Erol Kalkan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Erol Kalkan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Erol Kalkan has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 37 papers in Geophysics and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Erol Kalkan's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (71 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (49 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (32 papers). Erol Kalkan is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (71 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (49 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (32 papers). Erol Kalkan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Colombia. Erol Kalkan's co-authors include Sashi K. Kunnath, Polat Gülkan, Juan C. Reyes, V. Graizer, Can Balkaya, Anil K. Chopra, N. Simon Kwong, Ling Huang, Mehmet Çelebi and Weiping Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America and Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Erol Kalkan

92 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Effects of Fling Step and Forward Directivity on Seismic Response of Buildings

2006 488 citations Erol Kalkan, Sashi K. Kunnath Earthquake Spectra profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erol Kalkan United States	29	2.4k	707	330	162	110	97	2.7k
Albert Kottke United States	16	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	258 0.8×	64 0.4×	87 0.8×	57	2.6k
Agustin Pérez-García Spain	7	2.0k 0.8×	387 0.5×	550 1.7×	93 0.6×	62 0.6×	11	2.3k
Fernando Gómez-Martínez Spain	8	2.1k 0.8×	388 0.5×	562 1.7×	94 0.6×	62 0.6×	11	2.3k
Robert B. Darragh United States	14	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	162 0.5×	64 0.4×	106 1.0×	35	2.5k
Lili Xie China	29	1.9k 0.8×	316 0.4×	387 1.2×	53 0.3×	37 0.3×	130	2.2k
Tadahiro Kishida United Arab Emirates	18	1.8k 0.7×	825 1.2×	116 0.4×	52 0.3×	73 0.7×	56	1.9k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 1.9×	2.6k 3.6×	289 0.9×	95 0.6×	202 1.8×	91	5.1k
Walter J. Silva United States	21	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 2.7×	130 0.4×	64 0.4×	150 1.4×	42	3.2k
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k 1.6×	2.4k 3.3×	198 0.6×	74 0.5×	176 1.6×	26	4.2k
Adrián Rodríguez-Marek United States	30	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 2.4×	83 0.3×	86 0.5×	129 1.2×	110	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erol Kalkan

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All Works

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Du, Dongsheng, et al.. (2025). A novel decentralized damage detection method for self-powered wireless sensing in structural health monitoring using self-supervised learning. Engineering Structures. 344. 121399–121399.

Du, Dongsheng, et al.. (2024). A novel data-driven sensor placement optimization method for unsupervised damage detection using noise-assisted neural networks with attention mechanism. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 209. 111075–111075. 2 indexed citations

Kalkan, Erol, et al.. (2022). Ground-Motion Predictions for California: Comparisonsof Three GMPEs. 3(2). 2 indexed citations

Wen, Weiping & Erol Kalkan. (2021). Identifying Dynamic Response of a Twenty-Story Instrumented Building to 2018 M7.1 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake and Its Aftershocks. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 26(16). 8670–8687. 5 indexed citations

Aagaard, B., Mehmet Çelebi, L. S. Gee, et al.. (2017). U.S. Geological Survey National Strong-Motion Project strategic plan, 2017–22. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations

Kalkan, Erol, Jeanne M. Jones, C. D. Stephens, & Peter H. F. Ng. (2016). PRISM, Processing and Review Interface for Strong Motion Data Software. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Kalkan, Erol & Juan C. Reyes. (2013). Significance of Rotating Ground Motions on Behavior of Symmetric‐ and Asymmetric‐Plan Structures: Part II. Multi‐Story Structures. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1613–1628. 49 indexed citations

Graizer, V., Erol Kalkan, & Kuo-Wan Lin. (2013). Global Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Shallow Crustal Regions. Earthquake Spectra. 29(3). 777–791. 3 indexed citations

Reyes, Juan C. & Erol Kalkan. (2013). Significance of Rotating Ground Motions on Behavior of Symmetric‐ and Asymmetric‐Plan Structures: Part I. Single‐Story Structures. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1591–1612. 57 indexed citations

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Reyes, Juan C. & Erol Kalkan. (2012). How Many Records Should be used in an ASCE/SEI‐7 Ground Motion Scaling Procedure?. Earthquake Spectra. 28(3). 1223–1242. 77 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Erol & Anil K. Chopra. (2012). Evaluation of Modal Pushover–Based Scaling of One Component of Ground Motion: Tall Buildings. Earthquake Spectra. 28(4). 1469–1493. 21 indexed citations

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Hatayama, Ken & Erol Kalkan. (2012). Spectral Amplification Factors of Long-Period (3 to 10 s) Strong Ground Motions in and around the Los Angeles Basin during the Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake of April 4, 2010. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Erol, et al.. (2010). Seismic Hazard Mapping of California considering Site Effects. Earthquake Spectra. 26(4). 1039–1055. 10 indexed citations

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Çelebi, Mehmet, Paolo Bazzurro, Lauro Chiaraluce, et al.. (2010). Recorded Motions of the 6 April 2009 M _w 6.3 L'Aquila, Italy, Earthquake and Implications for Building Structural Damage: Overview. Earthquake Spectra. 26(3). 651–684. 73 indexed citations

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Graizer, V. & Erol Kalkan. (2009). Prediction of Spectral Acceleration Response Ordinates Based on PGA Attenuation. Earthquake Spectra. 25(1). 39–69. 36 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Erol, et al.. (2008). PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD MAPPING OF THE MARMARA REGION. 1 indexed citations

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Graizer, V. & Erol Kalkan. (2007). Ground Motion Attenuation Model for Peak Horizontal Acceleration from Shallow Crustal Earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra. 23(3). 585–613. 36 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Erol & Sashi K. Kunnath. (2006). Effects of Fling Step and Forward Directivity on Seismic Response of Buildings. Earthquake Spectra. 22(2). 367–390. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kalkan, Erol & Polat Gülkan. (2004). Site‐Dependent Spectra Derived from Ground Motion Records in Turkey. Earthquake Spectra. 20(4). 1111–1138. 106 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Erol & Polat Gülkan. (2004). Empirical Attenuation Equations for Vertical Ground Motion in Turkey. Earthquake Spectra. 20(3). 853–882. 51 indexed citations

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