Nicolas Luco

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Luco is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Luco has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 42 papers in Geophysics and 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Luco's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (64 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (32 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (32 papers). Nicolas Luco is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (64 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (32 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (32 papers). Nicolas Luco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and New Zealand. Nicolas Luco's co-authors include C. Allin Cornell, Paolo Bazzurro, Polsak Tothong, Andrew S. Whittaker, Yin‐Nan Huang, Abbie B. Liel, Meera Raghunandan, Stephen C. Harmsen, Jack W. Baker and Mark D. Petersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Geophysics, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America and Structure.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Luco

86 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure‐Specific Scalar Intensity Measures for Near‐Source and Ordinary Earthquake Ground Motions

2007 841 citations Nicolas Luco, C. Allin Cornell Earthquake Spectra profile →
Documentation for the 2008 update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps

2008 475 citations Mark D. Petersen, Arthur D. Frankel et al. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Luco United States	24	3.3k	1.1k	408	263	235	91	3.9k
Paolo Bazzurro Italy	31	4.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	564 1.4×	344 1.3×	152 0.6×	116	4.5k
Sinan Akkar Türkiye	37	4.3k 1.3×	2.7k 2.4×	219 0.5×	133 0.5×	271 1.2×	81	4.8k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 1.4×	2.6k 2.3×	289 0.7×	146 0.6×	202 0.9×	91	5.1k
Rui Pinho Italy	45	5.4k 1.6×	839 0.7×	1.7k 4.1×	204 0.8×	161 0.7×	154	6.0k
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k 1.2×	2.4k 2.1×	198 0.5×	84 0.3×	176 0.7×	26	4.2k
Flavia De Luca United Kingdom	23	3.3k 1.0×	547 0.5×	850 2.1×	76 0.3×	90 0.4×	84	3.7k
Kenneth W. Campbell United States	36	5.8k 1.7×	4.0k 3.6×	182 0.4×	155 0.6×	342 1.5×	108	6.5k
Changhai Zhai China	30	2.7k 0.8×	358 0.3×	521 1.3×	184 0.7×	84 0.4×	182	3.0k
Abbie B. Liel United States	29	3.6k 1.1×	322 0.3×	942 2.3×	289 1.1×	54 0.2×	157	4.0k
Fatemeh Jalayer Italy	32	4.4k 1.3×	400 0.4×	1.1k 2.6×	684 2.6×	101 0.4×	85	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Luco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Luco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicolas Luco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicolas 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 Nicolas Luco. Nicolas Luco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Withers, K., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2024). Integration of rupture directivity models for the US National Seismic Hazard Model. Earthquake Spectra. 40(2). 1066–1098. 5 indexed citations

Rezaeian, Sanaz, Jonathan P. Stewart, Nicolas Luco, & Christine Goulet. (2023). Findings from a decade of ground motion simulation validation research and a path forward. Earthquake Spectra. 40(1). 346–378. 14 indexed citations

Jordan, T. H., John G. Anderson, G. P. Biasi, et al.. (2023). Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 114(1). 572–607. 9 indexed citations

Powers, Peter M., Sanaz Rezaeian, Allison M. Shumway, et al.. (2021). The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US. Earthquake Spectra. 37(4). 2315–2341. 22 indexed citations

Petersen, Mark D., Allison M. Shumway, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2021). The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Where, why, and how much probabilistic ground motion maps changed. Earthquake Spectra. 37(2). 959–987. 8 indexed citations

Rezaeian, Sanaz, Peter M. Powers, Allison M. Shumway, et al.. (2021). The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the central and eastern US. Earthquake Spectra. 37(1S). 1354–1390. 12 indexed citations

Baker, Jack W., et al.. (2021). A subset of CyberShake ground‐motion time series for response‐history analysis. Earthquake Spectra. 37(2). 1162–1176. 9 indexed citations

Stewart, Jonathan P., Nicolas Luco, John Hooper, & C. B. Crouse. (2020). Risk‐targeted alternatives to deterministic ground motion caps in U.S. seismic provisions. Earthquake Spectra. 36(2). 904–923. 10 indexed citations

Luco, Nicolas, et al.. (2019). Increases in Life‐Safety Risks to Building Occupants from Induced Earthquakes in the Central United States. Earthquake Spectra. 35(2). 471–488. 9 indexed citations

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Haselton, Curt B., Ronald O. Hamburger, Jack W. Baker, et al.. (2017). Response History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings in the NEHRP Provisions and ASCE/SEI 7 Standard: Part II ‐ Structural Analysis Procedures and Acceptance Criteria. Earthquake Spectra. 33(2). 397–417. 11 indexed citations

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Haselton, Curt B., Jack W. Baker, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2017). Response History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings in the NEHRP Provisions and ASCE/SEI 7 Standard: Part I ‐ Overview and Specification of Ground Motions. Earthquake Spectra. 33(2). 373–395. 33 indexed citations

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Petersen, Mark D., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2015). Seismic-hazard maps for the conterminous United States, 2014. Scientific investigations map. 2 indexed citations

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Holmes, William T., Nicolas Luco, & Fred Turner. (2014). Application of the Recommendations of the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission to the Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Buildings and Seismic Risk Mitigation Policies in the United States. Earthquake Spectra. 30(1). 427–450. 3 indexed citations

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Raghunandan, Meera, Abbie B. Liel, & Nicolas Luco. (2014). Collapse Risk of Buildings in the Pacific Northwest Region due to Subduction Earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra. 31(4). 2087–2115. 48 indexed citations

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Huang, Yin‐Nan, Andrew S. Whittaker, & Nicolas Luco. (2010). NEHRP Site Amplification Factors and the NGA Relationships. Earthquake Spectra. 26(2). 583–593. 18 indexed citations

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Huang, Yin‐Nan, Andrew S. Whittaker, & Nicolas Luco. (2009). Orientation of Maximum Spectral Demand in the Near‐Fault Region. Earthquake Spectra. 25(3). 707–717. 27 indexed citations

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Wesson, Robert L., David M. Perkins, Nicolas Luco, & Erdem Karaca. (2009). Direct Calculation of the Probability Distribution for Earthquake Losses to a Portfolio. Earthquake Spectra. 25(3). 687–706. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Yin‐Nan, Andrew S. Whittaker, & Nicolas Luco. (2008). Maximum Spectral Demands in the Near‐Fault Region. Earthquake Spectra. 24(1). 319–341. 78 indexed citations

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Petersen, Mark D., Arthur D. Frankel, Stephen C. Harmsen, et al.. (2008). Documentation for the 2008 update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luco, Nicolas & C. Allin Cornell. (2007). Structure‐Specific Scalar Intensity Measures for Near‐Source and Ordinary Earthquake Ground Motions. Earthquake Spectra. 23(2). 357–392. 841 indexed citations breakdown →

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