Misac N. Nabighian

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Misac N. Nabighian is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Misac N. Nabighian has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Geophysics, 30 papers in Ocean Engineering and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Misac N. Nabighian's work include Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (42 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (29 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (18 papers). Misac N. Nabighian is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (42 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (29 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (18 papers). Misac N. Nabighian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Misac N. Nabighian's co-authors include R. O. Hansen, T. R. LaFehr, Jeffrey D. Phillips, John W. Peirce, V.J.S. Grauch, M. E. Ruder, Yaoguo Li, R. N. Edwards, Mark E. Ander and Kristofer Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Eos.

In The Last Decade

Misac N. Nabighian

52 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

The analytic signal of two-dimensional magnetic bodies with polygonal cross-section; its properties and use for automated anomaly interpretation

1972 1.1k citations Misac N. Nabighian Geophysics profile →
Electromagnetic methods in applied geophysics

1988 565 citations Misac N. Nabighian profile →
75th Anniversary: The historical development of the magnetic method in exploration

2005 496 citations Misac N. Nabighian, V.J.S. Grauch et al. Geophysics profile →
Additional comments on the analytic signal of two-dimensional magnetic bodies with polygonal cross-section

1974 380 citations Misac N. Nabighian Geophysics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Misac N. Nabighian United States	21	3.8k	2.1k	664	569	484	55	4.2k
Robert E. Sheriff United States	13	3.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	442 0.7×	140 0.2×	366 0.8×	35	4.2k
Michael S. Zhdanov United States	36	5.0k 1.3×	3.5k 1.6×	319 0.5×	307 0.5×	184 0.4×	349	5.6k
Steven Constable United States	46	8.7k 2.3×	5.0k 2.3×	355 0.5×	532 0.9×	586 1.2×	164	9.6k
Philip E. Wannamaker United States	33	3.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	421 0.6×	169 0.3×	253 0.5×	90	4.2k
Randall L. Mackie United States	21	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	207 0.3×	196 0.3×	282 0.6×	66	3.4k
Robert W. Clayton United States	45	7.6k 2.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	145 0.3×	181 0.4×	176	8.5k
Guust Nolet United States	55	12.2k 3.2×	2.1k 1.0×	751 1.1×	114 0.2×	331 0.7×	156	13.1k
Jeffrey D. Phillips United States	21	1.9k 0.5×	589 0.3×	497 0.7×	589 1.0×	412 0.9×	78	2.4k
Colin G. Farquharson Canada	32	3.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	227 0.3×	174 0.3×	114 0.2×	150	3.6k
R. O. Hansen United States	19	1.8k 0.5×	652 0.3×	343 0.5×	368 0.6×	329 0.7×	40	2.1k

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Swidinsky, Andrei & Misac N. Nabighian. (2016). Transient electromagnetic fields of a buried horizontal magnetic dipole. Geophysics. 81(6). E481–E491. 3 indexed citations

Swidinsky, Andrei & Misac N. Nabighian. (2015). On smoke rings produced by a loop buried in a conductive half-space. Geophysics. 80(4). E225–E236. 12 indexed citations

Li, Yaoguo, Misac N. Nabighian, & Douglas W. Oldenburg. (2014). Using an equivalent source with positivity for low-latitude reduction to the pole without striation. Geophysics. 79(6). J81–J90. 21 indexed citations

Nabighian, Misac N.. (2012). Comment on “Electromagnetic geophysics: Notes from the past and the road ahead” (Michael S. Zhdanov, 2010, G EOPHYSICS , 75, no. 5, 75A49–75A66). Geophysics. 77(4). X3–X10. 7 indexed citations

LaFehr, T. R. & Misac N. Nabighian. (2012). Fundamentals of Gravity Exploration. 38 indexed citations

Davis, Kristofer, Yaoguo Li, & Misac N. Nabighian. (2010). Automatic detection of UXO magnetic anomalies using extended Euler deconvolution. Geophysics. 75(3). G13–G20. 60 indexed citations

Nabighian, Misac N., V.J.S. Grauch, R. O. Hansen, et al.. (2005). 75th Anniversary: The historical development of the magnetic method in exploration. Geophysics. 70(6). 33ND–61ND. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

Nabighian, Misac N., Mark E. Ander, V.J.S. Grauch, et al.. (2005). Historical development of the gravity method in exploration. Geophysics. 70(6). 63ND–89ND. 254 indexed citations

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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Nabighian, Misac N. & R. O. Hansen. (2001). Unification of Euler and Werner deconvolution in three dimensions via the generalized Hilbert transform. Geophysics. 66(6). 1805–1810. 123 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N. & Michael Oristaglio. (1984). On the approximation of finite loop sources by two-dimensional line sources. Geophysics. 49(7). 1027–1029. 7 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N., et al.. (1984). Cross-hole magnetometric resistivity (MMR). Geophysics. 49(8). 1313–1326. 41 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N.. (1984). Time-domain electromagnetic methods of exploration; foreword and introduction. Geophysics. 49(7). 849–853. 19 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N.. (1979). Quasi-static transient response of a conducting half-space; an approximate representation. Geophysics. 44(10). 1700–1705. 243 indexed citations

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Edwards, R. N., et al.. (1978). On the theory of magnetometric resistivity (MMR) methods. Geophysics. 43(6). 1176–1203. 53 indexed citations

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Ward, S. H., et al.. (1977). Negative Induced-Polarization Effects from Layered Media; discussion and reply. Geophysics. 42(5). 1064–1065. 2 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N., et al.. (1976). Negative Induced–Polarization Effects From Layered Media. Geophysics. 41(6). 1236–1255. 26 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N.. (1974). Additional comments on the analytic signal of two-dimensional magnetic bodies with polygonal cross-section. Geophysics. 39(1). 85–92. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nabighian, Misac N.. (1970). Quasi-static transient response of a conducting permeable sphere in a dipolar field. Geophysics. 35(2). 303–309. 24 indexed citations

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Nabighian, Misac N.. (1966). The application of finite forward differences in the resistivity computations over a layered earth. Geophysics. 31(5). 971–980. 3 indexed citations

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