Ian Main

190 papers and 8.1k indexed citations i.

About

Ian Main is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Main has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Geophysics, 51 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 48 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ian Main’s work include earthquake and tectonic studies (114 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (74 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (39 papers). Ian Main is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (114 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (74 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (39 papers). Ian Main collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Ian Main's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Main

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Main

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian Main. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ian Main. The network helps show where Ian Main may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Main

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This map shows the geographic impact of Ian Main's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ian Main with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ian Main more than expected).

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