P. C. Leary

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

P. C. Leary is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, P. C. Leary has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Ocean Engineering and 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in P. C. Leary's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (39 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers). P. C. Leary is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (39 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers). P. C. Leary collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. P. C. Leary's co-authors include Rachel E. Abercrombie, Yehuda Ben‐Zion, P. E. Malin, Keiiti Aki, Thomas L. Henyey, K. Aki, Stuart Crampin, T. V. McEvilly, S. E. Hough and Heiner Igel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

P. C. Leary

52 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Controlling fluid-induced seismicity during a 6.1-km-deep... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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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. Controlling fluid-induced seismicity during a 6.1-km-deep geothermal stimulation in Finland
    2019 193 citations Grzegorz Kwiatek, Tero Saarno et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. C. Leary United States 20 1.6k 278 184 148 141 55 1.7k
Brian W. Stump United States 21 1.6k 1.0× 435 1.6× 348 1.9× 154 1.0× 123 0.9× 95 1.7k
Leigh House United States 16 894 0.6× 139 0.5× 145 0.8× 198 1.3× 81 0.6× 32 1.0k
Hans‐Joachim Kümpel Germany 16 706 0.4× 136 0.5× 152 0.8× 170 1.1× 202 1.4× 32 912
John H. Healy United States 15 1.5k 0.9× 204 0.7× 167 0.9× 180 1.2× 240 1.7× 27 1.6k
Junkee Rhie South Korea 19 1.3k 0.8× 353 1.3× 130 0.7× 78 0.5× 62 0.4× 66 1.4k
Bettina Goertz-Allmann Norway 15 1.9k 1.2× 383 1.4× 94 0.5× 135 0.9× 108 0.8× 32 2.0k
Hans‐Peter Harjes Germany 21 1.7k 1.1× 164 0.6× 116 0.6× 145 1.0× 104 0.7× 32 1.8k
Chris Hayward United States 16 964 0.6× 273 1.0× 221 1.2× 139 0.9× 51 0.4× 50 1.1k
W. S. Phillips United States 26 2.2k 1.4× 392 1.4× 439 2.4× 545 3.7× 239 1.7× 82 2.4k
Igor B. Morozov Canada 21 1.1k 0.7× 113 0.4× 274 1.5× 210 1.4× 117 0.8× 110 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. C. Leary

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. C. Leary

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leary, P. C. & P. E. Malin. (2021). Crustal Reservoir Flow Simulation for Long-Range Spatially-Correlated Random Poroperm Media. 3(1). 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Kwiatek, Grzegorz, Tero Saarno, Thomas Ader, et al.. (2019). Controlling fluid-induced seismicity during a 6.1-km-deep geothermal stimulation in Finland. Science Advances. 5(5). eaav7224–eaav7224. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ader, Thomas, Michael Chendorain, Tero Saarno, et al.. (2019). Design and implementation of a traffic light system for deep geothermal well stimulation in Finland. Journal of Seismology. 24(5). 991–1014. 48 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C., et al.. (2014). Lognormality, δκ~ κ δφ, EGS, and All That. 1 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C., et al.. (2008). Crosswell seismic applications to highly heterogeneous tight gas reservoirs. First Break. 26(3). 2 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C.. (1997). Rock as a critical-point system and the inherent implausibility of reliable earthquake prediction. Geophysical Journal International. 131(3). 451–466. 41 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C.. (1995). The cause of frequency-dependent seismic absorption in crustal rock. Geophysical Journal International. 122(1). 143–151. 24 indexed citations
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Abercrombie, Rachel E. & P. C. Leary. (1993). Source parameters of small earthquakes recorded at 2.5 km depth, Cajon Pass, southern California: Implications for earthquake scaling. Geophysical Research Letters. 20(14). 1511–1514. 180 indexed citations
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Ben‐Zion, Yehuda, et al.. (1992). Joint inversion of fault zone head waves and direct P arrivals for crustal structure near major faults. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B2). 1943–1951. 58 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C.. (1991). Deep borehole log evidence for fractal distribution of fractures in crystalline rock. Geophysical Journal International. 107(3). 615–627. 77 indexed citations
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Ben‐Zion, Yehuda, Thomas L. Henyey, P. C. Leary, & Steve P. Lund. (1990). Observations and implications of water well and creepmeter anomalies in the Mojave segment of the San Andreas fault zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 80. 1661–1676. 10 indexed citations
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An, Meijian, P. C. Leary, & Thomas L. Henyey. (1988). Stress orientation inferred from shear wave splitting in basement rock at Cajon Pass. Geophysical Research Letters. 15(9). 997–1000. 28 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C., et al.. (1987). Observation and modelling of fault-zone fracture seismic anisotropy -- I. P, SV and SH travel times. Geophysical Journal International. 91(2). 461–484. 78 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C. & Thomas L. Henyey. (1985). Anisotropy and fracture zones about a geothermal well from P-wave velocity profiles. Geophysics. 50(1). 25–36. 30 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C.. (1985). Near‐surface stress and displacement in a layered elastic crust. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(B2). 1901–1910. 11 indexed citations
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Leary, P. C., et al.. (1979). Systematic monitoring of millisecond travel time variations near Palmdale, California. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 84(B2). 659–666. 39 indexed citations

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