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42
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John Douglas 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 John Douglas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 162 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Douglas 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 John Douglas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Douglas is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Civil and Structural Engineering as well as Geophysics.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. The main topics they address in their research include:

  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Landslides and Related Hazards
  • Disaster Management and Resilience

John Douglas has published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Natural Hazards
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Their recent papers highlight a range of topics related to seismic risk and disaster analysis. These include:

  • "Reclassifying historical disasters: From single to multi-hazards" (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Modelling the spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion: Insights from the literature, data from the 2016-2017 Central Italy earthquake sequence and ground-motion simulations" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Evaluating alternative approaches for the seismic design of structures" (2020), published in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • "Examining the contribution of near real-time data for rapid seismic loss assessment of structures" (2021), published in Structural Health Monitoring
  • "Seismic risk management through insurance and its sensitivity to uncertainty in the hazard model" (2021), published in Natural Hazards

Throughout their career, John Douglas has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Alireza Azarbakht
  • Enrico Tubaldi
  • Guillermo Aldama-Bustos
  • Manuela Daví
  • John Thornley

Best Publications

  • Equations for the Estimation of Strong Ground Motions from Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Using Data from Europe and the Middle East: Horizontal Peak Ground Acceleration and Spectral Acceleration

    N.N. Ambraseys;John Douglas;S.K. Sarma;P. M. Smit

  • Earthquake ground motion estimation using strong-motion records: a review of equations for the estimation of peak ground acceleration and response spectral ordinates

    J Douglas

  • Internet site for European strong-motion data

    N. N. Ambraseys;P. Smit;J. Douglas;B. Margaris

  • Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes

    Nicholas Ambraseys;John Douglas

  • On the Selection of Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Seismic Hazard Analysis

    Julian J. Bommer;John Douglas;Frank Scherbaum;Fabrice Cotton

  • Reference database for seismic ground-motion in Europe (RESORCE)

    S. Akkar;M. A. Sandikkaya;M. A. Sandikkaya;M. Senyurt;A. Azari Sisi

  • Near-field horizontal and vertical earthquake ground motions

    N.N Ambraseys;J Douglas

  • Toward a ground-motion logic tree for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Europe

    Elise Delavaud;Fabrice Cotton;Fabrice Cotton;Sinan Akkar;Frank Scherbaum

  • Style-of-faulting in ground-motion prediction equations

    Julian J. Bommer;John Douglas;Fleur O. Strasser

  • A Survey of Techniques for Predicting Earthquake Ground Motions for Engineering Purposes

    John Douglas;Hideo Aochi

  • Recent and future developments in earthquake ground motion estimation

    John Douglas;Benjamin Edwards

  • Physical vulnerability modelling in natural hazard risk assessment

    John Douglas

  • Ground-motion prediction equations based on data from the himalayan and zagros regions

    Mukat Lal Sharma;John Douglas;Hilmar Bungum;Jainish Kotadia

  • Selection of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for the Global Earthquake Model

    Jonathan P. Stewart;John Douglas;Mohammad Javanbarg;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Vector-valued fragility functions for seismic risk evaluation

    Pierre Gehl;Darius M. Seyedi;John Douglas

  • Development of seismic fragility surfaces for reinforced concrete buildings by means of nonlinear time-history analysis

    Darius Seyedi;Pierre Gehl;John Douglas;L. Davenne

  • Risk-targeted seismic design maps for mainland France

    John Douglas;Thomas Ulrich;Caterina Negulescu

  • High-frequency filtering of strong-motion records

    John Douglas;David M. Boore

  • A κ Model for Mainland France

    John Douglas;Pierre Gehl;Luis Fabian Bonilla;Céline Gélis

  • Predicting ground motion from induced earthquakes in geothermal areas

    John Douglas;Benjamin Edwards;Benjamin Edwards;Vincenzo Convertito;Nitin Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
Luis Fabian Bonilla
Luis Fabian Bonilla Université Gustave Eiffel
Benjamin R. Edwards
Benjamin R. Edwards University of Liverpool
N. N. Ambraseys
N. N. Ambraseys Imperial College London
Peter Suhadolc
Peter Suhadolc University of Trieste
Julian J. Bommer
Julian J. Bommer Imperial College London
David M. Boore
David M. Boore United States Geological Survey
Frank Scherbaum
Frank Scherbaum University of Potsdam
Sinan Akkar
Sinan Akkar Boğaziçi University
Enrico Tubaldi
Enrico Tubaldi University of Strathclyde

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