2026 Bruce A. Bolt: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	35	7542	2573	191	5253

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

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Earth Science

7542

2573

191

5253

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1967 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruce A. Bolt was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to research and academia primarily within this institution.

They were recognized with several awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005. Earlier, in 1967, they were honored as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Information about their research focus, publication venues, co-authors, book publications, and specific topics or fields of study has not been recorded. No details about recent papers or citation impact have been documented either.

Bruce A. Bolt is deceased. The provided data highlights a career with notable professional affiliations and recognition within scientific communities.

Best Publications

The standard error of the magnitude-frequency b value

Yaolin Shi;Bruce A. Bolt

810
Citations
A PROBABILITY MODEL FOR REGIONAL FOCAL MECHANISM SOLUTIONS

D. R. Brillinger;A. Udias;B. A. Bolt

190
Citations
Seismic Air Waves from the Great 1964 Alaskan Earthquake

Bruce A. Bolt

171
Citations
The Revision of Earthquake Epicentres, Focal Depths and Origin-Times using a High-Speed Computer

Unknown

156
Citations
Seismological evidence on the tectonics of central and northern California and the Mendocino escarpment

B. A. Bolt;C. Lomnitz;T. V. McEvilly

151
Citations
The velocity of seismic waves near the earth's center

Bruce A. Bolt

135
Citations
The SMART I Accelerograph Array (1980‐1987): A Review

N. A. Abrahamson;B. A. Bolt;R. B. Darragh;J. Penzien

115
Citations
Rotational components of surface strong ground motion

Carlos S. Oliveira;Bruce A. Bolt

110
Citations
The effectiveness of trenches in reducing seismic motion

Thomas W. May;Bruce A. Bolt

95
Citations
Phase and group velocities of Rayleigh waves in a spherical, gravitating Earth

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95
Citations
Earthquake strong motions recorded by a large near‐source array of digital seismographs

B. A. Bolt;Y. B. Tsai;K. Yeh;M. K. Hsu

92
Citations
Application of the principal parameters method to the 1983 Coalinga, California, aftershock sequence

A. Michelini;B. A. Bolt

85
Citations
P wave residuals as a function of azimuth: 2. Undulations of the mantle low‐velocity layer as an explanation

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85
Citations
Nuclear explosions and earthquakes : the parted veil

Bruce A. Bolt

84
Citations
Upper bound to the density jump at the boundary of the Earth's inner core.

Bruce A. Bolt;A. Qamar

81
Citations
PdP and PKiKP Waves and Diffracted PcP Waves

Bruce A. Bolt

81
Citations
The density distribution near the base of the mantle and near the earth's center

Bruce A. Bolt

76
Citations
Seismic Waves near 110°: Is Structure in Core or Upper Mantle Responsible?

Bruce A. Bolt;M. O'Neill;A. Qamar

75
Citations
The focus of the 1906 California earthquake

Bruce A. Bolt

73
Citations
Nuclear explosions and earthquakes

Bruce A. Bolt

71
Citations
Earthquakes : a primer

Bruce A. Bolt

71
Citations
New attenuation relations for peak and expected accelerations of strong ground motion

Bruce A. Bolt;N. A. Abrahamson

68
Citations
Estimation of uncertainties in eigenspectral estimates from decaying geophysical time series

B. A. Bolt;D. R. Brillinger

60
Citations
The Lehmann Discontinuity

D. L. Anderson;B. A. Bolt;S. A. Morse

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman A. Abrahamson University of California, Berkeley

David R. Brillinger University of California, Berkeley

Thomas V. McEvilly University of California, Berkeley

Toshiro Tanimoto University of California, Santa Barbara

Chi-Yuen Wang University of California, Berkeley

Alberto Michelini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

James N. Brune University of Nevada Reno

Robert V. Whitman MIT

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