Steven M. Day

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Steven M. Day is a scholar working on Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven M. Day has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Geophysics, 37 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 14 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven M. Day's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (70 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (34 papers). Steven M. Day is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (70 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (34 papers). Steven M. Day collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Steven M. Day's co-authors include Ruth Harris, L. A. Dalguer, K. B. Olsen, J. B. Minster, Zheqiang Shi, Ralph J. Archuleta, J. L. Stevens, D. Roten, Harold Magistrale and T. H. Jordan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Steven M. Day

104 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Three-dimensional simulation of spontaneous rupture: The effect of nonuniform prestress

1982 393 citations Steven M. Day Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven M. Day United States	41	5.1k	1.7k	567	401	328	109	5.7k
K. B. Olsen United States	35	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	439 0.8×	195 0.5×	274 0.8×	124	4.4k
Ralph J. Archuleta United States	42	5.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	628 1.1×	286 0.7×	248 0.8×	93	5.7k
D. A. Okaya United States	36	3.9k 0.8×	394 0.2×	462 0.8×	163 0.4×	291 0.9×	118	4.3k
N. Lapusta United States	35	4.9k 1.0×	379 0.2×	565 1.0×	747 1.9×	106 0.3×	98	5.4k
Jozef Kristek Slovakia	25	2.3k 0.5×	833 0.5×	133 0.2×	226 0.6×	515 1.6×	62	2.7k
Bruce A. Bolt United States	32	3.0k 0.6×	551 0.3×	571 1.0×	199 0.5×	419 1.3×	152	3.7k
Péter Móra Australia	24	2.1k 0.4×	372 0.2×	177 0.3×	685 1.7×	980 3.0×	122	3.1k
Takashi Furumura Japan	32	2.6k 0.5×	650 0.4×	359 0.6×	36 0.1×	165 0.5×	121	2.8k
Xinglin Lei Japan	31	2.5k 0.5×	270 0.2×	470 0.8×	1.3k 3.3×	845 2.6×	166	3.8k
Jianxin Liu China	25	1.2k 0.2×	262 0.2×	278 0.5×	259 0.6×	631 1.9×	278	2.6k

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Roten, D., et al.. (2023). Implementation of Iwan-Type Nonlinear Rheology in a 3D High-Order Staggered-Grid Finite-Difference Method. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 113(6). 2275–2291. 7 indexed citations

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Olsen, K. B., et al.. (2022). Calibration of the near-surface seismic structure in the SCEC community velocity model version 4. Geophysical Journal International. 230(3). 2183–2198. 6 indexed citations

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Olsen, K. B., et al.. (2022). 0–5 Hz deterministic 3-D ground motion simulations for the 2014 La Habra, California, Earthquake. Geophysical Journal International. 230(3). 2162–2182. 17 indexed citations

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Olsen, K. B., et al.. (2021). A frequency‐dependent ground‐motion spatial correlation model of within‐event residuals for Fourier amplitude spectra. Earthquake Spectra. 37(3). 2041–2065. 4 indexed citations

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Dalguer, L. A., Steven M. Day, Gail M. Atkinson, & Rui Chen. (2021). Introduction to the Special Section on Fault Displacement and Near-Source Ground-Motion Models. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 111(5). 2271–2274. 1 indexed citations

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Day, Steven M., et al.. (2017). Dynamic Rupture Models of the 2015 MW7.8 Nepal Earthquake. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Withers, K., K. B. Olsen, & Steven M. Day. (2013). Deterministic High-Frequency Ground Motion Using Dynamic Rupture Along Rough Faults, Small-Scale Media Heterogeneities, and Frequency-Dependent Attenuation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 4 indexed citations

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Shi, Zheming & Steven M. Day. (2011). 3D Simulations of Dynamic Rupture on Rough Faults. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Roten, D., Steven M. Day, K. B. Olsen, S. C. Moran, & N. M. Beeler. (2010). Revealing source and path sensitivities of basin guided waves by time-reversed simulations. Seismological Research Letters.

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Cui, Yifeng, K. B. Olsen, T. H. Jordan, et al.. (2010). Scalable Earthquake Simulation on Petascale Supercomputers. 1–20. 119 indexed citations

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Dalguer, L. A. & Steven M. Day. (2007). Asymmetric pulse-like rupture at bimaterial interface with slip-weakening friction model. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 3 indexed citations

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Cui, Y., K. B. Olsen, Steven M. Day, et al.. (2006). Optimization and Scalability of an Large-scale Earthquake Simulation Application. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Day, Steven M., et al.. (2006). Elastoplastic dynamic analysis of strike-slip faults with bends using finite element method. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Moczo, Peter, Jean‐Paul Ampuero, Jozef Kristek, et al.. (2005). The European Network SPICE Code Validation. AGUFM. 2005. 4 indexed citations

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Dalguer, L. A. & Steven M. Day. (2004). Split Nodes and Fault Zone Models for Dynamic Rupture Simulation. AGUFM. 2004. 3 indexed citations

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Harris, Ruth, Ralph J. Archuleta, B. Aagaard, et al.. (2004). The Source Physics of Large Earthquakes - Validating Spontaneous Rupture Methods. AGUFM. 2004. 11 indexed citations

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Day, Steven M., Jacobo Bielak, Douglas S. Dreger, et al.. (2004). Source-Averaged Basin Effects from 3D Ground Motion Simulations. AGUFM. 2004. 4 indexed citations

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Oglesby, D. D., et al.. (2001). The 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake: The Dynamics of a Branched Fault. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Stevens, J. L. & Steven M. Day. (1986). Shear velocity logging in slow formations using the Stoneley wave. Geophysics. 51(1). 137–147. 37 indexed citations

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Day, Steven M., et al.. (1982). Nonlinear model of tectonic release from underground explosions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 77(3). 996–1016. 31 indexed citations

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