John Lysmer

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

John Lysmer is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, John Lysmer has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in John Lysmer's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (23 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (10 papers). John Lysmer is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (23 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (10 papers). John Lysmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. John Lysmer's co-authors include Roger L. Kuhlemeyer, H. Bolton Seed, G. Waas, F. E. Richart, Philippe P. Martin, Nicholas Sitar, Scott A. Ashford, Miguel P. Romo, Che‐Wei Tsai and Richard N. Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series and Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

John Lysmer

46 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Finite Dynamic Model for Infinite Media

1969 2.0k citations John Lysmer, Roger L. Kuhlemeyer Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division profile →
Finite Element Method Accuracy for Wave Propagation Problems

1973 1.0k citations Roger L. Kuhlemeyer, John Lysmer Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Lysmer United States	21	4.5k	1.1k	929	785	673	49	5.5k
Roger L. Kuhlemeyer Canada	7	2.7k 0.6×	403 0.4×	645 0.7×	452 0.6×	430 0.6×	12	3.2k
N. M. Newmark United States	23	4.3k 0.9×	574 0.5×	602 0.6×	816 1.0×	477 0.7×	77	5.1k
Eduardo Kausel United States	41	4.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	180 0.2×	965 1.4×	121	5.5k
George Gazetas Greece	62	11.4k 2.5×	847 0.8×	654 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	920 1.4×	248	12.0k
J. Enrique Luco United States	40	4.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	896 1.0×	179 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	119	5.2k
José M. Roësset United States	32	3.0k 0.7×	874 0.8×	879 0.9×	99 0.1×	671 1.0×	142	4.0k
F. E. Richart United States	19	2.8k 0.6×	469 0.4×	426 0.5×	176 0.2×	370 0.5×	45	3.3k
Jianwen Liang China	28	2.4k 0.5×	956 0.9×	544 0.6×	269 0.3×	294 0.4×	191	2.8k
H. L. Wong United States	24	2.2k 0.5×	844 0.8×	335 0.4×	72 0.1×	323 0.5×	34	2.4k
Feng Jin China	34	2.4k 0.5×	194 0.2×	880 0.9×	287 0.4×	614 0.9×	187	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by John Lysmer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Lysmer

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All Works

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Chatti, Karim, John Lysmer, & C L Monismith. (1994). Dynamic Finite-Element Analysis of Jointed Concrete Pavements. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 79–90. 22 indexed citations

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Bolt, Bruce A., et al.. (1993). Seismic condition assessment of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. 277–282. 1 indexed citations

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Seed, H. Bolton, et al.. (1988). 3. The Mexico Earthquake of September 19, 1985—Relationships between Soil Conditions and Earthquake Ground Motions. Earthquake Spectra. 4(4). 687–729. 234 indexed citations

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Sousa, Jorge B., et al.. (1988). EFFECTS OF DYNAMIC LOADS ON PERFORMANCE OF ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 21 indexed citations

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Monismith, C L, John Lysmer, Jorge B. Sousa, & J. Karl Hedrick. (1988). Truck Pavement Interactions - Requisite Research. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 9 indexed citations

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Hwang, Richard N. & John Lysmer. (1981). Response of Buried Structures to Traveling Waves. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 107(2). 183–200. 53 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John, et al.. (1980). PLUSH: A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROBABILISTIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION. 8 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John. (1980). Foundation Vibrations with Soil Damping. 1–18. 12 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John. (1978). Analytical Procedures in Soil Dynamics. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 80. 12243–1317. 9 indexed citations

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Seed, H. Bolton & John Lysmer. (1978). Soil-structure interaction analyses by finite elements — State of the art. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 46(2). 349–365. 16 indexed citations

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Seed, H. Bolton, John Lysmer, & Richard N. Hwang. (1977). Closure to “Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses for Seismic Response”. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division. 103(4). 341–346. 1 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John, et al.. (1976). Comparison of Plane Strain and Axisymmetric Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis. 809–825. 2 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John, et al.. (1976). Simplified Three-Dimensional Soil-Structure Interaction Study. 786–808. 3 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John, et al.. (1975). FLUSH - a computer program for approximate 3-D analysis of soil-structure interaction problems. 174 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John, et al.. (1974). LUSH: A computer program for complex response analysis of soil-structure systems. Unknow. 45 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John & G. Waas. (1974). Closure to “Shear Waves in Plane Infinite Structures”. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 100(1). 125–126. 2 indexed citations

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Kuhlemeyer, Roger L. & John Lysmer. (1973). Finite Element Method Accuracy for Wave Propagation Problems. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 99(5). 421–427. 1002 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lysmer, John & G. Waas. (1972). Shear Waves in Plane Infinite Structures. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 98(1). 85–105. 246 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John. (1969). Finite Dynamic Model for Infinite Media. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4. 859–877. 6 indexed citations

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Lysmer, John & Roger L. Kuhlemeyer. (1969). Finite Dynamic Model for Infinite Media. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 95(4). 859–877. 1997 indexed citations breakdown →

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