C. F. Richter

16.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
33 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

C. F. Richter is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. F. Richter has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. F. Richter's work include Seismology and Earthquake Studies (17 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (14 papers). C. F. Richter is often cited by papers focused on Seismology and Earthquake Studies (17 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (14 papers). C. F. Richter collaborates with scholars based in United States and Kazakhstan. C. F. Richter's co-authors include B. Gutenberg, J. B. Auden, John M. Nordquist, Christian Allen, Pierre St. Amand, Markus Båth, Hugo Benioff, Walter D. Fisher, George Iden and B. F. Howell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

C. F. Richter

33 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Seismicity of the Earth a... 1956 2026 1979 2002 1957 1959 1956 1956 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Seismicity of the Earth and Associated Phenomena
    1957 1.1k citations J. B. Auden, B. Gutenberg et al. Geographical Journal profile →
  2. Elementary Seismology
    1959 985 citations C. F. Richter et al. Geographical Journal profile →
  3. Earthquake magnitude, intensity, energy, and acceleration
    1956 824 citations B. Gutenberg, C. F. Richter Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →
  4. MAGNITUDE AND ENERGY OF EARTHQUAKES
    1956 677 citations B. Gutenberg, C. F. Richter Annals of Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. F. Richter United States 13 3.9k 992 697 312 283 33 4.6k
B. Gutenberg United States 22 3.8k 1.0× 804 0.8× 644 0.9× 342 1.1× 374 1.3× 47 4.6k
Paul A. Reasenberg United States 28 6.7k 1.7× 1.7k 1.7× 512 0.7× 226 0.7× 107 0.4× 44 7.0k
Max Wyss United States 51 8.6k 2.2× 2.1k 2.1× 612 0.9× 436 1.4× 219 0.8× 203 9.3k
Bruce A. Bolt United States 32 3.0k 0.8× 571 0.6× 551 0.8× 199 0.6× 419 1.5× 152 3.7k
Francesco Mulargia Italy 28 2.7k 0.7× 763 0.8× 709 1.0× 235 0.8× 258 0.9× 126 3.4k
Markus Båth Kazakhstan 25 2.2k 0.6× 510 0.5× 241 0.3× 133 0.4× 295 1.0× 114 2.6k
Lucile M. Jones United States 34 4.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 406 0.6× 164 0.5× 84 0.3× 71 4.8k
D. D. Jackson United States 48 7.8k 2.0× 2.3k 2.3× 580 0.8× 278 0.9× 522 1.8× 135 9.1k
J. C. Savage United States 51 9.3k 2.4× 1.1k 1.1× 386 0.6× 542 1.7× 274 1.0× 232 10.4k
Lynn R. Sykes United States 49 11.4k 2.9× 1.8k 1.8× 337 0.5× 536 1.7× 304 1.1× 114 12.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. F. Richter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gutenberg, B. & C. F. Richter. (2012). Seismicity Of The Earth. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 114 indexed citations
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O’Brien, P.E., Alan K. Cooper, & C. F. Richter. (1999). Prydz Bay: Cooperation Sea, Antarctica: Glacial History and Paleoceanography. 3 indexed citations
3.
Howell, B. F. & C. F. Richter. (1977). Second Award of the Medal of the Seismological Society of America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 67(4). 1243–1247. 4 indexed citations
4.
Richter, C. F.. (1976). Earthquake Light in Focus. Science. 194(4262). 259–259. 1 indexed citations
5.
Richter, C. F. & Walter D. Fisher. (1970). Clustering and Aggregation in Economics. Southern Economic Journal. 36(3). 340–340. 14 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1969). Transversely Aligned Seismicity and Concealed Structure. Science. 166(3902). 173–178. 11 indexed citations
7.
Richter, C. F.. (1969). Comments on paper by B. Isacks, J. Oliver, and L. R. Sykes, ‘Seismology and the new global tectonics’. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 74(10). 2786–2788. 3 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1969). Possible Seismicity of the Nacimiento Fault, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 80(7). 1363–1363. 4 indexed citations
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Allen, Christian, Pierre St. Amand, C. F. Richter, & John M. Nordquist. (1965). Relationship between seismicity and geologic structure in the Southern California region. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 55(4). 753–797. 208 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1964). Discussion of paper by V. I. Keylis-Borok and L. N. Malinovskaya, ‘One regularity in the occurrence of strong earthquakes’. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 69(14). 3025–3025. 9 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1964). The Alaskan Earthquake. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F., et al.. (1960). The Walnut, California, earthquakes of July-August, 1959. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 50(2). 181–185. 2 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1960). Comparison of Block and Arc Tectonics in Japan with Those of Some Other Regions.. Journal of Physics of the Earth. 8(1). 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1960). Earthquakes in Owens Valley, California, January-February, 1959. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 50(2). 187–196. 3 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F., Christian Allen, & John M. Nordquist. (1958). The Desert Hot Springs earthquakes and their tectonic environment. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 48(4). 315–337. 30 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F.. (1958). Body waves in inhomogeneous media. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 63(3). 607–608. 2 indexed citations
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Auden, J. B., B. Gutenberg, & C. F. Richter. (1957). Seismicity of the Earth and Associated Phenomena. Geographical Journal. 123(1). 105–105. 1128 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gutenberg, B. & C. F. Richter. (1956). MAGNITUDE AND ENERGY OF EARTHQUAKES. Annals of Geophysics. 9(1). 1–15. 677 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benioff, Hugo, B. Gutenberg, & C. F. Richter. (1954). Progress Report, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1953. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 35(6). 979–987. 16 indexed citations
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Richter, C. F. & John M. Nordquist. (1951). Instrumental study of the Manix Earthquakes*. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 41(4). 347–388. 10 indexed citations

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