Ian Main
- Geophysics top 0.2%
- earthquake and tectonic studies 116
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis 76
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 41
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 34
- Seismic Waves and Analysis 30
- Mechanics of Materials top 0.1%
- Rock Mechanics and Modeling 41
- Ocean Engineering top 0.2%
- Environmental Engineering top 1%
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- Seismology and Earthquake Studies 33
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- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis 27
- Co-authors
- P. G. MeredithAndrew BellP. A. CowieStephen C. ElphickM. C. FordeN. E. OdlingOlivier BourPhilippe Davy
- Journals
- Geophysical Journal International (41 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (20 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Ian Main
202 papers receiving 8.2k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 132
- Geophysics 5.5k
- Mechanics of Materials 3.1k
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.1k
- Ocean Engineering 1.5k
- Environmental Engineering 900
Countries citing papers authored by Ian Main
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Main
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ian Main, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 3 | 2022 | 9 | |
| 4 | 2022 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2022 | 5 | |
| 6 | 2020 | 59 | |
| 7 | 2020 | 12 | |
| 8 | 2019 | 22 | |
| 9 | 4D in-situ x-ray microtomography reveals that material heterogeneity influences microfracture network evolution in deforming rocks | 2019 | 1 |
| 10 | The Terracorrelator: a shared memory HPC facility for real-time seismological cross-correlation analyses | 2015 | 1 |
| 11 | Earthquake interevent time distributions reflect the proportion of dependent and independent events pairs and are therefore not universal | 2010 | 1 |
| 12 | APPLICATION OF AET TO CONCRETE BRIDGES: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND A CASE STUDY | 2003 | 1 |
| 13 | A New Method of Determining the Specific Storage and the Hydraulic Conductivity of a Rock Sample | 2002 | 1 |
| 14 | Special issue: Scaling laws for fault and fracture populations - Analyses and applications - Introduction | 1996 | 7 |
| 15 | 1995 | 35 | |
| 16 | A REINTERPRETATION OF THE SEISMIC B-VALUE ANOMALY USING FRACTURE-MECHANICS | 1987 | 1 |
| 17 | SEISMOTECTONICS AND SEISMIC HAZARD IN THE AEGEAN AREA | 1986 | 1 |
| 18 | CONTEMPORARY SEISMICITY IN A REGION OF HIGH SEISMICITY (EASTERN GREECE) | 1985 | 1 |
| 19 | 1984 | 89 | |
| 20 | 1983 | 9 |
About Ian Main
Ian Main is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Ocean Engineering, having authored 210 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include earthquake and tectonic studies (116 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (76 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (41 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (41 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (33 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (30 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (5.5k citations), Mechanics of Materials (3.1k citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.1k citations). Ian Main has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. G. Meredith, Andrew Bell, P. A. Cowie, Stephen C. Elphick, M. C. Forde, N. E. Odling, Olivier Bour, Philippe Davy, Brian Berkowitz and Michael J. Heap. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Journal International, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Tectonophysics and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
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