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Patricia Mothes 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 Patricia Mothes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 237 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patricia Mothes 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 Patricia Mothes 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

Patricia Mothes is affiliated with the National Polytechnic School in Ecuador and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Geophysics. Their scholarly output reflects a strong engagement with earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as geological and geochemical analysis, particularly within the Latin American context.

The scientist's recent publications cover various aspects of tectonic and volcanic activity. Key papers include:

  • Current motion and deformation of the Nazca Plate: new constraints from GPS measurements (2022), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Crustal thickness and magma storage beneath the Ecuadorian arc (2021), published in Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Forecasting mechanical failure and the 26 June 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra Volcano, Galápagos, Ecuador (2022), published in Science Advances
  • Self-reactivated rupture during the 2019 M = 8 northern Peru intraslab earthquake (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Rapid localized flank inflation and implications for potential slope instability at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Mothes collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors including Silvana Hidalgo, Pablo Samaniego, P. Jarrín, Jean-Mathieu Nocquet, and F. Rolandone, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships in their field.

Regular publishing venues for their work include diverse journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The main research topics addressed by Mothes comprise:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Their work also engages with interdisciplinary subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Artificial Intelligence, showing a broad analytical scope within and around the geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Motion of continental slivers and creeping subduction in the Northern Andes

    J.-M. Nocquet;J.C. Villegas-Lanza;M. Chlieh;P. Mothes

  • Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: structure, eruptive history and hazards

    Minard L Hall;Claude Robin;Bernardo Beate;Patricia Mothes

  • Supercycle at the Ecuadorian subduction zone revealed after the 2016 Pedernales earthquake

    J.-M. Nocquet;P. Jarrin;M. Vallée;P. A. Mothes

  • Partitioning of oblique convergence in the Northern Andes subduction zone: Migration history and the present-day boundary of the North Andean Sliver in Ecuador

    Alexandra Alvarado;Alexandra Alvarado;L. Audin;J.M. Nocquet;Etienne Jaillard

  • Intense interface seismicity triggered by a shallow slow slip event in the Central Ecuador subduction zone

    Martin Vallée;Martin Vallée;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;Jean Battaglia;Yvonne Font

  • Distribution of discrete seismic asperities and aseismic slip along the Ecuadorian megathrust

    M. Chlieh;P.A. Mothes;J.-M. Nocquet;P. Jarrin

  • The rhyolitic–andesitic eruptive history of Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

    Minard Hall;Patricia Mothes

  • The enormous Chillos Valley Lahar: an ash-flow-generated debris flow from Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador

    Patricia A. Mothes;Minard L. Hall;Richard J. Janda

  • Areas prone to slow slip events impede earthquake rupture propagation and promote afterslip.

    Frederique Rolandone;Frederique Rolandone;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;Patricia A. Mothes;Paul Jarrin

  • Active tectonics in Quito, Ecuador, assessed by geomorphological studies, GPS data, and crustal seismicity

    A. Alvarado;A. Alvarado;Laurence Audin;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;S. Lagreulet;S. Lagreulet

  • Sangay volcano, Ecuador: structural development, present activity and petrology

    Michel Monzier;Claude Robin;Pablo Samaniego;Minard L. Hall

  • A Younger Dryas Icecap in the Equatorial Andes

    Chalmers Moyes Clapperton;Minard Hall;Patricia Mothes;Malcolm John Hole

  • Ecological consequences of post-Columbian indigenous depopulation in the Andean-Amazonian corridor.

    Nicholas J. D. Loughlin;Nicholas J. D. Loughlin;William D. Gosling;William D. Gosling;Patricia Mothes;Encarni Montoya;Encarni Montoya

  • Estimating rates of decompression from textures of erupted ash particles produced by 1999–2006 eruptions of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador

    Heather M.N. Wright;Katharine V. Cashman;Patricia A. Mothes;Minard L. Hall

  • Impact of tephra falls on Andean communities: The influences of eruption size and weather conditions during the 1999-2001 activity of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador

    Jean-Luc Le Pennec;Jean-Luc Le Pennec;Gorki A. Ruiz;Patricio Ramón;Enrique Palacios

  • Risk reduction through community-based monitoring: the vigías of Tungurahua, Ecuador

    Jonathan Stone;Jonathan Stone;Jenni Barclay;Peter Simmons;Paul D Cole

  • The response of vegetation on the Andean flank in western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change.

    Macarena L. Cárdenas;William D. Gosling;Sarah C. Sherlock;Imogen Poole

  • Towards coordinated regional multi-satellite InSAR volcano observations: results from the Latin America pilot project

    Matthew Pritchard;Juliet Biggs;Christelle Wauthier;Eugenio Sansosti

  • Pyroclastic density currents (PDC) of the 16-17 August 2006 eruptions of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador: Geophysical registry and characteristics

    Minard L. Hall;Alexander L. Steele;Patricia A. Mothes;Mario C. Ruiz

  • A Global Database of Strong‐Motion Displacement GNSS Recordings and an Example Application to PGD Scaling

    Christine J. Ruhl;Diego Melgar;Diego Melgar;Jianghui Geng;Dara E. Goldberg

  • Areas prone to slow slip events impede earthquake rupture propagation and promote afterslip

    Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;Frederique Rolandone;Patricia Mothes;Paul Jarrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Minard L. Hall
Minard L. Hall National Polytechnic School
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Hugo Yepes
Hugo Yepes National Polytechnic School
Mario Ruiz
Mario Ruiz National Polytechnic School
Pablo Samaniego
Pablo Samaniego Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
Martin Vallée
Martin Vallée Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Claude Robin
Claude Robin University of Clermont Auvergne
Juliet Biggs
Juliet Biggs University of Bristol
Falk Amelung
Falk Amelung University of Miami
William D. Gosling
William D. Gosling University of Amsterdam

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