Nico Luco

875 total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 722 citations indexed

About

Nico Luco is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Luco has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 722 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geophysics, 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Nico Luco's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (6 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (4 papers). Nico Luco is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (6 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (4 papers). Nico Luco collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nico Luco's co-authors include Charles S. Mueller, Oliver S. Boyd, Mark D. Petersen, Morgan P. Moschetti, Sanaz Rezaeian, Kenneth S. Rukstales, Arthur D. Frankel, Peter M. Powers, Yuehua Zeng and Edward H. Field and has published in prestigious journals such as Earthquake Spectra, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World and AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

In The Last Decade

Nico Luco

8 papers receiving 673 citations

Hit Papers

Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States na... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2019 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. Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps
    2014 362 citations Mark D. Petersen, Morgan P. Moschetti et al. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World profile →
  2. The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview of model and implications
    2019 194 citations Mark D. Petersen, Allison M. Shumway et al. Earthquake Spectra profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nico Luco United States 5 582 390 145 47 39 8 722
Céline Beauval France 16 958 1.6× 479 1.2× 134 0.9× 50 1.1× 32 0.8× 42 1.1k
Chris J. Wills United States 9 626 1.1× 532 1.4× 125 0.9× 67 1.4× 42 1.1× 15 839
Filippo Bernardini Italy 12 509 0.9× 231 0.6× 110 0.8× 53 1.1× 24 0.6× 32 663
John Ristau New Zealand 21 1.2k 2.1× 224 0.6× 197 1.4× 53 1.1× 65 1.7× 43 1.3k
A. Rebez Italy 10 399 0.7× 167 0.4× 83 0.6× 40 0.9× 27 0.7× 32 479
Harshul Gupta India 15 772 1.3× 326 0.8× 96 0.7× 88 1.9× 32 0.8× 35 888
Allison M. Shumway United States 12 476 0.8× 310 0.8× 134 0.9× 27 0.6× 22 0.6× 23 597
Ahmed Deif Egypt 14 445 0.8× 251 0.6× 62 0.4× 38 0.8× 29 0.7× 53 567
Fleur O. Strasser United Kingdom 16 932 1.6× 1.0k 2.6× 90 0.6× 72 1.5× 33 0.8× 27 1.3k
Laura Peruzza Italy 17 706 1.2× 291 0.7× 149 1.0× 65 1.4× 52 1.3× 55 817

Countries citing papers authored by Nico Luco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nico Luco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nico Luco. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nico Luco. The network helps show where Nico Luco may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nico Luco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nico Luco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nico Luco based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nico Luco. Nico Luco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Petersen, Mark D., Allison M. Shumway, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2019). The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview of model and implications. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1). 5–41. 194 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Petersen, Mark D., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2015). The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model. Earthquake Spectra. 31(1S). 138 indexed citations
3.
Boyd, Oliver S., Kathleen M. Haller, Nico Luco, et al.. (2015). Seismic Hazard in the Nation's Breadbasket. Earthquake Spectra. 31(1S). 12 indexed citations
4.
Petersen, Mark D., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2014). Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Petersen, Mark D., Charles S. Mueller, Morgan P. Moschetti, et al.. (2012). 2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
6.
Stock, Greg M., et al.. (2011). Quantitative rock-fall hazard and risk assessment for Yosemite Valley, California. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Goulet, Christine, Jennie Watson-Lamprey, Jack W. Baker, Curt B. Haselton, & Nico Luco. (2008). Assessment of Ground Motion Selection and Modification (GMSM) Methods for Non-Linear Dynamic Analyses of Structures. 1–10. 13 indexed citations
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Luco, Nico, Robert L. Wesson, David M. Perkins, et al.. (2005). Extending Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis to Portfolio and Regional Loss Estimation: A San Francisco Bay Area Example. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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