R. C. Aster

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
215 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

R. C. Aster is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Aster has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Geophysics, 47 papers in Atmospheric Science and 41 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in R. C. Aster's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (105 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (91 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (63 papers). R. C. Aster is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (105 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (91 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (63 papers). R. C. Aster collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. R. C. Aster's co-authors include Kent C. Condie, Philip R. Kyle, Peter M. Shearer, Douglas A. Wiens, A. Nyblade, M. Withers, Christopher J. Young, David C. Wilson, T. J. Wilson and J. Paul Winberry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Aster

210 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26 December 2004

2005 858 citations R. C. Aster et al. Science profile →
Episodic zircon age spectra of orogenic granitoids: The supercontinent connection and continental growth

2010 395 citations Kent C. Condie, R. C. Aster profile →
The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

2005 328 citations Santiago Lombeyda, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir et al. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Aster United States	54	7.2k	1.8k	1.7k	609	565	215	9.3k
Charles M. Rubin United States	33	1.9k 0.3×	267 0.1×	722 0.4×	163 0.3×	636 1.1×	87	4.6k
Ross S. Stein United States	47	11.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	732 0.4×	345 0.6×	105 0.2×	134	12.5k
T. W. Becker United States	60	10.1k 1.4×	669 0.4×	742 0.4×	153 0.3×	24 0.0×	195	11.2k
Chi‐Yuen Wang United States	43	3.8k 0.5×	679 0.4×	392 0.2×	382 0.6×	26 0.0×	131	5.1k
Michel Faure France	76	15.2k 2.1×	5.5k 3.0×	774 0.5×	39 0.1×	61 0.1×	350	17.9k
D. Rhodri Davies United Kingdom	41	3.1k 0.4×	290 0.2×	367 0.2×	33 0.1×	45 0.1×	140	6.3k
Aaron J. Martin United States	28	2.3k 0.3×	629 0.3×	425 0.2×	85 0.1×	27 0.0×	59	4.2k
Philip L.‐F. Liu United States	64	2.6k 0.4×	240 0.1×	3.7k 2.1×	680 1.1×	28 0.0×	405	15.1k
R. F. Galbraith United Kingdom	30	3.1k 0.4×	814 0.4×	4.6k 2.7×	244 0.4×	17 0.0×	66	8.8k
William D. Carlson United States	49	5.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	838 0.5×	96 0.2×	11 0.0×	141	8.6k

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Wiens, Douglas A., et al.. (2024). Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Azimuthal Seismic Anisotropy of Antarctica From Ambient Noise Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(1). 2 indexed citations

Nyblade, A., R. C. Aster, Douglas A. Wiens, et al.. (2023). Tidally Modulated Glacial Seismicity at the Foundation Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(7). 5 indexed citations

Wiens, Douglas A., et al.. (2022). Radial Anisotropy and Sediment Thickness of West and Central Antarctica Estimated From Rayleigh and Love Wave Velocities. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(3). 9 indexed citations

Nyblade, A., N. J. Accardo, Andrew Lloyd, et al.. (2022). Shear Wave Splitting Across Antarctica: Implications for Upper Mantle Seismic Anisotropy. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(4). 5 indexed citations

Nyblade, A., Andrew Lloyd, R. C. Aster, et al.. (2021). Seismicity and Pn Velocity Structure of Central West Antarctica. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(2). 15 indexed citations

Lipovsky, Bradley P., Douglas A. Wiens, R. C. Aster, et al.. (2019). Tidal and Thermal Stresses Drive Seismicity Along a Major Ross Ice Shelf Rift. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(12). 6644–6652. 36 indexed citations

Lloyd, Andrew, Douglas A. Wiens, Hejun Zhu, et al.. (2019). Seismic Structure of the Antarctic Upper Mantle Imaged with Adjoint Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(3). 87 indexed citations

Barletta, Valentina R., Michael Bevis, B. E. Smith, et al.. (2018). Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability. Science. 360(6395). 1335–1339. 176 indexed citations

Bromirski, P. D., Ralph A. Stephen, Peter Gerstoft, et al.. (2017). Tsunami and infragravity waves impacting Antarctic ice shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(7). 5786–5801. 43 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Andrew, Douglas A. Wiens, Jeroen Tromp, et al.. (2016). Full Waveform Adjoint Seismic Tomography of the Antarctic Plate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Aster, R. C., et al.. (2015). Data Quality of Collocated Portable Broadband Seismometers Using Direct Burial and Vault Emplacement. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 105(5). 2420–2432. 20 indexed citations

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McNamara, D. E., et al.. (2014). Constraints on recent earthquake source parameters, fault geometry and aftershock characteristics in Oklahoma. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 2 indexed citations

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Chaput, Julien, et al.. (2013). Recovering Seismic Green's Functions Using Icequake Coda Interferometry at Erebus volcano, Antarctica. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Wiens, Douglas A., David S. Heeszel, Xinlei Sun, et al.. (2013). Lithospheric Structure of Antarctica and Implications for Geological and Cryospheric Evolution. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

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Hernández, Stephen, Douglas A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, et al.. (2009). Seismic Anisotropy of the Antarctic Upper Mantle from Shear Wave Splitting Analysis of POLENET and AGAP Seismograms. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 3 indexed citations

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Condie, Kent C. & R. C. Aster. (2008). Episodicity of Orogeny Revisited. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Lombeyda, Santiago, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir, Jeroen Tromp, & R. C. Aster. (2005). The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aster, R. C., et al.. (2005). Seismic Moment Rate Function Inversions from Very Long Period Signals Associated with Strombolian Eruptions at Mount Erebus, Antarctica. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Wei, S. P. Grand, M. E. West, et al.. (2002). Mantle Dynamics Beneath the Rio Grande Rift and Colorado Plateau.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002.

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Gurrola, H., et al.. (1990). Analysis of high-frequency seismic noise in the western United States and eastern Kazakhstan. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 80(4). 951–970. 22 indexed citations

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