Frank Press

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
163 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Frank Press is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Press has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Geophysics, 37 papers in Ocean Engineering and 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Frank Press's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (48 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (45 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (41 papers). Frank Press is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (48 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (45 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (41 papers). Frank Press collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Frank Press's co-authors include W. S. Jardetzky, Maurice Ewing, William M. Ewing, Arthur Beiser, W. Maurice Ewing, David G. Harkrider, Jack Oliver, Hugo Benioff, Gary V. Latham and George Sutton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank Press

151 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Frank Press	4.8k	1.7k	1.3k	815	623	163	7.2k
Don L. Anderson	14.5k 3.0×	929 0.6×	997 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	167	16.2k
L. Knopoff	10.5k 2.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	220 0.3×	1.9k 3.0×	250	14.1k
F. A. Dahlen	11.6k 2.4×	577 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	620 0.8×	542 0.9×	125	13.0k
M. Nafi Toksöz	12.7k 2.7×	2.1k 1.2×	4.2k 3.3×	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	449	15.3k
Ari Ben‐Menahem	3.9k 0.8×	542 0.3×	830 0.6×	164 0.2×	377 0.6×	111	4.5k
George E. Backus	2.9k 0.6×	526 0.3×	825 0.6×	453 0.6×	141 0.2×	43	4.2k
Jeroen Tromp	12.8k 2.7×	970 0.6×	2.8k 2.2×	409 0.5×	880 1.4×	241	14.7k
C. G. Sammis	6.1k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	588 0.5×	168 0.2×	924 1.5×	112	8.4k
David A. Yuen	10.8k 2.3×	611 0.4×	297 0.2×	760 0.9×	567 0.9×	468	13.8k
B. Parsons	10.5k 2.2×	991 0.6×	381 0.3×	404 0.5×	496 0.8×	167	13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Press

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Press

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Press

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Press. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Press based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Press. Frank Press is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Press, Frank. (2008). Earth science and society. Nature. 451(7176). 301–303. 13 indexed citations

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Press, Frank, et al.. (1973). Lunar Structure, Compositional Inferences and Thermal History. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 4. 734. 2 indexed citations

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Toksöz, M. Nafi, Frank Press, Anton M. Dainty, et al.. (1972). Structure, composition, and properties of lunar crust.. Lunar Science Conference. 3. 2527. 22 indexed citations

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Toksöz, M. Nafi, Frank Press, Kenneth Anderson, et al.. (1972). Velocity Structure and Properties of the Lunar Crust. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 758. 1 indexed citations

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Dorman, James A., F. K. Duennebier, Michael T. Ewing, et al.. (1970). Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 1. 2309. 13 indexed citations

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Kanamori, Hiroo & Frank Press. (1970). How Thick is the Lithosphere ?. Nature. 226(5243). 330–331. 97 indexed citations

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Press, Frank. (1966). Seismological Information and Advances. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 247. 5 indexed citations

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Healy, J. H. & Frank Press. (1964). Geophysical studies of basin structure along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada, California. Geophysics. 29(3). 337–359. 9 indexed citations

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Kovach, R. L., et al.. (1963). SEISMIC EXPLORATION OF THE MOON. 1 indexed citations

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Healy, John H. & Frank Press. (1960). Two-dimensional seismic models with continuously variable velocity depth and density functions. Geophysics. 25(5). 987–997. 13 indexed citations

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Press, Frank, et al.. (1960). Geophysical research and progress in exploration. Geophysics. 25(1). 168–180.

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Press, Frank. (1957). A seismic model study of the phase velocity method of exploration. Geophysics. 22(2). 275–285. 4 indexed citations

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Press, Frank & Milton B. Dobrin. (1956). Seismic wave studies over a high-speed surface layer. Geophysics. 21(2). 285–298. 11 indexed citations

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Press, Frank. (1956). Volcanoes, Ice and Destructive Waves. 1 indexed citations

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Press, Frank, Jack Oliver, & Maurice Ewing. (1954). Seismic model study of refractions from a layer of finite thickness. Geophysics. 19(3). 388–401. 31 indexed citations

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Oliver, Jack, Frank Press, & Maurice Ewing. (1954). Two-dimensional model seismology. Geophysics. 19(2). 202–219. 80 indexed citations

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Donn, William L., Maurice Ewing, & Frank Press. (1954). Performance of resonant seismometers. Geophysics. 19(4). 802–819. 2 indexed citations

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Wilson, James T. & Frank Press. (1953). Symposium on microseisms : held at Arden House, Harriman, N.Y., 4-6 September 1952. 1 indexed citations

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Ewing, Maurice, et al.. (1951). A seismic wave guide phenomenon. Geophysics. 16(4). 594–612. 23 indexed citations

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Press, Frank & Maurice Ewing. (1951). Ground roll coupling to atmospheric compressional waves. Geophysics. 16(3). 416–430. 37 indexed citations

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