Brian Chiou

6.0k citations

26 papers · 4.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Civil and Structural Engineering top 0.1%
- Seismic Performance and Analysis
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
- Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
Geophysics top 0.5%
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies

Papers in ⓘ

Geophysics 21
- Seismic Waves and Analysis 19
- earthquake and tectonic studies 13
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 2
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 2
Civil and Structural Engineering 20
- Seismic Performance and Analysis 20
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques 8

Co-authors: Robert Youngs (6 shared papers)Robert B. Darragh (4 shared papers)Nick Gregor (3 shared papers)Walter Silva (2 shared papers)David M. Boore (5 shared papers)Norman Abrahamson (6 shared papers)Jonathan P. Stewart (6 shared papers)Emel Seyhan (2 shared papers)
Journals: Earthquake Spectra (19 papers)Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1 paper)Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World (2 papers)Medical Entomology and Zoology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Arab Emirates

In The Last Decade

Brian Chiou

26 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Update of the Chiou and Youngs NGA Model for the Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra 2014 · 922 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Earthquake Spectra
2014 Earthquake Spectra
2008 Earthquake Spectra

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1	NGA‐West2 Database Earthquake Spectra ·Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart, Emel Seyhan, Walter J. Silva, Brian Chiou, Katie Wooddell, Robert Graves, Albert Kottke, David M. Boore, Tadahiro Kishida, Jennifer L. Donahue Hit paper breakdown →	2014	1159
2	Update of the Chiou and Youngs NGA Model for the Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra Earthquake Spectra ·Brian Chiou, Robert Youngs Hit paper breakdown →	2014	922
3	NGA Project Strong‐Motion Database Earthquake Spectra ·Brian Chiou, Robert B. Darragh, Nick Gregor, Walter Silva Hit paper breakdown →	2008	664
4	An Overview of the NGA Project Earthquake Spectra ·Maurice S. Power, Brian Chiou, Norman Abrahamson, Yousef Bozorgnia, T. Shantz, Clifford Roblee	2008	334
5	Comparisons of the NGA Ground‐Motion Relations Earthquake Spectra ·Norman Abrahamson, Gail M. Atkinson, David M. Boore, Yousef Bozorgnia, Kenneth W. Campbell, Brian Chiou, I. M. Idriss, Walter Silva, Robert Youngs	2008	242
6	Directivity in NGA Earthquake Ground Motions: Analysis Using Isochrone Theory Earthquake Spectra ·Paul Spudich, Brian Chiou	2008	153
7	Comparison of NGA‐West2 GMPEs Earthquake Spectra ·Nick Gregor, Norman Abrahamson, Gail M. Atkinson, David M. Boore, Yousef Bozorgnia, Kenneth W. Campbell, Brian Chiou, I. M. Idriss, Ronnie Kamai, Emel Seyhan, Walter Silva, Jonathan P. Stewart, Robert Youngs	2014	143
8	Repeatable Source, Site, and Path Effects on the Standard Deviation for Empirical Ground-Motion Prediction Models Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America ·P. S. D. Lin, Brian Chiou, Norm Abrahamson, M. Yanger Walling, Chyi‐Tyi Lee, Chi‐Tsun Cheng	2011	125
9	Ground‐Motion Attenuation Model for Small‐To‐Moderate Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in California and Its Implications on Regionalization of Ground‐Motion Prediction Models Earthquake Spectra ·Brian Chiou, Robert Youngs, Norman Abrahamson, Kofi Addo	2010	114
10	Comparison of NGA‐West2 Directivity Models Earthquake Spectra ·Paul Spudich, Badie Rowshandel, Shrey K. Shahi, Jack W. Baker, Brian Chiou	2014	73
11	Chiou and Youngs PEER-NGA empirical ground motion model for the average horizontal component of peak acceleration and pseudo-spectral acceleration for spectral periods of 0.01 to 10 seconds Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Brian Chiou	2006	50
12	A formulation of directivity for earthquake sources using isochrone theory Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World ·Paul Spudich, Brian Chiou, Robert Graves, Nancy Collins, Paul Somerville	2004	31
13	NGA‐Sub source and path database Earthquake Spectra ·Víctor Contreras, Jonathan P. Stewart, Tadahiro Kishida, Robert B. Darragh, Brian Chiou, Silvia Mazzoni, Robert Youngs, Nicolas Kuehn, Sean K Ahdi, Katie Wooddell, Rubén Boroschek, Fabián Rojas, Jennyfer Órdenes	2022	30
14	A horizontal ground‐motion model for crustal and subduction earthquakes in Taiwan Earthquake Spectra ·Shu‐Hsien Chao, Brian Chiou, Chiao-Chu Hsu, Po‐Shen Lin	2020	28
15	Empirical Terrain‐Based Topographic Modification Factors for Use in Ground Motion Prediction Earthquake Spectra ·Manisha Rai, Adrián Rodríguez-Marek, Brian Chiou	2016	21
16	Relational database used for ground‐motion model development in the NGA‐sub project Earthquake Spectra ·Silvia Mazzoni, Tadahiro Kishida, Jonathan P. Stewart, Víctor Contreras, Robert B. Darragh, Timothy D Ancheta, Brian Chiou, Walter J. Silva, Yousef Bozorgnia	2021	17
17	Ground motion prediction equation for crustal earthquakes in Taiwan Earthquake Spectra ·Van-Bang Phung, Chin Hsiung Loh, Shu Hsien Chao, Brian Chiou, Bor‐Shouh Huang	2020	16
18	Comparisons of the NGA‐Subduction ground motion models Earthquake Spectra ·Nick Gregor, Kofi Addo, Norman Abrahamson, Linda Al Atik, Gail M. Atkinson, David M. Boore, Yousef Bozorgnia, Kenneth W. Campbell, Brian Chiou, Zeynep Gülerce, Behzad Hassani, Tadahiro Kishida, Nicolas Kuehn, Silvia Mazzoni, Saburoh MIDORIKAWA, Grace A. Parker, Hongjun Si, Jonathan P. Stewart, Robert Youngs	2022	14
19	Strike-parallel and strike-normal coordinate system around geometrically complicated rupture traces: use by NGA-West2 and further improvements Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World ·Paul Spudich, Brian Chiou	2015	9
20	Directivity models produced for the Next Generation Attenuation West 2 (NGA-West 2) project Paul Spudich, Jennie Watson-Lamprey, Paul Somerville, Jeff Bayless, Shrey K. Shahi, Jack W. Baker, Badie Rowshandel, Brian Chiou	2012	5

About Brian Chiou

Brian Chiou is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 26 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (20 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (19 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (8 papers), Tree Root and Stability Studies (2 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (2 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (2 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (3.9k citations), Geophysics (2.4k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (227 citations), Building and Construction (198 citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (84 citations). Brian Chiou has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Arab Emirates. Frequent co-authors include Robert Youngs, Robert B. Darragh, Nick Gregor, Walter Silva, David M. Boore, Norman Abrahamson, Jonathan P. Stewart, Emel Seyhan, Robert Graves and Tadahiro Kishida. Their work appears in journals such as Earthquake Spectra, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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