Michael Asten

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Asten is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Asten has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Geophysics, 54 papers in Ocean Engineering and 28 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Asten's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (76 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (45 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (42 papers). Michael Asten is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (76 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (45 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (42 papers). Michael Asten collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Michael Asten's co-authors include John Henstridge, Kôichi Hayashi, David M. Boore, James C. Roberts, Cécile Cornou, William J. Stephenson, Guimin Liu, Sebastiano Foti, Fabrice Hollender and Pierre‐Yves Bard and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Asten

114 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Guidelines for the good practice of surface wave analysis... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. Guidelines for the good practice of surface wave analysis: a product of the InterPACIFIC project
    2017 352 citations Michael Asten, Cécile Cornou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Asten Australia 22 2.0k 861 617 353 133 128 2.2k
Francisco Luzón Spain 22 1.5k 0.8× 377 0.4× 599 1.0× 235 0.7× 78 0.6× 78 1.8k
Bor‐Shouh Huang Taiwan 31 3.5k 1.8× 367 0.4× 487 0.8× 562 1.6× 51 0.4× 170 3.8k
Charles A. Langston United States 37 4.0k 2.0× 575 0.7× 206 0.3× 755 2.1× 63 0.5× 125 4.2k
Alexandros Savvaidis United States 27 2.0k 1.0× 455 0.5× 620 1.0× 566 1.6× 41 0.3× 139 2.2k
Thomas Forbriger Germany 16 1.4k 0.7× 767 0.9× 223 0.4× 223 0.6× 105 0.8× 44 1.5k
Yixian Xu China 31 3.1k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 201 0.3× 589 1.7× 83 0.6× 158 3.4k
G. A. Prieto United States 32 2.8k 1.4× 288 0.3× 439 0.7× 635 1.8× 116 0.9× 76 3.1k
Kazuki Koketsu Japan 32 2.9k 1.4× 220 0.3× 1.2k 1.9× 391 1.1× 62 0.5× 140 3.3k
Thomas Bohlen Germany 26 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 150 0.2× 150 0.4× 151 1.1× 111 2.5k
Fabrice Hollender France 24 1.6k 0.8× 495 0.6× 859 1.4× 177 0.5× 21 0.2× 66 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Asten

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Asten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Asten

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Asten, Michael, et al.. (2024). Microtremor survey design optimised for application to site amplification and resonance modelling. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 7-0–7-6. 1 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael, et al.. (2024). The importance of shear wave velocity information of a soil site. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 1. 36-1–36-6.
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Quirk, Tom & Michael Asten. (2023). Atmospheric CO2 Isotopic Variations, with Estimation of Ocean and Plant Source Contributions. Atmosphere. 14(11). 1623–1623. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Kôichi, Michael Asten, William J. Stephenson, et al.. (2022). Microtremor array method using spatial autocorrelation analysis of Rayleigh-wave data. Journal of Seismology. 26(4). 601–627. 26 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (2013). The Risdon Cove site: Birth of a state or site of a massacre; Bone of contention or future site of reconciliation?. 18. 103–121. 1 indexed citations
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Reading, Anya M., et al.. (2013). Constraining depth to basement for mineral exploration using microtremor: A demonstration study from remote inland Australia. Geophysics. 78(5). B227–B242. 14 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (2006). On bias and noise in passive seismic data from finite circular array data processed using SPAC methods. Geophysics. 71(6). V153–V162. 161 indexed citations
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Lam, Nelson, Srikanth Venkatesan, John L. Wilson, et al.. (2006). Generic Approach for Modelling Earthquake Hazard. Advances in Structural Engineering. 9(1). 67–82. 14 indexed citations
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Nabighian, Misac N. & Michael Asten. (2001). Metalliferous mining geophysics—State of the art in the last decade of the 20th century and the beginning of the new millennium. Geophysics. 67(3). 964–978. 32 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (1999). Modeling in Mining Geophysics: When, Where, and How?. 477–488. 1 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael, et al.. (1997). Finding sphalerite at Broken Hill with DHMMR. Exploration Geophysics. 6–10. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Guimin & Michael Asten. (1993). Fast approximate solutions of transient EM response to a target buried beneath a conductive overburden. Geophysics. 58(6). 810–817. 19 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael, et al.. (1992). Geophysical Characteristics of the Eloise Cu-Au Deposit North-West Queensland. Exploration Geophysics. 23(1). 33–42. 18 indexed citations
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Veitch, Darryl, et al.. (1990). Electrical and magnetometric fields in a layered earth containing buried electrodes. Geophysics. 55(12). 1605–1612. 6 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (1987). Full transmitter waveform transient electromagnetic modeling and inversion for soundings over coal measures. Geophysics. 52(3). 279–288. 39 indexed citations
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Edwards, Suzan, Michael Asten, & Lawrence A. Drake. (1985). P-SV wave scattering by coal-seam inhomogeneities. Geophysics. 50(2). 214–223. 13 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael & John Henstridge. (1984). Array estimators and the use of microseisms for reconnaissance of sedimentary basins. Geophysics. 49(11). 1828–1837. 157 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (1983). Seismic array noise studies at Roosevelt Hot Springs, Utah geothermal area; discussion. Geophysics. 48(11). 1560–1562. 3 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael & Saurabh K. Verma. (1978). Conversion of wideband EM frequency response to transient response using segmented transformation. Geophysics. 43(1). 189–193. 1 indexed citations
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Asten, Michael. (1978). Geological control on the three-component spectra of Rayleigh-wave microseisms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 68(6). 1623–1636. 56 indexed citations

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