Paul Somerville

8.1k citations
128 papers · 6.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.2%
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • Seismic Waves and Analysis
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • Seismic Performance and Analysis
    • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
    • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
    • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

Papers in

    • earthquake and tectonic studies 76
    • Seismic Waves and Analysis 73
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 22
    • Earthquake Detection and Analysis 9
    • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 8
    • Seismic Performance and Analysis 80
    • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques 16

Paul Somerville

123 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion 1999 · 774 citations
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Peers

Paul Somerville
Comparison fields: 5 of 72
  • Geophysics 4.3k
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 4.3k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 349
  • Building and Construction 203
  • Artificial Intelligence 409
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Paul Somerville, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20242
2 20221
3 202110
4 201614
5 201522
6
Running On-Demand Strong Ground Motion Simulations with the Second-Generation Broadband Platform
20101
7 20067
8
Differences in Earthquake Source and Ground Motion Characteristics between Surface and Buried Crustal Earthquakes
200625
9
Magnitude - Rupture Area Scaling of Large Strike-Slip Earthquakes
20054
10 199715
11
Forward rupture directivity in the Kobe and Northridge earthquakes, and implications for structural engineering
199610
12 19951
13 199216
14
The location and source parameters of the Lompoc, California, earthquake of 4 November 1927
199222
15 199077
16 198816
17
Source scaling relations of large eastern North American earthquakes and implications for strong ground motions
19862
18 19825
19 197943
20
The Accomodation of Plate Collision by Deformation in the Izu Block, Japan
197818

About Paul Somerville

Paul Somerville is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering, having authored 128 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (80 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (76 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (73 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (22 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (16 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (12 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (9 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (4.3k citations), Civil and Structural Engineering (4.3k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (349 citations), Building and Construction (203 citations) and Artificial Intelligence (409 citations). Paul Somerville has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Frequent co-authors include Robert Graves, Norman Abrahamson, David J. Wald, Kojiro Irikura, Arben Pitarka, Hong Kie Thio, Takao Kagawa, N.G. Smith, Yoshinori Iwasaki and Akira Kowada. Their work appears in journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Earthquake Spectra, Seismological Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Pure and Applied Geophysics.

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