Ryan Schultz

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ryan Schultz is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Schultz has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ryan Schultz's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (50 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (24 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (19 papers). Ryan Schultz is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (50 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (24 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (19 papers). Ryan Schultz collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Ryan Schultz's co-authors include Yu Jeffrey Gu, Gail M. Atkinson, David W. Eaton, Ruijia Wang, William L. Ellsworth, Honn Kao, Brian Baptie, Robert J. Skoumal, M. R. Brudzinski and Gregory C. Beroza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Schultz

49 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Hydraulic Fracturing and Seismicity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

2016 324 citations Gail M. Atkinson, David W. Eaton et al. Seismological Research Letters profile →
Hydraulic Fracturing‐Induced Seismicity

2020 270 citations Ryan Schultz, William L. Ellsworth et al. profile →
The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes

2023 63 citations Ryan Schultz, William L. Ellsworth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Schultz Canada	25	2.2k	730	537	326	186	55	2.5k
Grzegorz Kwiatek Germany	35	3.1k 1.5×	572 0.8×	699 1.3×	955 2.9×	470 2.5×	119	3.7k
Thomas Goebel United States	23	1.8k 0.8×	195 0.3×	498 0.9×	436 1.3×	179 1.0×	50	2.0k
Patricia Martínez‐Garzón Germany	22	1.7k 0.8×	239 0.3×	410 0.8×	288 0.9×	138 0.7×	74	1.9k
Chuanbo Shen China	23	820 0.4×	204 0.3×	377 0.7×	610 1.9×	175 0.9×	93	1.5k
Volker Øye Norway	18	1.1k 0.5×	299 0.4×	385 0.7×	345 1.1×	345 1.9×	97	1.6k
Mojtaba Rajabi Australia	23	1.4k 0.7×	570 0.8×	157 0.3×	897 2.8×	608 3.3×	58	2.1k
W. Foxall United States	14	744 0.3×	299 0.4×	164 0.3×	203 0.6×	236 1.3×	33	1.3k
David Dempsey New Zealand	19	500 0.2×	317 0.4×	185 0.3×	215 0.7×	207 1.1×	69	1.1k
Brian W. Stump United States	21	1.6k 0.7×	154 0.2×	435 0.8×	123 0.4×	348 1.9×	95	1.7k
Yongtai Yang China	16	684 0.3×	178 0.2×	295 0.5×	661 2.0×	138 0.7×	26	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Verdon, James P. & Ryan Schultz. (2026). Induced Earthquakes in the Southern Delaware Basin, Texas, Are Bound by a Geomechanically Controlled Maximum Magnitude. Geophysical Research Letters. 53(3).

Schultz, Ryan, Linus Villiger, Valentin Gischig, & Stefan Wiemer. (2025). Interpreting the cause of bound earthquakes at underground injection experiments.

Schultz, Ryan, et al.. (2025). A generic seismic risk protocol for energy production sites. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 23(4). 1325–1347.

Schultz, Ryan, Federica Lanza, Ben Dyer, et al.. (2025). The bound growth of induced earthquakes could de-risk hydraulic fracturing. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 995–995.

Schultz, Ryan. (2025). Reining‐In the Spring‐Slider With Reinforcement Learning. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(3).

Schultz, Ryan, et al.. (2024). Pre-screening of induced seismicity risks for CO2 injection at Trüllikon, Switzerland. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 138. 104239–104239. 2 indexed citations

Gu, Yu Jeffrey, et al.. (2024). Peace River Induced Seismic Monitoring (PRISM) Nodal Seismic Array. Seismological Research Letters. 96(1). 562–575. 2 indexed citations

Schultz, Ryan. (2024). Inferring maximum magnitudes from the ordered sequence of large earthquakes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2276). 20230185–20230185. 11 indexed citations

Paluszny, Adriana, Ryan Schultz, & Günter Zimmermann. (2024). Induced seismicity in coupled subsurface systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2276). 20230193–20230193.

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Hui, Gang, Zhangxin Chen, Ryan Schultz, et al.. (2023). Intricate unconventional fracture networks provide fluid diffusion pathways to reactivate pre-existing faults in unconventional reservoirs. Energy. 282. 128803–128803. 47 indexed citations

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Schultz, Ryan, Jeong‐Ung Woo, William L. Ellsworth, et al.. (2023). Disposal From In Situ Bitumen Recovery Induced the M_L 5.6 Peace River Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(6). 20 indexed citations

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Schultz, Ryan, William L. Ellsworth, & Gregory C. Beroza. (2022). Statistical bounds on how induced seismicity stops. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1184–1184. 31 indexed citations

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Schultz, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Quantifying nuisance ground motion thresholds for induced earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra. 37(2). 789–802. 13 indexed citations

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Kao, Honn, et al.. (2021). Complex 3D Migration and Delayed Triggering of Hydraulic Fracturing‐Induced Seismicity: A Case Study Near Fox Creek, Alberta. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(2). 16 indexed citations

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Li, Tianyang, et al.. (2020). Sequential Fault Reactivation and Secondary Triggering in the March 2019 Red Deer Induced Earthquake Swarm. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(22). 23 indexed citations

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Ghofrani, Hadi, Gail M. Atkinson, Ryan Schultz, & K. Assatourians. (2019). Short‐Term Hindcasts of Seismic Hazard in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Caused by Induced and Natural Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters. 90(3). 1420–1435. 29 indexed citations

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Schultz, Ryan, Gail M. Atkinson, David W. Eaton, Yu Jeffrey Gu, & Honn Kao. (2018). Hydraulic fracturing volume is associated with induced earthquake productivity in the Duvernay play. Science. 359(6373). 304–308. 204 indexed citations

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Mahani, Alireza Babaie, et al.. (2017). Fluid Injection and Seismic Activity in the Northern Montney Play, British Columbia, Canada, with Special Reference to the 17 August 2015M_w 4.6 Induced Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107(2). 542–552. 85 indexed citations

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Gu, Yu Jeffrey, et al.. (2008). Migration and Radon Imaging of the Western Pacific Subduction Zones Using SdS Waves. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Robert C., et al.. (1976). Direct applications of geothermal energy. iece. 1. 815–821. 2 indexed citations

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