Mark Stirling

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mark Stirling is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Stirling has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Mark Stirling's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (72 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (26 papers). Mark Stirling is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (72 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (26 papers). Mark Stirling collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Mark Stirling's co-authors include Steven G. Wesnousky, Matthew C. Gerstenberger, Nicola Litchfield, Kunihiko Shimazaki, Kelvin Berryman, G. H. McVerry, John G. Anderson, Andrew Nicol, Tatiana Goded and David A. Rhoades and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Mark Stirling

78 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

2005 521 citations Mark Stirling Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering profile →
National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand: 2010 Update

2012 370 citations Mark Stirling, G. H. McVerry et al. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mark Stirling	2.3k	1.1k	484	367	229	86	3.2k
Gottfried Grünthal	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	289 0.6×	521 1.4×	331 1.4×	116	4.3k
Roberto Basili	2.4k 1.0×	955 0.9×	295 0.6×	356 1.0×	148 0.6×	83	2.9k
Arvind K. Jain	984 0.4×	582 0.5×	265 0.5×	174 0.5×	161 0.7×	100	1.9k
Gianluca Valensise	4.7k 2.0×	1.3k 1.2×	624 1.3×	614 1.7×	430 1.9×	114	5.7k
Robert L. Wesson	2.1k 0.9×	701 0.7×	393 0.8×	433 1.2×	122 0.5×	64	2.6k
Mark D. Petersen	3.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	233 0.5×	787 2.1×	236 1.0×	103	4.1k
Andrea Rovida	1.8k 0.8×	854 0.8×	178 0.4×	363 1.0×	253 1.1×	61	2.4k
Kathleen M. Haller	1.7k 0.7×	859 0.8×	235 0.5×	328 0.9×	167 0.7×	39	2.2k
J Adams	1.2k 0.5×	390 0.4×	378 0.8×	163 0.4×	185 0.8×	58	1.6k
Russ Van Dissen	3.2k 1.4×	531 0.5×	850 1.8×	370 1.0×	329 1.4×	125	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Stirling

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Stirling

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All Works

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Stirling, Mark & Thomas L. Pratt. (2026). Use of Precariously Balanced Rocks to Constrain Postglacial Earthquake Magnitudes in New England, United States. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Stirling, Mark, et al.. (2025). Paleoseismology of the Long Valley Fault, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 68(4). 889–896.

Griffin, Jonathan, Ting Wang, Mark Stirling, & Matthew C. Gerstenberger. (2025). Forecasting Recurrent Large Earthquakes From Paleoearthquake and Fault Displacement Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(2).

Stirling, Mark, et al.. (2025). Ground motion simulations for Dunedin and Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 58(4). 241–251.

Williams, Jack, et al.. (2025). Insights into temporal earthquake clustering from the Settlement Fault, southeastern Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 68(4). 747–772. 1 indexed citations

Stirling, Mark, et al.. (2025). Testing and Evaluation of the First-Generation Earthquake Rupture Simulations for New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 115(5). 2263–2278. 1 indexed citations

Barrell, David, et al.. (2022). Hundalee Fault, North Canterbury, New Zealand: late Quaternary activity and regional tectonics. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 66(2). 293–316. 3 indexed citations

Griffin, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Paleoseismology of the Hyde Fault, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 65(4). 613–637. 6 indexed citations

Todd, Erin, et al.. (2020). Characterising microseismicity in a low seismicity region: applications of short‐term broadband seismic arrays in Dunedin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 63(3). 331–341. 8 indexed citations

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Stirling, Mark, et al.. (2019). Paleoseismology of the Akatore Fault, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 63(2). 151–167. 25 indexed citations

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Gerstenberger, Matthew C., G. H. McVerry, David A. Rhoades, & Mark Stirling. (2014). Seismic Hazard Modeling for the Recovery of Christchurch. Earthquake Spectra. 30(1). 17–29. 62 indexed citations

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Litchfield, Nicola, Russ Van Dissen, Rupert Sutherland, et al.. (2013). A model of active faulting in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 57(1). 32–56. 167 indexed citations

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Zachariasen, Judith, Kelvin Berryman, Robert Langridge, et al.. (2006). Timing of late Holocene surface rupture of the Wairau Fault, Marlborough, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 49(1). 159–174. 48 indexed citations

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Pace, Bruno, Mark Stirling, Nicola Litchfield, & U. Rieser. (2005). New active fault data and seismic hazard estimates for west Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 48(1). 75–83. 5 indexed citations

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Alloway, Brent V., et al.. (2005). Stratigraphy, age, and correlation of voluminous debris‐avalanche events from an ancestral Egmont Volcano: Implications for coastal plain construction and regional hazard assessment. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 35(1-2). 229–267. 63 indexed citations

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Stirling, Mark, Steven G. Wesnousky, & Kelvin Berryman. (1998). Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 41(4). 355–375. 51 indexed citations

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Stirling, Mark. (1992). Late Holocene beach ridges displaced by the Wellington Fault in the Lower Hutt area, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 35(4). 447–453. 7 indexed citations

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Hull, Alan G. & Mark Stirling. (1992). Re‐evaluation of late Quaternary displacement along the Old Man Fault Zone at Gorge Creek, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 35(2). 259–262.

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Stirling, Mark. (1991). Peneplain modification in an alpine environment of Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 34(2). 195–201. 11 indexed citations

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Stirling, Mark. (1990). The Old Man Range and Garvie Mountains: Tectonic geomorphology of the Central Otago peneplain, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 33(2). 233–243. 35 indexed citations

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