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Stefan Nielsen 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 Stefan Nielsen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 225 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Nielsen 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 Stefan Nielsen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefan Nielsen is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Ocean Engineering. Within these areas, their work also spans Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to seismic activity and material behavior under high pressure. Key topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geotechnical and geomechanical engineering
  • Drilling and well engineering
  • Tunneling and rock mechanics

Nielsen has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Geological Society London Memoirs

Selected recent publications by Nielsen illustrate the focus of their current research:

  • "Fracture Energy and Breakdown Work During Earthquakes" (2023) - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • "Nucleation of Laboratory Earthquakes: Quantitative Analysis and Scalings" (2023) - Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Coseismic fault lubrication by viscous deformation" (2021) - Nature Geoscience
  • "Determination of Parameters Characteristic of Dynamic Weakening Mechanisms During Seismic Faulting in Cohesive Rocks" (2022) - Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Thermal Weakening Friction During Seismic Slip: Experiments and Models With Heat Sources and Sinks" (2021) - Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Collaboration is a notable element of Nielsen's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Giulio Di Toro (8 joint publications)
  • Chiara Cornelio (7 joint publications)
  • Elena Spagnuolo (7 joint publications)
  • Stefano Aretusini (6 joint publications)
  • M. Cocco (5 joint publications)

The range of topics and frequent representation across specialized journals indicate a sustained engagement with earthquake mechanics, material response under stress, and related geophysical processes. Nielsen's research outputs combine experimental, theoretical, and modeling approaches to understand seismic phenomena and the mechanical behavior of earth materials.

Best Publications

  • Fault lubrication during earthquakes

    G. Di Toro;G. Di Toro;R. Han;T. Hirose;N. De Paola

  • Natural and Experimental Evidence of Melt Lubrication of Faults During Earthquakes

    Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro;Takehiro Hirose;Takehiro Hirose;Takehiro Hirose;Stefan Nielsen;Stefan Nielsen;Stefan Nielsen;Giorgio Pennacchioni;Giorgio Pennacchioni;Giorgio Pennacchioni

  • Earthquakes on Dipping Faults: The Effects of Broken Symmetry

    David D. Oglesby;Ralph J. Archuleta;Stefan B. Nielsen

  • Earthquake magnitude estimation from peak amplitudes of very early seismic signals on strong motion records

    Aldo Zollo;Maria Lancieri;Stefan Nielsen

  • Earthquake rupture dynamics frozen in exhumed ancient faults

    Giulio Di Toro;Stefan Nielsen;Giorgio Pennacchioni

  • Frictional melt and seismic slip

    S. Nielsen;G. Di Toro;T. Hirose;T. Hirose;T. Shimamoto

  • PML Absorbing Boundaries

    G. Festa;S. Nielsen

  • Characterization of nucleation during laboratory earthquakes

    S. Latour;A. Schubnel;S. Nielsen;R. Madariaga

  • The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Dipping Faults

    David D. Oglesby;Ralph J. Archuleta;Stefan B. Nielsen

  • Experimental observation of stick‐slip instability fronts

    S. Nielsen;J. Taddeucci;S. Vinciguerra

  • Mirror-like faults and power dissipation during earthquakes

    Michele Fondriest;Michele Fondriest;Steven A.F. Smith;Thibault Candela;Stefan B. Nielsen

  • Inferring earthquake physics and chemistry using an integrated field and laboratory approach

    A. Niemeijer;A. Niemeijer;G. Di Toro;G. Di Toro;W.A. Griffith;A. Bistacchi

  • Coseismic recrystallization during shallow earthquake slip

    S. A. F. Smith;G. Di Toro;G. Di Toro;S. Kim;J.-H. Ree

  • From sub-Rayleigh to supershear ruptures during stick-slip experiments on crustal rocks.

    François X. Passelègue;Alexandre Schubnel;Stefan Nielsen;Harsha S. Bhat

  • Fault Roughness at Seismogenic Depths from LIDAR and Photogrammetric Analysis

    Andrea Bistacchi;W. Ashley Griffith;Steven A. F. Smith;Giulio Di Toro

  • Gouge graphitization and dynamic fault weakening during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake

    Li Wei Kuo;Haibing Li;Steven A.F. Smith;Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro

  • On the Self-Healing Fracture Mode

    S. Nielsen;R. Madariaga

  • Frictional melting of gabbro under extreme experimental conditions of normal stress, acceleration, and sliding velocity

    André Niemeijer;André Niemeijer;Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro;Stefan Nielsen;Fabio Di Felice

  • Dynamic rupture processes inferred from laboratory microearthquakes

    François. X. Passelègue;Alexandre Schubnel;Stefan Nielsen;Harsha S. Bhat

  • Rough faults, distributed weakening, and off-fault deformation

    W. Ashley Griffith;W. Ashley Griffith;Stefan Nielsen;Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro;Steven A. F. Smith

  • Natural and Experimental Evidence of Melt Lubrication of Faults During Earthquakes

    G. di Toro;T. Hirose;S. Nielsen;G. Pennacchioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Di Toro
Giulio Di Toro University of Padua
André R. Niemeijer
André R. Niemeijer Utrecht University
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Robert E. Holdsworth
Robert E. Holdsworth Durham University
Alexandre Schubnel
Alexandre Schubnel École Normale Supérieure
Giorgio Pennacchioni
Giorgio Pennacchioni University of Padua
Sergio Vinciguerra
Sergio Vinciguerra University of Turin
Toshihiko Shimamoto
Toshihiko Shimamoto China Earthquake Administration
Piergiorgio Scarlato
Piergiorgio Scarlato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Raul Madariaga
Raul Madariaga École Normale Supérieure

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