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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 70 976 859 462 392 278 17797

Mark Simons publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mark Simons between 1964 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mark Simons published across 63 years, from 1964 to 2026, averaging 5.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2016. 16 of the 358 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1964 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2016. 1964: 1 publication 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 2 publications
1964 2026

358 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mark Simons: publications per year, 1964 to 2026
Year Publications
1964 1
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 3
1993 2
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 4
1998 1
1999 0
2000 4
2001 5
2002 9
2003 6
2004 9
2005 5
2006 9
2007 6
2008 13
2009 11
2010 21
2011 20
2012 16
2013 18
2014 18
2015 19
2016 23
2017 21
2018 21
2019 15
2020 7
2021 7
2022 21
2023 14
2024 10
2025 14
2026 2
Total 358
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Mark Simons 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 Mark Simons 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, 278–287 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: 278 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128 278
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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Mark Simons 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 Mark Simons 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, 70 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: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 70
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

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Mark Simons is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy.

Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Oceanography. Mark Simons investigates a variety of topics with emphasis on earthquake and tectonic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark Simons are the following:

  • Interseismic Loading of Subduction Megathrust Drives Long-Term Uplift in Northern Chile, 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Surface Deformation Related to the 2019 Mw 7.1 and 6.4 Ridgecrest Earthquakes in California from GPS, SAR Interferometry, and SAR Pixel Offsets, 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters
  • On Closure Phase and Systematic Bias in Multilooked SAR Interferometry, 2022, published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Range Geolocation Accuracy of C-/L-Band SAR and its Implications for Operational Stack Coregistration, 2022, published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • The Impact of Plate Motions on Long-Wavelength InSAR-Derived Velocity Fields, 2022, published in Geophysical Research Letters

Mark Simons frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryan S. Park
  • Alexander Berne
  • J. T. Keane
  • Minyan Zhong
  • P. A. Rosen

Mark Simons was awarded Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The 2011 Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Mosaicking the Megathrust from Seconds to Centuries

    Mark Simons;Sarah E. Minson;Anthony Sladen;Anthony Sladen;Francisco Ortega

  • Updated repeat orbit interferometry package released

    Paul A. Rosen;Scott Hensley;Gilles Peltzer;Mark Simons

  • The complete (3-D) surface displacement field in the epicentral area of the 1999 Mw7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, California, from space geodetic observations

    Yuri Fialko;Mark Simons;Duncan Agnew

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

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

  • Three-dimensional deformation caused by the Bam, Iran, earthquake and the origin of shallow slip deficit

    Yuri Fialko;David Sandwell;Mark Simons;Paul Rosen

  • 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

  • Some thoughts on the use of InSAR data to constrain models of surface deformation : noise structure and data downsampling

    Rowena B. Lohman;Rowena B. Lohman;Mark Simons

  • Hierarchical interlocked orthogonal faulting in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence.

    Zachary E. Ross;Benjamín Idini;Zhe Jia;Oliver L. Stephenson

  • 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

  • Deformation due to a pressurized horizontal circular crack in an elastic half-space, with applications to volcano geodesy

    Yuri Fialko;Yakov Khazan;Mark Simons

  • A satellite geodetic survey of large-scale deformation of volcanic centres in the central Andes

    Matthew E. Pritchard;Mark Simons

  • Localized gravity/topography admittance and correlation spectra on Mars: Implications for regional and global evolution

    Patrick J. McGovern;Sean C. Solomon;David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber

  • Large Trench-Parallel Gravity Variations Predict Seismogenic Behavior in Subduction Zones

    Teh-Ru Alex Song;Mark Simons

  • Improving InSAR geodesy using Global Atmospheric Models

    Romain Jolivet;Piyush Shanker Agram;Nina Y. Lin;Mark Simons

  • Bayesian inversion for finite fault earthquake source models I—theory and algorithm

    S. E. Minson;M. Simons;J. L. Beck

  • Superficial simplicity of the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake of Baja California in Mexico

    Shengji Wei;Eric J Fielding;Sebastien Leprince;Anthony Sladen;Anthony Sladen

  • Neutral atmospheric delay in interferometric synthetic aperture radar applications: Statistical description and mitigation

    T. R. Emardson;M. Simons;F. H. Webb

  • An InSAR‐based survey of volcanic deformation in the central Andes

    M. E. Pritchard;M. Simons

  • Deformation on Nearby Faults Induced by the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake

    Yuri Fialko;David Sandwell;Duncan Agnew;Mark Simons

  • Localization of gravity and topography: constraints on the tectonics and mantle dynamics of Venus

    Mark Simons;Sean C. Solomon;Bradford H. Hager

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Anthony Sladen
Anthony Sladen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Romain Jolivet
Romain Jolivet École Normale Supérieure
Zacharie Duputel
Zacharie Duputel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paul A. Rosen
Paul A. Rosen Jet Propulsion Lab
Sean C. Solomon
Sean C. Solomon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology
Ya-Ju Hsu
Ya-Ju Hsu Academia Sinica
Paul Lundgren
Paul Lundgren California Institute of Technology
Kenneth W. Hudnut
Kenneth W. Hudnut United States Geological Survey

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