John E. Nafe

2.5k total citations
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John E. Nafe is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Nafe has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Geology and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in John E. Nafe's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (7 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (5 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (5 papers). John E. Nafe is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (7 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (5 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (5 papers). John E. Nafe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. John E. Nafe's co-authors include Charles L. Drake, Orson L. Anderson, James N. Brune, Ulrich Maas, Jack Oliver, L. E. Alsop, R. E. Houtz, Xavier Le Pichon, H. Berckhemer and George H. Sutton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

John E. Nafe

24 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Nafe United States 18 1.1k 256 183 180 171 24 1.6k
R. T. Shuey United States 20 1.9k 1.7× 110 0.4× 796 4.3× 114 0.6× 58 0.3× 37 2.3k
Hajimu Kinoshita Japan 25 1.6k 1.4× 291 1.1× 79 0.4× 86 0.5× 76 0.4× 85 1.9k
S. J. Webb South Africa 26 2.4k 2.1× 394 1.5× 126 0.7× 66 0.4× 125 0.7× 100 2.9k
Harro Schmeling Germany 36 3.9k 3.5× 186 0.7× 138 0.8× 71 0.4× 364 2.1× 112 4.7k
F. W. Jones Canada 24 1.2k 1.1× 209 0.8× 520 2.8× 82 0.5× 58 0.3× 130 1.8k
M. Rabinowicz France 29 1.6k 1.5× 68 0.3× 44 0.2× 82 0.5× 54 0.3× 65 2.1k
Tsutomu Murase United States 14 1.5k 1.3× 56 0.2× 59 0.3× 19 0.1× 121 0.7× 20 1.9k
Zhiwei Li China 22 1.2k 1.1× 183 0.7× 69 0.4× 101 0.6× 40 0.2× 101 1.5k
Donald V. Helmberger United States 51 7.9k 7.0× 82 0.3× 408 2.2× 122 0.7× 50 0.3× 126 8.2k
Sidao Ni China 31 3.6k 3.2× 196 0.8× 142 0.8× 134 0.7× 64 0.4× 181 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John E. Nafe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Nafe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nafe, John E. & Ulrich Maas. (2002). Modeling of NO formation based on ILDM reduced chemistry. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 29(1). 1379–1385. 28 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E. & Ulrich Maas. (2002). A general algorithm for improving ILDMs. Combustion Theory and Modelling. 6(4). 697–709. 32 indexed citations
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Laughton, A. S., et al.. (1972). A Continuous East-West Fault on the Azores-Gibraltar Ridge. Nature. 237(5352). 217–220. 45 indexed citations
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Mayhew, M. A., Charles L. Drake, & John E. Nafe. (1970). Marine geophysical measurements on the continental margins of the Labrador Sea. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7(2). 199–214. 20 indexed citations
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Mayhew, M. A., Charles L. Drake, & John E. Nafe. (1970). Marine geophysical measurements on the continental margins of the Labrador Sea. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7(5). 1356–1356. 26 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E., et al.. (1965). Geophysical investigations in the area of the Perth Basin, Western Australia. Geophysics. 30(6). 1026–1052. 9 indexed citations
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Landisman, M., Yasuo Satô, & John E. Nafe. (1965). Free Vibrations of the Earth and the Properties of its Deep Interior Regions Part 1: Density. Geophysical Journal International. 9(5). 439–502. 50 indexed citations
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Pichon, Xavier Le, R. E. Houtz, Charles L. Drake, & John E. Nafe. (1965). Crustal structure of the mid-ocean ridges: 1. Seismic refraction measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(2). 319–339. 92 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E., et al.. (1965). Marine seismic refraction studies on the continental margin to the south of Australia. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 12(4). 479–495. 17 indexed citations
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Anderson, Orson L. & John E. Nafe. (1965). The bulk modulus-volume relationship for oxide compounds and related geophysical problems. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(16). 3951–3963. 245 indexed citations
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Heezen, Bruce C. & John E. Nafe. (1964). Vema trench: western Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 11(1). 79–84. 16 indexed citations
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Drake, Charles L., et al.. (1963). A Mid-Labrador Sea Ridge. Nature. 200(4911). 1085–1086. 35 indexed citations
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Kuo, John T. & John E. Nafe. (1962). Period equation for Rayleigh waves in a layer overlying a half space with a sinusoidal interface. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 52(4). 807–822. 29 indexed citations
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Brune, James N., John E. Nafe, & L. E. Alsop. (1961). The polar phase shift of surface waves on a sphere. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 51(2). 247–257. 72 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E. & Charles L. Drake. (1961). Physical properties of marine sediments. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 242 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E. & James N. Brune. (1960). Observations of phase velocity for Rayleigh waves in the period range 100 to 400 seconds. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 50(3). 427–439. 18 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E., et al.. (1959). Sonic Depth Recording of Bubble Cluster Migration from Underwater Explosions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 31(1_Supplement). 131–131. 1 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E. & Charles L. Drake. (1957). Variation with depth in shallow and deep water marine sediments of porosity, density and the velocities of compressional and shear waves. Geophysics. 22(3). 523–552. 343 indexed citations
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Sutton, George H., H. Berckhemer, & John E. Nafe. (1957). Physical analysis of deep sea sediments. Geophysics. 22(4). 779–812. 54 indexed citations
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Nafe, John E.. (1957). Reflection and transmission coefficients at a solid-solid interface of high velocity contrast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 47(3). 205–219. 16 indexed citations

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