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Frank Press

Frank Press

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
8835
World Ranking
2922
National Ranking
1200

Frank Press 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 Frank Press sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 167 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Press 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 Frank Press sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank Press was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their professional record includes contributions to academic research and science during their career at this institution.

No records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or frequent publication venues are available for Frank Press. Similarly, there is no data listing their main fields or subfields of study, nor is there information about specific topics of work or book publications.

No awards have been documented for Frank Press, and it is noted that the scientist is deceased.

Best Publications

  • Elastic Waves in Layered Media

    W. Maurice Ewing;Wenceslas S. Jardetzky;Frank Press

  • Displacements, strains, and tilts at teleseismic distances

    Frank Press

  • Earth models obtained by Monte Carlo inversion.

    Frank Press

  • Two slow surface waves across North America

    Frank Press;Maurice Ewing

  • Passive Seismic Experiment

    Gary V. Latham;Maurice Ewing;Frank Press;George Sutton

  • Excitation of the free oscillations of the Earth by earthquakes

    Unknown

  • Propagation of acoustic-gravity waves in the atmosphere

    Frank Press;David Harkrider

  • How thick is the lithosphere

    H. Kanamori;Frank Press

  • Pattern recognition applied to earthquake epicenters in California

    I.M. Gelfand;Sh.A. Guberman;V.I. Keilis-Borok;L. Knopoff

  • Geophysical tests of petrological models of the spreading lithosphere

    Don W. Forsyth;Frank Press

  • Earth models consistent with geophysical data

    Unknown

  • The Krakatoa Air—Sea Waves: An Example of Pulse Propagation in Coupled Systems

    Unknown

  • Seismic Data from Man-Made Impacts on the Moon

    G. Latham;M. Ewing;J. Dorman;F. Press

  • DETERMINATION OF CRUSTAL STRUCTURE FROM PHASE VELOCITY OF RAYLEIGH WAVES PART I: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    Frank Press

  • Regionalized earth models

    Frank Press

  • Patterns of seismic release in the southern California region

    Frank Press;Clarence Allen

  • An investigation of mantle Rayleigh waves

    Maurice Ewing;Frank Press

  • TWO‐DIMENSIONAL MODEL SEISMOLOGY

    Jack Ertle Oliver;Frank Press;William Maurice Ewing

  • Experimental determination of earthquake fault length and rupture velocity

    Frank Press;Ari Ben-Menahem;M. Nafi Toksöz

  • Propagation of elastic waves in a floating ice sheet

    Frank Press;Maurice Ewing

  • Crustal Structure and Surface-Wave Dispersion. Part IV: Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Basins

    Jack E Oliver;Maurice Ewing;Frank Press

  • DETERMINATION OF CRUSTAL STRUCTURE FROM PHASE VELOCITY OF RAYLEIGH WAVES: PART III: THE UNITED STATES

    Maurice Ewing;Frank Press

  • Sn velocities and the composition of the lithosphere in the regionalized Atlantic

    Robert S. Hart;Frank Press

  • Structure of the earth's crust.

    Maurice Ewing;Frank Press

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing Columbia University
Yosio Nakamura
Yosio Nakamura The University of Texas at Austin
George H. Sutton
George H. Sutton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jack Oliver
Jack Oliver Cornell University
Gary V. Latham
Gary V. Latham Columbia University
Don L. Anderson
Don L. Anderson California Institute of Technology
Clarence R. Allen
Clarence R. Allen California Institute of Technology
Leon Knopoff
Leon Knopoff University of California, Los Angeles
Henry Stommel
Henry Stommel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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