Gregory B. Baecher

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Gregory B. Baecher is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory B. Baecher has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 31 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 17 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gregory B. Baecher's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (31 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (12 papers). Gregory B. Baecher is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (31 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (12 papers). Gregory B. Baecher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. Gregory B. Baecher's co-authors include John T. Christian, John T. Christian, Herbert H. Einstein, Charles C. Ladd, Don J. DeGroot, Daniele Veneziano, Lingyao Li, Richard de Neufville, Michelle Bensi and Ralph L. Keeney and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Gregory B. Baecher

84 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

RELIABILITY AND STATISTICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1994 2026 2004 2015 2003 1994 250 500 750 1000
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. RELIABILITY AND STATISTICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
    2003 1.1k citations Gregory B. Baecher, John T. Christian profile →
  2. Reliability Applied to Slope Stability Analysis
    1994 516 citations John T. Christian, Charles C. Ladd et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gregory B. Baecher United States 23 2.6k 2.2k 923 672 383 91 3.6k
Ye‐Shuang Xu China 45 3.5k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 766 0.8× 579 0.9× 71 0.2× 98 5.3k
Rafael Jiménez Spain 30 1.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 819 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 152 0.4× 97 2.8k
Wilson H. Tang United States 27 2.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 491 0.5× 292 0.4× 712 1.9× 78 3.2k
Wan‐Huan Zhou Macao 37 2.9k 1.1× 994 0.4× 534 0.6× 329 0.5× 70 0.2× 142 3.8k
Robert V. Whitman United States 35 4.2k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 535 0.6× 248 0.4× 136 0.4× 98 4.8k
Alfredo H.‐S. Ang United States 21 4.5k 1.7× 849 0.4× 208 0.2× 606 0.9× 1.6k 4.2× 56 5.8k
C. Hsein Juang United States 60 8.5k 3.3× 5.1k 2.3× 2.7k 2.9× 1.3k 1.9× 534 1.4× 285 10.6k
Kenneth Gavin Ireland 40 3.8k 1.5× 804 0.4× 446 0.5× 270 0.4× 80 0.2× 170 4.5k
Isam Shahrour France 35 2.7k 1.1× 941 0.4× 285 0.3× 422 0.6× 40 0.1× 243 4.1k
Kyriazis Pitilakis Greece 52 6.2k 2.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 263 0.4× 185 0.5× 195 7.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Zihui, Lingyao Li, Libby Hemphill, Gregory B. Baecher, & Yubai Yuan. (2024). Investigating disaster response for resilient communities through social media data and the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model: A case study of 2020 Western U.S. wildfire season. Sustainable Cities and Society. 106. 105362–105362. 16 indexed citations
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Ma, Zihui, et al.. (2023). Data-Driven Evaluation of Project Risk Registers. 152–160.
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Einstein, Herbert H. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2023). Decision Making in Rock Engineering and Engineering Geology. 27(1). 58–65. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Zihui, Lingyao Li, Yubai Yuan, & Gregory B. Baecher. (2023). Appraising Situational Awareness in Social Media Data for Wildfire Response. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Zihui, et al.. (2022). Ex Post Project Risk Assessment: Method and Empirical Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 149(2). 10 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B., et al.. (2019). Resiliently Engineered Flood and Hurricane Infrastructure: Principles to Guide the Next Generation of Engineers. 49(2). 2 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2014). Geotechnical Reliability – Ten Unresolved Problems. 18(4). 16–20. 1 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B., et al.. (2006). Protection of Civilian Infrastructure from Acts of Terrorism. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B., et al.. (2006). Modeling the Reliability of New Orleans Levees. 6(5). 12–15. 1 indexed citations
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Christian, John T. & Gregory B. Baecher. (2006). The Meaning(s) of Statistical Inference in Geotechnical Practice. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B., et al.. (2004). Risk and uncertainty in dam safety. 110 indexed citations
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Cherubini, Claudia, John T. Christian, Gregory B. Baecher, et al.. (2001). FACTOR OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 127(8). 9 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1999). INACCURACIES ASSOCIATED WITH ESTIMATING RANDOM MEASUREMENT ERRORS. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 125(1). 2 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1999). Discussion of "Inaccuracies Associated with Estimating Random Measurement Errors". Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 125(1). 79–81. 4 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1987). Error Analysis for Geotechnical Engineering.. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 2 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1987). Statistical Analysis of Geotechnical Data.. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 10 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1987). Statistical Quality Control of Engineered Embankments.. This Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resource.
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Baecher, Gregory B.. (1984). On Estimating Autocovariance of Soil Properties. 214–218. 5 indexed citations
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Baecher, Gregory B., et al.. (1979). Equivalent Parameters in Soil Profile Modeling. 330–337. 1 indexed citations
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Einstein, Herbert H., et al.. (1970). THE EFFECT OF SIZE ON STRENGTH OF A BRITTLE ROCK. 1. 9 indexed citations

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