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Edi Kissling

Edi Kissling

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
59
Citations
14981
World Ranking
1990
National Ranking
56

Edi Kissling 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 Edi Kissling sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 239 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Edi Kissling 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 Edi Kissling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Edi Kissling is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics, with notable contributions to subfields such as atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, artificial intelligence, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Kissling's work covers a range of topics within geoscience, including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Their research output includes papers published in several well-regarded scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Tectonophysics
  • Swiss Journal of Geosciences
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kissling include:

  • "The first pan-Alpine surface-gravity database, a modern compilation that crosses frontiers" (2021) in Earth System Science Data
  • "Improving Absolute Hypocenter Accuracy With 3D Pg and Sg Body-Wave Inversion Procedures and Application to Earthquakes in the Central Alps Region" (2021) in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Slab Load Controls Beneath the Alps on the Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Pathways in the Molasse Basin" (2022) in Geosciences
  • "Tectonics and seismicity in the Northern Apennines driven by slab retreat and lithospheric delamination" (2020) in Tectonophysics
  • "Shear wave splitting in the Alpine region" (2021) in Geophysical Journal International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kissling include:

  • Irene Molinari
  • György Hetényi
  • Urs Marti
  • Tobias Diehl
  • Fritz Schlunegger

Best Publications

  • Initial reference models in local earthquake tomography

    E. Kissling;W. L. Ellsworth;D. Eberhart-Phillips;U. Kradolfer

  • Tectonic map and overall architecture of the Alpine orogen

    Stefan M. Schmid;Bernhard Fügenschuh;Eduard Kissling;Ralf Schuster

  • Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological–geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps

    Mark R. Handy;Stefan M. Schmid;Romain Bousquet;Eduard Kissling

  • Geophysical‐geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss‐Italian Alps

    S. M. Schmid;Othmar-Adrian Pfiffner;N. Froitzheim;G. Schönborn

  • Geotomography with local earthquake data

    Edi Kissling

  • The arc of the western Alps in the light of geophysical data on deep crustal structure

    S. M. Schmid;E. Kissling

  • Upper mantle structure beneath the Alpine orogen from high‐resolution teleseismic tomography

    Regina Lippitsch;Edi Kissling;Jörg Ansorge

  • Reconstructing the Alps–Carpathians–Dinarides as a key to understanding switches in subduction polarity, slab gaps and surface motion

    Mark R. Handy;Kamil Ustaszewski;Eduard Kissling

  • A map-view restoration of the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system for the Early Miocene

    Kamil Ustaszewski;Kamil Ustaszewski;Stefan M. Schmid;Bernhard Fügenschuh;Bernhard Fügenschuh;Matthias Tischler

  • Program VELEST USER'S GUIDE - Short Introduction

    E. Kissling;Edi Kissling;Urs Kradolfer;Hansrudi Maurer

  • Accurate hypocentre determination in the seismogenic zone of the subducting Nazca Plate in northern Chile using a combined on-/offshore network

    S. Husen;E. Kissling;E. Flueh;G. Asch

  • 3D crustal structure from local earthquake tomography around the Gulf of Arta (Ionian region, NW Greece)

    F. Haslinger;E. Kissling;J. Ansorge;D. Hatzfeld

  • The AlpArray Seismic Network: A Large-Scale European Experiment to Image the Alpine Orogen

    György Hetényi;Irene Molinari;John Clinton;Götz Bokelmann

  • Probabilistic earthquake location in complex three‐dimensional velocity models: Application to Switzerland

    S. Husen;E. Kissling;N. Deichmann;S. Wiemer

  • Western Hellenic subduction and Cephalonia Transform: local earthquakes and plate transport and strain

    Maria Sachpazi;Alfred Hirn;C. Clément;F. Haslinger

  • Postseismic fluid flow after the large subduction earthquake of Antofagasta, Chile

    Stephan Husen;Edi Kissling

  • Three dimensional interface modelling with two-dimensional seismic data: the Alpine crust-mantle boundary

    Felix Waldhauser;Edi Kissling;Jörg Ansorge;St. Mueller

  • Lithosphere structure and tectonic evolution of the Alpine arc: new evidence from high-resolution teleseismic tomography

    E. Kissling;S. M. Schmid;R. Lippitsch;J. Ansorge

  • Subduction-zone structure and magmatic processes beneath Costa Rica constrained by local earthquake tomography and petrological modelling

    S. Husen;R. Quintero;E. Kissling;B. Hacker

  • Shallow subduction beneath Italy: Three‐dimensional images of the Adriatic‐European‐Tyrrhenian lithosphere system based on high‐quality P wave arrival times

    R. Di Stefano;E. Kissling;C. Chiarabba;A. Amato

  • Complex lithospheric structure under the central Baltic Shield from surface wave tomography

    Marianne Bruneton;Helle A. Pedersen;Véronique Farra;Nicholas T. Arndt

  • Ivrea mantle wedge, arc of the Western Alps, and kinematic evolution of the Alps–Apennines orogenic system

    Stefan M. Schmid;Eduard Kissling;Tobias Diehl;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen

Frequent Co-Authors

György Hetényi
György Hetényi University of Lausanne
John Clinton
John Clinton ETH Zurich
Ernst R. Flueh
Ernst R. Flueh GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Fabian Walter
Fabian Walter ETH Zurich
Stefan Wiemer
Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service
Stephan Husen
Stephan Husen ETH Zurich
Philippe Charvis
Philippe Charvis Université Côte d'Azur
Lapo Boschi
Lapo Boschi University of Padua
Marco Herwegh
Marco Herwegh University of Bern

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