Sidao Ni

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
181 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sidao Ni is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidao Ni has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Geophysics, 30 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 11 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sidao Ni's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (131 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (102 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (85 papers). Sidao Ni is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (131 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (102 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (85 papers). Sidao Ni collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Sidao Ni's co-authors include D. V. Helmberger, Michael Gurnis, Hiroo Kanamori, Xiangfang Zeng, Eh Tan, Zhongwen Zhan, Zhiwei Li, Thorne Lay, Donald V. Helmberger and Risheng Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sidao Ni

167 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rupture Process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Rupture Process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake
    2005 572 citations Sidao Ni et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sidao Ni China 31 3.6k 453 197 196 142 181 3.9k
M. E. Pasyanos United States 31 3.5k 1.0× 376 0.8× 127 0.6× 201 1.0× 154 1.1× 92 3.7k
Heather R. DeShon United States 27 2.9k 0.8× 371 0.8× 147 0.7× 365 1.9× 112 0.8× 83 3.2k
Lingsen Meng United States 27 2.9k 0.8× 499 1.1× 230 1.2× 122 0.6× 67 0.5× 62 3.1k
Naoshi Hirata Japan 37 4.3k 1.2× 966 2.1× 203 1.0× 251 1.3× 127 0.9× 160 4.6k
H. Benz United States 38 4.2k 1.2× 834 1.8× 275 1.4× 111 0.6× 168 1.2× 146 4.5k
Martin Vallée France 32 3.0k 0.8× 476 1.1× 291 1.5× 65 0.3× 103 0.7× 83 3.2k
Vala Hjörleifsdóttir Iceland 18 1.9k 0.5× 213 0.5× 143 0.7× 336 1.7× 70 0.5× 66 2.2k
Takeshi Sagiya Japan 30 3.2k 0.9× 509 1.1× 109 0.6× 143 0.7× 59 0.4× 91 3.4k
S. L. Bilek United States 23 3.0k 0.8× 325 0.7× 131 0.7× 318 1.6× 50 0.4× 78 3.2k
Phil R. Cummins Australia 36 3.5k 1.0× 469 1.0× 350 1.8× 599 3.1× 150 1.1× 124 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sidao Ni

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sidao Ni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sidao Ni

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sidao Ni. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sidao Ni 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 Sidao Ni. Sidao Ni is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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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.
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Li, Junpeng, et al.. (2025). Strong Lateral Variations of Small‐Scale Crustal Scattering Across the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Geodynamic Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(3). 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Xiangfang, Sidao Ni, Benxin Chi, et al.. (2024). Near Real‐Time In Situ Monitoring of Nearshore Ocean Currents Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing on Submarine Fiber‐Optic Cable. Earth and Space Science. 11(9). 2 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, Baolong Zhang, Wenbo Wu, et al.. (2024). Detections of ultralow velocity zones in high-velocity lowermost mantle linked to subducted slabs. Nature Geoscience. 17(4). 332–339. 9 indexed citations
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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
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Zhang, Baolong, Sidao Ni, Wenbo Wu, et al.. (2023). Small-scale layered structures at the inner core boundary. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6362–6362. 11 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2023). Seismometer Orientation Correction via Teleseismic Receiver Function Measurements in West Africa and Adjacent Islands. Seismological Research Letters. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen, et al.. (2022). Multi-instrument observations of microseisms generated by typhoon Kalmaegi (2014) over the Northwestern Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 594. 117746–117746. 7 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2021). Complex Source Behaviors and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Seismicity During the 2015–2016 Earthquake Sequence in Cushing, Oklahoma. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(6). 9 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2020). Improving seismic remote sensing of typhoon with a three-dimensional Earth model. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 148(2). 478–491. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiaoxia, Sidao Ni, Yong Qiu, et al.. (2020). Observation of TeleseismicSWave Microseisms Generated by Typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(19). 10 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2019). Constraints on crust-mantle transition zone with Pn waveforms: A case study of eastern China and southern Korean Peninsula. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 289. 11–19. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Baolong, Sidao Ni, & Daoyuan Sun. (2019). Seismological Constraints on the Small‐Scale Heterogeneity in the Lowermost Mantle Beneath East Asia and Implication for Its Mineralogical Origin. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(10). 5225–5233. 4 indexed citations
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Qian, Yunyi, Wei Shi, Wenbo Wu, & Sidao Ni. (2017). Waveform complexity caused by near trench structure and its impact on earthquake source study: application to the 2015 Illapel earthquake sequence. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Byungmin, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Ellen M. Rathje, et al.. (2015). Subsurface Shear Wave Velocity Characterization Using P ‐Wave Seismograms in Central and Eastern North America. Earthquake Spectra. 32(1). 143–169. 22 indexed citations
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Ni, Sidao, et al.. (2010). sPL, an effective seismic phase for determining focal depth at near distances. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010(11). 8 indexed citations

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