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Dimitri Komatitsch

Dimitri Komatitsch

Dimitri Komatitsch 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 Dimitri Komatitsch sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Dimitri Komatitsch 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 Dimitri Komatitsch sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Dimitri Komatitsch is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, specializing in research that spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work includes a significant focus on geophysics, oceanography, mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas:

  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Recent publications by Dimitri Komatitsch include:

  • "Global adjoint tomography-model GLAD-M25" (2020), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • "Adjoint tomography of the Italian lithosphere" (2022), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "On the Influence of Slopes, Source, Seabed and Water Column Properties on T Waves: Generation at Shore" (2020), published in Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • "Numerical and Experimental Study of Wave Propagation in Water-Saturated Granular Media Using Effective Method Theories and a Full-Wave Numerical Simulation" (2020), published in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • "Seismic surveying and imaging at the laboratory scale: A framework to cross-validate experiments and simulations for a salt-body environment" (2020), published in Geophysics

The venues where this scientist frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Collaborations play a notable role in this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeroen Tromp
  • Federica Magnoni
  • Emanuele Casarotti
  • Raffaele Di Stefano
  • Maria Grazia Ciaccio

Dimitri Komatitsch's contributions cover both theoretical and applied aspects of seismic imaging, inversion algorithms, and wave propagation. Their interdisciplinary approach links geophysical methods with engineering principles, extending into various subfields relevant to earth sciences and material mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to the spectral element method for three-dimensional seismic wave propagation

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jeroen Tromp

  • The spectral element method: An efficient tool to simulate the seismic response of 2D and 3D geological structures

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jean-Pierre Vilotte

  • Spectral-element simulations of global seismic wave propagation—I. Validation

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jeroen Tromp

  • An unsplit convolutional perfectly matched layer improved at grazing incidence for the seismic wave equation

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Roland Martin

  • Spectral-element simulations of global seismic wave propagation: II. Three-dimensional models, oceans, rotation and self-gravitation

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jeroen Tromp

  • A perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary condition for the second-order seismic wave equation

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jeroen Tromp

  • Simulations of Ground Motion in the Los Angeles Basin Based upon the Spectral-Element Method

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Qinya Liu;Jeroen Tromp;Peter Süss

  • Spectral-element and adjoint methods in seismology

    Jeroen Tromp;Dimitri Komatitsch;Qinya Liu

  • FTI: high performance fault tolerance interface for hybrid systems

    Leonardo Bautista-Gomez;Seiji Tsuboi;Dimitri Komatitsch;Franck Cappello

  • High-order finite-element seismic wave propagation modeling with MPI on a large GPU cluster

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Gordon Erlebacher;Dominik Göddeke;David Michéa

  • Forward and adjoint simulations of seismic wave propagation on fully unstructured hexahedral meshes

    Daniel Peter;Dimitri Komatitsch;Dimitri Komatitsch;Yang Luo;Roland Martin

  • The Spectral-Element Method, Beowulf Computing, and Global Seismology

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jeroen Ritsema;Jeroen Tromp

  • The spectral element method for elastic wave equations—application to 2-D and 3-D seismic problems

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Jean-Pierre Vilotte;Rossana Vai;José M. Castillo-Covarrubias

  • Wave propagation near a fluid-solid interface : A spectral-element approach

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Christophe Barnes;Jeroen Tromp

  • Simulation of anisotropic wave propagation based upon a spectral element method

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Christophe Barnes;Jeroen Tromp

  • Spectral Element Analysis in Seismology

    Emmanuel Chaljub;Dimitri Komatitsch;Jean-Pierre Vilotte;Yann Capdeville

  • Global adjoint tomography: first-generation model

    Ebru Bozdağ;Daniel Peter;Matthieu Lefebvre;Dimitri Komatitsch

  • Accelerating a three-dimensional finite-difference wave propagation code using GPU graphics cards

    David Michéa;Dimitri Komatitsch;Dimitri Komatitsch

  • Effects of Topography on Seismic-Wave Propagation: An Example from Northern Taiwan

    Shiann-Jong Lee;Dimitri Komatitsch;Bor-Shouh Huang;Jeroen Tromp

  • The spectral-element method in seismology

    Dimitri Komatitsch;Seiji Tsuboi;Jeroen Tromp

  • Porting a high-order finite-element earthquake modeling application to NVIDIA graphics cards using CUDA

    Dimitri Komatitsch;David Michéa;Gordon Erlebacher

  • Glacial isostatic adjustment on 3‐D Earth models: a finite‐volume formulation

    Konstantin Latychev;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Jeroen Tromp;Mark E. Tamisiea

  • An unsplit convolutional perfectly matched layer technique improved at grazing incidence for the viscoelastic wave equation

    Roland Martin;Dimitri Komatitsch;Dimitri Komatitsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen Tromp
Jeroen Tromp Princeton University
Sébastien Chevrot
Sébastien Chevrot Paul Sabatier University
Chen Ji
Chen Ji University of California, Santa Barbara
Raphaël F. Garcia
Raphaël F. Garcia National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Alberto Michelini
Alberto Michelini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Bor-Shouh Huang
Bor-Shouh Huang Academia Sinica
Jesús Labarta
Jesús Labarta Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Mark Jessell
Mark Jessell University of Western Australia
Xun Wang
Xun Wang Tsinghua University

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