Brian Chiou

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Brian Chiou is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Chiou has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Geophysics, 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Brian Chiou's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (20 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (19 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). Brian Chiou is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (20 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (19 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). Brian Chiou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Arab Emirates. Brian Chiou's 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 Paul Spudich and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Earthquake Spectra and Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.

In The Last Decade

Brian Chiou

26 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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 →
Update of the Chiou and Youngs NGA Model for the Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra

2014 922 citations Brian Chiou, Robert Youngs Earthquake Spectra profile →
NGA Project Strong‐Motion Database

2008 664 citations Brian Chiou, Robert B. Darragh et al. Earthquake Spectra profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k	2.4k	227	198	176	26	4.2k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	258 1.1×	289 1.5×	202 1.1×	91	5.1k
Walter J. Silva United States	21	2.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	183 0.8×	130 0.7×	150 0.9×	42	3.2k
Emel Seyhan United States	11	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	194 0.9×	135 0.7×	164 0.9×	15	3.1k
Sinan Akkar Türkiye	37	4.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	235 1.0×	219 1.1×	271 1.5×	81	4.8k
Albert Kottke United States	16	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	144 0.6×	258 1.3×	87 0.5×	57	2.6k
Adrián Rodríguez-Marek United States	30	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	337 1.5×	83 0.4×	129 0.7×	110	3.4k
Robert B. Darragh United States	14	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	127 0.6×	162 0.8×	106 0.6×	35	2.5k
Ezio Faccioli Italy	26	2.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	243 1.1×	90 0.5×	100 0.6×	84	2.5k
Tadahiro Kishida United Arab Emirates	18	1.8k 0.5×	825 0.4×	156 0.7×	116 0.6×	73 0.4×	56	1.9k
Paolo Bazzurro Italy	31	4.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	173 0.8×	564 2.8×	152 0.9×	116	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Chiou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Chiou

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chiou, Brian, Rui Chen, Kate Thomas, et al.. (2025). Fault displacement model for surface principal rupture of strike-slip faults. Earthquake Spectra. 41(4). 2746–2782. 2 indexed citations

Bozorgnia, Yousef, Rui Chen, Brian Chiou, et al.. (2025). Comparisons of FDHI fault displacement models for principal and aggregate displacement. Earthquake Spectra. 41(4). 2691–2720. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Kate, Christopher Milliner, Rui Chen, et al.. (2023). Least cost path analysis as an objective and automatic method to define the main fault trace for probabilistic fault displacement hazard analyses. Earthquake Spectra. 41(4). 2938–2967. 4 indexed citations

Gregor, Nick, Kofi Addo, Norman Abrahamson, et al.. (2022). Comparisons of the NGA‐Subduction ground motion models. Earthquake Spectra. 38(4). 2580–2610. 14 indexed citations

Stewart, Jonathan P., Tadahiro Kishida, Robert B. Darragh, et al.. (2022). NGA‐Sub source and path database. Earthquake Spectra. 38(2). 799–840. 30 indexed citations

Mazzoni, Silvia, Tadahiro Kishida, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2021). Relational database used for ground‐motion model development in the NGA‐sub project. Earthquake Spectra. 38(2). 1529–1548. 17 indexed citations

Chao, Shu‐Hsien, et al.. (2020). A horizontal ground‐motion model for crustal and subduction earthquakes in Taiwan. Earthquake Spectra. 36(2). 463–506. 28 indexed citations

Chiou, Brian, et al.. (2020). Ground motion prediction equation for crustal earthquakes in Taiwan. Earthquake Spectra. 36(4). 2129–2164. 16 indexed citations

Rodríguez-Marek, Adrián, et al.. (2016). Empirical Terrain‐Based Topographic Modification Factors for Use in Ground Motion Prediction. Earthquake Spectra. 33(1). 157–177. 21 indexed citations

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Bozorgnia, Yousef, Jonathan P. Stewart, Tadahiro Kishida, et al.. (2015). Response to Discussion by P. Malhotra on “NGA‐West2 Research Project”. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1879–1884. 2 indexed citations

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Gregor, Nick, Norman Abrahamson, Gail M. Atkinson, et al.. (2014). Comparison of NGA‐West2 GMPEs. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 1179–1197. 143 indexed citations

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Chiou, Brian & Robert Youngs. (2014). Update of the Chiou and Youngs NGA Model for the Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 1117–1153. 922 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Spudich, Paul, et al.. (2014). Comparison of NGA‐West2 Directivity Models. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 1199–1221. 73 indexed citations

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Chiou, Brian, Robert Youngs, Norman Abrahamson, & Kofi Addo. (2010). 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. 26(4). 907–926. 114 indexed citations

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Chiou, Brian, Robert B. Darragh, Nick Gregor, & Walter Silva. (2008). NGA Project Strong‐Motion Database. Earthquake Spectra. 24(1). 23–44. 664 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spudich, Paul & Brian Chiou. (2008). Directivity in NGA Earthquake Ground Motions: Analysis Using Isochrone Theory. Earthquake Spectra. 24(1). 279–298. 153 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, Norman, Gail M. Atkinson, David M. Boore, et al.. (2008). Comparisons of the NGA Ground‐Motion Relations. Earthquake Spectra. 24(1). 45–66. 242 indexed citations

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Power, Maurice S., Brian Chiou, Norman Abrahamson, et al.. (2008). An Overview of the NGA Project. Earthquake Spectra. 24(1). 3–21. 334 indexed citations

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Spudich, Paul, Brian Chiou, Robert Graves, Nancy Collins, & Paul Somerville. (2004). A formulation of directivity for earthquake sources using isochrone theory. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 31 indexed citations

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