Sebastian Rost

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Rost is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Rost has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Rost's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (59 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (55 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers). Sebastian Rost is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (59 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (55 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers). Sebastian Rost collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Sebastian Rost's co-authors include Christine Thomas, Edward J. Garnero, J. Revenaugh, Quentin Williams, A. K. McNamara, M. S. Thorne, Daniel A. Frost, J. E. Mound, G. A. Houseman and Michael Manga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Rost

69 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

ARRAY SEISMOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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.

  1. ARRAY SEISMOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
    2002 754 citations Sebastian Rost, Christine Thomas profile →

Peers

Sebastian Rost
Lianxing Wen United States
K. C. Creager United States
Sébastien Chevrot France
Miaki Ishii United States
Takeshi Sagiya Japan
Stewart W. Smith United States
S. Rondenay United States
Yasuko Takei Japan
T. Guy Masters United States
Roland Roberts Sweden
Lianxing Wen United States
Sebastian Rost
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Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Rost

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Rost

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Rost

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sebastian Rost. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sebastian Rost based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sebastian Rost. Sebastian Rost is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thorne, M. S., et al.. (2024). Examining the influence of 2.5-D ultra-low velocity zone morphology on ScP waveforms and estimated elastic parameters. Geophysical Journal International. 239(1). 591–620. 2 indexed citations
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Hansen, S. E., et al.. (2024). Ultra‐Low Velocity Zones Beneath the Southern Hemisphere Imaged With Double‐Array Stacking of PcP Waveforms. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(4). 1 indexed citations
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Booth, Adam, et al.. (2023). Characterising ice slabs in firn using seismic full waveform inversion, a sensitivity study. Journal of Glaciology. 69(277). 1419–1433. 3 indexed citations
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Hansen, S. E., Edward J. Garnero, Mingming Li, Sang‐Heon Shim, & Sebastian Rost. (2023). Globally distributed subducted materials along the Earth’s core-mantle boundary: Implications for ultralow velocity zones. Science Advances. 9(14). eadd4838–eadd4838. 24 indexed citations
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Thorne, M. S., et al.. (2023). Improved Characterization of Ultralow‐Velocity Zones Through Advances in Bayesian Inversion of ScP Waveforms. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(6). 5 indexed citations
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Durand, S., et al.. (2023). Deep Earth rotational seismology. Geophysical Journal International. 234(3). 2365–2374. 2 indexed citations
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Ward, James W., M. S. Thorne, Andy Nowacki, & Sebastian Rost. (2023). Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Contiguous US Resolved With Array Observations of SKS Multipathing and Slowness Vector Perturbations. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(7). 2 indexed citations
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Rost, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Small-scale lithospheric heterogeneity characterization using Bayesian inference and energy flux models. Geophysical Journal International. 227(3). 1682–1699. 1 indexed citations
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Hansen, S. E., Edward J. Garnero, & Sebastian Rost. (2021). Historical Interstation Pattern Referencing (HIPR): An Application to PcP Waves Recorded in the Antarctic for ULVZ Imaging. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(10). 3 indexed citations
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Ward, James W., M C Thorne, Andy Nowacki, & Sebastian Rost. (2021). Automatic slowness vector measurements of seismic arrivals with uncertainty estimates using bootstrap sampling, array methods and unsupervised learning. Geophysical Journal International. 226(3). 1847–1857. 7 indexed citations
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Rost, Sebastian, G. A. Houseman, A. W. Frederiksen, et al.. (2021). Structure of the northwestern North Anatolian Fault Zone imaged via teleseismic scattering tomography. Geophysical Journal International. 227(2). 922–940. 7 indexed citations
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Ward, James W., Andy Nowacki, & Sebastian Rost. (2020). Lateral Velocity Gradients in the African Lower Mantle Inferred From Slowness Space Observations of Multipathing. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(8). 12 indexed citations
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Thorne, M. S., et al.. (2020). The Most Parsimonious Ultralow‐Velocity Zone Distribution From Highly Anomalous SPdKS Waveforms. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(1). 31 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, J. P., G. W. Stuart, Alex Brisbourne, et al.. (2020). A joint inversion of receiver function and Rayleigh wave phase velocity dispersion data to estimate crustal structure in West Antarctica. Geophysical Journal International. 223(3). 1644–1657. 12 indexed citations
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Taylor, George R., D. A. Thompson, David G. Cornwell, & Sebastian Rost. (2018). Interaction of the Cyprus/Tethys slab with the mantle transition zone beneath Anatolia. Geophysical Journal International. 216(3). 1665–1674. 8 indexed citations
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Shi, Peidong, Andy Nowacki, Sebastian Rost, & Doug Angus. (2018). Automated seismic waveform location using Multichannel Coherency Migration (MCM)—II. Application to induced and volcano-tectonic seismicity. Geophysical Journal International. 216(3). 1608–1632. 11 indexed citations
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Rost, Sebastian, et al.. (2017). Fine-scale structure of the mid-mantle characterised by global stacks of PP precursors. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 472. 164–173. 16 indexed citations
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Cornwell, David G., Metin Kahraman, D. A. Thompson, et al.. (2013). Detailed Northern Anatolian Fault Zone crustal structure from receiver functions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013.
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Rost, Sebastian & J. Revenaugh. (2001). Lateral variation of the small-scale structure at the CMB west of Tonga-Fiji. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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