Risheng Chu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Risheng Chu is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Risheng Chu has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Risheng Chu's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (59 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (41 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (31 papers). Risheng Chu is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (59 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (41 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (31 papers). Risheng Chu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Risheng Chu's co-authors include D. V. Helmberger, Lupei Zhu, Shengji Wei, M. Simons, Anthony Sladen, Hiroo Kanamori, Hongfeng Yang, Sidao Ni, Lingsen Meng and Jean‐Paul Ampuero and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Risheng Chu

72 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The 2011 Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Mosaicking the Megathrust from Seconds to Centuries

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Risheng Chu China	19	1.8k	351	99	88	71	80	2.0k
Bernd Schurr Germany	31	2.9k 1.6×	348 1.0×	89 0.9×	155 1.8×	63 0.9×	78	3.1k
Yukitoshi Fukahata Japan	24	1.7k 1.0×	319 0.9×	94 0.9×	108 1.2×	40 0.6×	69	1.9k
Francesca Bianco Italy	28	1.7k 0.9×	268 0.8×	98 1.0×	81 0.9×	26 0.4×	89	1.9k
Junle Jiang United States	18	1.4k 0.8×	246 0.7×	79 0.8×	71 0.8×	36 0.5×	26	1.5k
William D. Barnhart United States	27	1.6k 0.9×	239 0.7×	116 1.2×	117 1.3×	47 0.7×	63	1.8k
H. Perfettini France	27	2.5k 1.3×	277 0.8×	87 0.9×	123 1.4×	117 1.6×	54	2.7k
Lingsen Meng United States	27	2.9k 1.6×	499 1.4×	230 2.3×	99 1.1×	122 1.7×	62	3.1k
K. B. Richards‐Dinger United States	20	1.8k 1.0×	365 1.0×	95 1.0×	78 0.9×	37 0.5×	40	1.9k
Bill Fry New Zealand	24	1.7k 0.9×	341 1.0×	177 1.8×	95 1.1×	39 0.5×	63	1.9k
J. F. Pacheco Mexico	23	1.8k 1.0×	334 1.0×	169 1.7×	154 1.8×	36 0.5×	53	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Risheng Chu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tian, Dongdong, et al.. (2025). Small‐Scale Heterogeneities in the Lowermost Mantle Near the Perm Anomaly. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(8).

Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2025). Multi-fault rupturing of the 2019 Mw4.6 Rongxian shallow earthquake in the Sichuan Basin, China and its implication for hazard analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 668. 119569–119569.

Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2025). Extent and Mechanisms of the North China Craton Lithospheric Destruction Revealed by Multi‐Geophysical Inversions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(4).

Jiang, Chengxin, et al.. (2025). Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Interaction Beneath the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau From Joint Rayleigh and S Wave Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(2). 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yunlong, et al.. (2024). Deep structural characteristics and dynamic significance of the Southeastern margin of the North China Craton: Insights from gravity/GNSS/seismic observations. Tectonophysics. 874. 230243–230243. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Qiaoxia, Yong Zhou, Sidao Ni, et al.. (2024). Resolvability of Multiple Microseismic P-Wave Source Regions with Two Large Seismic Arrays in China and the United States. Seismological Research Letters. 95(3). 1885–1898.

He, Xiaohui, et al.. (2023). Automatic determination of focal depth with the optimal period of Rayleigh wave amplitude spectra at local distances. Geophysical Journal International. 235(2). 1681–1696. 4 indexed citations

Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2023). E‐W and S‐N Differences in the Sedimentary Cover and Crystalline Crust in the Cratonic Ordos Basin From Receiver Function Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(2). 2 indexed citations

Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2023). Fireworks: A Potential Artificial Source for Imaging Near-Surface Structures. Seismological Research Letters. 95(1). 435–447. 2 indexed citations

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Ni, Sidao, Baolong Zhang, Xinglin Lei, et al.. (2023). Causative fault and seismogenic mechanism of the 2010 Suining M5.0 earthquake from joint modeling of seismic and InSAR data. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(8). 1825–1838. 3 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2023). Source characteristics of icequakes caused by surface crevasses on Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Tianshan, China. Geophysical Journal International. 234(1). 620–635. 1 indexed citations

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Zeng, Qingle, et al.. (2019). Extraction of high-frequency surface waves from ambient seismic noises on the Xishancun landslide. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2019). Accelerating the shift-splitting iteration algorithm. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 361. 421–429. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei & Risheng Chu. (2017). Structures of Xishan village landslide in Li County, Sichuan, China, inferred from high-frequency receiver functions of local earthquakes. AGUFM. 2017. 2 indexed citations

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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2017). An algorithm for computing synthetic body waves due to underside conversion on an undulating interface and application to the 410 km discontinuity. Geophysical Journal International. 210(3). 1858–1871. 6 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2014). Joint Study of the Xishancun Landslide, Sichuan, Using Seismological and Electromagnetic Methods. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 2 indexed citations

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Helmberger, D. V., Risheng Chu, Wei Leng, & Michael Gurnis. (2012). Hidden Hotspot Track Beneath Eastern United States. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng, et al.. (2011). Improving the rainfall rate estimation in the midstream of the Heihe River Basin using raindrop size distribution. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(3). 943–951. 11 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng, Lupei Zhu, Daoyuan Sun, & D. V. Helmberger. (2008). Progress in Deriving Upper-Mantle Structure beneath Western U.S.. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Chu, Risheng. (2008). Upper mantle velocity structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from triplicated seismic P waveforms. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

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