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Ray J. Weldon 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 Ray J. Weldon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 168 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ray J. Weldon 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 Ray J. Weldon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ray J. Weldon is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics, atmospheric science, geology, artificial intelligence, and earth-surface processes. Their work integrates multiple subfields to address various aspects of seismic and tectonic phenomena.

Their research topics encompass earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, seismology and earthquake studies, seismic waves and analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Weldon's frequent coauthors include Reed J. Burgette, G. P. Biasi, Xiaogan Cheng, Hanlin Chen, and Xuhua Shi, indicating collaboration within a network of researchers focusing on similar geoscientific domains.

They have published extensively in venues such as the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Tectonics, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Notably, the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America features the highest number of their publications.

Recent notable papers by Weldon include:

  • Modeling repeated coseismic slip to identify and characterize individual earthquakes from geomorphic offsets on strike-slip faults, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • New Insights into Paleoseismic Age Models on the Northern San Andreas Fault: Charcoal Inbuilt Ages and Updated Earthquake Correlations, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast, 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Cenozoic Shortening and Propagation in the Eastern Kuqa Fold-And-Thrust Belt, South Tian Shan, NW China, 2023, Tectonics
  • An Assessment of Vertical Land Movement to Support Coastal Hazards Planning in Washington State, 2021, Water

Best Publications

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time‐Independent Model

    Edward H. Field;Ramon J. Arrowsmith;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird

  • Late Quaternary slip rates across the central Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan, central Asia

    Stephen C Thompson;Stephen C Thompson;Ray J Weldon;Charles Martin Rubin;Kanatbek E Abdrakhmatov

  • Chemical composition of Martian fines

    Benton C. Clark;Alex K. Baird;Ray J. Weldon;Donald M. Tsusaki

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2)

    Edward H Field;Timothy E Dawson;Karen R Felzer;Arthur D Frankel

  • Wrightwood and the earthquake cycle: What a long recurrence record tells us about how faults work

    Ray J Weldon;Katherine M Scharer;Thomas E Fumal;Glenn P Biasi

  • Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California

    Ray J. Weldon;Kerry E. Sieh

  • Long‐Term Time‐Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3)

    Edward H. Field;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird;Timothy E. Dawson

  • Interseismic uplift rates for western Oregon and along-strike variation in locking on the Cascadia subduction zone

    Reed J. Burgette;Ray J. Weldon;David A. Schmidt

  • A kinematic model of southern California

    Ray Weldon;Eugene Humphreys

  • Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3): the time-independent model

    Edward H. Field;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird;Timothy E. Dawson

  • Late Cenozoic tectonics of the northwestern San Bernardino Mountains, southern California

    Kristian E. Meisling;Ray J. Weldon

  • Tectonic role of active faulting in central Oregon

    Silvio K. Pezzopane;Ray J. Weldon

  • Detachment folding in the Southwestern Tian Shan -Tarim foreland, China: shortening estimates and rates

    K. M. Scharer;D. W. Burbank;J. Chen;R. J. Weldon

  • Estimating Surface Rupture Length and Magnitude of Paleoearthquakes from Point Measurements of Rupture Displacement

    Glenn P. Biasi;Ray J. Weldon

  • Rates and processes of soil development on Quaternary terraces in Cajon Pass, California

    Leslie D. McFADDEN;Ray J. Weldon

  • Stress near geometrically complex strike-slip faults: Application to the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, southern California

    Francois Saucier;Eugene Humphreys;Ray Weldon

  • The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Simultaneous rupture of the subduction interface and overlying faults

    Teng Wang;Shengji Wei;Xuhua Shi;Qiang Qiu

  • Paleoseismic Event Dating and the Conditional Probability of Large Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault, California

    Glenn P. Biasi;Ray J. Weldon;Thomas E. Fumal;Gordon G. Seitz

  • Present‐day vertical deformation of the Cascadia Margin, Pacific Northwest, United States

    Clifton E. Mitchell;Paul Vincent;Ray J. Weldon;Mark A. Richards

  • Scaling Relationships of Source Parameters for Slow Slip Events

    Haiying Gao;David A. Schmidt;Ray J. Weldon

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time-independent model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1165

    Edward H Field;Glenn P Biasi;Peter Bird;Timothy E Dawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons United States Geological Survey
Edward H. Field
Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey
Kaj M. Johnson
Kaj M. Johnson Indiana University
Thomas H. Jordan
Thomas H. Jordan University of Southern California
Eugene D. Humphreys
Eugene D. Humphreys University of Oregon
Yuehua Zeng
Yuehua Zeng United States Geological Survey
Wayne Thatcher
Wayne Thatcher United States Geological Survey
Lewis A. Owen
Lewis A. Owen North Carolina State University
Andrew J. Michael
Andrew J. Michael United States Geological Survey
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University

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