T. Paulay

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

T. Paulay is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Paulay has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 26 papers in Building and Construction and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in T. Paulay's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (34 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (23 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (22 papers). T. Paulay is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (34 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (23 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (22 papers). T. Paulay collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Germany. T. Paulay's co-authors include M. J. N. Priestly, M. J. N. Priestley, R. C. Fenwick, Yuk-Lung Wong, A. Scarpas, S. M. Uzumeri, R. Park, Athol J. Carr, Hugo Bachmann and Warwick D. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Engineering Structures, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics and ACI Structural Journal.

In The Last Decade

T. Paulay

56 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings 1975 2026 1992 2009 1992 1975 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings
    1992 2.6k citations T. Paulay, M. J. N. Priestly profile →
  2. Reinforced Concrete Structures
    1975 2.0k citations T. Paulay 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
T. Paulay New Zealand 23 6.2k 4.7k 223 186 151 61 6.4k
J.B. Mander New Zealand 22 8.1k 1.3× 6.1k 1.3× 144 0.6× 241 1.3× 194 1.3× 88 8.3k
R. Park New Zealand 19 9.2k 1.5× 7.6k 1.6× 79 0.4× 269 1.4× 129 0.9× 48 9.3k
Denis Mitchell Canada 40 4.9k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 39 0.2× 247 1.3× 126 0.8× 149 5.0k
James O. Jirsa United States 32 3.8k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 31 0.1× 193 1.0× 113 0.7× 169 3.9k
Lieping Ye China 28 2.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 54 0.2× 172 0.9× 132 0.9× 60 2.6k
Hamid Saadatmanesh United States 34 3.9k 0.6× 3.6k 0.8× 97 0.4× 123 0.7× 129 0.9× 84 4.1k
Michael Griffith Australia 39 4.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 832 3.7× 84 0.5× 228 1.5× 147 4.5k
Sándor Popovics United States 21 2.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.4× 63 0.3× 252 1.4× 184 1.2× 76 3.2k
Anna Saetta Italy 29 2.4k 0.4× 735 0.2× 294 1.3× 400 2.2× 214 1.4× 88 2.7k
Chris G. Karayannis Greece 34 3.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 131 0.6× 40 0.2× 159 1.1× 78 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Paulay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Paulay

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

All Works

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Paulay, T.. (2001). Seismic response of structural walls: recent developments. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 28(6). 922–937. 23 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1998). Torsional mechanisms in ductile building systems. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 27(10). 1101–1121. 34 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1997). 6. Are Existing Seismic Torsion Provisions Achieving the Design Aims?. Earthquake Spectra. 13(2). 259–279. 15 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1996). Seismic design for torsional response of ductile buildings. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 29(3). 178–198. 22 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1994). Earthquake and volcanic eruptions. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 27(1). 76–76. 1 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1993). Simplicity and confidence in seismic design. J. Wiley eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Paulay, T. & M. J. N. Priestly. (1992). Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings. 2628 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paulay, T., et al.. (1992). Some possible revisions to the seismic provisions of the New Zealand concrete design code for moment resisting frames. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 25(1). 37–43. 1 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1988). Seismic design in reinforced concrete. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 21(3). 208–232. 6 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1986). 6. The Design of Ductile Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls for Earthquake Resistance. Earthquake Spectra. 2(4). 783–823. 84 indexed citations
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Paulay, T., et al.. (1986). The capacity design of reinforced concrete hybrid structures for multistorey buildings. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 19(1). 1–17. 7 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1979). Developments in the design of ductile reinforced concrete frames. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 12(1). 35–48. 12 indexed citations
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Paulay, T., et al.. (1975). Reinforced Concrete Structures. 1972 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paulay, T.. (1972). Some aspects of shear wall design. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 5(3). 89–105. 13 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1971). Coupling Beams of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls. Journal of the Structural Division. 97(3). 843–862. 140 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1970). The shear strength of shear walls. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 3(4). 148–162. 2 indexed citations
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Paulay, T.. (1969). Reinforced concrete shear walls. New Zealand Engineering. 24(10). 315. 3 indexed citations
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Fenwick, R. C. & T. Paulay. (1968). Mechanisms of Shear Resistance of Concrete Beams. Journal of the Structural Division. 94(10). 2325–2350. 179 indexed citations

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