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Robert Smalley 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 Robert Smalley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 127 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Smalley 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 Robert Smalley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Smalley is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include earthquake and tectonic studies, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, GNSS positioning and interference, earthquake detection and analysis, and seismic waves and analysis.

Recent publications by Robert Smalley include:

  • An updated long-term homogenized daily temperature data set for Australia (2020) published in Geoscience Data Journal
  • Transient ice loss in the Patagonia Icefields during the 2015-2016 El Niño event (2022) published in Scientific Reports
  • A Paradigm Shift in Critical Care Infrastructure in Complex Settings: Evaluating an Ultraportable Operating Room to Improve Field Surgical Safety (2021) published in Military Medicine
  • Estimating the uncertainty of Australian area-average temperature anomalies (2021) published in International Journal of Climatology
  • Vemurafenib improves muscle histopathology in a mouse model of LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy (2023) published in Disease Models & Mechanisms

Robert Smalley frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Demián D. Gómez
  • Dana J. Caccamise
  • Branislava Jovanovic
  • Franco S. Sobrero
  • Michael Bevis

The scientist has published multiple papers in established venues such as the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Geoscience Data Journal, Journal of Geodesy, GPS Solutions, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • The 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule megathrust earthquake of Central Chile, monitored by GPS.

    C. Vigny;A. Socquet;S. Peyrat;J. C. Ruegg

  • The Nazca -South America Euler vector and its rate of change

    Eric Kendrick;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • A fractal approach to the clustering of earthquakes: Applications to the seismicity of the New Hebrides

    R.F. Smalley;Jean-Luc Chatelain;D.L. Turcotte;Richard Prévot

  • Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability

    Valentina R. Barletta;Valentina R. Barletta;Michael Bevis;Benjamin E. Smith;Terry Wilson

  • A renormalization group approach to the stick-slip behavior of faults

    R. F. Smalley;D. L. Turcotte;Sara A. Solla

  • Crustal motion in the Southern Andes (26°–36°S): Do the Andes behave like a microplate?

    Benjamin A. Brooks;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Eric Kendrick

  • Seasonal fluctuations in the mass of the Amazon River system and Earth's elastic response

    Michael Bevis;Douglas Alsdorf;Eric Kendrick;Luiz Paulo Fortes

  • Crustal motion in the zone of the 1960 Chile earthquake: Detangling earthquake‐cycle deformation and forearc‐sliver translation

    Kelin Wang;Yan Hu;Michael Bevis;Eric Kendrick

  • Coseismic and postseismic slip associated with the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile: Characterizing the Arauco Peninsula barrier effect

    Yu Nung Nina Lin;Anthony Sladen;Francisco Ortega-Culaciati;Mark Simons

  • Basement seismicity beneath the Andean precordillera thin-skinned thrust belt and implications for crustal and lithospheric behavior

    Robert Smalley;José Pujol;Marc Regnier;Jer-Ming Chiu

  • The 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake: Downdip rupture limit revealed by space geodesy

    Xiaopeng Tong;David Sandwell;Karen Luttrell;Benjamin Brooks

  • On the strength of interplate coupling and the rate of back arc convergence in the central Andes: An analysis of the interseismic velocity field

    Michael Bevis;Eric Kendrick;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • Coseismic slip distribution of the February 27, 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake

    Fred F. Pollitz;Ben Brooks;Xiaopeng Tong;Michael G. Bevis

  • Orogenic-wedge deformation and potential for great earthquakes in the central Andean backarc

    Benjamin A. Brooks;Michael Bevis;Kelin Whipple;J Ramon Arrowsmith

  • An integrated crustal velocity field for the central Andes

    Eric Kendrick;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • Bending the Bolivian orocline in real time

    Richard W. Allmendinger;Robert Smalley;Michael Bevis;Holly Caprio

  • Current rates of convergence across the central Andes : Estimates from continuous GPS observations

    Eric C. Kendrick;M. Bevis;R. F. Smalley;O. Cifuentes

  • Geodetic determination of relative plate motion and crustal deformation across the Scotia-South America plate boundary in eastern Tierra del Fuego

    R. Smalley;E. Kendrick;M. G. Bevis;Ian W Dalziel

  • Seismotectonics of thin‐ and thick‐skinned deformation in the Andean Foreland from local network data: Evidence for a seismogenic lower crust

    Robert Smalley;Bryan L. Isacks

  • A high-resolution local network study of the Nazca Plate Wadati-Benioff Zone under western Argentina

    Robert F. Smalley;Bryan L. Isacks

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Ian W. D. Dalziel
Ian W. D. Dalziel The University of Texas at Austin
Terry Wilson
Terry Wilson The Ohio State University
Frederick W. Taylor
Frederick W. Taylor The University of Texas at Austin
Christophe Vigny
Christophe Vigny École Normale Supérieure
Michael A. Ellis
Michael A. Ellis British Geological Survey
Sergio Barrientos
Sergio Barrientos University of Chile
Simon D. P. Williams
Simon D. P. Williams National Oceanography Centre
Anne Socquet
Anne Socquet Grenoble Alpes University
Charles A. Langston
Charles A. Langston University of Memphis

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