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Susan Y. Schwartz 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 Y. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 175 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan Y. Schwartz 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 Y. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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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

Susan Y. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. They have contributed extensively to topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, seismology and earthquake studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological and geochemical analysis.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate active involvement in earthquake-related research and seismic phenomena. These include:

  • "Slow Slip and Tremor Detected at the Northern Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone" (2021), published in Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)
  • "The Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment" (2020), published in Seismological Research Letters
  • "Repeating earthquakes record fault weakening and healing in areas of megathrust postseismic slip" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Afterslip and Spontaneous Aseismic Slip on the Anza Segment of the San Jacinto Fault Zone, Southern California" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "A shallow slow slip event in 2018 in the Semidi segment of the Alaska subduction zone detected by machine learning" (2023), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent coauthors in their work include C. G. Barcheck, E. C. Roland, A. F. Sheehan, Spahr C. Webb, and H. R. Shaddox, each appearing in multiple collaborations. Their research outputs have appeared most often in the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, followed by publications in Seismological Research Letters, Science Advances, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Seismica.

Their research interests are further refined into key subfields such as artificial intelligence, atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. This multidisciplinary approach supports their investigations into seismological phenomena and geophysical processes.

Best Publications

  • Slow slip events and seismic tremor at circum-Pacific subduction zones

    Susan Y. Schwartz;Juliana M. Rokosky

  • Slow slip near the trench at the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand.

    Laura M. Wallace;Spahr C. Webb;Yoshihiro Ito;Kimihiro Mochizuki

  • Control of seafloor roughness on earthquake rupture behavior

    Susan L. Bilek;Susan Y. Schwartz;Heather R. DeShon

  • Deep low‐frequency earthquakes in tremor localize to the plate interface in multiple subduction zones

    Justin R. Brown;Gregory C. Beroza;Satoshi Ide;Kazuaki Ohta

  • Analysis of seismic and acoustic observations at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, 1995 1997

    M.T. Hagerty;M.T. Hagerty;S.Y. Schwartz;M.A. Garcés;M. Protti

  • Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenic zone processes in Costa Rica

    Edmundo Norabuena;Timothy H. Dixon;Susan Schwartz;Heather DeShon;Heather DeShon

  • Correlated transient fluid pulsing and seismic tremor in the Costa Rica subduction zone

    Kevin M. Brown;Michael D. Tryon;Heather R. DeShon;LeRoy M. Dorman

  • Imaging ruptured lithosphere beneath the Red Sea and Arabian Peninsula

    Samantha E. Hansen;Samantha E. Hansen;Arthur J. Rodgers;Susan Y. Schwartz;Abdullah M.S. Al-Amri

  • WISSARD at Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica: scientific operations and initial observations

    Slawek Tulaczyk;Jill A. Mikucki;Matthew R. Siegfried;John C. Priscu

  • Episodic stress and fluid pressure cycling in subducting oceanic crust during slow slip

    E. Warren-Smith;B. Fry;L. Wallace;L. Wallace;E. Chon

  • INFLUENCE OF THE MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION ON THE TECTONICS OF COASTAL CALIFORNIA

    Kevin P. Furlong;Susan Y. Schwartz

  • Seismic anisotropy in the shallow crust of the Loma Prieta segment of the San Andreas Fault System

    Zhi Zhang;Susan Y. Schwartz

  • The Cascadia Initiative: A Sea Change In Seismological Studies of Subduction Zones

    Douglas R. Toomey;Richard M. Allen;Andrew H. Barclay;Samuel W. Bell

  • Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface

    Marino Protti;Victor González;Andrew V. Newman;Timothy H. Dixon

  • A tremor and slip event on the Cocos-Caribbean subduction zone as measured by a global positioning system (GPS) and seismic network on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

    Kimberly C. Outerbridge;Timothy H. Dixon;Susan Y. Schwartz;Jacob I. Walter

  • Along-strike variability in the seismogenic zone below Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

    A. V. Newman;S. Y. Schwartz;V. Gonzalez;H. R. DeShon

  • Paleomagnetic evaluation of the Orocline Hypothesis in the central and southern Appalachians

    Susan Y. Schwartz;Rob Van der Voo

  • Evidence for serpentinization of the forearc mantle wedge along the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

    Heather R. DeShon;Heather R. DeShon;Susan Y. Schwartz

  • Seismogenic zone structure beneath the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from three-dimensional local earthquake P- and S-wave tomography

    Heather R. DeShon;Susan Y. Schwartz;Andrew V. Newman;Victor González

  • Earthquakes and Tremor Linked to Seamount Subduction During Shallow Slow Slip at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

    Erin K. Todd;Erin K. Todd;Susan Y. Schwartz;Kimihiro Mochizuki;Laura M. Wallace;Laura M. Wallace

  • Slow Slip and Tremor Detected at the Northern Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone

    S. Y. Schwartz;J. I. Walter;T. H. Dixon;K. C. Psencik

  • Geodetic and Seismic Constraints on some Seismogenic Zone Processes in Costa Rica

    T. H. Dixon;E. Norabuena;S. Schwartz;Heather R. DeShon

Frequent Co-Authors

Marino Protti
Marino Protti University of California, Santa Cruz
Anne F. Sheehan
Anne F. Sheehan University of Colorado Boulder
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Heather R. DeShon
Heather R. DeShon Southern Methodist University
Thorne Lay
Thorne Lay University of California, Santa Cruz
Stuart Henrys
Stuart Henrys University of Auckland
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LeRoy M. Dorman
LeRoy M. Dorman Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Zhigang Peng
Zhigang Peng Georgia Institute of Technology

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