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57
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Susan L. Beck 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 Susan L. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 306 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Susan L. Beck 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 Susan L. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Susan L. Beck is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Geophysics, Oncology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Pain management and opioid use
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Patient-provider communication in healthcare

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
  • JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Evaluation of a National Quality Improvement Collaborative for Improving Cancer Screening," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "Online social support for cancer caregivers: alignment between requests and offers on CaringBridge," 2020, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
  • "An Audio-Recorded Hypnosis Intervention for Chronic Pain Management in Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study," 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
  • "Structure of the Ecuadorian forearc from the joint inversion of receiver functions and ambient noise surface waves," 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • "Assessing Patient Perspectives and the Health Equity of a Digital Cancer Symptom Remote Monitoring and Management System," 2024, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Mariah Hoskins
  • Mario Ruiz
  • Hans Agurto-Detzel
  • Philippe Charvis
  • E. Rodríguez

The scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004

    Thorne Lay;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Meredith Nettles

  • Subduction and collision processes in the Central Andes constrained by converted seismic phases

    X. Yuan;S. V. Sobolev;R. Kind;O. Oncken

  • The nature of orogenic crust in the central Andes

    Susan L. Beck;George Zandt

  • Segmented African lithosphere beneath the Anatolian region inferred from teleseismic P-wave tomography

    C. Berk Biryol;Susan L. Beck;George Zandt;A. Arda Özacar

  • Crustal-thickness variations in the central Andes

    Susan L. Beck;George Zandt;Stephen C. Myers;Terry C. Wallace

  • Source characteristics of historic earthquakes along the central Chile subduction Askew et alzone

    S. Beck;S. Barrientos;E. Kausel;M. Reyes

  • Lithospheric evolution of the Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia, and the origin of the central Andean plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie;Nadine McQuarrie;Brian K. Horton;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • Geometry and brittle deformation of the subducting Nazca Plate, Central Chile and Argentina

    Megan Anderson;Patricia Alvarado;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • Seismic imaging of the magmatic underpinnings beneath the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex from the joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions

    Kevin M. Ward;George Zandt;Susan L. Beck;Douglas H. Christensen

  • Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of central Chile and Argentina

    Hersh Gilbert;Susan Beck;George Zandt

  • The rupture process of the Great 1979 Colombia Earthquake: Evidence for the asperity model

    Susan L. Beck;Larry J. Ruff

  • Rupture characteristics of the deep bolivian earthquake of 9 june 1994 and the mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes.

    Paul G. Silver;Susan L. Beck;Terry C. Wallace;Charles Meade

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Implications for the Growth of Plateaus

    Carmala N. Garzione;Nadine McQuarrie;Nicholas D. Perez;Nicholas D. Perez;Todd A. Ehlers

  • Upper mantle structure in the south central Chilean subduction zone (30° to 36°S)

    L. S. Wagner;S. Beck;G. Zandt

  • Composition and thickness of the southern Altiplano crust, Bolivia

    George Zandt;Aaron A. Velasco;Susan L. Beck

  • Historical 1942 Ecuador and 1942 Peru subduction earthquakes and earthquake cycles along Colombia-Ecuador and Peru subduction segments

    Jennifer L Sennson;Susan L. Beck

  • Lithospheric‐scale structure across the Bolivian Andes from tomographic images of velocity and attenuation for P and S waves

    Stephen C. Myers;Stephen C. Myers;Susan Beck;George Zandt;Terry Wallace

  • Continental and oceanic crustal structure of the Pampean flat slab region, western Argentina, using receiver function analysis: new high-resolution results

    Christine R. Gans;Susan L. Beck;George Zandt;Hersh Gilbert

  • The rupture process and tectonic implications of the great 1964 Prince William Sound earthquake

    Douglas H. Christensen;Susan L. Beck

  • Crustal structure of the south-central Andes Cordillera and backarc region from regional waveform modelling

    P. Alvarado;P. Alvarado;S. Beck;G. Zandt

  • Crustal deformation in the south‐central Andes backarc terranes as viewed from regional broad‐band seismic waveform modelling

    Patricia Alvarado;Patricia Alvarado;Susan Beck;George Zandt;Mario Araujo

Frequent Co-Authors

George Zandt
George Zandt University of Arizona
Maureen D. Long
Maureen D. Long Yale University
Terry C. Wallace
Terry C. Wallace Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eric Sandvol
Eric Sandvol University of Missouri
Andreas Rietbrock
Andreas Rietbrock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Paul G. Silver
Paul G. Silver Carnegie Institution for Science
Mario Ruiz
Mario Ruiz National Polytechnic School
Nadine McQuarrie
Nadine McQuarrie University of Pittsburgh
Philippe Charvis
Philippe Charvis Université Côte d'Azur

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