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Earth Science 42 5299 4897 372 353 220 6124

Mahdi Motagh publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mahdi Motagh between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mahdi Motagh published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 16.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2024. 67 of the 343 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2024. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 40 publications 2025: 27 publications
2005 2025

343 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mahdi Motagh: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 2
2007 3
2008 6
2009 3
2010 10
2011 4
2012 12
2013 21
2014 24
2015 20
2016 8
2017 18
2018 23
2019 17
2020 22
2021 30
2022 25
2023 27
2024 40
2025 27
Total 343
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Mahdi Motagh 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 Mahdi Motagh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 218–227 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 220 publications — 70th percentile

70% 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
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290 220
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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Mahdi Motagh 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 Mahdi Motagh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 42
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
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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Overview

Mahdi Motagh is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, contributing extensively to the understanding of geophysical processes and environmental monitoring.

The scientist has published 81 works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 80 in Environmental Science, and 74 in Engineering. Their subfields of specialization include Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Motagh's research covers a broad range of topics related to geophysical and environmental hazards as well as remote sensing applications. The main topics include:

  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Their publications have appeared in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors working with Mahdi Motagh include:

  • Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi
  • Magdalena Vassileva
  • Zhuge Xia
  • Thomas R. Walter
  • Chao Zhou

Recent significant publications by Motagh feature a combination of remote sensing techniques and environmental applications. Examples include:

  • "Mapping land subsidence and aquifer system properties of the Willcox Basin, Arizona, from InSAR observations and independent component analysis" (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Land subsidence and rebound in the Taiyuan basin, northern China, in the context of inter-basin water transfer and groundwater management" (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Tracking hidden crisis in India's capital from space: implications of unsustainable groundwater use" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland's 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption" (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "A novel framework for landslide displacement prediction using MT-InSAR and machine learning techniques" (2024), published in Engineering Geology

Best Publications

  • Complex hazard cascade culminating in the Anak Krakatau sector collapse.

    Thomas R. Walter;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Felix M. Schneider;Diego Coppola

  • The Mw 6.2 Christchurch earthquake of February 2011: preliminary report

    A Kaiser;C Holden;J Beavan;D Beetham

  • Random forest wetland classification using ALOS-2 L-band, RADARSAT-2 C-band, and TerraSAR-X imagery

    Masoud Mahdianpari;Bahram Salehi;Fariba Mohammadimanesh;Mahdi Motagh

  • Quantifying groundwater exploitation induced subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain, southeastern Iran, using InSAR time-series and in situ measurements

    Mahdi Motagh;Roghayeh Shamshiri;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Hans-Ulrich Wetzel

  • Land subsidence in Iran caused by widespread water reservoir overexploitation

    Mahdi Motagh;Thomas R. Walter;Mohammad Ali Sharifi;Eric Fielding

  • Land subsidence in Mashhad Valley, northeast Iran: results from InSAR, levelling and GPS

    Mahdi Motagh;Yahya Djamour;Thomas R. Walter;Hans-Ulrich Wetzel

  • Imaging Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Extraction in Beijing (China) Using Satellite Radar Interferometry

    Mi Chen;Roberto Tomás;Zhenhong Li;Mahdi Motagh

  • Fault slip models of the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes from geodetic data and observations of postseismic ground deformation

    John Beavan;Mahdi Motagh;Eric J Fielding;Nic Donnelly

  • Ground surface response to continuous compaction of aquifer system in Tehran, Iran: Results from a long-term multi-sensor InSAR analysis

    Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Mahdi Motagh

  • Fault Location and Slip Distribution of the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake from Geodetic Data

    John Beavan;Eric J. Fielding;Mahdi Motagh;Sergey Samsonov

  • Mapping land subsidence and aquifer system properties of the Willcox Basin, Arizona, from InSAR observations and independent component analysis

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  • The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test

    Teng Wang;Qibin Shi;Mehdi Nikkhoo;Shengji Wei

  • Multi-temporal, multi-frequency, and multi-polarization coherence and SAR backscatter analysis of wetlands

    Fariba Mohammadimanesh;Bahram Salehi;Masoud Mahdianpari;Brian Brisco

  • Splay fault slip during the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

    Daniel Melnick;Marcos Moreno;Mahdi Motagh;Marco Cisternas

  • The 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan Earthquake: Seismic Potential of an Accretionary Wedge

    R. Jolivet;Z. Duputel;B. Riel;M. Simons

  • THE DARFIELD (CANTERBURY) EARTHQUAKE: GEODETIC OBSERVATIONS AND PRELIMINARY SOURCE MODEL

    J. Beavan;S. Samsonov;M. Motagh;L. Wallace

  • Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland’s 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption

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  • Subduction earthquake deformation associated with 14 November 2007, Mw 7.8 Tocopilla earthquake in Chile: Results from InSAR and aftershocks

    Mahdi Motagh;Mahdi Motagh;Bernd Schurr;Jan Anderssohn;Beatrice Cailleau

  • Strain accumulation across the Gazikoy–Saros segment of the North Anatolian Fault inferred from Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and GPS measurements

    Mahdi Motagh;Jörn Hoffmann;Bert Kampes;Marzieh Baes

  • Land subsidence and rebound in the Taiyuan basin, northern China, in the context of inter-basin water transfer and groundwater management

    Wei Tang;Xiangjun Zhao;Mahdi Motagh;Gang Bi

  • Chilean megathrust earthquake recurrence linked to frictional contrast at depth

    M. Moreno;S. Li;D. Melnick;J. R. Bedford

  • Caldera-scale inflation of the Lazufre volcanic area, South America: Evidence from InSAR

    J. Ruch;J. Anderssohn;T.R. Walter;M. Motagh

  • Surface deformation time series and source modeling for a volcanic complex system based on satellite wide swath and image mode interferometry: The Lazufre system, central Andes

    Jan Anderssohn;Mahdi Motagh;Thomas R. Walter;Matthias Rosenau

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Sergey Samsonov
Sergey Samsonov Natural Resources Canada
Bahram Salehi
Bahram Salehi SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Torsten Dahm
Torsten Dahm University of Potsdam
Hermann Kaufmann
Hermann Kaufmann Shandong University
Andrew Hooper
Andrew Hooper University of Leeds
Rongjiang Wang
Rongjiang Wang Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin

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