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41
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6854
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5491
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Larry J. Ruff 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 Larry J. Ruff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 94 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Larry J. Ruff 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 Larry J. Ruff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Larry J. Ruff is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributions are documented in scientific publications focused on geological phenomena.

Among their recent work is the paper titled THE SEISMICITY OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN, published in 2023 in the venue Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. This publication explores seismic activity within the specified region.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kazuya Fujita
  • M. R. Brudzinski
  • John Esch
  • Eleanor Rappolee

Their work has been primarily disseminated through the publication venue:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Seismicity and the subduction process

    Larry Ruff;Hiroo Kanamori

  • Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones

    Bart W. Tichelaar;Larry J. Ruff

  • The asperity model and the nature of large subduction zone earthquakes.

    Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Larry Ruff

  • Seismic coupling and uncoupling at subduction zones

    Larry Ruff;Hiroo Kanamori

  • SEISMIC COUPLING AND OUTER RISE EARTHQUAKES

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  • Do trench sediments affect great earthquake occurrence in subduction zones

    Larry J. Ruff

  • The rupture process and asperity distribution of three great earthquakes from long-period diffracted P-waves

    Larry Ruff;Hiroo Kanamori

  • How good are our best models? Jackknifing, bootstrapping, and earthquake depth

    Bart W. Tichelaar;Larry J. Ruff

  • Composition and mass flux of sediment entering the world's subduction zones: Implications for global sediment budgets, great earthquakes, and volcanism

    David K. Rea;Larry J. Ruff

  • The rupture process of the Great 1979 Colombia Earthquake: Evidence for the asperity model

    Susan L. Beck;Larry J. Ruff

  • Seismic coupling along the Chilean Subduction Zone

    Bart W. Tichelaar;Larry J. Ruff

  • What controls the lateral variation of large earthquake occurrence along the Japan Trench

    Yuichiro Tanioka;Larry J. Ruff;Kenji Satake

  • Moment tensor inversion of microseisms from the B-sand propped hydrofracture, M-site, Colorado

    Richard C. Nolen-Hoeksema;Larry J. Ruff

  • Outer-rise earthquakes and seismic coupling

    Douglas H. Christensen;Larry J. Ruff

  • The 1957 great Aleutian earthquake

    Jean M. Johnson;I Yuichiro Tanioka;Larry J. Ruff;Kenji Satake

  • Great earthquakes and subduction along the Peru trench

    Susan L. Beck;Larry J. Ruff

  • The 1968 Tokachi‐Oki and the 1969 Kurile Islands earthquakes: Variability in the rupture process

    Susan Y. Schwartz;Larry J. Ruff

  • Asperity distributions and large earthquake occurrence in subduction zones

    Larry J. Ruff

  • Analysis of the trade-off between hypocentral depth and source time function

    Douglas H. Christensen;Larry J. Ruff

  • What Controls the Seismogenic Plate Interface in Subduction Zones

    Larry J. Ruff;Bart W. Tichelaar

  • Large earthquakes in the macquarie ridge complex: Transitional tectonics and subduction initiation

    Larry J. Ruff;Jeffrey W. Given;Chris O. Sanders;Christine M. Sperber

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Satake
Kenji Satake University of Tokyo
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Susan L. Beck
Susan L. Beck University of Arizona
Thorne Lay
Thorne Lay University of California, Santa Cruz
Susan Y. Schwartz
Susan Y. Schwartz University of California, Santa Cruz
Don L. Anderson
Don L. Anderson California Institute of Technology
Phil R. Cummins
Phil R. Cummins Australian National University
Lynn R. Sykes
Lynn R. Sykes Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni University of California, Los Angeles
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology

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