2026 Brian Kennett: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	83	418	357	33	27	563	32600

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1994 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1988 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Brian Kennett is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans a wide range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their work extensively covers seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Geophysical Journal International
The Seismic Record
Seismica
Seismological Research Letters
Nature Communications

Brian Kennett has collaborated on multiple occasions with several co-authors, including:

Andreas Fichtner
Erdinc Saygin
Meghan S. Miller
Coen Hofstede
Dimitri Zigone

Their recent research papers include:

Refining the Moho across the Australian continent, 2023, Geophysical Journal International
The seismic wavefield as seen by distributed acoustic sensing arrays: local, regional and teleseismic sources, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Fiber-Optic Airplane Seismology on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2023, The Seismic Record
Radial earth models revisited, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
Seismic Tomography 2024, 2024, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Their academic interests also extend into engineering with a focus on artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials. The main subfields where their research is concentrated include:

Geophysics
Artificial Intelligence
Ocean Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials

Brian Kennett has contributed to the field through authored books as well, with notable work published by Cambridge University Press. One such publication is Exploiting Seismic Waveforms, released in 2020.

Their recognized contributions to the scientific community have been acknowledged through several fellowships, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2005
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 1994
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1988

Brian Kennett's research covers diverse topics such as seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismology and earthquake studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geophysics and sensor technology, and geological and geochemical analysis.

Best Publications

Traveltimes for global earthquake location and phase identification

B. L. N. Kennett;E. R. Engdahl

4313
Citations
Constraints on seismic velocities in the Earth from traveltimes

B. L. N. Kennett;E. R. Engdahl;R. Buland

3955
Citations
Seismic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media

B. L. N. Kennett

2153
Citations
Seismic waves in a stratified half space.

B. L. N. Kennett;N. J. Kerry

923
Citations
How to reconcile body-wave and normal-mode reference earth models

J.-P. Montagner;J.-P. Montagner;B. L. N. Kennett

509
Citations
Full seismic waveform tomography for upper-mantle structure in the Australasian region using adjoint methods

Andreas Fichtner;Brian L. N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

505
Citations
Reflections, rays, and reverberations

B. L. N. Kennett

496
Citations
Subspace methods for large inverse problems with multiple parameter classes

B. L. N. Kennett;M. S. Sambridge;P. R. Williamson

385
Citations
Global azimuthal seismic anisotropy and the unique plate-motion deformation of Australia

Eric Debayle;Brian Kennett;Keith Priestley

350
Citations
Multi-component autoregressive techniques for the analysis of seismograms

M. Leonard;B.L.N. Kennett

317
Citations
Theoretical background for continental‐ and global‐scale full‐waveform inversion in the time–frequency domain

Andreas Fichtner;Brian L. N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

310
Citations
Joint seismic tomography for bulk sound and shear wave speed in the Earth's mantle

B.L.N. Kennett;Sri Widiyantoro;R.D. van der Hilst

266
Citations
Genetic algorithm inversion for receiver functions with application to crust and uppermost mantle structure beneath eastern Australia

Takuo Shibutani;Malcolm Sambridge;Brian Kennett

237
Citations
Full waveform tomography for radially anisotropic structure: New insights into present and past states of the Australasian upper mantle

Andreas Fichtner;Andreas Fichtner;Brian L.N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

234
Citations
Lg waves and structural boundaries

B. L. N. Kennett

226
Citations
Lithospheric structure of Tasmania from a novel form of teleseismic tomography

Nicholas Rawlinson;Anya M. Reading;Brian L. N. Kennett

217
Citations
Subduction zone guided waves and the heterogeneity structure of the subducted plate: Intensity anomalies in northern Japan

Takahashi Furumura;Brian Kennett

209
Citations
Rapid estimation of relative and absolute delay times across a network by adaptive stacking

Nicholas Rawlinson;Brian L. N. Kennett

208
Citations
The removal of free surface interactions from three-component seismograms

B. L. N. Kennett

205
Citations
Ambient seismic noise tomography of Australian continent

Erdinc Saygin;Brian L.N. Kennett

204
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hrvoje Tkalčić Australian National University

Anya M. Reading University of Tasmania

Andreas Fichtner ETH Zurich

Malcolm Sambridge Australian National University

Takashi Furumura University of Tokyo

Nicholas Rawlinson University of Cambridge

Jeannot Trampert Utrecht University

Meghan S. Miller Australian National University

Hans-Peter Bunge Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Heiner Igel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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