Walter J. Silva

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Walter J. Silva is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter J. Silva has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 34 papers in Geophysics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Walter J. Silva's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers). Walter J. Silva is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers). Walter J. Silva collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Walter J. Silva's co-authors include Norman Abrahamson, Ronnie Kamai, Jonathan P. Stewart, Robert B. Darragh, Tadahiro Kishida, Albert Kottke, David M. Boore, Timothy D Ancheta, Brian Chiou and Jennifer L. Donahue and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Pure and Applied Geophysics and Nuclear Engineering and Design.

In The Last Decade

Walter J. Silva

42 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

NGA‐West2 Database

2014 1.2k citations Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh et al. Earthquake Spectra profile →
Summary of the ASK14 Ground Motion Relation for Active Crustal Regions

2014 944 citations Norman Abrahamson, Walter J. Silva et al. Earthquake Spectra profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter J. Silva United States	21	2.9k	1.9k	183	150	130	42	3.2k
Emel Seyhan United States	11	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	194 1.1×	164 1.1×	135 1.0×	15	3.1k
Brian Chiou United States	17	3.9k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	227 1.2×	176 1.2×	198 1.5×	26	4.2k
Robert B. Darragh United States	14	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	127 0.7×	106 0.7×	162 1.2×	35	2.5k
Albert Kottke United States	16	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	144 0.8×	87 0.6×	258 2.0×	57	2.6k
Adrián Rodríguez-Marek United States	30	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	337 1.8×	129 0.9×	83 0.6×	110	3.4k
Tadahiro Kishida United Arab Emirates	18	1.8k 0.6×	825 0.4×	156 0.9×	73 0.5×	116 0.9×	56	1.9k
Yousef Bozorgnia United States	30	4.7k 1.6×	2.6k 1.4×	258 1.4×	202 1.3×	289 2.2×	91	5.1k
D. M. Boore United States	13	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	158 0.9×	151 1.0×	29 0.2×	13	2.4k
G. H. McVerry New Zealand	20	1.2k 0.4×	840 0.4×	130 0.7×	130 0.9×	102 0.8×	45	1.8k
Erol Kalkan United States	29	2.4k 0.8×	707 0.4×	90 0.5×	110 0.7×	330 2.5×	97	2.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hashash, Youssef M. A., Jonathan P. Stewart, Sissy Nikolaou, et al.. (2021). Application of empirical and simulation‐based site amplification models for Central and Eastern North America to selected sites. Earthquake Spectra. 37(1S). 1516–1533. 2 indexed citations

Ktenidou, Olga‐Joan, Norman Abrahamson, Walter J. Silva, Robert B. Darragh, & Tadahiro Kishida. (2021). The search for hard‐rock kappa (κ) in NGA‐East: A semi‐automated method for large, challenging datasets in stable continental regions. Earthquake Spectra. 37(1S). 1391–1419. 11 indexed citations

Rathje, Ellen M., et al.. (2019). κ ₀ for soil sites: Observations from KiK‐net sites and their use in constraining small‐strain damping profiles for site response analysis. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1). 111–137. 37 indexed citations

Stewart, Jonathan P., Grace A. Parker, Gail M. Atkinson, et al.. (2019). Ergodic site amplification model for central and eastern North America. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1). 42–68. 60 indexed citations

Hashash, Youssef M. A., Joseph Harmon, Grace A. Parker, et al.. (2019). Nonlinear site amplification model for ergodic seismic hazard analysis in Central and Eastern North America. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1). 69–86. 31 indexed citations

Parker, Grace A., Jonathan P. Stewart, Youssef M. A. Hashash, et al.. (2018). Empirical Linear Seismic Site Amplification in Central and Eastern North America. Earthquake Spectra. 35(2). 849–881. 32 indexed citations

Harmon, Joseph, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2018). Site Amplification Functions for Central and Eastern North America – Part I: Simulation Data Set Development. Earthquake Spectra. 35(2). 787–814. 37 indexed citations

Harmon, Joseph, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2018). Site Amplification Functions for Central and Eastern North America – Part II: Modular Simulation‐Based Models. Earthquake Spectra. 35(2). 815–847. 47 indexed citations

Gülerce, Zeynep, Ronnie Kamai, Norman Abrahamson, & Walter J. Silva. (2017). Ground Motion Prediction Equations for the Vertical Ground Motion Component Based on the NGA‐W2 Database. Earthquake Spectra. 33(2). 499–528. 53 indexed citations

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Kishida, Tadahiro, et al.. (2017). Apparent Wave Velocity and Site Amplification at the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program Carquinez Bridge Geotechnical Arrays during the 2014 M6.0 South Napa Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra. 34(1). 327–347. 7 indexed citations

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Kim, Byungmin, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2016). Relative Differences between Nonlinear and Equivalent‐Linear 1‐D Site Response Analyses. Earthquake Spectra. 32(3). 1845–1865. 90 indexed citations

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Kamai, Ronnie, Norman Abrahamson, & Walter J. Silva. (2016). V _{S 30} in the NGA GMPEs: Regional Differences and Suggested Practice. Earthquake Spectra. 32(4). 2083–2108. 41 indexed citations

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Bozorgnia, Yousef, Jonathan P. Stewart, Tadahiro Kishida, et al.. (2015). Response to Discussion by P. Malhotra on “NGA‐West2 Research Project”. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1879–1884. 2 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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Kamai, Ronnie, Norman Abrahamson, & Walter J. Silva. (2014). Nonlinear Horizontal Site Amplification for Constraining the NGA‐West2 GMPEs. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 1223–1240. 78 indexed citations

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Ancheta, Timothy D, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart, et al.. (2014). NGA‐West2 Database. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 989–1005. 1159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wong, Ivan G., et al.. (2014). A Ground Motion Prediction Model for Deep Earthquakes beneath the Island of Hawaii. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1763–1788. 9 indexed citations

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Rezaeian, Sanaz, Yousef Bozorgnia, I. M. Idriss, et al.. (2013). Damping Scaling Factors for Vertical Elastic Response Spectra for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Active Tectonic Regions. Earthquake Spectra. 30(3). 1335–1358. 21 indexed citations

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Schneider, John F., et al.. (1993). 5. Ground Motion Model for the 1989 M 6.9 Loma Prieta Earthquake Including Effects of Source, Path, and Site. Earthquake Spectra. 9(2). 251–287. 71 indexed citations

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Silva, Walter J., et al.. (1989). 8. Magnitude and Distance Scaling of Response Spectral Shapes for Rock Sites with Applications to North American Tectonic Environment. Earthquake Spectra. 5(3). 591–624. 18 indexed citations

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