Robert A. Williams

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Robert A. Williams is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Williams has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Williams's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (55 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (30 papers). Robert A. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (55 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (30 papers). Robert A. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Robert A. Williams's co-authors include William J. Stephenson, Jack K. Odum, Stephen R. Cotanch, Arthur D. Frankel, Chueng‐Ryong Ji, Charles S. Mueller, Kenneth S. Rukstales, Morgan P. Moschetti, Mark D. Petersen and Peter M. Powers and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Geophysical Research Letters and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Williams

104 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps

2014 362 citations Mark D. Petersen, Morgan P. Moschetti et al. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Williams United States	22	1.4k	551	271	239	124	109	1.9k
Daniel E. McNamara United States	29	2.6k 1.9×	397 0.7×	573 2.1×	11 0.0×	106 0.9×	67	3.0k
Sidao Ni China	31	3.6k 2.6×	197 0.4×	453 1.7×	11 0.0×	142 1.1×	181	3.9k
D. V. Helmberger United States	46	7.3k 5.3×	295 0.5×	549 2.0×	12 0.1×	270 2.2×	156	7.7k
Tullio Ricci Italy	28	1.3k 0.9×	62 0.1×	238 0.9×	20 0.1×	289 2.3×	91	2.0k
M. J. S. Johnston United States	37	4.1k 2.9×	130 0.2×	987 3.6×	14 0.1×	363 2.9×	122	4.4k
Donald V. Helmberger United States	51	7.9k 5.7×	841 1.5×	713 2.6×	12 0.1×	408 3.3×	126	8.2k
‪Hrvoje Tkalčić Australia	33	2.8k 2.0×	43 0.1×	303 1.1×	24 0.1×	186 1.5×	147	3.1k
Phil R. Cummins Australia	36	3.5k 2.5×	350 0.6×	469 1.7×	5 0.0×	150 1.2×	124	3.9k
Stuart A. Sipkin United States	21	2.5k 1.8×	107 0.2×	184 0.7×	7 0.0×	73 0.6×	47	2.7k

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Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Ryan D. Gold, Richard W. Briggs, et al.. (2020). Evidence for Late Quaternary Deformation Along Crowleys Ridge, New Madrid Seismic Zone. Tectonics. 39(4). 13 indexed citations

Petersen, Mark D., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2015). Seismic-hazard maps for the conterminous United States, 2014. Scientific investigations map. 2 indexed citations

Wentworth, Carl M., R. C. Jachens, Robert A. Williams, John C. Tinsley, & Randall T. Hanson. (2015). Physical subdivision and description of the water-bearing sediments of the Santa Clara Valley, California. Scientific investigations report. 10 indexed citations

Petersen, Mark D., Morgan P. Moschetti, Peter M. Powers, et al.. (2014). Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

Petersen, Mark D., Charles S. Mueller, Morgan P. Moschetti, et al.. (2012). 2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Wentworth, Carl M., Robert A. Williams, R. C. Jachens, R. W. Graymer, & William J. Stephenson. (2010). The Quaternary Silver Creek Fault Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 9 indexed citations

Boyd, Oliver S., et al.. (2010). Earthquake Ground Motion Simulations in the Central United States. AGUFM. 2010. 2 indexed citations

Sweetkind, Donald S., Robert J. McLaughlin, V. E. Langenheim, et al.. (2008). Plio-Pleistocene Evolution of Concealed Basins Separated by a Bedrock Ridge West of the Rodgers Creek and Healdsburg Faults, Northern California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Robert A., Jack K. Odum, William J. Stephenson, & R. B. Herrmann. (2007). Shallow P ‐ and S ‐Wave Velocities and Site Resonances in the St. Louis Region, Missouri‐Illinois. Earthquake Spectra. 23(3). 711–726. 21 indexed citations

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Donne, Dario Delle, et al.. (2007). High-resolution shallow reflection seismic image and surface evidence of the upper Tiber Basin active faults (Northern Apennines, Italy). Florence Research (University of Florence). 126(2). 323–331. 28 indexed citations

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Frankel, Arthur D., et al.. (2007). Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Seattle, Washington, Based on 3D Ground-Motion Simulations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Ponce, D. A., et al.. (2005). Southern extension of the Hayward Fault and its relationship to the Calaveras and Silver Creek Faults, Northern California. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. 37(4). 90. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., et al.. (2004). Seismic-Reflection Profiling Across the Urban Area of Santa Clara Valley, California: Images of the Northeastern Margin of the Cupertino Basin. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 6 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., Spencer H. Wood, William J. Stephenson, et al.. (2003). Surface Seismic Refraction/Reflection Measurement Determinations of Potential Site Resonances and the Areal Uniformity of NEHRP Site Class D in Memphis, Tennessee. Earthquake Spectra. 19(1). 159–189. 20 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., et al.. (2002). Definition of the Silver Creek Fault and Evergreen Basin Sediments From Seismic Reflection Data, San Jose, California. AGUFM. 2002. 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., William J. Stephenson, Arthur D. Frankel, & Jack K. Odum. (1999). Surface Seismic Measurements of Near‐Surface P‐ and S‐Wave Seismic Velocities at Earthquake Recording Stations, Seattle, Washington. Earthquake Spectra. 15(3). 565–584. 39 indexed citations

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Odum, Jack K., et al.. (1999). Shallow High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection Imaging of Karst Structures within the Floridan Aquifer System, Northeastern Florida. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 4(4). 251–261. 7 indexed citations

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Pratt, Thomas L., et al.. (1998). Multiscale seismic imaging of active fault zones for hazard assessment; a case study of the Santa Monica fault zone, Los Angeles, California. Geophysics. 63(2). 479–489. 34 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., William J. Stephenson, & Jack K. Odum. (1998). Surface-seismic imaging for nehrp soil profile classifications and earthquake hazards in urban areas. 165–177. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert A., et al.. (1988). Concerning Home Telematics: Proceedings of the IFIP Tc9 Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 24-27 June, 1987. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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