John Douglas

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

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John Douglas is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, John Douglas has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 74 papers in Geophysics and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in John Douglas's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (109 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (71 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (48 papers). John Douglas is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (109 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (71 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (48 papers). John Douglas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. John Douglas's co-authors include N. N. Ambraseys, Patrick M. Smit, Pierre Gehl, S. K. Sarma, Benjamin Edwards, Hideo Aochi, Fabrice Cotton, Julian J. Bommer, H. Bungum and Darius Seyedi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Academy of Management Review and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

John Douglas

170 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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Equations for the Estimation of Strong Ground Motions from Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Using Data from Europe and the Middle East: Horizontal Peak Ground Acceleration and Spectral Acceleration

2005 462 citations N. N. Ambraseys, John Douglas et al. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Douglas United Kingdom	39	4.5k	3.4k	453	417	217	184	6.0k
Daniel T. Cox United States	43	2.1k 0.5×	952 0.3×	102 0.2×	181 0.4×	509 2.3×	206	5.0k
N. N. Ambraseys United Kingdom	52	4.9k 1.1×	8.7k 2.6×	1.0k 2.2×	936 2.2×	160 0.7×	176	12.5k
Katsuichiro Goda United Kingdom	47	5.1k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	371 0.8×	454 1.1×	386 1.8×	230	7.2k
Brendon Bradley New Zealand	46	5.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	437 1.0×	242 0.6×	116 0.5×	242	6.6k
Robert Graves United States	42	5.8k 1.3×	6.4k 1.9×	446 1.0×	657 1.6×	20 0.1×	147	9.3k
David J. Wald United States	54	5.5k 1.2×	9.6k 2.8×	1.3k 3.0×	2.3k 5.6×	573 2.6×	192	12.8k
Gottfried Grünthal Germany	28	1.9k 0.4×	2.9k 0.9×	331 0.7×	521 1.2×	266 1.2×	116	4.3k
Thomas H. Heaton United States	49	3.2k 0.7×	8.4k 2.5×	341 0.8×	3.0k 7.1×	72 0.3×	122	10.3k
Helen Crowley Italy	44	5.3k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	304 0.7×	436 1.0×	321 1.5×	112	6.4k
Thomas Wilson New Zealand	34	851 0.2×	752 0.2×	457 1.0×	189 0.5×	767 3.5×	163	3.7k

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Douglas, John, Helen Crowley, Vítor Silva, et al.. (2024). Methods for evaluating the significance and importance of differences amongst probabilistic seismic hazard results for engineering and risk analyses: a review and insights. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 22(6). 2769–2796. 2 indexed citations

Douglas, John, et al.. (2024). The assessment of probabilistic seismic risk using ground-motion simulations via a Monte Carlo approach. Natural Hazards. 120(7). 6833–6852. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Jingwei & John Douglas. (2024). Comparison and selection of ground motion prediction equations for the Sichuan–Yunnan area, southwest China. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 22(5). 2303–2328. 5 indexed citations

Douglas, John, Helen Crowley, Vítor Silva, et al.. (2023). Methods for evaluating the significance and importance of differences amongst probabilistic seismic hazard results for engineering and risk analyses: A review and insights. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1 indexed citations

Azarbakht, Alireza, Hossein Ebrahimian, Fatemeh Jalayer, & John Douglas. (2022). Variations in hazard during earthquake sequences between 1995 and 2018 in western Greece as evaluated by a Bayesian ETAS model. Geophysical Journal International. 231(1). 27–46. 4 indexed citations

Douglas, John, et al.. (2022). Engineering site response analysis of Anchorage, Alaska, using site amplifications and random vibration theory. Earthquake Spectra. 38(2). 1103–1123.

Azarbakht, Alireza & John Douglas. (2022). Variations in uniform hazard spectra and disaggregated scenarios during earthquake sequences. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 21(1). 77–94.

Azarbakht, Alireza, et al.. (2021). A decision-making approach for operational earthquake forecasting. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 66. 102591–102591. 4 indexed citations

Douglas, John & Alireza Azarbakht. (2020). Cost–benefit analyses to assess the potential of Operational Earthquake Forecasting prior to a mainshock in Europe. Natural Hazards. 105(1). 293–311. 12 indexed citations

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Özel, Nurcan Meral, Öcal Necmioğlu, Semih Ergintav, et al.. (2016). New Directions in Seismic Hazard Assessment Through Focused Earth Observation in the MARmara SuperSITE - Project Achievements. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Gehl, Pierre, et al.. (2014). Investigating the Use of Record-to-Record Variability in Static Capacity Approaches. 1675–1684. 6 indexed citations

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Stewart, Jonathan P., John Douglas, Mohammad Javanbarg, et al.. (2013). Selection of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for the Global Earthquake Model. Earthquake Spectra. 31(1). 19–45. 118 indexed citations

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Gehl, Pierre, John Douglas, & Darius Seyedi. (2013). Influence of the Number of Dynamic Analyses on the Accuracy of Structural Response Estimates. Earthquake Spectra. 31(1). 97–113. 51 indexed citations

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Douglas, John, et al.. (2012). Confirmed records of the endangered Trout Cod 'Maccullochella macquariensis' from the Murray River at Gunbower Island, Victoria. The Victorian naturalist. 129(4). 152. 1 indexed citations

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Douglas, John, et al.. (2008). An Open Distributed Architecture for Sensor Networks for Risk Management. Sensors. 8(3). 1755–1773. 24 indexed citations

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Douglas, John, H. Bungum, & Frank Scherbaum. (2006). GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS FOR SOUTHERN SPAIN AND SOUTHERN NORWAY OBTAINED USING THE COMPOSITE MODEL PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 10(1). 33–72. 17 indexed citations

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Ambraseys, N. N., Patrick M. Smit, John Douglas, et al.. (2004). Internet site for European strong-motion data. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 45(3). 113–129. 260 indexed citations

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Douglas, John. (1980). Tourists come to Sri Lanka.. 52(8). 585–586. 1 indexed citations

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Douglas, John. (1977). The Genius of Everyman (2): Learning Creativity.. Science News. 1 indexed citations

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Douglas, John. (1977). The Genius of Everyman (1): Discovering Creativity.. Science News. 1 indexed citations

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