Yannik Behr

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yannik Behr is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yannik Behr has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 19 papers in Geophysics and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yannik Behr's work include Seismology and Earthquake Studies (20 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (13 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Yannik Behr is often cited by papers focused on Seismology and Earthquake Studies (20 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (13 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Yannik Behr collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Switzerland and Germany. Yannik Behr's co-authors include J. Wassermann, Lion Krischer, Tobias Megies, R. Barsch, Moritz Beyreuther, John Townend, Stephen Bannister, John Clinton, Carlo Cauzzi and M. K. Savage and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yannik Behr

25 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ObsPy: A Python Toolbox for Seismology

2010 1.2k citations Moritz Beyreuther, R. Barsch et al. Seismological Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yannik Behr New Zealand	13	1.5k	636	163	101	81	27	1.7k
J. Wassermann Germany	5	1.3k 0.9×	471 0.7×	128 0.8×	86 0.9×	79 1.0×	8	1.5k
R. Barsch Germany	5	1.9k 1.2×	746 1.2×	222 1.4×	123 1.2×	97 1.2×	12	2.0k
Tobias Megies Germany	7	2.1k 1.4×	836 1.3×	233 1.4×	130 1.3×	105 1.3×	15	2.3k
Zacharie Duputel France	28	2.9k 1.9×	697 1.1×	186 1.1×	96 1.0×	119 1.5×	65	3.1k
Thomas Lecocq Belgium	23	1.6k 1.1×	620 1.0×	222 1.4×	88 0.9×	178 2.2×	77	1.9k
G. L. Pavlis United States	30	2.3k 1.5×	393 0.6×	174 1.1×	73 0.7×	116 1.4×	102	2.4k
Moritz Beyreuther Germany	8	2.1k 1.3×	933 1.5×	228 1.4×	120 1.2×	103 1.3×	16	2.2k
D. Legrand Mexico	25	1.4k 0.9×	298 0.5×	109 0.7×	61 0.6×	150 1.9×	65	1.6k
J. F. Lawrence United States	27	2.3k 1.5×	653 1.0×	356 2.2×	185 1.8×	144 1.8×	51	2.5k
Anthony Lomax Italy	30	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	225 1.4×	176 1.7×	61 0.8×	91	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yannik Behr

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, et al.. (2025). Source dynamics of Ruapehu’s 2022 volcanic unrest: insights from drumbeat seismicity, tremor, and crater lake signals. Bulletin of Volcanology. 87(6). 44–44.

Sherburn, Steven, Yannik Behr, Ery Hughes, et al.. (2024). Twenty years of volcano data at GeoNet—collection, custodianship, and evolution of open data on New Zealand’s volcanoes. Bulletin of Volcanology. 86(10). 4 indexed citations

Andrews, Jennifer, Yannik Behr, Maren Böse, et al.. (2023). Rapid Earthquake Rupture Characterization for New Zealand Using the FinDer Algorithm. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 114(2). 775–793. 2 indexed citations

Behr, Yannik, S. Sherburn, & Tony Hurst. (2023). Continuous estimates of heat emission at Mt. Ruapehu using the Unscented Kalman Smoother. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(1). 4 indexed citations

Christophersen, Annemarie, Yannik Behr, & Craig Miller. (2022). Automated Eruption Forecasting at Frequently Active Volcanoes Using Bayesian Networks Learned From Monitoring Data and Expert Elicitation: Application to Mt Ruapehu, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 12 indexed citations

Psimoulis, Panos, Nicolas Houlié, & Yannik Behr. (2017). Real‐Time Magnitude Characterization of Large Earthquakes Using the Predominant Period Derived From 1 Hz GPS Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(2). 517–526. 11 indexed citations

Massin, Frédérick, et al.. (2016). Assessing the Applicability of Earthquake Early Warning in Nicaragua.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Behr, Yannik, John Clinton, Carlo Cauzzi, et al.. (2016). The Virtual Seismologist in SeisComP3: A New Implementation Strategy for Earthquake Early Warning Algorithms. Seismological Research Letters. 87(2A). 363–373. 25 indexed citations

Cauzzi, Carlo, Yannik Behr, John Douglas, et al.. (2016). Earthquake early warning and operational earthquake forecasting as real-time hazard information to mitigate seismic risk at nuclear facilities. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14(9). 2495–2512. 36 indexed citations

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Cauzzi, Carlo, Yannik Behr, John Clinton, et al.. (2016). An Open‐Source Earthquake Early Warning Display. Seismological Research Letters. 87(3). 737–742. 15 indexed citations

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Behr, Yannik, Carlo Cauzzi, Kristín Jónsdóttir, et al.. (2015). Exploring the Readiness for Earthquake Early Warning at Seismic Networks Across Europe. Seismological Research Letters. 86. 738–739. 1 indexed citations

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Diehl, Tobias, N. Deichmann, John Clinton, et al.. (2015). Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2014. Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 108(2-3). 425–443. 26 indexed citations

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Diehl, Tobias, John Clinton, Toni Kraft, et al.. (2014). Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2013. Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 107(2-3). 359–375. 30 indexed citations

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Behr, Yannik, John Clinton, G. Cua, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of Real-Time and Off-Line Performance of the Virtual Seismologist Earthquake Early Warning Algorithm in Switzerland. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Kao, Honn, Yannik Behr, Claire A. Currie, et al.. (2013). Ambient seismic noise tomography of Canada and adjacent regions: Part I. Crustal structures. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(11). 5865–5887. 52 indexed citations

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Curtis, Andrew, Yannik Behr, Elizabeth Entwistle, et al.. (2012). The benefit of hindsight in observational science: Retrospective seismological observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 345-348. 212–220. 25 indexed citations

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Behr, Yannik, John Townend, Melissa Bowen, et al.. (2012). Source directionality of ambient seismic noise inferred from three‐component beamforming. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(1). 240–248. 45 indexed citations

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Behr, Yannik, John Townend, Stephen Bannister, & M. K. Savage. (2011). Crustal shear wave tomography of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, via ambient noise correlation between multiple three‐component networks. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 12(3). 28 indexed citations

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Beyreuther, Moritz, R. Barsch, Lion Krischer, et al.. (2010). ObsPy: A Python toolbox for Seismology, a Data Center Perspective. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4576. 1 indexed citations

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Beyreuther, Moritz, R. Barsch, Lion Krischer, et al.. (2010). ObsPy: A Python Toolbox for Seismology. Seismological Research Letters. 81(3). 530–533. 1222 indexed citations breakdown →

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