Kenneth C. Creager publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenneth C. Creager between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenneth C. Creager published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 3.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2009. 2 of the 152 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10

1978 2025

152 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenneth C. Creager: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year	Publications
1978	1
1979	0
1980	0
1981	0
1982	1
1983	0
1984	1
1985	0
1986	2
1987	0
1988	1
1989	0
1990	0
1991	3
1992	2
1993	0
1994	0
1995	1
1996	0
1997	3
1998	2
1999	5
2000	4
2001	2
2002	8
2003	3
2004	3
2005	1
2006	0
2007	4
2008	8
2009	13
2010	9
2011	5
2012	3
2013	7
2014	11
2015	5
2016	10
2017	13
2018	4
2019	9
2020	2
2021	2
2022	2
2023	0
2024	1
2025	1
Total	152

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Kenneth C. Creager 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 Kenneth C. Creager sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 147 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491	147
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Kenneth C. Creager 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 Kenneth C. Creager sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178	51
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Kenneth C. Creager is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. Their work spans several topics related to seismic activity and tectonics, including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake detection and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

The scientist has consistently contributed to the understanding of seismic phenomena, as reflected in their published work in leading journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Seismica

Several recent papers provide insight into the scope of their research:

Local Source Vp and Vs Tomography in the Mount St. Helens Region With the iMUSH Broadband Array, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Detection of Slow Slip Events Using Wavelet Analysis of GNSS Recordings, 2022, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
An 8-Year-Long Low-Frequency Earthquake Catalog for Southern Cascadia, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Depth and Thickness of Tectonic Tremor in the Northeastern Olympic Peninsula, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Possible Shallow Tectonic Tremor Signals Near the Deformation Front in Central Cascadia, 2025, Seismica

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

Ariane Ducellier
C. W. Ulberg
S. C. Moran
G. A. Abers
W. A. Thelen

Kenneth C. Creager has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2011.

Best Publications

Slab penetration into the lower mantle beneath the Mariana and other island arcs of the northwest Pacific

Kenneth C. Creager;Thomas H. Jordan

511
Citations
Anisotropy of the inner core from differential travel-times of the phases PKP and PKIKP

Kenneth C. Creager

406
Citations
Slab penetration into the lower mantle

Kenneth C. Creager;Thomas H. Jordan

363
Citations
Tidal modulation of nonvolcanic tremor.

Justin L. Rubinstein;Justin L. Rubinstein;Mario La Rocca;Mario La Rocca;John E. Vidale;John E. Vidale;Kenneth C. Creager;Kenneth C. Creager

297
Citations
Non-volcanic tremor driven by large transient shear stresses

Justin L. Rubinstein;John E. Vidale;Joan Gomberg;Paul Bodin

285
Citations
Automated detection and location of Cascadia tremor

Aaron G. Wech;Kenneth C. Creager

242
Citations
A continuum of stress, strength and slip in the Cascadia subduction zone

Aaron G. Wech;Aaron G. Wech;Kenneth C. Creager

219
Citations
Remote triggering of tremor along the San Andreas Fault in central California

Zhigang Peng;John E. Vidale;Aaron G. Wech;Robert M. Nadeau

214
Citations
Inner Core Rotation Rate from Small-Scale Heterogeneity and Time-Varying Travel Times

Kenneth C. Creager

207
Citations
Large-scale variations in inner core anisotropy

Kenneth C. Creager

188
Citations
Aspherical structure of the core‐mantle boundary from PKP travel times

Kenneth C. Creager;Thomas H. Jordan

188
Citations
Central Cascadia subduction zone creep

Gina M. Schmalzle;Robert McCaffrey;Kenneth C. Creager

184
Citations
Rapid tremor reversals in Cascadia generated by a weakened plate interface

Heidi Houston;Brent G. Delbridge;Aaron G. Wech;Kenneth C. Creager

182
Citations
Widespread Triggering of Nonvolcanic Tremor in California

Joan Gomberg;Joan Gomberg;Joan Gomberg;Justin L. Rubinstein;Justin L. Rubinstein;Justin L. Rubinstein;Zhigang Peng;Zhigang Peng;Zhigang Peng;Kenneth C. Creager;Kenneth C. Creager;Kenneth C. Creager

181
Citations
The global seismographic network surpasses its design goal

Rhett Butler;Thome Lay;Ken Creager;Paul Earl

178
Citations
Seismic and geodetic constraints on Cascadia slow slip

Aaron G. Wech;Kenneth C. Creager;Timothy I. Melbourne

165
Citations
Imaging the source region of Cascadia tremor and intermediate-depth earthquakes

Geoffrey A. Abers;Laura S. MacKenzie;Stéphane Rondenay;Zhu Zhang

143
Citations
Seismic wave triggering of nonvolcanic tremor, episodic tremor and slip, and earthquakes on Vancouver Island

Justin L. Rubinstein;Justin L. Rubinstein;Joan Gomberg;John E. Vidale;Aaron G. Wech

141
Citations
Rapid, continuous streaking of tremor in Cascadia

Abhijit Ghosh;John E. Vidale;Justin R. Sweet;Kenneth C. Creager

140
Citations
Magma reservoirs from the upper crust to the Moho inferred from high-resolution Vp and Vs models beneath Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA

Eric Kiser;Imma Palomeras;Alan Levander;Colin Zelt

135
Citations
Intraslab Earthquakes: Dehydration of the Cascadia Slab

Leiph A. Preston;Kenneth C. Creager;Robert S. Crosson;Thomas M. Brocher

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Vidale University of Southern California

Geoffrey A. Abers Cornell University

Alan Levander Rice University

Heidi Houston University of Washington

Brandon Schmandt University of New Mexico

Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey

Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University

Paul Bodin University of Washington

Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen

Joan Gomberg University of Washington

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