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Bulletin of The Seismological Society of America
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Bulletin of The Seismological Society of America

1943-3573

Published by: Seismological Society of America

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 69 319 515 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 374
Documents by Best Scientists*: 555
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America tackles a plethora of topics, such as Seismology, Geodesy, Fault (geology), Amplitude and Magnitude (mathematics). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America focuses on Seismology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Slip (materials science) and Attenuation. In the journal, Seismic moment and Seismometer are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Geodesy research.

Fault (geology) and Epicenter are closely related fields of research discussed in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America explores issues in Amplitude which can be linked to other research areas like Spectral line and Surface wave. Studies on Magnitude (mathematics) discussed in it link to the field of Range (statistics).

The journal is mostly focused on Aftershock, specifically Foreshock. The journal connects the study in Induced seismicity with the closely related area of Tectonics.

  • Seismology (61.00%)
  • Geodesy (13.01%)
  • Fault (geology) (12.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New Empirical Relationships among Magnitude, Rupture Length, Rupture Width, Rupture Area, and Surface Displacement (4979 citations)
  • Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space (3510 citations)
  • Frequency of earthquakes in California (2491 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Seismology, Geodesy, Amplitude, Magnitude (mathematics) and Fault (geology). While Seismology is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Slip (materials science) and Attenuation. While the journal publications focused on Amplitude, they were also able to explore topics like Seismic wave, Geometry, Spectral line, Surface wave and Seismogram.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America mainly deals with areas of study such as Seismology, Ground motion, Geodesy, Fault (geology) and Structural basin. The journal facilitates the exploration of Seismology in relation to the field of Sequence (medicine). It features Geodesy research that overlaps with concepts in Magnitude (mathematics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bayesian Estimation of the ETAS Model for Earthquake Occurrences (5 citations)
  • Empirical Investigations of the Instrument Response for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) across 17 Octaves (5 citations)
  • Toward Physics‐Based Nonergodic PSHA: A Prototype Fully Deterministic Seismic Hazard Model for Southern California (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Perry Byerly (124 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gail M. Atkinson (98 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • David M. Boore (84 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • James N. Brune (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles A. Langston (75 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (1075 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (360 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • California Institute of Technology (331 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (212 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (188 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.18% of all publications and 35.32% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Empirical Investigations of the Instrument Response for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) across 17 Octaves

    Patrick Paitz;Pascal Edme;Dominik Gräff;Fabian Walter

    (2021)
    117 Citations
  • Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures

    Christopher B. DuRoss;Ryan D. Gold;Timothy E. Dawson;Katherine M. Scharer

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • Rupture Process of the 2019 Ridgecrest, California Mw 6.4 Foreshock and Mw 7.1 Earthquake Constrained by Seismic and Geodetic Data

    Kang Wang;Douglas S. Dreger;Elisa Tinti;Elisa Tinti;Roland Bürgmann

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Finite Slip Models of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Constrained by Space Geodetic Data and Aftershock Locations

    Zeyu Jin;Yuri Fialko

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Pseudoprospective Evaluation of UCERF3‐ETAS Forecasts during the 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence

    William J. Savran;Maximillian J. Werner;W. Marzocchi;David A. Rhoades

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Low-Frequency Marsquakes and Where to Find Them: Back Azimuth Determination Using a Polarization Analysis Approach

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • BB‐SPEEDset: A Validated Dataset of Broadband Near‐Source Earthquake Ground Motions from 3D Physics‐Based Numerical Simulations

    Roberto Paolucci;Chiara Smerzini;Manuela Vanini

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Potential Pitfalls in the Analysis and Structural Interpretation of Seismic Data from the Mars InSight Mission

    Doyeon Kim;Paul Davis;Ved Lekić;Ross Maguire;Ross Maguire

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • 3D Physics‐Based Numerical Simulations of Ground Motion in Istanbul from Earthquakes along the Marmara Segment of the North Anatolian Fault

    Maria Infantino;Ilario Mazzieri;Ali Güney Özcebe;Roberto Paolucci

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Detecting Site Resonant Frequency Using HVSR: Fourier versus Response Spectrum and the First versus the Highest Peak FrequencyDetecting Site Resonant Frequency Using HVSR: Fourier versus Response Spectrum and the First versus the Highest Peak Frequency

    Chuanbin Zhu;Fabrice Cotton;Marco Pilz

    (2020)
    45 Citations

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