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Keith D. Koper 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 Keith D. Koper sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 196 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Keith D. Koper 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 Keith D. Koper sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Keith D. Koper is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics and related subfields including Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering. Their work also touches on areas such as General Health Professions and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Keith D. Koper has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Combining Deep Learning with Physics Based Features in Explosion-Earthquake Discrimination," 2022, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "How Processing Methodologies Can Distort and Bias Power Spectral Density Estimates of Seismic Background Noise," 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters
  • "Seismic Analysis of the 2020 Magna, Utah, Earthquake Sequence: Evidence for a Listric Wasatch Fault," 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Deep Learning Denoising Applied to Regional Distance Seismic Data in Utah," 2021, published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Application of a convolutional neural network for seismic phase picking of mining-induced seismicity," 2020, published in Geophysical Journal International

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Relu Burlacu
  • Guanning Pang
  • Ben Baker
  • Alysha D. Armstrong
  • Ruijia Wang

Keith D. Koper's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple articles featured in:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Depth‐varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

    Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Keith D. Koper

  • Teleseismic inversion for rupture process of the 27 February 2010 Chile (Mw 8.8) earthquake

    T. Lay;C. J. Ammon;H. Kanamori;K. D. Koper

  • En échelon and orthogonal fault ruptures of the 11 April 2012 great intraplate earthquakes

    Han Yue;Thorne Lay;Keith D. Koper

  • The 2009 Samoa–Tonga great earthquake triggered doublet

    Thorne Lay;Charles J. Ammon;Hiroo Kanamori;Luis Rivera

  • Frequency-dependent rupture process of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of short-period P wave backprojection images and broadband seismic rupture models

    Keith D. Koper;Alexander R. Hutko;Thorne Lay;Charles J. Ammon

  • Rupture imaging of the Mw 7.9 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake from back projection of teleseismic P waves

    Yan Xu;Keith D. Koper;Oner Sufri;Lupei Zhu

  • Energy Release of the 2013 Mw 8.3 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake and Deep Slab Stress Heterogeneity

    Lingling Ye;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Keith D. Koper

  • The October 28, 2012 Mw 7.8 Haida Gwaii underthrusting earthquake and tsunami: Slip partitioning along the Queen Charlotte Fault transpressional plate boundary

    Thorne Lay;Lingling Ye;Hiroo Kanamori;Yoshiki Yamazaki

  • On the Composition of Earth's Short-Period Seismic Noise Field

    Keith D. Koper;Kevin Seats;Harley Benz

  • Imaging short‐period seismic radiation from the 27 February 2010 Chile (MW 8.8) earthquake by back‐projection of P, PP, and PKIKP waves

    Keith D. Koper;Alexander R. Hutko;Thorne Lay;Oner Sufri

  • Multimodal function optimization with a niching genetic algorithm: A seismological example

    Keith D. Koper;Michael E. Wysession;Douglas A. Wiens

  • The fine structure of double‐frequency microseisms recorded by seismometers in North America

    Keith D. Koper;Relu Burlacu

  • Supershear rupture of the 5 January 2013 Craig, Alaska (Mw 7.5) earthquake

    Han Yue;Thorne Lay;Jeffrey T. Freymueller;Kaihua Ding

  • Massive landslide at Utah copper mine generates wealth of geophysical data

    Kristine L. Pankow;Jeffrey R. Moore;J. Mark Hale;Keith D. Koper

  • Rapidly Estimated Seismic Source Parameters for the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile M w 8.3 Earthquake

    Lingling Ye;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Keith D. Koper

  • Composition and variation of noise recorded at the Yellowknife Seismic Array, 1991–2007

    Keith D. Koper;Benjamin de Foy;Harley Benz

  • Observations of PKiKP/PcP amplitude ratios and implications for Earth structure at the boundaries of the liquid core

    Keith D. Koper;Moira L. Pyle

  • Seasonal Anisotropy in Short-Period Seismic Noise Recorded in South Asia

    Keith D. Koper;Benjamin de Foy

  • Combining Deep Learning With Physics Based Features in Explosion‐Earthquake Discrimination

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  • Evidence for small-scale heterogeneity in Earth's inner core from a global study of PKiKP coda waves

    Keith D. Koper;Jill M. Franks;Marina Dombrovskaya

  • Frequency dependent polarization analysis of ambient seismic noise recorded at a broadband seismometer in the central United States

    Keith D. Koper;Veronica L. Hawley

  • Seismic properties of the inner core boundary from PKiKP / P amplitude ratios

    Keith D. Koper;Marina Dombrovskaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Thorne Lay
Thorne Lay University of California, Santa Cruz
Anya M. Reading
Anya M. Reading University of Tasmania
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Charles J. Ammon
Charles J. Ammon Pennsylvania State University
Terry C. Wallace
Terry C. Wallace Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hrvoje Tkalčić
Hrvoje Tkalčić Australian National University
Robert B. Herrmann
Robert B. Herrmann Saint Louis University
Harley M. Benz
Harley M. Benz United States Geological Survey
Fan Chi Lin
Fan Chi Lin University of Utah
Mark Hemer
Mark Hemer CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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