velocity Characterization Using P ‐Wave Seismograms in Central and Eastern North America. Earthquake Spectra. 32(1). 143–169. 22 indexed citations

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Ancheta, Timothy D, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2014). NGA‐West2 Database. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 989–1005. 1159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rathje, Ellen M., Brady R. Cox, Albert Kottke, et al.. (2011). Damage Patterns in Port‐au‐Prince during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra. 27(1S1). 117–136. 33 indexed citations

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Cox, Brady R., Ellen M. Rathje, Clinton M. Wood, et al.. (2011). Shear Wave Velocity‐ and Geology‐Based Seismic Microzonation of Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti. Earthquake Spectra. 27(1S1). 67–92. 49 indexed citations

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Kottke, Albert & Ellen M. Rathje. (2008). A Semi‐Automated Procedure for Selecting and Scaling Recorded Earthquake Motions for Dynamic Analysis. Earthquake Spectra. 24(4). 911–932. 110 indexed citations

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