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Yehuda Ben-Zion 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 Yehuda Ben-Zion sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Yehuda Ben-Zion 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 Yehuda Ben-Zion sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Yehuda Ben-Zion is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics, reflected in a substantial number of publications in this subfield. Their work also intersects with Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, earthquake detection and analysis, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Recent papers authored by or involving Yehuda Ben-Zion include:

  • "The generation of large earthquakes," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Seismic and Aseismic Preparatory Processes Before Large Stick-Slip Failure," 2020, Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • "Earthquake Declustering Using the Nearest-Neighbor Approach in Space-Time-Magnitude Domain," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Localization and coalescence of seismicity before large earthquakes," 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • "PyKonal: A Python Package for Solving the Eikonal Equation in Spherical and Cartesian Coordinates Using the Fast Marching Method," 2020, Seismological Research Letters

Yehuda Ben-Zion has collaborated frequently with several scientists, including F. L. Vernon, Jessica McBeck, François Renard, Hongrui Qiu, and Aurélien Mordret.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Elastodynamic analysis for slow tectonic loading with spontaneous rupture episodes on faults with rate‐ and state‐dependent friction

    Nadia Lapusta;James R. Rice;Yehuda Ben-Zion;Gutuan Zheng

  • Characterization of Fault Zones

    Yehuda Ben-zion;Charles G. Sammis

  • Collective behavior of earthquakes and faults: Continuum-discrete transitions, progressive evolutionary changes, and different dynamic regimes

    Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Wrinkle‐like slip pulse on a fault between different materials

    D. J. Andrews;Y. Ben-Zion

  • Earthquake clusters in southern California I: Identification and stability

    Ilya Zaliapin;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Micromechanical Model for Deformation in Solids with Universal Predictions for Stress-Strain Curves and Slip Avalanches

    Karin A. Dahmen;Yehuda Ben-Zion;Jonathan T. Uhl

  • Dynamic ruptures in recent models of earthquake faults

    Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Distributed damage, faulting, and friction

    Vladimir Lyakhovsky;Yehuda Ben-Zion;Amotz Agnon

  • A shallow fault-zone structure illuminated by trapped waves in the Karadere–Duzce branch of the North Anatolian Fault, western Turkey

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;Zhigang Peng;David Okaya;Leonardo Seeber

  • Earthquake Failure Sequences Along a Cellular Fault Zone in a Three-Dimensional Elastic Solid Containing Asperity and Nonasperity Regions

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;James R. Rice

  • Slip complexity in earthquake fault models

    James R. Rice;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • A simple analytic theory for the statistics of avalanches in sheared granular materials

    Karin Dahmen;Yehuda Ben-Zion;Jonathan Uhl

  • Statistics of Earthquakes in Simple Models of Heterogeneous Faults

    Daniel S. Fisher;Karin Dahmen;Sharad Ramanathan;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Slip patterns and earthquake populations along different classes of faults in elastic solids

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;James R. Rice

  • Temporal Changes of Shallow Seismic Velocity Around the Karadere-Düzce Branch of the North Anatolian Fault and Strong Ground Motion

    Zhigang Peng;Zhigang Peng;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Dynamic rupture on a material interface with spontaneous generation of plastic strain in the bulk

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;Zheqiang Shi

  • Cracks, pulses and macroscopic asymmetry of dynamic rupture on a bimaterial interface with velocity-weakening friction

    J.-P. Ampuero;Y. Ben-Zion

  • Dynamic simulations of slip on a smooth fault in an elastic solid

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;James R. Rice

  • Dynamic rupture on a bimaterial interface governed by slip-weakening friction

    Zheqiang Shi;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Properties of seismic fault zone waves and their utility for imaging low-velocity structures

    Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Accelerated seismic release and related aspects of seismicity patterns on earthquake Faults

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;Vladimir Lyakhovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank L. Vernon
Frank L. Vernon University of California, San Diego
Vladimir Lyakhovsky
Vladimir Lyakhovsky Geological Survey of Israel
Zhigang Peng
Zhigang Peng Georgia Institute of Technology
Zachary E. Ross
Zachary E. Ross California Institute of Technology
Thomas K. Rockwell
Thomas K. Rockwell San Diego State University
François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Marco Bohnhoff
Marco Bohnhoff Freie Universität Berlin
Michel Campillo
Michel Campillo Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Jean-Paul Ampuero Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Grzegorz Kwiatek
Grzegorz Kwiatek Freie Universität Berlin

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