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Rachel E. Abercrombie

Rachel E. Abercrombie

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
8026
World Ranking
4679
National Ranking
1788

Rachel E. Abercrombie 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 Rachel E. Abercrombie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 140 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rachel E. Abercrombie 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 Rachel E. Abercrombie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Rachel E. Abercrombie is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Geophysics. Their work spans several subfields, including Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, seismic performance and analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Rachel E. Abercrombie has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International

Some recent papers by Abercrombie, listing the full title, year, and venue, are:

  • Resolution and uncertainties in estimates of earthquake stress drop and energy release, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Does Earthquake Stress Drop Increase With Depth in the Crust?, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Other notable papers where Abercrombie is not the first author but related to their research area include:

  • Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Evidence of Aseismic and Fluid-Driven Processes in a Small Complex Seismic Swarm Near Virginia City, Nevada, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Cross Validation of Stress Drop Estimates and Interpretations for the 2011 Prague, OK, Earthquake Sequence Using Multiple Methods, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Abercrombie include:

  • Xiaowei Chen
  • Peter M. Shearer
  • Colin Pennington
  • C. J. Ruhl
  • A. Baltay

Rachel E. Abercrombie was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Earthquake source scaling relationships from −1 to 5 ML using seismograms recorded at 2.5-km depth

    Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • Can observations of earthquake scaling constrain slip weakening

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;James R. Rice

  • Depth dependence of earthquake frequency‐magnitude distributions in California: Implications for rupture initiation

    Jim Mori;Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • A Common Origin for Aftershocks, Foreshocks, and Multiplets

    Karen R. Felzer;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Göran Ekström

  • Triggering of the 1999 MW 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks of the 1992 MW 7.3 Landers earthquake

    Karen R. Felzer;Thorsten W. Becker;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Göran Ekström

  • Source parameters of small earthquakes recorded at 2.5 km depth, Cajon Pass, southern California: Implications for earthquake scaling

    Rachel Abercrombie;Peter Leary

  • Near-Surface Attenuation and Site Effects from Comparison of Surface and Deep Borehole Recordings

    Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • Earthquake slip on oceanic transform faults.

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Göran Ekström

  • The 1994 Java tsunami earthquake: Slip over a subducting seamount

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Michael Antolik;Karen Felzer;Göran Ekström

  • Investigating uncertainties in empirical Green's function analysis of earthquake source parameters

    Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • Occurrence patterns of foreshocks to large earthquakes in the western United States

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Jim Mori

  • The June 2000 Mw 7.9 earthquakes south of Sumatra: Deformation in the India–Australia Plate

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Michael Antolik;Göran Ekström

  • Spatial migration of earthquakes within seismic clusters in Southern California: Evidence for fluid diffusion

    X. Chen;P. M. Shearer;R. E. Abercrombie

  • Resolution and uncertainties in estimates of earthquake stress drop and energy release.

    Rachel E Abercrombie

  • Stress drops of repeating earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield

    Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • Stress drops and radiated energies of aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake

    Jim Mori;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Hiroo Kanamori

  • Stress drops and radiated seismic energies of microearthquakes in a South African gold mine

    Takuji Yamada;Takuji Yamada;James J. Mori;Satoshi Ide;Rachel E. Abercrombie

  • The 2002 M5 Au Sable Forks, NY, earthquake sequence: Source scaling relationships and energy budget

    Gisela Viegas;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Won-Young Kim

  • Variability of earthquake stress drop in a subduction setting, the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Stephen Bannister;John Ristau;Diane Doser

  • Secondary Aftershocks and Their Importance for Aftershock Forecasting

    Karen R. Felzer;Rachel E. Abercrombie;Göran Ekström

  • Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting

    Rachel E. Abercrombie;Art McGarr;Giulio Di Toro;Hiroo Kanamori

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Ekström
Göran Ekström Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Peter M. Shearer
Peter M. Shearer University of California, San Diego
Jim Mori
Jim Mori Kyoto University
J-M Kendall
J-M Kendall University of Oxford
Nicholas Harmon
Nicholas Harmon Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Paul Tregoning
Paul Tregoning Australian National University
Michael G. Bostock
Michael G. Bostock University of British Columbia
Isabelle Manighetti
Isabelle Manighetti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yehuda Ben-Zion
Yehuda Ben-Zion University of Southern California
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology

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