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48
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Robert W. Graves 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 W. Graves sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 172 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Graves 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 W. Graves 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

Robert W. Graves is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics. Additional interests include Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Management, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The topics central to their work encompass Seismic Performance and Analysis, Seismic Waves and Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, Scientific Computing and Data Management, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Robert W. Graves include:

  • "NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development" (2021, Earthquake Spectra)
  • "Hybrid broadband ground motion simulation validation of small magnitude earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand" (2020, Earthquake Spectra)
  • "Refinements to the Graves-Pitarka Kinematic Rupture Generator, Including a Dynamically Consistent Slip-Rate Function, Applied to the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake" (2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)
  • "Shallow Basin Structure and Attenuation Are Key to Predicting Long Shaking Duration in Los Angeles Basin" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • "Tall building performance-based seismic design using SCEC broadband platform site-specific ground motion simulations" (2020, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics)

Robert W. Graves has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Christine Goulet
  • S. E. Hough
  • Kevin R. Milner
  • S. Callaghan
  • Yousef Bozorgnia

Their work has been published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • The Seismic Record
  • Frontiers in High Performance Computing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Modification of Empirical Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity

    Paul G. Somerville;Nancy F. Smith;Robert W. Graves;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • Simulating seismic wave propagation in 3D elastic media using staggered-grid finite differences

    Robert W. Graves

  • NGA-West2 Database

    Timothy D. Ancheta;Robert B. Darragh;Jonathan P. Stewart;Emel Seyhan

  • Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion

    Paul Somerville;Kojiro Irikura;Robert Graves;Sumio Sawada

  • NGA-West2 Research Project:

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Norman A. Abrahamson;Linda Al Atik;Timothy D. Ancheta

  • Broadband Ground-Motion Simulation Using a Hybrid Approach

    Robert W. Graves;Arben Pitarka

  • CyberShake: A Physics-Based Seismic Hazard Model for Southern California

    Robert Graves;Thomas H. Jordan;Scott Callaghan;Ewa Deelman

  • Ground motion evaluation procedures for performance-based design

    Jonathan P. Stewart;Shyh Jeng Chiou;Jonathan D. Bray;Robert W. Graves

  • The SCEC Southern California Reference Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Model Version 2

    Harold Magistrale;Steven Day;Robert W. Clayton;Robert Graves

  • Ground-motion amplification in the Santa Monica area: Effects of shallow basin-edge structure

    Robert W. Graves;Arben Pitarka;Paul G. Somerville

  • Refinements to the Graves and Pitarka (2010) Broadband Ground‐Motion Simulation Method

    Robert Graves;Arben Pitarka

  • Kinematic Ground‐Motion Simulations on Rough Faults Including Effects of 3D Stochastic Velocity Perturbations

    Robert Graves;Arben Pitarka

  • The 2012 Brawley swarm triggered by injection-induced aseismic slip

    Shengji Wei;Shengji Wei;Jean Philippe Avouac;Kenneth W. Hudnut;Andrea Donnellan

  • Unified Structural Representation of the southern California crust and upper mantle

    John H. Shaw;Andreas Plesch;Carl Tape;Carl Tape;M. Peter Suess

  • Sources of shaking and flooding during the Tohoku-Oki earthquake: A mixture of rupture styles

    Shengji Wei;Robert Graves;Don Helmberger;Jean Philippe Avouac

  • Model for Basin Effects on Long-Period Response Spectra in Southern California

    Steven M. Day;Robert Graves;Jacobo Bielak;Douglas Dreger

  • The seismic response of the Los Angeles basin, California

    David J. Wald;Robert W. Graves

  • The ShakeOut earthquake scenario: Verification of three simulation sets

    Jacobo Bielak;Robert W. Graves;Kim B. Olsen;Ricardo Taborda

  • Rupture process of the 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake from the combined inversion of seismic, tsunami, and geodetic data

    Gene Ichinose;Paul Somerville;Hong Kie Thio;Robert Graves

  • Resolution analysis of finite fault source inversion using one- and three-dimensional Green's functions. 1. Strong motions

    Robert W. Graves;David J. Wald

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Somerville
Paul Somerville Aecom (United States)
Thomas H. Jordan
Thomas H. Jordan University of Southern California
Kim B. Olsen
Kim B. Olsen San Diego State University
Brendon A. Bradley
Brendon A. Bradley University of Canterbury
Shengji Wei
Shengji Wei Nanyang Technological University
Karan Vahi
Karan Vahi University of Southern California
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
Ewa Deelman
Ewa Deelman University of Southern California
Steven M. Day
Steven M. Day San Diego State University

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