J. R. Patton

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

J. R. Patton is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, J. R. Patton has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in J. R. Patton's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). J. R. Patton is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). J. R. Patton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Indonesia. J. R. Patton's co-authors include C. Goldfinger, A. E. Morey, Claudia Nelson, Joel E. Johnson, Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor, E. B. Karabanov, Eulália Gràcia, Tracy Vallier, Gita Dunhill and Randolph J. Enkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Geology and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

J. R. Patton

27 papers receiving 856 citations

Hit Papers

Turbidite event history—Methods and implications for Holo... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Turbidite event history—Methods and implications for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone
    2012 362 citations C. Goldfinger, Claudia Nelson et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. R. Patton United States 10 645 436 322 89 78 34 903
Gary A. Carver United States 14 667 1.0× 391 0.9× 201 0.6× 76 0.9× 33 0.4× 19 883
Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor Spain 5 463 0.7× 317 0.7× 224 0.7× 65 0.7× 36 0.5× 11 628
Christof Mueller New Zealand 14 435 0.7× 196 0.4× 155 0.5× 56 0.6× 43 0.6× 28 614
T. Levi Israel 20 637 1.0× 456 1.0× 505 1.6× 44 0.5× 114 1.5× 53 973
Bretwood Higman United States 10 396 0.6× 299 0.7× 179 0.6× 109 1.2× 77 1.0× 26 669
Tina Dura United States 16 541 0.8× 548 1.3× 311 1.0× 27 0.3× 46 0.6× 32 897
Ryuta Furukawa Japan 11 621 1.0× 471 1.1× 198 0.6× 28 0.3× 70 0.9× 34 776
William Power New Zealand 12 590 0.9× 266 0.6× 112 0.3× 189 2.1× 82 1.1× 26 733
Gianluca Pagnoni Italy 18 763 1.2× 307 0.7× 282 0.9× 87 1.0× 26 0.3× 52 944
Alberto Armigliato Italy 16 781 1.2× 297 0.7× 234 0.7× 111 1.2× 27 0.3× 57 935

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. R. Patton

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All Works

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Patton, J. R., M. C. Eblé, C. Kyriakopoulos, et al.. (2025). Developing a Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment Framework for Pacific Sources: USGS Powell Center Meeting Summary. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 31(1). 67–76. 1 indexed citations
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Goldfinger, C., Alexis Vizcaino, Claudia Nelson, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the dance of earthquakes: Evidence of partial synchronization of the northern San Andreas fault and Cascadia megathrust. Geosphere. 21(6). 1132–1180. 1 indexed citations
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Beck, Christian, Nathalie Feuillet, Eva Moréno, et al.. (2024). Late Pleistocene charcoal-rich sediments in the Puerto Rico Trench, possible remnants of gigantic wildfires in North-Eastern South America. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112497–112497. 1 indexed citations
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Materna, Kathryn, J. R. Murray, Fred F. Pollitz, & J. R. Patton. (2023). Slip Deficit Rates on Southern Cascadia Faults Resolved with Viscoelastic Earthquake Cycle Modeling of Geodetic Deformation. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 113(6). 2505–2518. 8 indexed citations
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Lynett, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Probabilistic Tsunami Damage Assessment for Structural Mitigation Policy Guidance. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 149(5).
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Patton, J. R., et al.. (2019). State of California's Update to the Tsunami Inundation Maps for Evacuation Planning. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019.
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Bennett, Scott, et al.. (2019). Near-surface Fault Slip Data for the M w 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake from Curved Coseismic Striations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019.
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Hough, S. E., Eric M. Thompson, A. Baltay, et al.. (2019). Near-Field Ground Motions from the 2019 M6.4 and M7.1 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquakes: Subdued Shaking due to Pervasive Non-Linear Site Response?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019.
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Patton, J. R., Ross S. Stein, & Volkan Sevilgen. (2019). Seismic swarm hits Hayward Fault: What does it portend?.
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Patton, J. R., C. Goldfinger, A. E. Morey, et al.. (2015). A 6600 year earthquake history in the region of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone earthquake. Geosphere. 11(6). 2067–2129. 62 indexed citations
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Patton, J. R., et al.. (2013). Slope Stability: Factor of Safety along the Seismically Active Continental Slope Offshore Sumatra. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Goldfinger, C., et al.. (2012). Paleoseismograms: Can Turbidite Deposits Record Flow Unsteadiness Imparted by Earthquakes?. AGUFM. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Goldfinger, C., et al.. (2011). "Paleoseismograms": Testing a Hypothesis of Source-Time Function Recording of Paleoearthquakes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Salisbury, Morgan J., et al.. (2010). Deep-sea ash layers reveal evidence of large Pleistocene and Holocene volcanic eruptions from Sumatra, Indonesia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Goldfinger, C., Roland Bürgmann, A. E. Morey, et al.. (2008). Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 98(2). 861–889. 93 indexed citations
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Patton, J. R., C. Goldfinger, A. E. Morey, et al.. (2007). Possible Earthquake Generated Turbidites along the Sumatra Margin. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Dengler, L., et al.. (2003). Relative Tsunami Hazard Maps, Humboldt County, California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations

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