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2026

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74
Citations
21393
World Ranking
749
National Ranking
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Kerry E Sieh 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 Kerry E Sieh sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 272 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerry E Sieh 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 Kerry E Sieh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Kerry E Sieh is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geography, Planning and Development, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

Kerry E Sieh has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Dam failure and a catastrophic flood in the Mekong basin (Bolaven Plateau), southern Laos, 2018" (2020), published in Geomorphology
  • "Islamisation and the formation of vernacular Muslim material culture in 15th-century northern Sumatra" (2021), published in Indonesia and the Malay World
  • "Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Assessing volcanic hazard and exposure to lava flows at remote volcanic fields: a case study from the Bolaven Volcanic Field, Laos" (2022), published in Journal of Applied Volcanology
  • "Slip rates and locking depths of the southern Sumatran Fault Zone revealed by new campaign GPS observations" (2024), published in Geophysical Journal International

The scientist has worked frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Dayana Schonwalder Angel
  • J. S. Herrin
  • Vanpheng Sihavong
  • Andrea Verolino
  • Susanna F. Jenkins

Publication venues where Kerry E Sieh has frequently appeared include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Geomorphology
  • Indonesia and the Malay World
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Applied Volcanology

Kerry E Sieh has received several professional recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • The geology of earthquakes

    Robert Steve Yeats;Kerry E Sieh;Clarence R Allen

  • Neotectonics of the Sumatran fault, Indonesia

    Kerry Sieh;Danny H. Natawidjaja

  • Holocene activity of the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek, California

    Kerry E. Sieh;Richard H. Jahns

  • Frictional Afterslip Following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Sumatra

    Ya-Ju Hsu;Mark Simons;Jean-Philippe Avouac;John Galetzka

  • Red River and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China: Quaternary geology, slip rates, and seismic hazard

    C. R. Allen;A. R. Gillespie;Han Yuan;K. E. Sieh

  • Coseismic Slip and Afterslip of the Great Mw 9.15 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake of 2004

    Mohamed Chlieh;Jean Philippe Avouac;Vala Hjorleifsdottir;Teh Ru Alex Song

  • Slip along the San Andreas fault associated with the great 1857 earthquake

    Kerry E. Sieh

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • Prehistoric large earthquakes produced by slip on the San Andreas Fault at Pallett Creek, California

    Kerry E. Sieh

  • A more precise chronology of earthquakes produced by the San Andreas fault in southern California

    Kerry E Sieh;Minze Stuiver;David Brillinger

  • Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake

    Cecep Subarya;Mohamed Chlieh;Linette Prawirodirdjo;Jean Philippe Avouac

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • Earthquake Supercycles Inferred from Sea-Level Changes Recorded in the Corals of West Sumatra

    Kerry Sieh;Danny H. Natawidjaja;Aron J. Meltzner;Chuan Chou Shen

  • Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence

    A. Ozgun Konca;Jean Philippe Avouac;Anthony Sladen;Aron J. Meltzner

  • Neotectonic architecture of Taiwan and its implications for future large earthquakes

    J. Bruce H. Shyu;Kerry Sieh;Yue-Gau Chen;Char-Shine Liu

  • Deformation and Slip Along the Sunda Megathrust in the Great 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake

    Richard W Briggs;Kerry Sieh;Aron J Meltzner;Danny H Natawidjaja

  • Heterogeneous coupling of the Sumatran megathrust constrained by geodetic and paleogeodetic measurements

    Mohamed Chlieh;Mohamed Chlieh;Jean-Philippe Avouac;Kerry Sieh;Danny H. Natawidjaja;Danny H. Natawidjaja

  • Source parameters of the great Sumatran megathrust earthquakes of 1797 and 1833 inferred from coral microatolls

    Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Kerry Sieh;Mohamed Chlieh;John Galetzka

  • Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California

    Ray J. Weldon;Kerry E. Sieh

  • Uplift and subsidence associated with the great Aceh‐Andaman earthquake of 2004

    Aron J. Meltzner;Kerry Sieh;Michael Abrams;Duncan Carr Agnew

  • Geology of Earthquakes

    Kerry E. Sieh;Robert S. Yeats

  • Coseismic slip and afterslip of the great M-w 9.15 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 2004

    M Chlieh;J-P Avouac;Hjorleifsdottir;T-Ra Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Danny H Natawidjaja
Danny H Natawidjaja National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia
Emma M. Hill
Emma M. Hill Nanyang Technological University
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Richard W. Briggs
Richard W. Briggs United States Geological Survey
Yue-Gau Chen
Yue-Gau Chen National Taiwan University
Yehuda Bock
Yehuda Bock University of California, San Diego
Clarence R. Allen
Clarence R. Allen California Institute of Technology
Robert S. Yeats
Robert S. Yeats Oregon State University

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