David K. Keefer

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

David K. Keefer is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, David K. Keefer has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 16 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 13 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in David K. Keefer's work include Landslides and related hazards (51 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (13 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). David K. Keefer is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (51 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (13 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). David K. Keefer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Mexico. David K. Keefer's co-authors include Edwin L. Harp, Randall W. Jibson, Raymond C. Wilson, Michael E. Moseley, Matthew Larsen, Scott B. Miles, Susan D. deFrance, William H. Schulz, Janusz Wąsowski and Gerald F. Wieczorek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

David K. Keefer

67 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Landslides caused by earthquakes 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 2002 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Landslides caused by earthquakes
    1984 1.5k citations David K. Keefer Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →
  2. Investigating Landslides Caused by Earthquakes – A Historical Review
    2002 544 citations David K. Keefer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David K. Keefer United States 30 4.7k 1.8k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 69 5.9k
William Z. Savage United States 30 4.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 763 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 82 5.4k
Randall W. Jibson United States 33 4.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 78 5.6k
David N. Petley United Kingdom 34 5.3k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 772 0.5× 2.1k 1.5× 84 6.6k
Stephen G. Evans Canada 40 5.6k 1.2× 3.4k 1.9× 1.5k 1.0× 733 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 118 7.1k
Jean‐Philippe Malet France 50 5.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 997 0.7× 2.3k 1.7× 180 7.5k
Edwin L. Harp United States 30 3.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 787 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 68 4.3k
David J. Varnes United States 17 3.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 692 0.5× 988 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 41 4.4k
D. M. Crudën Canada 30 4.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 479 0.3× 997 0.7× 98 6.1k
Mark E. Reid United States 29 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 775 0.6× 73 4.2k
Paolo Frattini Italy 34 4.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 350 0.2× 1.8k 1.3× 114 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David K. Keefer

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Fields of papers citing papers by David K. Keefer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David K. Keefer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nystrom, Kenneth C., et al.. (2013). Environmental Catastrophe and the Archaeological Record: Complexities of Volcanism, Floods, and Farming in South Coastal Peru, A.D. 1200-1700. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 11(1). 17. 3 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K.. (2010). Earthquake-induced landslides from horseback surveys through GIS analyses (Sergey Soloviev Medal Lecture). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14677. 1 indexed citations
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Wartman, Joseph, et al.. (2005). Geotechnical Aspects of the January 2003 Tecomán, Mexico, Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra. 21(2). 493–538. 5 indexed citations
4.
Jibson, Randall W., Edwin L. Harp, William H. Schulz, & David K. Keefer. (2004). Landslides Triggered by the 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake and the Inferred Nature of the Strong Shaking. Earthquake Spectra. 20(3). 669–691. 106 indexed citations
5.
Wartman, Joseph, et al.. (2003). 3 Ground Failure. Earthquake Spectra. 19(1S). 35–56. 12 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K.. (2003). Earthquake-induced landslides, shattered landscapes, and hillslope erosion. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 2361. 1 indexed citations
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Jibson, Randall W., et al.. (2002). Instrumentation of the Weeks Creek Landslide for Improved Landslide Monitoring. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Moseley, Michael E., et al.. (2000). The Miraflores El Nino Disaster: Convergent Catastrophes and Prehistoric Agrarian Change in Southern Peru. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 6(1). 91–110. 26 indexed citations
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Wąsowski, Janusz, David K. Keefer, & Randall W. Jibson. (2000). Special Issue from the Symposium on Landslide Hazards in Seismically Active Regions. Engineering Geology. 58(3-4). v–vi. 1 indexed citations
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Miles, Scott B., David K. Keefer, & Carlton L. Ho. (1999). Seismic Slope–Performance Analysis: From Hazard Map to Decision Support System. 71–80. 2 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K.. (1999). Earthquake-Induced Landslides and Their Effects on Alluvial Fans. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 69 (1999),. 1 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K. & Robert L. Schuster. (1993). Landslides caused by the Klamath Falls, Oregon, earthquakes of September 20, 1993. 24(3). 140–146. 3 indexed citations
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Prentice, C. S., David K. Keefer, & John D. Sims. (1992). Surface effects of the earthquakes. 23(3). 127–134. 5 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K., et al.. (1985). 7. The Borah Peak, Idaho Earthquake of October 28, 1983—Landslides. Earthquake Spectra. 2(1). 91–125. 8 indexed citations
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Youd, T. Leslie, Edwin L. Harp, David K. Keefer, & Raymond C. Wilson. (1985). 6. The Borah Peak, Idaho Earthquake of October 28, 1983—Liquefaction. Earthquake Spectra. 2(1). 71–89. 62 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K.. (1985). Landslides caused by earthquakes: Discussion and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 96(8). 1093–1093. 3 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K.. (1984). Landslides caused by earthquakes. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 95(4). 406–406. 1466 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keefer, David K.. (1982). Dynamics of In Situ Estrogen Uptake by Nuclei of Individual Pituitary and Uterine Cell Types. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 14(4). 209–212. 4 indexed citations
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Harp, Edwin L., David K. Keefer, & Raymond C. Wilson. (1980). A comparison of artifical and natural slope failures: the Santa Barbara earthquake of August 13, 1978.. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 33(5). 102–105. 2 indexed citations
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Keefer, David K., et al.. (1966). Preliminary report on the Precambrian stromatolites in the Nash Formation, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. Rocky Mountain geology. 5(1). 1–11. 3 indexed citations

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