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Dimitri Komatitsch

Dimitri Komatitsch

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 59 1980 1786 127 116 264 17774

Dimitri Komatitsch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dimitri Komatitsch between 1994 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dimitri Komatitsch published across 30 years, from 1994 to 2023, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2010. 6 of the 314 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2010. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 22 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 31 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication
1994 2023

314 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dimitri Komatitsch: publications per year, 1994 to 2023
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 1
1998 3
1999 6
2000 6
2001 9
2002 7
2003 15
2004 10
2005 7
2006 8
2007 6
2008 22
2009 12
2010 31
2011 13
2012 21
2013 17
2014 16
2015 21
2016 27
2017 22
2018 11
2019 10
2020 4
2021 1
2022 5
2023 1
Total 314
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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.

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, 258–267 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: 264 publications — 81st percentile

81% 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
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185 264
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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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.

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, 59 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: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136 59
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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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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