2026 David D. Jackson: 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	61	1769	1587	779	680	172	15650

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
1993 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David D. Jackson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics. The scientist's work also touches on Artificial Intelligence within this domain.

Their research topics include:

Earthquake and tectonic studies
Earthquake Detection and Analysis
Seismology and Earthquake Studies
High-pressure geophysics and materials

David D. Jackson has published papers in notable scientific venues, including:

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
URSI Radio Science Letters

Recent papers authored by Jackson include:

Pseudoprospective Evaluation of UCERF3-ETAS Forecasts during the 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence (2020) published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
A Leaky-Wave Interpretation of the Zenneck Wave (2023) published in URSI Radio Science Letters

The scientist collaborates with multiple frequent co-authors, such as:

William H. Savran
Maximilian J. Werner
Warner Marzocchi
David A. Rhoades
Kevin R. Milner

David D. Jackson has been recognized with several fellowship awards throughout their career. These include:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2018
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, awarded in 2005 by the Academy of Science
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 1993

Best Publications

Earthquakes Cannot Be Predicted

Robert J. Geller;David D. Jackson;Yan Y. Kagan;Francesco Mulargia

1093
Citations
Interpretation of Inaccurate, Insufficient and Inconsistent Data

D. D. Jackson

1057
Citations
Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time‐Independent Model

Edward H. Field;Ramon J. Arrowsmith;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird

770
Citations
Long-term earthquake clustering

Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

685
Citations
The use of a priori data to resolve non‐uniqueness in linear inversion

David D. Jackson

634
Citations
Crustal deformation across and beyond the Los Angeles basin from geodetic measurements

Zheng-Kang Shen;David D. Jackson;Bob X. Ge

568
Citations
Contemporary crustal deformation in east Asia constrained by Global Positioning System measurements

Zheng-Kang Shen;Chengkun Zhao;An Yin;Yanxing Li

436
Citations
Space geodetic measurement of crustal deformation in central and southern California, 1984–1992

Kurt L. Feigl;Duncan C. Agnew;Yehuda Bock;Danan Dong

408
Citations
Earthquake Likelihood Model Testing

D. Schorlemmer;M. C. Gerstenberger;S. Wiemer;D. D. Jackson

404
Citations
Probabilistic forecasting of earthquakes

Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

402
Citations
Comparison of Short-Term and Time-Independent Earthquake Forecast Models for Southern California

Agnès Helmstetter;Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

396
Citations
A Bayesian approach to nonlinear inversion

David D. Jackson;Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura

369
Citations
Physical Mechanisms of Seismic-Wave Attenuation

David D. Jackson;Don L. Anderson

330
Citations
Crustal deformation along the Altyn Tagh fault system, western China, from GPS

Zheng-Kang Shen;Min Wang;Yanxing Li;David D. Jackson

321
Citations
Importance of small earthquakes for stress transfers and earthquake triggering

Agnès Helmstetter;Agnès Helmstetter;Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

318
Citations
Seismic Gap Hypothesis: Ten years after

Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

296
Citations
Postseismic deformation following the Landers earthquake, California, 28 June 1992

Zheng-Kang Shen;David D. Jackson;Yanjie Feng;Michael Cline

293
Citations
Testable Earthquake Forecasts for 1999

David D. Jackson;Yan Y. Kagan

270
Citations
Dislocation model for aseismic crustal deformation at Hollister, California

Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura;David D. Jackson;Abe Cheng

247
Citations
High-resolution Time-independent Grid-based Forecast for M ≥ 5 Earthquakes in California

Agnés Helmstetter;Yan Y. Kagan;David D. Jackson

235
Citations
Long‐term probabilistic forecasting of earthquakes

Y. Y. Kagan;D. D. Jackson

218
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan Y. Kagan University of California, Los Angeles

Agnès Helmstetter Grenoble Alpes University

Peter Bird University of California, Los Angeles

Thomas H. Jordan University of Southern California

Maximilian J. Werner University of Bristol

Zheng-Kang Shen University of California, Los Angeles

Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey

Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service

David A. Rhoades GNS Science

Andrew J. Michael United States Geological Survey

External Links

Personal website of David D. Jackson

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