Mete A. Sözen

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Mete A. Sözen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mete A. Sözen has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 41 papers in Building and Construction and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mete A. Sözen's work include Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (37 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (29 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (18 papers). Mete A. Sözen is often cited by papers focused on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (37 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (29 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (18 papers). Mete A. Sözen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Mete A. Sözen's co-authors include N. Norby Nielsen, Toshikazu Takeda, Akenori Shibata, Polat Gülkan, Mehdi S. Saiidi, C.P. Siess, W. Gene Corley, Paul F. Mlakar, Charles H. Thornton and Santiago Pujol and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Journal of Structural Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control.

In The Last Decade

Mete A. Sözen

82 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Reinforced Concrete Response to Simulated Earthquakes 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Reinforced Concrete Response to Simulated Earthquakes
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Peers

Mete A. Sözen
Mervyn J. Kowalsky United States
Ricardo A. Medina United States
Vitelmo V. Bertero United States
J.B. Mander New Zealand
John M. Biggs United States
Andrea Dall’Asta Italy
Farzad Naeim United States
Xiuli Du China
Vernon B. Watwood United States
Michael J. Tait Canada
Mervyn J. Kowalsky United States
Mete A. Sözen
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pujol, Santiago, et al.. (2011). Compressive Strength of Concrete in Nonprismatic Elements. ACI Concrete International. 33(9). 42–49. 8 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Julio A., et al.. (2009). Performance of School Buildings in Turkey During the 1999 Düzce and the 2003 Bingöl Earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra. 25(2). 239–256. 32 indexed citations
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Popescu, Voicu, et al.. (2004). Producing high-quality visualizations of large-scale simulation. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 575–580. 7 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A.. (2000). Notes on the 1999 Kocaeli–Golcuk and Duzce–Bolu Earthquakes in Turkey. 1–17. 3 indexed citations
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Mlakar, Paul F., W. Gene Corley, Mete A. Sözen, & Charles H. Thornton. (1997). Blast Loading and Response of Murrah Building. 36–43. 1 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1990). 3. Seismic Tests of Adobe Walls. Earthquake Spectra. 6(1). 37–56. 15 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A.. (1983). Lateral drift of reinforced concrete structures subjected to strong ground motion. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 16(2). 107–122. 11 indexed citations
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Moehle, Jack P. & Mete A. Sözen. (1978). Earthquake Simulation Tests of a Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame with a Discontinued First-Level Beam. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 79. 17061. 8 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1978). A Study of Methods Used in Japan and the U.S.A. for Design of Web Reinforcement in Reinforced Concrete. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 79. 17064. 1 indexed citations
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Gülkan, Polat & Mete A. Sözen. (1977). INELASTIC RESPONSES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES TO EARTHQUAKE MOTIONS. 53. 109–116. 39 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A. & C.P. Siess. (1972). INVESTIGATION OF PRESTRESSED REINFORCED CONCRETE FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES. Highway Research Record. 6 indexed citations
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Gülkan, Polat & Mete A. Sözen. (1971). Response and energy-dissipation of reinforced concrete frames subjected to strong base motions. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 15 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A.. (1968). Engineering report on the Caracas Earthquake of 29 July 1967. 13 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1968). Structural behavior of a small-scale prestressed concrete reactor vessel. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 8(4). 403–414. 6 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1964). Structural damage caused by the Skopje Earthquake of 1963. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 3 indexed citations
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Corley, W. Gene, Mete A. Sözen, & C.P. Siess. (1962). Time-Dependent Deflections of Prestressed Concrete Beams. Highway research record. 7 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1962). Strength and behavior in flexure of prestressed concrete beams. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 10 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1962). Investigation of prestressed reinforced concrete for highway bridges, part III, strength and behavior in flexure of prestressed concrete beams. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 25 indexed citations
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Sözen, Mete A., et al.. (1959). Strength in shear of beams without web reinforcement. 8 indexed citations

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