Peter Bird

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Bird is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Bird has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Geophysics, 9 papers in Geology and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter Bird's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (52 papers). Peter Bird is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (52 papers). Peter Bird collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Peter Bird's co-authors include Zhen Liu, M. Nafi Toksöz, D. D. Jackson, Corné Kreemer, A. J. Gratz, Michele M. C. Carafa, John R. Baumgardner, Y. Y. Kagan, Norman H. Sleep and Wayne Thatcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Peter Bird

90 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An updated digital model of plate boundaries

2003 2.0k citations Peter Bird profile →
Continental delamination and the Colorado Plateau

1979 866 citations Peter Bird Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)--The Time-Independent Model

2014 458 citations Edward H. Field, R. Arrowsmith et al. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Bird	8.0k	975	591	552	394	92	8.7k
Keith Priestley	10.9k 1.4×	705 0.7×	493 0.8×	453 0.8×	409 1.0×	202	11.4k
Muawia Barazangi	9.3k 1.2×	780 0.8×	809 1.4×	426 0.8×	252 0.6×	135	10.0k
Kelin Wang	9.8k 1.2×	799 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	362 0.7×	259 0.7×	197	10.9k
Laura Wallace	6.2k 0.8×	534 0.5×	1.0k 1.7×	624 1.1×	264 0.7×	160	6.9k
G. R. Foulger	5.9k 0.7×	688 0.7×	512 0.9×	539 1.0×	126 0.3×	153	6.6k
Kerry Sieh	6.3k 0.8×	751 0.8×	1.5k 2.5×	955 1.7×	395 1.0×	117	7.2k
Walter D. Mooney	12.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	553 0.9×	1.4k 2.6×	338 0.9×	248	13.9k
Lynn R. Sykes	11.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.8×	706 1.2×	740 1.3×	337 0.9×	114	12.2k
Onno Oncken	7.3k 0.9×	971 1.0×	925 1.6×	393 0.7×	120 0.3×	183	8.1k
Valerio Acocella	5.9k 0.7×	724 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	364 0.7×	137 0.3×	172	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Bird

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Bird

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Carafa, Michele M. C., Peter Bird, Alessandro Verdecchia, Matteo Taroni, & Carlo Doglioni. (2024). Empirical evidence for multi-decadal transients affecting geodetic velocity fields and derived seismicity forecasts in Italy. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19941–19941. 2 indexed citations

Bird, Peter, et al.. (2024). ShellSet v1.1.0 parallel dynamic neotectonic modelling: a case study using Earth5-049. Geoscientific model development. 17(16). 6153–6171.

Stein, Ross S. & Peter Bird. (2024). Why Do Great Continental Transform Earthquakes Nucleate on Branch Faults?. Seismological Research Letters. 95(6). 3406–3415. 8 indexed citations

Bird, Peter & Ross S. Stein. (2024). Majority of Ruptures in Large Continental Strike-Slip Earthquakes Are Unilateral: Permissive Evidence for Hybrid Brittle-to-Dynamic Ruptures. Seismological Research Letters. 95(6). 3306–3315. 4 indexed citations

Shen, Zheng‐Kang & Peter Bird. (2022). NeoKinema Deformation Model for the 2023 Update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model. Seismological Research Letters. 93(6). 3037–3052. 19 indexed citations

Carafa, Michele M. C., et al.. (2021). A Meta‐Analysis of Fault Slip Rates Across the Central Apennines. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(1). 9 indexed citations

Carafa, Michele M. C., A. Galvani, Deborah Di Naccio, et al.. (2020). Partitioning the Ongoing Extension of the Central Apennines (Italy): Fault Slip Rates and Bulk Deformation Rates From Geodetic and Stress Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(7). 30 indexed citations

Carafa, Michele M. C., Vanja Kastelic, Peter Bird, Francesco Emanuele Maesano, & Gianluca Valensise. (2018). A “Geodetic Gap” in the Calabrian Arc: Evidence for a Locked Subduction Megathrust?. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(4). 1794–1804. 21 indexed citations

Carafa, Michele M. C., Gianluca Valensise, & Peter Bird. (2017). Assessing the seismic coupling of shallow continental faults and its impact on seismic hazard estimates: a case-study from Italy. Geophysical Journal International. ggx002–ggx002. 24 indexed citations

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Carafa, Michele M. C. & Peter Bird. (2016). Improving deformation models by discounting transient signals in geodetic data: 2. Geodetic data, stress directions, and long‐term strain rates in Italy. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 121(7). 5557–5575. 45 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter & Corné Kreemer. (2015). Erratum toRevised Tectonic Forecast of Global Shallow Seismicity Based on Version 2.1 of the Global Strain Rate Map: Table 1. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 21 indexed citations

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Field, Edward H., G. P. Biasi, Peter Bird, et al.. (2013). Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3): the time-independent model. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 130 indexed citations

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Field, Edward H., R. Arrowsmith, G. P. Biasi, et al.. (2013). Overview of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Version 3 (UCERF3) Time-Independent Model. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter, Corné Kreemer, & W. E. Holt. (2009). A long-term forecast of shallow seismicity based on the Global Strain Rate Map. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter & Y. Y. Kagan. (2003). Plate-Tectonic Analysis of Shallow Seismicity: Apparent Boundary Width, beta-Value, Corner Magnitude, Coupled Lithosphere Thickness, and Coupling in 7 Tectonic Settings. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 4 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter, et al.. (1996). Interpolation of principal stress directions by nonparametric statistics: Global maps with confidence limits. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B3). 5435–5443. 48 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter. (1996). Computer simulations of Alaskan neotectonics. Tectonics. 15(2). 225–236. 57 indexed citations

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Bristow, Charlie S., et al.. (1993). Sedimentology of the Semirara Formation in Semirara Island: implications for the Miocene sedimentation and tectonics of south Philippines. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 33. 21–32. 2 indexed citations

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Gratz, A. J. & Peter Bird. (1993). Quartz dissolution: Negative crystal experiments and a rate law. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 57(5). 965–976. 57 indexed citations

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Bird, Peter, M. Nafi Toksöz, & Norman H. Sleep. (1975). Thermal and mechanical models of continent-continent convergence zones. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 80(32). 4405–4416. 152 indexed citations

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