Ellen M. Rathje

8.7k citations

168 papers · 6.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 44

Civil and Structural Engineering top 0.05%
Geophysics top 1%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.1%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality top 0.2%
Mechanical Engineering top 10%

Co-authors: Jonathan D. Bray Albert Kottke Gökhan Saygılı Norman Abrahamson Brady R. Cox Kenan Hazirbaba Jonathan P. Stewart Youssef M. A. Hashash
Topics: Seismic Performance and Analysis (88 papers)Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (51 papers)Seismic Waves and Analysis (50 papers)
Cited by: Civil and Structural Engineering Geophysics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Journals: Geophysical Research Letters Cement and Concrete Research Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Partner nations: United States Norway Italy

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Ellen M. Rathje

161 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Runout of liquefaction-induced tailings dam failure: Influence of earthquake motions and residual strength 2025 ·Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje,Krishna Kumar	2
2	Sequential Hybrid Finite Element and Material Point Method to Simulate Slope Failures 2024 ·Computers and Geotechnics ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje,Krishna Kumar	3
3	Simulated site amplification for Central and Eastern North America: Data set development and amplification models 2024 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Youssef M. A. Hashash,Jonathan P. Stewart,Ellen M. Rathje,Sissy Nikolaou,Kenneth W. Campbell	5
4	Seismic capacity models for earth dams and their use in developing fragility curves 2024 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje	4
5	Observed nonlinear site amplification of vertical ground motion in Taiwan 2023 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Shu‐Hsien Chao,Chun‐Hsiang Kuo,Che‐Min Lin,Jyun‐Yan Huang,Ellen M. Rathje,Norman Abrahamson	2
6	Application of empirical and simulation‐based site amplification models for Central and Eastern North America to selected sites 2021 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Youssef M. A. Hashash,(unknown),(unknown),Jonathan P. Stewart,Sissy Nikolaou,Ellen M. Rathje,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva	2
7	An exploration of the use of machine learning to predict lateral spreading 2021 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Maria Giovanna Durante,Ellen M. Rathje	32
8	The effect of soil nonlinearity on high‐frequency spectral decay and implications for site response analysis 2021 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje	4
9	κ ₀ for soil sites: Observations from KiK‐net sites and their use in constraining small‐strain damping profiles for site response analysis 2019 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje,Youssef M. A. Hashash,Jonathan P. Stewart,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva	37
10	Empirical Linear Seismic Site Amplification in Central and Eastern North America 2018 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Grace A. Parker,Jonathan P. Stewart,Youssef M. A. Hashash,Ellen M. Rathje,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva	32
11	Site Amplification Functions for Central and Eastern North America – Part I: Simulation Data Set Development 2018 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Joseph Harmon,Youssef M. A. Hashash,Jonathan P. Stewart,Ellen M. Rathje,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva,(unknown),Michael Musgrove,(unknown)	37
12	Ground Motion Model for Small‐to‐Moderate Earthquakes in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas 2018 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje	33
13	Site Amplification Functions for Central and Eastern North America – Part II: Modular Simulation‐Based Models 2018 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Joseph Harmon,Youssef M. A. Hashash,Jonathan P. Stewart,Ellen M. Rathje,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva,(unknown)	47
14	V _{S 30} Characterization of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Using the P‐Wave Seismogram Method 2017 ·Earthquake Spectra ·(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje,Jeffrey G. Paine	29
15	Relative Differences between Nonlinear and Equivalent‐Linear 1‐D Site Response Analyses 2016 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Byungmin Kim,Youssef M. A. Hashash,Jonathan P. Stewart,Ellen M. Rathje,Joseph Harmon,Michael Musgrove,Kenneth W. Campbell,Walter J. Silva	90
16	Geotechnical Aspects of Failures at Port‐au‐Prince Seaport during the 12 January 2010 Haiti Earthquake 2011 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Russell A. Green,Scott M. Olson,Brady R. Cox,Glenn J. Rix,Ellen M. Rathje,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	85
17	A Semi‐Automated Procedure for Selecting and Scaling Recorded Earthquake Motions for Dynamic Analysis 2008 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Albert Kottke,Ellen M. Rathje	110
18	Landslides Triggered by the 2004 Niigata Ken Chuetsu, Japan, Earthquake 2006 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Daniel Scott Kieffer,(unknown),Ellen M. Rathje,Keith I. Kelson	50
19	8 Ports 2002 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Jean‐Pierre Bardet,Ellen M. Rathje,Jonathan P. Stewart,Jianping Hu,Gary Norris,Uday Patil,(unknown)	1
20	9 Dams 2002 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Raymond B. Seed,Umesh Dayal,(unknown),Robb Eric S. Moss,Leslie F. Harder,Uday Patil,Jean‐Pierre Bardet,Ellen M. Rathje,Jonathan P. Stewart,(unknown),(unknown),Shashank S. Sinha	2

About Ellen M. Rathje

Ellen M. Rathje is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 168 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (88 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (51 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (5.3k citations), Geophysics (1.9k citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.7k citations). Ellen M. Rathje has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Norway and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan D. Bray, Albert Kottke, Gökhan Saygılı, Norman Abrahamson, Brady R. Cox, Kenan Hazirbaba, Jonathan P. Stewart, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Kenneth H. Stokoe and David P. Teague. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Cement and Concrete Research and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

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