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D-Index
78
Citations
27102
World Ranking
595
National Ranking
207

James L. Beck publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James L. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 371 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

James L. Beck D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James L. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

James L. Beck is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Civil and Structural Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in their work include Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques, Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics, Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques, and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design.

James L. Beck has published several papers in leading academic venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Optimal sensor and actuator placement for structural health monitoring via an efficient convex cost-benefit optimization," 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Sparse Bayesian factor analysis for structural damage detection under unknown environmental conditions," 2021, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Structural damage detection of space frame structures with semi-rigid connections," 2021, Engineering Structures
  • "Novel sparseness-inducing dual Kalman filter and its application to tracking time-varying spatially-sparse structural stiffness changes and inputs," 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "Damage localization and robust diagnostics in guided-wave testing using multitask complex hierarchical sparse Bayesian learning," 2023, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

The frequent co-authors collaborating with James L. Beck include Yong Huang, Hui Li, Jin-Song Pei, Sergio Cantero-Chinchilla, and Manuel Chiachío.

Publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Structural Health Monitoring

Best Publications

  • Estimation of Small Failure Probabilities in High Dimensions by Subset Simulation

    Siu-Kui Au;James L. Beck

  • Updating Models and Their Uncertainties. I: Bayesian Statistical Framework

    James L. Beck;Lambros S. Katafygiotis

  • Bayesian Updating of Structural Models and Reliability using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation

    James L. Beck;Siu-Kui Au

  • A new adaptive importance sampling scheme for reliability calculations

    S.K. Au;J.L. Beck

  • Model Selection using Response Measurements: Bayesian Probabilistic Approach

    James L. Beck;Ka-Veng Yuen

  • Bayesian system identification based on probability logic

    James L. Beck

  • Bayesian Probabilistic Approach to Structural Health Monitoring

    M. W. Vanik;M. W. Vanik;J. L. Beck;J. L. Beck;S. K. Au;S. K. Au

  • Phase I IASC-ASCE Structural Health Monitoring Benchmark Problem Using Simulated Data

    Erik A. Johnson;Heung Fai Lam;Lambros S. Katafygiotis;James L. Beck

  • Evaluation of the seismic performance of a code-conforming reinforced-concrete frame building—from seismic hazard to collapse safety and economic losses

    Christine A. Goulet;Curt B. Haselton;Judith Mitrani-Reiser;James L. Beck

  • UPDATING MODELS AND THEIR UNCERTAINTIES. II: MODEL IDENTIFIABILITY

    Lambros S. Katafygiotis;James L. Beck

  • SUBSET SIMULATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO SEISMIC RISK BASED ON DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

    S. K. Au;J. L. Beck

  • Entropy-Based Optimal Sensor Location for Structural Model Updating

    Costas Papadimitriou;James L. Beck;Siu-Kui Au

  • Important sampling in high dimensions

    S.K. Au;J.L. Beck

  • Bayesian Model Updating Using Hybrid Monte Carlo Simulation with Application to Structural Dynamic Models with Many Uncertain Parameters

    Sai Hung Cheung;James L. Beck

  • Updating robust reliability using structural test data

    Costas Papadimitriou;James L. Beck;Lambros S. Katafygiotis

  • Sensitivity of Building Loss Estimates to Major Uncertain Variables

    Keith A. Porter;James L. Beck;Rustem V. Shaikhutdinov

  • First excursion probabilities for linear systems by very efficient importance sampling

    S.K. Au;J.L. Beck

  • Convection in a box of porous material saturated with fluid

    James L. Beck

  • Asymptotic Expansions for Reliability and Moments of Uncertain Systems

    Costas Papadimitriou;James L. Beck;Lambros S. Katafygiotis

  • Bayesian Updating and Model Class Selection for Hysteretic Structural Models Using Stochastic Simulation

    Matthew M. Muto;James L. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Lambros S. Katafygiotis
Lambros S. Katafygiotis Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Costas Papadimitriou
Costas Papadimitriou University Of Thessaly
Siu-Kui Au
Siu-Kui Au Nanyang Technological University
Ka-Veng Yuen
Ka-Veng Yuen University of Macau
Jianye Ching
Jianye Ching National Taiwan University
Hui Li
Hui Li Harbin Institute of Technology
Heung-Fai Lam
Heung-Fai Lam City University of Hong Kong
Thomas H. Heaton
Thomas H. Heaton California Institute of Technology
Fatemeh Jalayer
Fatemeh Jalayer University College London
Sami F. Masri
Sami F. Masri University of Southern California

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