Sinan Akkar

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Sinan Akkar is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sinan Akkar has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 49 papers in Geophysics and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sinan Akkar's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (68 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (44 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (37 papers). Sinan Akkar is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (68 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (44 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (37 papers). Sinan Akkar collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United States and United Kingdom. Sinan Akkar's co-authors include Julian J. Bommer, M. Abdullah Sandıkkaya, Özkan Kale, Eduardo Miranda, Polat Gülkan, Zehra Çağnan, David M. Boore, Bekir Özer Ay, Ufuk Yazgan and Halûk Sucuoğlu and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Engineering Structures and Journal of Structural Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Sinan Akkar

79 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Empirical Equations for the Prediction of PGA, PGV, and Spectral Accelerations in Europe, the Mediterranean Region, and the Middle East

2010 542 citations Sinan Akkar, Julian J. Bommer profile →
Empirical ground-motion models for point- and extended-source crustal earthquake scenarios in Europe and the Middle East

2013 417 citations Sinan Akkar, M. Abdullah Sandıkkaya et al. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sinan Akkar Türkiye	37	4.3k	2.7k	271	235	219	81	4.8k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	202 0.7×	258 1.1×	289 1.3×	91	5.1k
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	176 0.6×	227 1.0×	198 0.9×	26	4.2k
Kenneth W. Campbell United States	36	5.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.5×	342 1.3×	410 1.7×	182 0.8×	108	6.5k
Robert Youngs United States	21	4.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	318 1.2×	295 1.3×	87 0.4×	40	5.1k
Nicolas Luco United States	24	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	235 0.9×	162 0.7×	408 1.9×	91	3.9k
Paul Somerville United States	37	4.3k 1.0×	4.3k 1.6×	409 1.5×	349 1.5×	203 0.9×	128	6.2k
Emel Seyhan United States	11	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	164 0.6×	194 0.8×	135 0.6×	15	3.1k
Mario Ordaz Mexico	31	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	255 0.9×	145 0.6×	98 0.4×	136	3.0k
Paolo Bazzurro Italy	31	4.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	152 0.6×	173 0.7×	564 2.6×	116	4.5k
Adrián Rodríguez-Marek United States	30	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	129 0.5×	337 1.4×	83 0.4×	110	3.4k

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Sandıkkaya, M. Abdullah, Özkan Kale, Sinan Akkar, & Emrah Yenier. (2024). A simulation-based regional ground-motion model for Eastern Türkiye. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 23(3). 1001–1015. 2 indexed citations

Sandıkkaya, M. Abdullah, et al.. (2023). An updated strong‐motion database of Türkiye (SMD‐TR). Earthquake Spectra. 40(1). 847–870. 15 indexed citations

Sandıkkaya, M. Abdullah, Sinan Akkar, Özkan Kale, & Emrah Yenier. (2023). Correction to: A simulation‑based regional ground‑motion model for western Turkiye. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 21(9). 4705–4705. 2 indexed citations

Akkar, Sinan, Özkan Kale, M. Abdullah Sandıkkaya, & Emrah Yenier. (2021). A procedure to develop a backbone ground‐motion model: A case study for its implementation. Earthquake Spectra. 37(4). 2523–2544. 2 indexed citations

Akkar, Sinan, Alper İlki̇, Çağlar Göksu, & Mustafa Erdik. (2021). Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss. OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation). 20 indexed citations

Silva, Vítor, Sinan Akkar, Jack W. Baker, et al.. (2019). Current Challenges and Future Trends in Analytical Fragility and Vulnerability Modeling. Earthquake Spectra. 35(4). 1927–1952. 145 indexed citations

Mousavi, Mehdi, Sinan Akkar, & Mustafa Erdik. (2018). A Candidate Proxy to be used in Intensity‐Based Triggering Mechanism for Parametric CAT‐Bond Insurance: Istanbul Case Study. Earthquake Spectra. 35(2). 565–588. 4 indexed citations

Kale, Özkan & Sinan Akkar. (2017). A Ground‐Motion Logic‐Tree Scheme for Regional Seismic Hazard Studies. Earthquake Spectra. 33(3). 837–856. 17 indexed citations

Akkar, Sinan, M. Abdullah Sandıkkaya, & Bekir Özer Ay. (2013). Compatible ground-motion prediction equations for damping scaling factors and vertical-to-horizontal spectral amplitude ratios for the broader Europe region. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12(1). 517–547. 103 indexed citations

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Akkar, Sinan, M. Abdullah Sandıkkaya, & Julian J. Bommer. (2013). Empirical ground-motion models for point- and extended-source crustal earthquake scenarios in Europe and the Middle East. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12(1). 359–387. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bommer, Julian J. & Sinan Akkar. (2012). Consistent Source‐to‐Site Distance Metrics in Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations and Seismic Source Models for PSHA. Earthquake Spectra. 28(1). 1–15. 62 indexed citations

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Yakut, Ahmet, Halûk Sucuoğlu, & Sinan Akkar. (2012). Seismic risk prioritization of residential buildings in Istanbul. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 41(11). 1533–1547. 7 indexed citations

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Askan, Ayşegül, et al.. (2011). Hybrid-Empirical Ground Motion Models for Georgia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011.

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Bommer, Julian J., Sinan Akkar, & Stéphane Drouet. (2011). Extending ground-motion prediction equations for spectral accelerations to higher response frequencies. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 10(2). 379–399. 15 indexed citations

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Bommer, Julian J., Peter J. Stafford, & Sinan Akkar. (2009). Current empirical ground-motion prediction equations for Europe and their application to Eurocode 8. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 8(1). 5–26. 26 indexed citations

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Akkar, Sinan, et al.. (2008). Direct use of PGV for estimating peak nonlinear oscillator displacements. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 37(12). 1411–1433. 16 indexed citations

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Yenier, Emrah & Sinan Akkar. (2008). EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR MAGNITUDE AND SOURCE-TO-SITE DISTANCE CONVERSIONS USING RECENTLY COMPILED TURKISH STRONG-GROUND MOTION DATABASE. 14 indexed citations

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Akkar, Sinan, Halûk Sucuoğlu, & Ahmet Yakut. (2005). Displacement‐Based Fragility Functions for Low‐ and Mid‐rise Ordinary Concrete Buildings. Earthquake Spectra. 21(4). 901–927. 119 indexed citations

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Gülkan, Polat & Sinan Akkar. (2004). Two Recent Strong Motion Records from Turkey: Re-Interpretation of Bolu (1999) and Bingöl (2003) Seismograms. 1 indexed citations

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Akkar, Sinan & Polat Gülkan. (2003). A NEAR-FAULT DESIGN SPECTRUM AND ITS DRIFT LIMITS. 0–0. 1 indexed citations

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