Heidi Houston

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Heidi Houston is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Houston has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Heidi Houston's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (43 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers). Heidi Houston is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (43 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers). Heidi Houston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and New Zealand. Heidi Houston's co-authors include J. E. Vidale, Peter M. Shearer, Miaki Ishii, Harry W. Green, K. C. Creager, Hiroo Kanamori, A. Wech, Zhigang Peng, J. R. Sweet and Abhijit Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Houston

64 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Extent, duration and speed of the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake imaged by the Hi-Net array
    2005 554 citations Miaki Ishii, Peter M. Shearer et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Heidi Houston
Tomomi Okada Japan
Han Yue China
K. B. Richards‐Dinger United States
Robert S. Crosson United States
Risheng Chu China
J. Wassermann Germany
Toru Matsuzawa Japan
Charles A. Langston United States
Yoshihiro Kaneko New Zealand
S. Steacy United Kingdom
Tomomi Okada Japan
Heidi Houston
Citations per year, relative to Heidi Houston Heidi Houston (= 1×) peers Tomomi Okada

Countries citing papers authored by Heidi Houston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heidi Houston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Houston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heidi Houston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heidi Houston 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 Heidi Houston. Heidi Houston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Delbridge, Brent, Heidi Houston, Roland Bürgmann, Saeko Kita, & Youichi Asano. (2024). A weak subducting slab at intermediate depths below northeast Japan. Science Advances. 10(9). eadh2106–eadh2106. 2 indexed citations
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Kita, Saeko, Heidi Houston, Suguru Yabe, et al.. (2021). Effects of episodic slow slip on seismicity and stress near a subduction-zone megathrust. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7253–7253. 8 indexed citations
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Vidale, J. E., et al.. (2018). Deep Long‐Period Earthquakes Beneath Mount St. Helens: Their Relationship to Tidal Stress, Episodic Tremor and Slip, and Regular Earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(5). 2241–2247. 15 indexed citations
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Creager, K. C., A. Levander, E. Kiser, et al.. (2015). Tomographic Imaging of the Magmatic System at Mount St. Helens with the iMUSH Broadband Array. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Takeo, Akiko & Heidi Houston. (2014). Frequency-dependent moment release of very low frequency earthquakes in the Cascadia subduction zone. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Houston, Heidi, et al.. (2014). Slip Updip of Tremor during the 2012 Cascadia ETS Event. 2014. 2 indexed citations
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Creager, K. C., et al.. (2013). Unraveling the Intricacies of Cascadia Slow-Slip Rupture Using Repeating Low-Frequency Earthquakes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Sweet, J. R., K. C. Creager, Tom Thomas, J. E. Vidale, & Heidi Houston. (2012). Unlocking the Secrets of Slow Slip on the Plate Interface Using Cascadia LFEs. AGUFM. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Houston, Heidi. (2012). Slow Slip May Extend Updip of Tremor in Northern Cascadia ETSs. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Creager, K. C., Adam Klaus, A. Wech, Heidi Houston, & J. E. Vidale. (2011). Nucleation of Northern Cascadia Episodic Tremor and Slip Events. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Vidale, J. E., et al.. (2009). Streaking tremor in Cascadia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 2 indexed citations
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Houston, Heidi. (2008). Toward a Spectral Source Model of the ETS Process. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Ishii, Miaki, Peter M. Shearer, Heidi Houston, & J. E. Vidale. (2005). Extent, duration and speed of the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake imaged by the Hi-Net array. Nature. 435(7044). 933–936. 554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Houston, Heidi, et al.. (2003). Stress orientations in northern and central California: Evidence for the evolution of frictional strength along the San Andreas plate boundary system. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(B3). 50 indexed citations
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Nolet, Guust, et al.. (1998). Duration of deep earthquakes determined by stacking of Global Seismograph Network seismograms. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(B9). 21059–21065. 16 indexed citations
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Houston, Heidi & J. E. Vidale. (1994). The Temporal Distribution of Seismic Radiation During Deep Earthquake Rupture. Science. 265(5173). 771–774. 28 indexed citations
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Vidale, J. E., et al.. (1991). 7. Directional Site Resonances Observed from the 1 October 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, Earthquake and the 4 October Aftershock. Earthquake Spectra. 7(1). 107–125. 24 indexed citations
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Vidale, J. E., Quentin Williams, & Heidi Houston. (1991). Waveform effects of a metastable olivine tongue in subducting slabs. Geophysical Research Letters. 18(12). 2201–2204. 25 indexed citations
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Vidale, J. E. & Heidi Houston. (1990). Rapid calculation of seismic amplitudes. Geophysics. 55(11). 1504–1507. 39 indexed citations
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Houston, Heidi & Hiroo Kanamori. (1986). Source spectra of great earthquakes: Teleseismic constraints on rupture process and strong motion. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 76(1). 19–42. 112 indexed citations

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