2026 Jean-Paul Ampuero: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jean-Paul Ampuero is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their work primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Oceanography.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects including:

Earthquake and tectonic studies
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Seismic waves and analysis
Seismology and earthquake studies
Earthquake detection and analysis
Geological and geochemical analysis
Seismic imaging and inversion techniques

Among Jean-Paul Ampuero's recent publications are:

Earthquake doublet in Turkey and Syria, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
Automated Seismic Source Characterization Using Deep Graph Neural Networks, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
On the Detection Capabilities of Underwater Distributed Acoustic Sensing, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Evaluating seismic beamforming capabilities of distributed acoustic sensing arrays, 2021, Solid Earth
The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS), 2020, Seismological Research Letters

The primary venues where Jean-Paul Ampuero frequently publishes include:

Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Geophysical Journal International
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jean-Paul Ampuero are:

Martijn van den Ende
Anthony Sladen
Diane Rivet
Alice-Agnes Gabriel
Chao Liang

Jean-Paul Ampuero received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

The 2011 Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Mosaicking the Megathrust from Seconds to Centuries

Mark Simons;Sarah E. Minson;Anthony Sladen;Anthony Sladen;Francisco Ortega

861
Citations
Earthquake nucleation on (aging) rate and state faults

A. M. Rubin;J.-P. Ampuero

609
Citations
Lower edge of locked Main Himalayan Thrust unzipped by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Jean Philippe Avouac;Lingsen Meng;Shengji Wei;Teng Wang

586
Citations
Earthquake nucleation on rate and state faults - Aging and slip laws

Jean Paul Ampuero;Allan Mattathias Rubin

492
Citations
Frictional velocity-weakening in landslides on Earth and on other planetary bodies

Antoine Lucas;Anne Mangeney;Jean Paul Ampuero

362
Citations
Distributed sensing of earthquakes and ocean-solid Earth interactions on seafloor telecom cables.

A Sladen;D Rivet;J P Ampuero;L De Barros

357
Citations
The SCEC/USGS Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Code Verification Exercise

R.A. Harris;M. Barall;R. Archuleta;E. Dunham

345
Citations
Induced seismicity provides insight into why earthquake ruptures stop

Martin Galis;Jean Paul Ampuero;P. Martin Mai;Frédéric Cappa;Frédéric Cappa

299
Citations
A window into the complexity of the dynamic rupture of the 2011 Mw 9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

Lingsen Meng;Asaf Inbal;Asaf Inbal;Jean-Paul Ampuero

299
Citations
Earthquake in a Maze: Compressional Rupture Branching During the 2012 Mw 8.6 Sumatra earthquake

L. Meng;J.-P. Ampuero;J. Stock;Z. Duputel

295
Citations
Earthquake doublet in Turkey and Syria

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283
Citations
Location of largest earthquake slip and fast rupture controlled by along-strike change in fault structural maturity due to fault growth

Clément Perrin;Clément Perrin;Isabelle Manighetti;Jean-Paul Ampuero;Frédéric Cappa;Frédéric Cappa

264
Citations
Cracks, pulses and macroscopic asymmetry of dynamic rupture on a bimaterial interface with velocity-weakening friction

J.-P. Ampuero;Y. Ben-Zion

258
Citations
Early and persistent supershear rupture of the 2018 magnitude 7.5 Palu earthquake

Han Bao;Jean-Paul Ampuero;Jean-Paul Ampuero;Lingsen Meng;Eric J. Fielding

252
Citations
A Suite of Exercises for Verifying Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Codes

Ruth A. Harris;Michael Barall;Brad T. Aagaard;Shuo Ma

246
Citations
A physical model for seismic noise generation from sediment transport in rivers

Victor C. Tsai;Brent Minchew;Michael P. Lamb;Jean-Paul Ampuero

217
Citations
Spectral element modeling of spontaneous earthquake rupture on rate and state faults: Effect of velocity-strengthening friction at shallow depths

Yoshihiro Kaneko;Nadia Lapusta;Jean-Paul Ampuero

209
Citations
The 2013, Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake, energetic strike-slip reactivation of a thrust fault

Jean Philippe Avouac;Francois Ayoub;Shengji Wei;Jean Paul Ampuero

197
Citations
Three‐dimensional dynamic rupture simulation with a high‐order discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured tetrahedral meshes

Christian Pelties;Josep de la Puente;Jean-Paul Ampuero;Gilbert B. Brietzke

195
Citations
Dynamics of a velocity strengthening fault region: Implications for slow earthquakes and postseismic slip

Hugo Perfettini;Jean-Paul Ampuero

182
Citations
The transition of dynamic rupture styles in elastic media under velocity-weakening friction

A.-A. Gabriel;J.-P. Ampuero;L. A. Dalguer;Paul Martin Mai

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zacharie Duputel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Anthony Sladen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Frédéric Cappa Université Côte d'Azur

Yehuda Ben-Zion University of Southern California

Martin Vallée Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab

Mark Simons California Institute of Technology

Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology

Ryota Hino Tohoku University

Pascal Bernard Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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