Rafael Benites

1.0k total citations
30 papers, 460 citations indexed

About

Rafael Benites is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Benites has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 460 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geophysics, 11 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Rafael Benites's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (21 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (9 papers). Rafael Benites is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (21 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (9 papers). Rafael Benites collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Japan. Rafael Benites's co-authors include Kiyoshi Yomogida, Russell Robinson, Keiiti Aki, Bill Fry, Anna Kaiser, Caroline Holden, Ian Hamling, Yoshihiro Kaneko, E. D’Anastasio and Michael Fehler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Benites

27 papers receiving 425 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Benites New Zealand 13 387 135 63 55 53 30 460
Ivo Opršal Czechia 13 414 1.1× 107 0.8× 80 1.3× 72 1.3× 29 0.5× 24 457
Haiming Zhang China 10 276 0.7× 88 0.7× 26 0.4× 62 1.1× 64 1.2× 27 352
Margherita Maraschini Italy 11 437 1.1× 82 0.6× 58 0.9× 224 4.1× 30 0.6× 26 484
R. Madariaga France 7 556 1.4× 44 0.3× 29 0.5× 51 0.9× 25 0.5× 15 582
Erik Jensen Chile 10 613 1.6× 95 0.7× 123 2.0× 47 0.9× 94 1.8× 21 673
Dave Belanger Netherlands 8 402 1.0× 64 0.5× 53 0.8× 165 3.0× 67 1.3× 17 618
Michihiro Ohori Japan 6 347 0.9× 106 0.8× 73 1.2× 105 1.9× 10 0.2× 19 376
Emeline Maufroy France 13 438 1.1× 277 2.1× 34 0.5× 54 1.0× 18 0.3× 23 515
Paolo Bergamo Switzerland 14 520 1.3× 168 1.2× 87 1.4× 204 3.7× 26 0.5× 57 565
Ikuo Cho Japan 14 593 1.5× 218 1.6× 152 2.4× 181 3.3× 43 0.8× 52 628

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Benites

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Benites

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benites, Rafael, R. M. Langridge, Yoshihiro Kaneko, et al.. (2017). A multiple fault rupture model of the November 13 2016, M 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand. AGUFM. 2017.
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Holden, Caroline, Yoshihiro Kaneko, E. D’Anastasio, et al.. (2017). The 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake Revealed by Kinematic Source Inversion and Seismic Wavefield Simulations: Slow Rupture Propagation on a Geometrically Complex Crustal Fault Network. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(22). 63 indexed citations
3.
Kaneko, Yoshihiro, E. D’Anastasio, Xiaoming Wang, et al.. (2015). A Local and Regional Tsunami Early Warning System for New Zealand: A feasibility study. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8791. 1 indexed citations
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Yomogida, Kiyoshi, et al.. (2014). Spatial variation of coda wave amplitude in media with a localized heterogeneous region. Earth Planets and Space. 50(4). 303–312.
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Fry, Bill, et al.. (2011). The Effect of Near-Field Topography on the 2011 Mw6.3 Christchurch, NZ, Earthquake. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Fry, Bill, Rafael Benites, Martin Reyners, et al.. (2011). Strong shaking in recent New Zealand earthquakes. Eos. 92(41). 349–351. 16 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Anna, Rafael Benites, Angela Chung, et al.. (2011). Estimating seismic site response in Christchurch City (New Zealand) from dense low-cost aftershock arrays. 6 indexed citations
8.
Stephenson, W. R., et al.. (2009). Localised coherent response of the La Molina basin (Lima, Peru) to earthquakes, and future approaches suggested by Parkway basin (New Zealand) experience. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 29(10). 1347–1357. 6 indexed citations
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Hopkins, D. W., et al.. (2008). The Pisco (Peru) earthquake of 15 August 2007. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 41(3). 109–192. 6 indexed citations
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Benites, Rafael. (2005). Modeling Strong Ground Motion in the Wellington Metropolitan Area, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 95(6). 2180–2196. 19 indexed citations
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Benites, Rafael, et al.. (2003). Tornillos beneath Tongariro Volcano, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 125(1-2). 151–169. 27 indexed citations
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Robinson, Russell, et al.. (2001). Stress Transfer due to the June 23, 2001, Arequipa, Peru, Earthquake and Previous Large Subduction Events. AGUFM. 2001.
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Abercrombie, Rachel E. & Rafael Benites. (1998). Strong motion modelling of the 1993 Tikokino earthquake, southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 41(3). 259–270. 3 indexed citations
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Benites, Rafael, et al.. (1998). Seismic response of multi-layered basins with velocity gradients upon incidence of plane shear waves. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 27(1). 15–28. 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, Russell, Rafael Benites, & Russ Van Dissen. (1998). Evidence for temporal clustering of large earthquakes in the wellington region from computer models of seismicity. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 31(1). 24–32. 4 indexed citations
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Larkin, Tam, et al.. (1995). Comparison of linear and nonlinear seismic responses of two-dimensional alluvial basins. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 85(3). 874–889. 13 indexed citations
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Robinson, Russell & Rafael Benites. (1995). Synthetic seismicity models of multiple interacting faults. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B9). 18229–18238. 52 indexed citations
18.
Yomogida, Kiyoshi & Rafael Benites. (1995). Relation between direct waveQand codaQ:a numerical approach. Geophysical Journal International. 123(2). 471–483. 21 indexed citations
19.
Benites, Rafael, Keiiti Aki, & Kiyoshi Yomogida. (1992). Multiple scattering ofSH waves in 2-D media with many cavities. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 138(3). 353–390. 60 indexed citations
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Benites, Rafael & Keiiti Aki. (1989). Boundary integral-Gaussian beam method for seismic wave scattering: S H waves in two-dimensional media. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 86(1). 375–386. 13 indexed citations

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