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Charles A. Langston

Charles A. Langston

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 53 2836 2589 1167 1037 219 11597

Charles A. Langston publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Charles A. Langston between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Charles A. Langston published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 4.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2016. 2 of the 220 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2016. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 0 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 4 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 7 publications 1982: 7 publications 1983: 8 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 6 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 4 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 8 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 5 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1974 2025

220 publications in total across all disciplines

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Charles A. Langston: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 0
1976 3
1977 4
1978 2
1979 2
1980 1
1981 7
1982 7
1983 8
1984 1
1985 6
1986 1
1987 4
1988 2
1989 5
1990 5
1991 8
1992 2
1993 1
1994 1
1995 8
1996 8
1997 3
1998 5
1999 1
2000 5
2001 5
2002 5
2003 3
2004 3
2005 6
2006 5
2007 7
2008 6
2009 11
2010 2
2011 6
2012 2
2013 1
2014 5
2015 7
2016 14
2017 6
2018 4
2019 6
2020 7
2021 5
2022 1
2023 0
2024 1
2025 1
Total 220
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Charles A. Langston 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 Charles A. Langston sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 218–227 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 219 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290 219
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Charles A. Langston 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 Charles A. Langston sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178 53
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Charles A. Langston is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily addresses several subfields, including geophysics, astronomy and astrophysics, language and linguistics, artificial intelligence, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover seismic waves and analysis, astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismology and earthquake studies, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Charles A. Langston's recent published papers include:

  • Geophysical Observations of the 2023 September 24 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule Reentry, 2024, The Planetary Science Journal
  • Directionality of ambient noise in the Mississippi embayment, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Detecting lithospheric discontinuities beneath the Mississippi Embayment using S-wave receiver functions, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Donald V. Helmberger's art and science of waveforms, 2022, Earthquake Science
  • Čakavian, 2020, Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Langston include Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel Bowman, C. Carr, David P. Eisenberg, and Brian R. Elbing.

The publication venues in which Langston frequently contributes are:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Earthquake Science
  • Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
  • Slovene Linguistic Studies

Langston's work has been recognized with honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Structure under Mount Rainier, Washington, inferred from teleseismic body waves

    Charles A. Langston

  • A Procedure for Modelling Shallow Dislocation Sources

    Charles A. Langston;Donald V. Helmberger

  • The effect of planar dipping structure on source and receiver responses for constant ray parameter

    Charles A. Langston

  • Corvallis, Oregon, crustal and upper mantle receiver structure from teleseismic P and S waves

    Charles A. Langston

  • Modeling crustal structure through the use of converted phases in teleseismic body-wave forms

    L. J. Burdick;Charles A. Langston

  • Automatic microseismic denoising and onset detection using the synchrosqueezed continuous wavelet transform

    S. Mostafa Mousavi;Charles A. Langston;Stephen P. Horton

  • Crustal structure in Ethiopia and Kenya from receiver function analysis: Implications for rift development in eastern Africa

    Mulugeta T. Dugda;Andrew A. Nyblade;Jordi Julia;Charles A. Langston

  • Source inversion of seismic waveforms: The Koyna, India, earthquakes of 13 September 1967

    Charles A. Langston

  • Hybrid Seismic Denoising Using Higher-Order Statistics and Improved Wavelet Block Thresholding

    S. Mostafa Mousavi;Charles A. Langston

  • Upper mantle seismic velocity structure beneath Tanzania, east Africa: Implications for the stability of cratonic lithosphere

    Jeroen Ritsema;Jeroen Ritsema;Andrew A. Nyblade;Thomas J. Owens;Charles A. Langston

  • Seismic evidence for a deep upper mantle thermal anomaly beneath east Africa

    Andrew A. Nyblade;Thomas J. Owens;Harold Gurrola;Jeroen Ritsema

  • East African earthquakes below 20 km depth and their implications for crustal structure

    Andrew A. Nyblade;Charles A. Langston

  • Crustal structure of the East African Plateau from receiver functions and Rayleigh wave phase velocities

    Andrew A. Nyblade;Charles A. Langston;Thomas J. Owens

  • Seismic features and automatic discrimination of deep and shallow induced-microearthquakes using neural network and logistic regression

    S. Mostafa Mousavi;Stephen P. Horton;Charles A. Langston;Borhan Samei

  • A body wave inversion of the Koyna, India, earthquake of December 10, 1967, and some implications for body wave focal mechanisms

    Charles A. Langston

  • Automatic noise-removal/signal-removal based on general cross-validation thresholding in synchrosqueezed domain and its application on earthquake data

    S. Mostafa Mousavi;Charles A. Langston

  • Depth of faulting during the 1968 Meckering, Australia, Earthquake sequence determined from waveform analysis of local seismograms

    Charles A. Langston

  • The February 9, 1971 San Fernando earthquake: A study of source finiteness in teleseismic body waves

    Charles A. Langston

  • Evidence for the subducting lithosphere under southern Vancouver Island and western Oregon from teleseismic P wave conversions

    Charles A. Langston

  • Mantle transition zone structure beneath Tanzania, east Africa

    Thomas J. Owens;Andrew A. Nyblade;Harold Gurrola;Charles A. Langston

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew A. Nyblade
Andrew A. Nyblade Pennsylvania State University
Thomas J. Owens
Thomas J. Owens University of South Carolina
Paul Bodin
Paul Bodin University of Washington
Charles J. Ammon
Charles J. Ammon Pennsylvania State University
Robert Smalley
Robert Smalley University of Memphis
Robert B. Herrmann
Robert B. Herrmann Saint Louis University
Anastasia Kiratzi
Anastasia Kiratzi Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Jeroen Ritsema
Jeroen Ritsema University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey

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