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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 61 1828 1645 801 702 207 10433

Douglas S. Dreger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Douglas S. Dreger between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Douglas S. Dreger published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2015. 8 of the 217 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2015. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications
1990 2025

217 publications in total across all disciplines

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Douglas S. Dreger: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 2
1992 3
1993 3
1994 3
1995 4
1996 3
1997 1
1998 3
1999 4
2000 7
2001 4
2002 5
2003 9
2004 13
2005 6
2006 4
2007 13
2008 13
2009 10
2010 8
2011 5
2012 7
2013 5
2014 13
2015 15
2016 9
2017 7
2018 13
2019 4
2020 5
2021 3
2022 3
2023 1
2024 4
2025 4
Total 217
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Douglas S. Dreger 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 Douglas S. Dreger 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, 198–207 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: 207 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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
198–207 333 207
208–217 292
218–227 290
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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Douglas S. Dreger 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 Douglas S. Dreger 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, 61 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: 61 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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
60 135
61 96 61
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

  • 1999 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Douglas S. Dreger is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the field of Geophysics.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers such as:

  • "Rupture Process of the 2019 Ridgecrest, California Mw 6.4 Foreshock and Mw 7.1 Earthquake Constrained by Seismic and Geodetic Data" (2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)
  • "A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days" (2024, Science)
  • "Influence of a Subducted Oceanic Ridge on the Distribution of Shallow VLFEs in the Nankai Trough as Revealed by Moment Tensor Inversion and Cluster Analysis" (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Path Calibration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3 September 2017 Nuclear Test" (2021, Seismological Research Letters)
  • "Stress Orientations and Driving Forces in the Indo-Burma Plate Boundary Zone" (2022, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Dreger include:

  • T. Taira
  • Roland Bürgmann
  • Anthony Lomax
  • M. Hellweg
  • Robert C. McPherson

Their publications most commonly appear in the following venues:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International

Dreger's main fields of study encompass Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular expertise in Geophysics. They have also contributed to research in Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Mechanics of Materials.

The specific research topics covered include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Dreger was recognized as a Hellman Fellow in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Determination of source parameters at regional distances with three‐component sparse network data

    Douglas S. Dreger;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Fiber‐Optic Network Observations of Earthquake Wavefields

    Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Eileen R. Martin;Douglas S. Dreger;Barry Freifeld

  • Toward real-time estimation of regional moment tensors

    Michael E. Pasyanos;Douglas S. Dreger;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Automated Seismic Moment Tensor Determination by Using On-line Broadband Seismic Waveforms

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Mizuho Ishida;Douglas S. Dreger;Hiroyuki Kawai

  • 85.11 - TDMT_INV: Time Domain Seismic Moment Tensor INVersion

    Douglas S. Dreger

  • Stable inversions for complete moment tensors

    Sarah E. Minson;Douglas S. Dreger

  • Dilational Processes Accompanying Earthquakes in the Long Valley Caldera

    Douglas S. Dreger;Hrvoje Tkalčić;Malcolm Johnston

  • Seismic remote sensing for the earthquake source process and near-source strong shaking: A case study of the October 16, 1999 Hector Mine earthquake

    Douglas Dreger;Anastasia Kaverina

  • Model for Basin Effects on Long-Period Response Spectra in Southern California

    Steven M. Day;Robert Graves;Jacobo Bielak;Douglas Dreger

  • Empirical Green's function study of the January 17, 1994 Northridge, California earthquake

    D. S. Dreger

  • Preliminary Report on the 28 September 2004, M 6.0 Parkfield, California Earthquake

    John Langbein;Roger Borcherdt;Douglas Dreger;Joe Fletcher

  • Broadband modeling of local earthquakes

    Douglas S. Dreger;Donald V. Helmberger

  • The Combined Inversion of Seismic and Geodetic Data for the Source Process of the 16 October 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake

    Asya Kaverina;Douglas Dreger;Evelyn Price

  • Identifying isotropic events using a regional moment tensor inversion

    Sean R. Ford;Sean R. Ford;Douglas S. Dreger;William R. Walter

  • Initial investigation of the Landers, California, Earthquake of 28 June 1992 using TERRAscope

    Hiroo Kanamori;Hong-Kie Thio;Doug Dreger;Egill Hauksson

  • Slip of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake from Joint Inversion of Long-Period Global Seismic Waveforms and GPS Static Offsets

    Junkee Rhie;Douglas Dreger;Roland Bürgmann;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Rupture Process of the 26 January 2001 Mw 7.6 Bhuj, India, Earthquake from Teleseismic Broadband Data

    Michael Antolik;Douglas S. Dreger

  • Monitoring of strain release in central and northern California using broadband data

    Barbara Romanowicz;Douglas Dreger;Michael Pasyanos;Robert Uhrhammer

  • Source parameters of the Sierra Madre Earthquake from regional and local body waves

    Douglas Dreger;Donald Helmberger

  • Ground-motion modeling of Hayward fault scenario earthquakes, part II: Simulation of long-period and broadband ground motions

    Brad T. Aagaard;Robert W. Graves;Arthur Rodgers;Thomas M. Brocher

  • Ground-Motion Modeling of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Part II: Ground-Motion Estimates for the 1906 Earthquake and Scenario Events

    Brad T. Aagaard;Thomas M. Brocher;David Dolenc;Douglas Dreger

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Romanowicz
Barbara Romanowicz University of California, Berkeley
Roland Bürgmann
Roland Bürgmann University of California, Berkeley
William R. Walter
William R. Walter Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Robert M. Nadeau
Robert M. Nadeau University of California, Berkeley
Luca Malagnini
Luca Malagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Michael E. Pasyanos
Michael E. Pasyanos Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Anastasia Kiratzi
Anastasia Kiratzi Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Robert W. Graves
Robert W. Graves United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey

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