M. B. Heflin

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

M. B. Heflin is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. B. Heflin has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 40 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in M. B. Heflin's work include GNSS positioning and interference (44 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). M. B. Heflin is often cited by papers focused on GNSS positioning and interference (44 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). M. B. Heflin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. M. B. Heflin's co-authors include F. Webb, D. Jefferson, J. Zumberge, M. M. Watkins, Donald F. Argus, Geoffrey Blewitt, Xiaoping Wu, Danan Dong, Pascal Willis and Erik R. Ivins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

M. B. Heflin

67 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Precise point positioning for the efficient and robust analysis of GPS data from large networks

1997 2.9k citations J. Zumberge, M. B. Heflin et al. profile →
GipsyX/RTGx, a new tool set for space geodetic operations and research

2020 246 citations Willy Bertiger, Y. Bar-Sever et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. B. Heflin United States	25	3.7k	3.3k	1.8k	1.7k	610	68	5.3k
Xavier Collilieux France	27	3.6k 1.0×	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	402 0.7×	64	5.4k
Z. Altamimi France	35	4.4k 1.2×	4.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	439 0.7×	108	6.7k
Danan Dong China	33	2.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	360 0.6×	97	4.8k
Markus Rothacher Switzerland	40	4.9k 1.3×	4.1k 1.3×	3.1k 1.7×	842 0.5×	1.0k 1.7×	180	6.0k
F. Webb United States	28	3.8k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.8×	570 0.9×	100	6.6k
Geoffrey Blewitt United States	37	3.8k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	3.4k 2.0×	414 0.7×	116	7.3k
Richard B. Langley Canada	29	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	491 0.3×	401 0.7×	168	3.3k
Willy Bertiger United States	22	2.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	423 0.3×	499 0.8×	114	3.5k
Gerhard Beutler Switzerland	37	4.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	496 0.3×	794 1.3×	157	5.0k
Urs Hugentobler Germany	37	4.6k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.7×	594 0.4×	1.2k 1.9×	201	5.5k

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Haines, Bruce, Willy Bertiger, Matthias Ellmer, et al.. (2024). A Global Combination of Geodetic Techniques at the Observation Level: New Perspectives on the Terrestrial Reference Frame. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(12). 3 indexed citations

Rundle, John B., Andrea Donnellan, Geoffrey Fox, et al.. (2022). Optimizing Earthquake Nowcasting With Machine Learning: The Role of Strain Hardening in the Earthquake Cycle. Earth and Space Science. 9(11). e2022EA002343–e2022EA002343. 10 indexed citations

Granat, Robert, Andrea Donnellan, M. B. Heflin, et al.. (2021). Clustering Analysis Methods for GNSS Observations: A Data‐Driven Approach to Identifying California's Major Faults. Earth and Space Science. 8(11). e2021EA001680–e2021EA001680. 17 indexed citations

Donnellan, Andrea, Jay Parker, M. B. Heflin, et al.. (2021). Improving access to geodetic imaging crustal deformation data using GeoGateway. Earth Science Informatics. 15(3). 1513–1525. 4 indexed citations

Heflin, M. B., Andrea Donnellan, Jay Parker, et al.. (2020). Automated Estimation and Tools to Extract Positions, Velocities, Breaks, and Seasonal Terms From Daily GNSS Measurements: Illuminating Nonlinear Salton Trough Deformation. Earth and Space Science. 7(7). 35 indexed citations

Ries, Paul, et al.. (2017). Results from the JPL IGS Analysis Center IGS14 Reprocessing Campaign. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017.

Gross, R. S., et al.. (2016). JTRF2014, the 2014 JPL Realization of the ITRS. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

Heflin, M. B., et al.. (2014). Global Surface Mass Variations From Multiple Geodetic Techniques - Comparison and Assessment. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 2 indexed citations

Wahr, John, et al.. (2013). Stacking global GPS verticals and horizontals to solve for the fortnightly body tide. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Heflin, M. B., A. W. Moore, & S. E. Owen. (2011). Impact of Ambiguity Resolution and Orbit Reprocessing on the Global Reference Frame. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Argus, Donald F., Richard G. Gordon, M. B. Heflin, et al.. (2010). The angular velocities of the plates and the velocity of Earth's centre from space geodesy. Geophysical Journal International. 180(3). 913–960. 213 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoping, M. B. Heflin, Bert Vermeersen, et al.. (2010). Simultaneous estimation of global present-day water transport and glacial isostatic adjustment. Nature Geoscience. 3(9). 642–646. 119 indexed citations

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Heflin, M. B., et al.. (2010). Rotational Alignment Altered by Source Position Correlations. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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Argus, Donald F., M. B. Heflin, G. Peltzer, F. Crampé, & F. Webb. (2005). Interseismic strain accumulation and anthropogenic motion in metropolitan Los Angeles. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 11 indexed citations

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Willis, Pascal & M. B. Heflin. (2004). External validation of the GRACE GGM01C gravity field using GPS and DORIS positioning results. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(13). 37 indexed citations

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King, N. E., M. B. Heflin, T. A. Herring, et al.. (2002). Toward an ITRF2000 Combined Solution for the Southern California Integrated GPS Network. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Muellerschoen, R., et al.. (2001). Orbit Determination with NASA's High Accuracy Real-Time Global Differential GPS System. Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2001). 2294–2303. 16 indexed citations

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Jefferson, D., M. B. Heflin, & R. Muellerschoen. (2001). Examining the C1-P1 Pseudorange Bias. GPS Solutions. 4(4). 25–30. 16 indexed citations

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Hurst, K., Donald F. Argus, Andrea Donnellan, et al.. (2000). The coseismic geodetic signature of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(17). 2733–2736. 24 indexed citations

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Heflin, M. B. & M. M. Watkins. (1999). Geocenter Estimates from the Global Positioning System. 25. 55–70. 5 indexed citations

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