Sylvain Barbot

6.6k citations

115 papers · 4.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Geophysics top 0.2%
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 2%
- Landslides and related hazards

Papers in ⓘ

Geophysics 108
- earthquake and tectonic studies 106
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 79
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 57
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis 28
- Seismic Waves and Analysis 9
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 6
Artificial Intelligence 12
- Seismology and Earthquake Studies 11

Co-authors: Jean‐Philippe Avouac (10 shared papers)Yuri Fialko (10 shared papers)S. Leprince (2 shared papers)Yehuda Bock (3 shared papers)N. Lapusta (3 shared papers)Qiang Qiu (10 shared papers)Lujia Feng (10 shared papers)Teng Wang (9 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (13 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (12 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10 papers)Geophysical Journal International (7 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Singapore China

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Barbot

110 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Slip distribution of the February 6, 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey earthquake sequence in the East Anatolian Fault Zone 2023 · 123 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
2007 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

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1	Automatic and Precise Orthorectification, Coregistration, and Subpixel Correlation of Satellite Images, Application to Ground Deformation Measurements IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·S. Leprince, Sylvain Barbot, Franois Ayoub, Jean‐Philippe Avouac Hit paper breakdown →	2007	734
2	Seismic and geodetic evidence for extensive, long-lived fault damage zones Geology ·E. S. Cochran, (unknown), Peter M. Shearer, Sylvain Barbot, Yuri Fialko, J. E. Vidale	2009	220
3	Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine: Toward Predictive Modeling of the Seismic Cycle Science ·Sylvain Barbot, N. Lapusta, Jean‐Philippe Avouac	2012	207
4	Postseismic deformation due to the M_w 6.0 2004 Parkfield earthquake: Stress‐driven creep on a fault with spatially variable rate‐and‐state friction parameters Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Sylvain Barbot, Yuri Fialko, Yehuda Bock	2009	199
5	A unified continuum representation of post-seismic relaxation mechanisms: semi-analytic models of afterslip, poroelastic rebound and viscoelastic flow Geophysical Journal International ·Sylvain Barbot, Yuri Fialko	2010	163
6	Slow-slip, slow earthquakes, period-two cycles, full and partial ruptures, and deterministic chaos in a single asperity fault Tectonophysics ·Sylvain Barbot	2019	138
7	Slip distribution of the February 6, 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey earthquake sequence in the East Anatolian Fault Zone SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sylvain Barbot, Heng Luo, Teng Wang, Yariv Hamiel, Oksana Piatibratova, Muhammad Tahir Javed, Carla Braitenberg, Gökhan Gürbüz Hit paper breakdown →	2023	123
8	The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Simultaneous rupture of the subduction interface and overlying faults Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Teng Wang, Shengji Wei, Xuhua Shi, Qiang Qiu, Linlin Li, Dongju Peng, Ray J. Weldon, Sylvain Barbot	2017	112
9	The mechanism of partial rupture of a locked megathrust: The role of fault morphology Geology ·Qiang Qiu, Emma M. Hill, Sylvain Barbot, Judith Hubbard, Wanpeng Feng, Eric O. Lindsey, Lujia Feng, Keren Dai, Sergey Samsonov, Paul Tapponnier	2016	90
10	Space geodetic investigation of the coseismic and postseismic deformation due to the 2003 M_w7.2 Altai earthquake: Implications for the local lithospheric rheology Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Sylvain Barbot, Yariv Hamiel, Yuri Fialko	2008	89
11	The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test Science ·Teng Wang, Qibin Shi, Mehdi Nikkhoo, Shengji Wei, Sylvain Barbot, Douglas S. Dreger, Roland Bürgmann, Mahdi Motagh, Qi‐Fu Chen	2018	88
12	The Parkfield tremors reveal slow and fast ruptures on the same asperity Nature ·Deepa Mele Veedu, Sylvain Barbot	2016	88
13	The 2014 Mw 6.1 South Napa Earthquake: A Unilateral Rupture with Shallow Asperity and Rapid Afterslip Seismological Research Letters ·Shengji Wei, Sylvain Barbot, Robert Graves, J. J. Lienkaemper, Teng Wang, K. W. Hudnut, Yuning Fu, D. V. Helmberger	2015	87
14	Transient rheology of the Sumatran mantle wedge revealed by a decade of great earthquakes Nature Communications ·Qiang Qiu, James D. Moore, Sylvain Barbot, Lujia Feng, Emma M. Hill	2018	87
15	Imaging the distribution of transient viscosity after the 2016 M _w 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake Science ·James D. Moore, Hang Yu, Chi‐Hsien Tang, Teng Wang, Sylvain Barbot, Dongju Peng, Sagar Masuti, Justin Dauwels, Ya‐Ju Hsu, Valère Lambert, P. Nanjundiah, Shengji Wei, Eric O. Lindsey, Lujia Feng, Bunichiro Shibazaki	2017	82
16	Upper-mantle water stratification inferred from observations of the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake Nature ·Sagar Masuti, Sylvain Barbot, Shun‐ichiro Karato, Lujia Feng, Paramesh Banerjee	2016	76
17	Evidence for postseismic deformation of the lower crust following the 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield earthquake Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Lucile Bruhat, Sylvain Barbot, Jean‐Philippe Avouac	2011	75
18	Postseismic deformation following the 1999 Chi‐Chi earthquake, Taiwan: Implication for lower‐crust rheology Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Baptiste Rousset, Sylvain Barbot, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Ya‐Ju Hsu	2012	72
19	Rapid mantle flow with power-law creep explains deformation after the 2011 Tohoku mega-quake Nature Communications ·Ryoichiro Agata, Sylvain Barbot, Kohei Fujita, Mamoru Hyodo, Takeshi Iinuma, Ryoko Nakata, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Takane Hori	2019	70
20	Along-strike variations of the partitioning of convergence across the Haiyuan fault system detected by InSAR Geophysical Journal International ·Simon Daout, Romain Jolivet, Cécile Lasserre, Marie‐Pierre Doin, Sylvain Barbot, P. Tapponnier, G. Peltzer, Anne Socquet, Jun Sun	2016	70

About Sylvain Barbot

Sylvain Barbot is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 115 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include earthquake and tectonic studies (106 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (79 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (57 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (28 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (11 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (9 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (6 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (4.1k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (301 citations), Geology (135 citations), Atmospheric Science (435 citations) and Aerospace Engineering (401 citations). Sylvain Barbot has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Singapore and China. Frequent co-authors include Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Yuri Fialko, S. Leprince, Yehuda Bock, N. Lapusta, Qiang Qiu, Lujia Feng, Teng Wang, Shengji Wei and James D. Moore. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Journal International and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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