D. M. Saffer

12.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
207 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

D. M. Saffer is a scholar working on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, D. M. Saffer has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Geophysics, 31 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 26 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in D. M. Saffer's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (147 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers). D. M. Saffer is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (147 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers). D. M. Saffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and New Zealand. D. M. Saffer's co-authors include Chris Marone, Matt J. Ikari, Harold Tobin, B. Bekins, J. Casey Moore, B. M. Carpenter, Laura Wallace, J. R. Leeman, Hiroko Kitajima and Marco Maria Scuderi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

D. M. Saffer

199 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Hydrogeology and Mechanics of Subduction Zone Forearcs: Fluid Flow and Pore Pressure

2011 443 citations D. M. Saffer, Harold Tobin profile →
Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay‐rich fault gouge

2009 391 citations Matt J. Ikari, D. M. Saffer et al. profile →
Laboratory observations of slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip modes

2016 304 citations D. M. Saffer, Chris Marone et al. Nature Communications profile →
Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust

2017 222 citations Eiichiro Araki, D. M. Saffer et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. M. Saffer	7.2k	1.3k	959	741	492	207	8.5k
James P. Evans	5.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	346 0.4×	507 0.7×	279 0.6×	136	6.6k
Pierre Henry	3.9k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	2.5k 2.6×	1.4k 1.9×	410 0.8×	189	6.8k
David A. Ferrill	3.6k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	221 0.2×	659 0.9×	563 1.1×	125	4.7k
Alvar Braathen	2.1k 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	542 0.6×	485 0.7×	608 1.2×	153	3.7k
Christopher J. Talbot	3.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	350 0.4×	816 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	121	5.2k
Hemin Koyi	4.6k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	286 0.3×	632 0.9×	1.3k 2.7×	168	5.8k
S. E. Ingebritsen	2.8k 0.4×	776 0.6×	351 0.4×	720 1.0×	242 0.5×	97	5.2k
R. J. Knipe	3.3k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	279 0.3×	312 0.4×	488 1.0×	94	4.2k
G. Yielding	2.9k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	374 0.4×	277 0.4×	627 1.3×	71	3.9k
J. Watterson	5.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	348 0.4×	829 1.1×	1.0k 2.1×	72	6.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pecher, Ingo A., Ann E. Cook, E. A. Solomon, et al.. (2025). Dissociating Gas Hydrate Beneath the Hydrate Stability Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(13). 1 indexed citations

Ariyoshi, Keisuke, Akira Nagano, Takuya Hasegawa, et al.. (2024). A physical explanation for an unusually long-duration slow slip event in the Nankai Trough. Tectonophysics. 887. 230439–230439.

Bolton, David, Chris Marone, D. M. Saffer, & Daniel T. Trugman. (2023). Foreshock properties illuminate nucleation processes of slow and fast laboratory earthquakes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3859–3859. 18 indexed citations

Bangs, Nathan L., D. M. Saffer, Shuoshuo Han, et al.. (2023). Subducting volcaniclastic-rich upper crust supplies fluids for shallow megathrust and slow slip. Science Advances. 9(33). eadh0150–eadh0150. 15 indexed citations

Shreedharan, Srisharan, et al.. (2023). The Role of Clay in Limiting Frictional Healing in Fault Gouges. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(20). 7 indexed citations

Woodhouse, Adam D., Philip M. Barnes, Lorna J. Strachan, et al.. (2022). Trench floor depositional response to glacio‐eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 67(3). 312–335. 10 indexed citations

Savage, H. M., Srisharan Shreedharan, Åke Fagereng, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric Brittle Deformation at the Pāpaku Fault, Hikurangi Subduction Margin, NZ, IODP Expedition 375. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(8). 8 indexed citations

Tobin, Harold, Takehiro Hirose, Matt J. Ikari, et al.. (2020). Volume 358: NanTroSEIZE Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4: Nankai Seismogenic/Slow Slip Megathrust. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Tianhaozhe, Susan Ellis, & D. M. Saffer. (2020). Coupled Evolution of Deformation, Pore Fluid Pressure, and Fluid Flow in Shallow Subduction Forearcs. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(3). 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhaozhe, D. M. Saffer, & Susan Ellis. (2020). Mechanical and hydrological effects of seamount subduction on megathrust stress and slip. Nature Geoscience. 13(3). 249–255. 96 indexed citations

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Rivière, Jacques, et al.. (2020). Evolution of Elastic and Mechanical Properties During Fault Shear: The Roles of Clay Content, Fabric Development, and Porosity. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(3). 15 indexed citations

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Ikari, Matt J., et al.. (2020). Friction experiments under in-situ stress reveal unexpected velocity-weakening in Nankai accretionary prism samples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 538. 116180–116180. 23 indexed citations

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Rivière, Jacques, et al.. (2019). The Effects of Shear Strain, Fabric, and Porosity Evolution on Elastic and Mechanical Properties of Clay‐Rich Fault Gouge. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(11). 10968–10982. 23 indexed citations

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Kitajima, Hiroko, et al.. (2019). Effects of temperature on the frictional behavior of material from the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand. Tectonophysics. 762. 17–27. 17 indexed citations

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Wallace, Laura, D. M. Saffer, Philip M. Barnes, et al.. (2019). Hikurangi Subduction Margin Coring, Logging, and Observatories. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 56 indexed citations

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Kopf, Achim, D. M. Saffer, S. Toczko, et al.. (2017). . 4 indexed citations

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Araki, Eiichiro, D. M. Saffer, Achim Kopf, et al.. (2017). Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust. Science. 356(6343). 1157–1160. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saffer, D. M., et al.. (2017). Links between clay transformation and earthquakes along the Costa Rican subduction margin. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(15). 7725–7732. 8 indexed citations

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Kitajima, Hiroko, D. M. Saffer, Hiroki Sone, Harold Tobin, & Takehiro Hirose. (2017). In Situ Stress and Pore Pressure in the Deep Interior of the Nankai Accretionary Prism, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site C0002. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9644–9652. 20 indexed citations

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Byrne, Tim, et al.. (2009). NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: NanTroSEIZE riser/riserless observatory, IODP Expedition 319 Scientific Prospectus. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations

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