Donat Fäh publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Donat Fäh between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Donat Fäh published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2017. 18 of the 306 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20

1988 2025

306 publications in total across all disciplines

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Donat Fäh: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year	Publications
1988	2
1989	0
1990	1
1991	1
1992	3
1993	2
1994	3
1995	3
1996	1
1997	4
1998	0
1999	0
2000	1
2001	3
2002	3
2003	7
2004	9
2005	5
2006	12
2007	6
2008	4
2009	14
2010	6
2011	12
2012	11
2013	14
2014	21
2015	6
2016	8
2017	24
2018	21
2019	18
2020	17
2021	24
2022	9
2023	13
2024	11
2025	7
Total	306

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Donat Fäh 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 Donat Fäh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 272 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
268–277	147	272
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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Donat Fäh 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 Donat Fäh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

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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Overview

Donat Fäh is affiliated with the Swiss Seismological Service in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on Engineering. The main subfields of their work include Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ocean Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to seismic phenomena and structural analysis. Key topics addressed in their publications include:

Seismic Waves and Analysis
Seismic Performance and Analysis
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
Landslides and Related Hazards
Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Donat Fäh has contributed to several papers across notable scientific journals. Among recent publications are:

The shallow structure of Mars at the InSight landing site from inversion of ambient vibrations, 2021, Nature Communications
On the Relation between Empirical Amplification and Proxies Measured at Swiss and Japanese Stations: Systematic Regression Analysis and Neural Network Prediction of Amplification, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Site Characterization of Swiss Strong-Motion Stations: The Benefit of Advanced Processing Algorithms, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2017 and 2018, 2021, Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Reconstructing a 3D model from geophysical data for local amplification modelling: The study case of the upper Rhone valley, Switzerland, 2022, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

The venues where Donat Fäh frequently publishes include:

Geophysical Journal International
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Frontiers in Earth Science
Pure and Applied Geophysics
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable part of their work. Regular co-authors are:

Paolo Bergamo
Francesco Panzera
Manuel Hobiger
Miroslav Hallò
Vincent Perron

The combination of these research areas, publication venues, and collaborative networks illustrates a focus on seismic analysis and engineering challenges related to earthquake and structural safety, with applications extending to geophysical data modeling and amplification prediction. This body of work is aligned with efforts to improve understanding and monitoring of seismic activity and structural performance.

Best Publications

A theoretical investigation of average H/V ratios

Donat Fäh;Fortunat Kind;Domenico Giardini

648
Citations
H/V ratio: a tool for site effects evaluation. Results from 1-D noise simulations

Sylvette Bonnefoy-Claudet;Cécile Cornou;Pierre-Yves Bard;Fabrice Cotton

621
Citations
The SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1000–1899

M. Stucchi;A. Rovida;A. A. Gomez Capera;P. Alexandre

455
Citations
On the Selection of Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Seismic Hazard Analysis

Julian J. Bommer;John Douglas;Frank Scherbaum;Fabrice Cotton

430
Citations
Inversion of local S-wave velocity structures from average H/V ratios, and their use for the estimation of site-effects

Donat Fäh;Fortunat Kind;Domenico Giardini

329
Citations
Complete synthetic seismograms for high-frequency multimode SH -waves

N. Florsch;D. Fäh;P. Suhadolc;G. F. Panza

248
Citations
Ambient vibration analysis of an unstable mountain slope

Jan Burjánek;Gabriela Gassner-Stamm;Valerio Poggi;Jeffrey R. Moore

236
Citations
Instrumental evidence of normal mode rock slope vibration

Jan Burjánek;Jeffrey R. Moore;Freddy X. Yugsi Molina;Freddy X. Yugsi Molina;Donat Fäh

201
Citations
Estimating Rayleigh wave particle motion from three-component array analysis of ambient vibrations

Valerio Poggi;Donat Fäh

185
Citations
Magnitudes and source areas of large prehistoric northern Alpine earthquakes revealed by slope failures in lakes

Michael Strasser;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Donat Fäh;Domenico Giardini

182
Citations
A hybrid method for the estimation of ground motion in sedimentary basins: Quantitative modeling for Mexico city

D Fäh;Peter Suhadolc;St Mueller;Giuliano Panza

179
Citations
The Challenge of Defining Upper Bounds on Earthquake Ground Motions

Julian J. Bommer;Norman A. Abrahamson;Fleur O. Strasser;Alain Pecker

166
Citations
Derivation of a Reference Shear-Wave Velocity Model from Empirical Site Amplification

Valerio Poggi;Benjamin Edwards;Donat Fäh

153
Citations
Microzonation of the city of Basel

Donat Fäh;Erik Rüttener;Thomas Noack;Peter Kruspan;Peter Kruspan

151
Citations
Site Effects in Unstable Rock Slopes: Dynamic Behavior of the Randa Instability (Switzerland)

Jeffrey R. Moore;Valentin Gischig;Jan Burjanek;Simon Loew

148
Citations
A Stochastic Ground‐Motion Model for Switzerland

Benjamin Edwards;Donat Fäh

145
Citations
A New Method for the Realistic Estimation of Seismic Ground Motion in Megacities: the Case of Rome

Donat Fäh;Claudio Iodice;Peter Suhadolc;Guilano F. Panza

144
Citations
Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland (ECOS) and the Related Macroseismic Database

Donat Fäh;Domenico Giardini;F. Bay;Fabrizio Bernardi

141
Citations
Automatic computation of moment magnitudes for small earthquakes and the scaling of local to moment magnitude

Benjamin Edwards;Bettina Allmann;Donat Fäh;John Clinton

140
Citations
Ground motion prediction equations

Benjamin Edwards;Donat Fäh

124
Citations
ECOS-09 Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland Release 2011 Report and Database

Donat Fäh;Domenico Giardini;Philipp Kästli;Nicolas Deichmann

101
Citations
Earthquakes in Switzerland and Surrounding Regions During 1999

Nicolas Deichmann;Manfred Baer;Jochen Braunmiller;Dominique B. Dolfin

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Giardini ETH Zurich

Benjamin R. Edwards University of Liverpool

Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service

John Clinton ETH Zurich

Stephan Husen ETH Zurich

Peter Suhadolc University of Trieste

Hans-Balder Havenith University of Liège

Nicholas Deichmann ETH Zurich

Giuliano F. Panza Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Jeffrey R. Moore University of Utah

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