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Luis Rivera 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 Luis Rivera sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 145 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luis Rivera 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 Luis Rivera sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 61st percentile

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

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

Overview

Luis Rivera is a researcher affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France, specializing primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output focuses heavily on geophysics, with additional work in geology, artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, and education.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas within geophysics and geology, including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, geological and geophysical studies, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Rivera has published extensively, contributing 90 works to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The subfields most represented in their work are geophysics with 82 publications, geology with 6, and smaller contributions to AI, sociology, political science, and education.

The researcher has frequently published in several venues notable in the geosciences and seismic studies, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Science Advances
  • Seismological Research Letters

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist includes:

  • "The 22 December 2018 tsunami from flank collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano during eruption," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days," 2024, Science
  • "Moment Tensors of Ring-Faulting at Active Volcanoes: Insights Into Vertical-CLVD Earthquakes at the Sierra Negra Caldera, Galápagos Islands," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Estimation of radiated energy using the KiK-net downhole records-old method for modern data," 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • "Sub-Decadal Volcanic Tsunamis Due To Submarine Trapdoor Faulting at Sumisu Caldera in the Izu-Bonin Arc," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Rivera has collaborated frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • Hiroo Kanamori
  • Kenji Satake
  • Osamu Sandanbata
  • Shingo Watada
  • Zhongwen Zhan

Best Publications

  • A note on the dynamic and static displacements from a point source in multilayered media

    Lupei Zhu;Luis A. Rivera;Luis A. Rivera

  • Geodynamics of the northern Andes: Subductions and intracontinental deformation (Colombia)

    Alfredo Taboada;Luis A. Rivera;Andrés Fuenzalida;Armando Cisternas

  • Coseismic Deformation from the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake as Inferred from InSAR and GPS Observations

    Mark Simons;Yuri Fialko;Luis Rivera

  • On the use of the checker-board test to assess the resolution of tomographic inversions

    Jean-Jacques Lévěque;Luis Rivera;Gérard Wittlinger

  • Source inversion of W phase: speeding up seismic tsunami warning

    Hiroo Kanamori;Luis Rivera

  • Energy Partitioning During an Earthquake

    Hiroo Kanamori;Luis Rivera

  • W phase source inversion for moderate to large earthquakes (1990–2010)

    Zacharie Duputel;Luis Rivera;Hiroo Kanamori;Gavin P. Hayes

  • Static and Dynamic Scaling Relations for Earthquakes and Their Implications for Rupture Speed and Stress Drop

    Hiroo Kanamori;Luis Rivera

  • Rupture characteristics of major and great (Mw ≥ 7.0) megathrust earthquakes from 1990 to 2015: 1. Source parameter scaling relationships

    Lingling Ye;Lingling Ye;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Luis Rivera

  • The 2009 Samoa–Tonga great earthquake triggered doublet

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

  • Stress tensor and fault plane solutions for a population of earthquakes

    Luis Rivera;Armando Cisternas

  • The 2006–2007 Kuril Islands great earthquake sequence

    Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Alexander R. Hutko

  • ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE ISOTROPIC COMPONENT IN MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION

    H. Dufumier;Luis Rivera

  • Localized fault slip to the trench in the 2010 Maule, Chile Mw = 8.8 earthquake from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, teleseismic body waves, InSAR, campaign GPS, and tsunami observations

    Han Yue;Thorne Lay;Luis Rivera;Chao An

  • Active faulting in the Gulf of Aqaba: New knowledge from the MW 7.3 earthquake of 22 November 1995

    Yann Klinger;Luis Rivera;Henri Haessler;Jean-Christophe Maurin

  • Source Inversion of the W-Phase: Real-time Implementation and Extension to Low Magnitudes

    Gavin P. Hayes;Luis Rivera;Hiroo Kanamori

  • The Mw = 8.0 Antofagasta (northern Chile) earthquake of 30 July 1995: A precursor to the end of the large 1877 gap

    B. Delouis;T. Monfret;L. Dorbath;M. Pardo

  • Separation of coseismic and postseismic gravity changes for the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake from 4.6 yr of GRACE observations and modelling of the coseismic change by normal-modes summation

    Caroline de Linage;Caroline de Linage;Luis Rivera;Jacques Hinderer;Jean-Paul Boy;Jean-Paul Boy

  • The 2012 Sumatra great earthquake sequence

    Zacharie Duputel;Hiroo Kanamori;Victor C. Tsai;Luis Rivera

  • Real-time W phase inversion during the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

    Zacharie Duputel;Luis Rivera;Hiroo Kanamori;Gavin P. Hayes

  • Stress tensor determination in France and neighbouring regions

    B. Delouis;H. Haessler;A. Cisternas;L. Rivera

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Zacharie Duputel
Zacharie Duputel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Thorne Lay
Thorne Lay University of California, Santa Cruz
Mark Simons
Mark Simons California Institute of Technology
A. Cisternas
A. Cisternas University of Antofagasta
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Romain Jolivet
Romain Jolivet École Normale Supérieure
Emma M. Hill
Emma M. Hill Nanyang Technological University
Kenji Satake
Kenji Satake University of Tokyo
Kwok Fai Cheung
Kwok Fai Cheung University of Hawaii at Manoa

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