Michael A. Chinnery

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Chinnery is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Chinnery has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Chinnery's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (7 papers). Michael A. Chinnery is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (7 papers). Michael A. Chinnery collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Michael A. Chinnery's co-authors include D. B. Jovanovich, M. Nafi Toksöz, Robert G. North, Moujahed I. Husseini, Don L. Anderson, J. R. Rice, W. H. Gross and F. S. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Chinnery

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The deformation of the ground around surface faults 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 100 200 300
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.

  1. The deformation of the ground around surface faults
    1961 351 citations Michael A. Chinnery Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael A. Chinnery United States 16 1.3k 188 166 90 88 27 1.5k
Stewart W. Smith United States 21 1.3k 1.0× 75 0.4× 307 1.8× 215 2.4× 55 0.6× 50 1.5k
Shamita Das United Kingdom 21 2.5k 1.9× 187 1.0× 293 1.8× 80 0.9× 72 0.8× 27 2.6k
M. T. Gladwin Australia 18 1.2k 0.9× 215 1.1× 193 1.2× 284 3.2× 34 0.4× 27 1.3k
Masakazu Ohtake Japan 24 1.9k 1.5× 64 0.3× 355 2.1× 93 1.0× 49 0.6× 72 2.0k
D.S. Parasnis Sweden 15 835 0.6× 76 0.4× 143 0.9× 521 5.8× 56 0.6× 41 1.1k
David G. Harkrider United States 25 1.8k 1.4× 173 0.9× 162 1.0× 414 4.6× 131 1.5× 46 2.1k
M. Daignières France 24 2.1k 1.6× 159 0.8× 91 0.5× 48 0.5× 29 0.3× 35 2.2k
Harold M. Mooney United States 11 790 0.6× 77 0.4× 162 1.0× 372 4.1× 39 0.4× 36 1.0k
Maurizio Bonafede Italy 25 1.9k 1.5× 376 2.0× 102 0.6× 116 1.3× 138 1.6× 86 2.2k
G. Poupinet France 24 3.1k 2.4× 130 0.7× 469 2.8× 203 2.3× 71 0.8× 60 3.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (2007). The Static Deformation of an Earth with a Fluid Core: A Physical Approach. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 42(2). 461–475.. 15 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1983). Seismology 1979–1982. Eos. 64(29). 457–458. 1 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1979). A comparison of the seismicity of three regions of the Eastern U.S.. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 69(3). 757–772. 6 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1978). Measurement of mb with a global network. Tectonophysics. 49(3-4). 139–144. 6 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A., et al.. (1975). Evidence for earthquake triggering stress. Nature. 258(5535). 490–493. 7 indexed citations
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Jovanovich, D. B., et al.. (1974). Elastic Dislocations in a Layered Half-Space?II The Point Source. Geophysical Journal International. 39(2). 219–239. 53 indexed citations
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Jovanovich, D. B., Moujahed I. Husseini, & Michael A. Chinnery. (1974). Elastic Dislocations in a Layered Half-Space?I. Basic Theory and Numerical Methods. Geophysical Journal International. 39(2). 205–217. 72 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A., et al.. (1973). On the Separation of the Spectral Components of Polar Motion. Geophysical Journal International. 34(2). 179–192. 13 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A. & D. B. Jovanovich. (1972). Effect of earth layering on earthquake displacement fields. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 62(6). 1629–1639. 43 indexed citations
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Rice, J. R. & Michael A. Chinnery. (1972). On the Calculation of Changes in the Earth's Inertia Tensor due to Faulting. Geophysical Journal International. 29(1). 79–90. 15 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A., et al.. (1972). On the Correlation between Earthquake Occurrence and Disturbances in the Path of the Rotation Pole. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 48. 215–220. 3 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1969). Velocity anomalies in the lower mantle. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 2(1). 1–10. 42 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A., et al.. (1968). The dislocation fault model with a variable discontinuity. Tectonophysics. 5(6). 513–529. 42 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A. & M. Nafi Toksöz. (1967). P-wave velocities in the mantle below 700 km. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 57(2). 199–226. 72 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1966). SECONDARY FAULTING: I. THEORETICAL ASPECTS. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 3(2). 163–174. 111 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1965). The vertical displacements associated with transcurrent faulting. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(18). 4627–4632. 24 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1964). The strength of the Earth's crust under horizontal shear stress. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 69(10). 2085–2089. 99 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1963). The stress changes that accompany strike-slip faulting. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 53(5). 921–932. 232 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1961). TERRAIN CORRECTIONS FOR AIRBORNE GRAVITY GRADIENT MEASUREMENTS. Geophysics. 26(4). 480–489. 13 indexed citations
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Chinnery, Michael A.. (1961). The deformation of the ground around surface faults. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 51(3). 355–372. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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