S. N. Ward

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

S. N. Ward is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, S. N. Ward has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geophysics, 10 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in S. N. Ward's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (22 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Seismology and Earthquake Studies (7 papers). S. N. Ward is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (22 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Seismology and Earthquake Studies (7 papers). S. N. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. S. N. Ward's co-authors include Joy Singarayer, Richard M. Bailey, Stephen Stokes, Saskia Goes, Amos Salamon, James T. Kirby, Cheng Zhang, Alberto Comastri, Sebastian Watt and T. Rockwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geophysical Journal International and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

S. N. Ward

30 papers receiving 1000 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.

Modelling of the tsunami from the December 22, 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia

2019 198 citations Stéphan T. Grilli, David R. Tappin et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. N. Ward United States	15	708	353	199	153	98	31	1.1k
E. Masana Spain	23	1.2k 1.7×	616 1.7×	201 1.0×	38 0.2×	110 1.1×	69	1.5k
Ariel Heimann Israel	20	963 1.4×	474 1.3×	130 0.7×	156 1.0×	29 0.3×	31	1.3k
María Ortuño Spain	17	554 0.8×	411 1.2×	116 0.6×	42 0.3×	124 1.3×	39	835
Samantha Engwell United Kingdom	16	487 0.7×	375 1.1×	169 0.8×	67 0.4×	143 1.5×	34	821
K. Minoura Japan	10	505 0.7×	480 1.4×	190 1.0×	33 0.2×	19 0.2×	16	779
H. L. Davies Australia	24	1.6k 2.3×	481 1.4×	337 1.7×	180 1.2×	142 1.4×	37	2.0k
Tina M. Niemi United States	17	452 0.6×	293 0.8×	217 1.1×	41 0.3×	43 0.4×	48	729
Takanobu Kamataki Japan	14	1.1k 1.5×	919 2.6×	488 2.5×	71 0.5×	36 0.4×	41	1.4k
Mari Sumita Germany	16	398 0.6×	385 1.1×	110 0.6×	75 0.5×	51 0.5×	43	724
John Stamatakos United States	19	960 1.4×	381 1.1×	184 0.9×	125 0.8×	74 0.8×	44	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. N. Ward

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Rundle, John B., et al.. (2021). Tsunami Squares: Earthquake driven inundation mapping and validation by comparison to the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Progress in Disaster Science. 12. 100191–100191. 5 indexed citations

Grilli, Stéphan T., David R. Tappin, Steven Carey, et al.. (2019). Modelling of the tsunami from the December 22, 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11946–11946. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

Hough, S. E., et al.. (2013). Reverberations on the Watery Element: A Significant, Tsunamigenic Historical Earthquake Offshore the Carolina Coast. Seismological Research Letters. 84(5). 891–898. 6 indexed citations

Tullis, T. E., K. B. Richards‐Dinger, M. Barall, et al.. (2012). A Comparison among Observations and Earthquake Simulator Results for the allcal2 California Fault Model. Seismological Research Letters. 83(6). 994–1006. 41 indexed citations

Ward, S. N., et al.. (2011). Rainwater harvesting in the UK: Thinking outside the tank. A report on recent research. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 1 indexed citations

Barrientos, S. E., C. Vigny, S. N. Ward, & K. Bataille. (2009). Earthquake-induced Rockfall and Tsunami in Southern Chile. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

Silver, Eli A., Simon Day, S. N. Ward, et al.. (2009). Volcano collapse and tsunami generation in the Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 186(3-4). 210–222. 42 indexed citations

Richards‐Dinger, K. B., Olaf Zielke, T. E. Tullis, et al.. (2008). Collaborative Comparison of Earthquake Simulators. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

Salamon, Amos, T. Rockwell, S. N. Ward, Emanuela Guidoboni, & Alberto Comastri. (2007). Tsunami Hazard Evaluation of the Eastern Mediterranean: Historical Analysis and Selected Modeling. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 97(3). 705–724. 91 indexed citations

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Morgan, Eugene, et al.. (2005). Tsunami Deposits Related to Volcanic Island Collapses in the Southern Bismarck Sea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Silver, Eli A., Simon Day, S. N. Ward, et al.. (2005). Island arc debris avalanches and tsunami generation. Eos. 86(47). 485–489. 8 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N., et al.. (2004). Trans-Terrestrial Landslides and the Impact on the Marine Environment: Big Sur Coastline, California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N.. (2004). Earthquake Simulation by Restricted Random Walks. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 94(6). 2079–2089. 7 indexed citations

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Chesley, Steven R. & S. N. Ward. (2003). Assessing the human hazard from impact-generated tsunami. 35. 1 indexed citations

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Greene, H. Gary, C. K. Paull, S. N. Ward, William Ussler, & Norman Maher. (2001). Evaluation of Ancient and Future Submarine Landslides Along the Central California Coast and Their Potential to Generate Tsunamis. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N.. (2000). Asteroid Impact Tsunami: A Probabilistic Hazard Assessment. Icarus. 145(1). 64–78. 111 indexed citations

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Goes, Saskia & S. N. Ward. (1994). Synthetic seismicity for the San Andreas fault. Annals of Geophysics. 37(6). 42 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N.. (1985). Small-scale mantle flows and induced lithospheric stress near island arcs. Geophysical Journal International. 81(2). 409–428. 3 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N.. (1981). On elastic wave calculations in a sphere using moment tensor sources. Geophysical Journal International. 66(1). 23–30. 2 indexed citations

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Ward, S. N.. (1980). Body wave calculations using moment tensor sources in spherically symmetric, inhomogeneous media. Geophysical Journal International. 60(1). 53–66. 14 indexed citations

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