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57
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Alan D. Chave publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan D. Chave sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 199 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Alan D. Chave D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan D. Chave sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Alan D. Chave is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Mathematics, with a focus on subfields including Ocean Engineering, Statistics and Probability, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their work encompasses multiple specialized topics such as Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Statistical Methods and Inference, Neural Networks and Applications, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Recent publications by Alan D. Chave include the following papers:

  • A Characterization of Periodicity in the Voltage Time Series of a Riometer, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • DSDP Leg 74, Hole 527 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 74, Hole 527 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 74, Hole 528 - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • DSDP Leg 74, Hole 528 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors working with Chave include Theodore C. Moore, Philip D. Rabinowitz, Anne Boersma, Peter E. Borella, and G. Duee.

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

In recognition of their contributions, Alan D. Chave was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The magnetotelluric method : theory and practice

    Alan D. Chave;Alan G. Jones

  • On the robust estimation of power spectra, coherences, and transfer functions

    Alan D. Chave;David J. Thomson;Mark E. Ander

  • Controlled electromagnetic sources for measuring electrical conductivity beneath the oceans: 1. Forward problem and model study

    Alan D. Chave;Charles S. Cox

  • Bounded influence magnetotelluric response function estimation

    Alan D. Chave;David J. Thomson

  • A comparison of techniques for magnetotelluric response function estimation

    Alan G. Jones;Alan D. Chave;Gary D. Egbert;Don Auld

  • Numerical integration of related Hankel transforms by quadrature and continued fraction expansion

    Alan D. Chave

  • Some comments on magnetotelluric response function estimation

    Alan D. Chave;David J. Thomson

  • ELECTRICAL EXPLORATION METHODS FOR THE SEAFLOOR

    Alan D. Chave;Steven C. Constable;R. Nigel Edwards

  • Geophysical evidence from the MELT area for compositional controls on oceanic plates

    Rob L. Evans;Greg Hirth;Kiyoshi Baba;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Controlled-source electromagnetic sounding of the oceanic lithosphere

    C. S. Cox;S. C. Constable;A. D. Chave;S. C. Webb

  • On electric and magnetic galvanic distortion tensor decompositions

    Alan D. Chave;J. Torquil Smith

  • Resistivity cross section through the Juan de Fuca Subduction System and its tectonic implications

    Philip E. Wannamaker;John R. Booker;Alan G. Jones;Alan D. Chave

  • Optical modem technology for seafloor observatories

    N. Fair;A.D. Chave;L. Freitag;J. Preisig

  • Mantle dynamics beneath the East Pacific Rise at 17°S : insights from the Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography (MELT) experiment

    Kiyoshi Baba;Kiyoshi Baba;Alan D. Chave;Rob L. Evans;Greg Hirth

  • Northeastern Pacific mantle conductivity profile from long-period magnetotelluric sounding using Hawaii-to-California submarine cable data

    Daniel Lizarralde;Alan Chave;Greg Hirth;Adam Schultz

  • On the theory of sea-floor conductivity mapping using transient electromagnetic systems

    S. J. Cheesman;R. N. Edwards;A. D. Chave

  • Electromagnetic induction by a finite electric dipole source over a 2-D earth

    Martyn J. Unsworth;Bryan J. Travis;Alan D. Chave

  • Asymmetric Electrical Structure in the Mantle Beneath the East Pacific Rise at 17°S

    R. L. Evans;P. Tarits;A. D. Chave;A. White

  • Joint inversion of marine magnetotelluric and gravity data incorporating seismic constraints: Preliminary results of sub-basalt imaging off the Faroe Shelf

    Marion D. Jegen;Richard W. Hobbs;Pascal Tarits;Alan Chave

  • Comparison of continental and oceanic mantle electrical conductivity: Is the Archean lithosphere dry?

    Greg Hirth;Rob L. Evans;Alan D. Chave

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan G. Jones
Alan G. Jones Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Rob L. Evans
Rob L. Evans Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John A. Orcutt
John A. Orcutt University of California, San Diego
Frank L. Vernon
Frank L. Vernon University of California, San Diego
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gary D. Egbert
Gary D. Egbert Oregon State University
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Dana R. Yoerger
Dana R. Yoerger Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Philip E. Wannamaker
Philip E. Wannamaker University of Utah
Bruce M. Howe
Bruce M. Howe University of Hawaii at Manoa

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