Laura Wallace

11.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Laura Wallace is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Wallace has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Geophysics, 25 papers in Geology and 21 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Laura Wallace's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (131 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (79 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Laura Wallace is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (131 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (79 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Laura Wallace collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Japan. Laura Wallace's co-authors include John Beavan, Robert J. McCaffrey, Susan Ellis, D. M. Saffer, Desmond Darby, C. A. Williams, Stuart Henrys, Stephen Bannister, Andrew Nicol and Kelvin Berryman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Laura Wallace

154 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand

2004 528 citations Laura Wallace, John Beavan et al. profile →
National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand: 2010 Update

2012 370 citations Matthew C. Gerstenberger, Nicola Litchfield et al. profile →
Slow slip near the trench at the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand

2016 240 citations Laura Wallace, Spahr C. Webb et al. Science profile →
Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust

2017 222 citations Eiichiro Araki, D. M. Saffer et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Laura Wallace	6.2k	1.0k	624	534	445	160	6.9k
Kelin Wang	9.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	362 0.6×	799 1.5×	433 1.0×	197	10.9k
Páll Einarsson	5.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	259 0.4×	368 0.7×	225 0.5×	167	6.5k
Peter Bird	8.0k 1.3×	591 0.6×	552 0.9×	975 1.8×	267 0.6×	92	8.7k
Onno Oncken	7.3k 1.2×	925 0.9×	393 0.6×	971 1.8×	675 1.5×	183	8.1k
Kerry Sieh	6.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	955 1.5×	751 1.4×	455 1.0×	117	7.2k
Valerio Acocella	5.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	364 0.6×	724 1.4×	500 1.1×	172	6.8k
C. Vigny	5.9k 1.0×	457 0.4×	962 1.5×	535 1.0×	261 0.6×	81	6.4k
Jacques Angelier	6.3k 1.0×	752 0.7×	897 1.4×	545 1.0×	476 1.1×	98	6.9k
G. R. Foulger	5.9k 1.0×	512 0.5×	539 0.9×	688 1.3×	224 0.5×	153	6.6k
Thomas M. Brocher	6.6k 1.1×	488 0.5×	430 0.7×	505 0.9×	195 0.4×	153	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Wallace

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Pecher, Ingo A., Ann E. Cook, E. A. Solomon, et al.. (2025). Dissociating Gas Hydrate Beneath the Hydrate Stability Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(13). 1 indexed citations

Kaneko, Yoshihiro, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Slow Slip Events Explained by Rate‐Strengthening Faults Subject to Periodic Pore Fluid Pressure Changes. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(6). 13 indexed citations

Woodhouse, Adam D., Philip M. Barnes, Lorna J. Strachan, et al.. (2022). Trench floor depositional response to glacio‐eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 67(3). 312–335. 10 indexed citations

Mochizuki, Kimihiro, Erin Todd, S. Y. Schwartz, et al.. (2021). Continuous Tremor Activity With Stable Polarization Direction Following the 2014 Large Slow Slip Event in the Hikurangi Subduction Margin Offshore New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(2). 3 indexed citations

Inoue, Tomohiro, Yoshihiro Ito, Laura Wallace, et al.. (2021). Water Depth Dependence of Long‐Range Correlation in Nontidal Variations in Seafloor Pressure. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 8 indexed citations

Boulton, Carolyn, Laura Wallace, Susan Ellis, et al.. (2020). Mechanical Implications of Creep and Partial Coupling on the World's Fastest Slipping Low‐Angle Normal Fault in Southeastern Papua New Guinea. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(10). 22 indexed citations

Taylor, Frederick W., et al.. (2020). Emerged Coral Reefs Record Holocene Low‐Angle Normal Fault Earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(20). 9 indexed citations

Shibazaki, Bunichiro, Laura Wallace, Yoshihiro Kaneko, et al.. (2019). Three‐Dimensional Modeling of Spontaneous and Triggered Slow‐Slip Events at the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(12). 13250–13268. 13 indexed citations

Kaneko, Yoshihiro, Laura Wallace, Ian Hamling, & Matthew C. Gerstenberger. (2018). Simple Physical Model for the Probability of a Subduction‐ Zone Earthquake Following Slow Slip Events and Earthquakes: Application to the Hikurangi Megathrust, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(9). 3932–3941. 20 indexed citations

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Wallace, Laura, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Susan Ellis, et al.. (2018). Triggered Slow Slip and Afterslip on the Southern Hikurangi Subduction Zone Following the Kaikōura Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(10). 4710–4718. 85 indexed citations

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Kopf, Achim, D. M. Saffer, S. Toczko, et al.. (2017). . 4 indexed citations

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Wallace, Laura, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, et al.. (2017). Large-scale dynamic triggering of shallow slow slip enhanced by overlying sedimentary wedge. Nature Geoscience. 10(10). 765–770. 128 indexed citations

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Araki, Eiichiro, D. M. Saffer, Achim Kopf, et al.. (2017). Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust. Science. 356(6343). 1157–1160. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beavan, John, Laura Wallace, N. Palmer, et al.. (2016). New Zealand GPS velocity field: 1995–2013. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59(1). 5–14. 64 indexed citations

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Wallace, Laura, et al.. (2016). High‐resolution view of active tectonic deformation along the Hikurangi subduction margin and the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59(1). 43–57. 28 indexed citations

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Power, William, Laura Wallace, Christof Mueller, et al.. (2016). Understanding the potential for tsunami generated by earthquakes on the southern Hikurangi subduction interface. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59(1). 70–85. 9 indexed citations

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Ellis, Susan, C. A. Williams, John Ristau, et al.. (2016). Calculating regional stresses for northern Canterbury: the effect of the 2010 Darfield earthquake. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59(1). 202–212. 3 indexed citations

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Plaza‐Faverola, Andreia, Stuart Henrys, Ingo A. Pecher, Laura Wallace, & Dirk Klaeschen. (2016). Splay fault branching from the Hikurangi subduction shear zone: Implications for slow slip and fluid flow. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 17(12). 5009–5023. 26 indexed citations

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Hayward, Bruce W., Ashwaq T Sabaa, Hugh R Grenfell, et al.. (2015). Foraminiferal record of Holocene paleo‐earthquakes on the subsiding south‐western Poverty Bay coastline, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 58(2). 104–122. 12 indexed citations

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Hayward, Bruce W., et al.. (2011). Investigating subduction earthquake geology along the southern Hikurangi margin using palaeoenvironmental histories of intertidal inlets. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 54(3). 255–271. 21 indexed citations

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