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Seismic Waves and Analysis

Seismic Waves and Analysis is a research topic within Geophysics. Science Explorer counts 53k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the high-resolution tomographic imaging of the Earth's subsurface using ambient seismic noise, particularly surface wave tomography and the extraction of Green's functions. It encompasses techniques such as seismic interferometry, cross-correlation of noise data, and distributed acoustic sensing for monitoring seismic events and subsurface structures. The research also explores applications in characterizing near-surface geological features and monitoring changes in seismic velocity over time.

  • Seismic Noise
  • Tomography
  • Surface Wave
  • Ambient Seismic
  • Green's Function
  • Rayleigh Wave
  • Interferometry
  • Microseisms
  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing
  • Inversion
Research works
53k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+57%
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Which countries lead Seismic Waves and Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.3k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 4.3k works
  2. 2 China 2.1k works
  3. 3 Italy 333 works
  4. 4 France 311 works
  5. 5 India 307 works
  6. 6 Japan 283 works
  7. 7 Russia 252 works
  8. 8 Germany 202 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 194 works
  10. 10 Canada 137 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 50.6%China: 25.3%Italy: 4.0%France: 3.7%6 others listed: 16.4%51%largest
United States4,251 · 50.6%China2,128 · 25.3%Italy333 · 4.0%France311 · 3.7%6 others listed1,376 · 16.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Seismic Waves and Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Berkeley publishes the most Seismic Waves and Analysis research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 761 works
  2. 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 370 works
  3. 3 Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States 216 works
  4. 4 Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterUnited States 193 works
  5. 5 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 122 works
  6. 6 Sound Agriculture (United States)United States 117 works
  7. 7 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 113 works
  8. 8 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 105 works
  9. 9 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 101 works
  10. 10 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 86 works

Who are the leading researchers in Seismic Waves and Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Seismic Waves and Analysis include G. Mitselmakher, Jerry M. Mendel and R. Frey.

  1. 1 G. Mitselmakher United States 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Jerry M. Mendel United States 4k citations
  3. 3 R. Frey United States 3.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Seismic Waves and Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Seismic Waves and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Berkeley (United States), Beijing (China), West Lafayette (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Emeryville, Hiram and Virginia Beach.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berkeley United States 978 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 678 works
  3. 3 West Lafayette United States 370 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 280 works
  5. 5 St Louis United States 218 works
  6. 6 Qingdao China 150 works
  7. 7 Los Angeles United States 140 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 127 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 122 works
  10. 10 Paris France 120 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. EmeryvilleUS · 116.8 works593×
  2. HiramUS · 23.7 works202×
  3. Virginia BeachUS · 49.1 works103×
  4. CheyenneUS · 24.0 works84×
  5. BerkeleyUS · 978.2 works78×
  6. WilliamsburgUS · 49.5 works53×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Seismic Waves and Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Seismic Waves and Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, California Institute of Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Purdue University West Lafayette score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 16.23%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →California Institute of Technology: 23, 51.9%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 40, 25.8%Purdue University West Lafayette: 370, 0.3%China University of Petroleum, East China: 86, 12.1%Southern University of Science and Technology: 47, 22.4%University of California, Berkeley: 761, 0.6%Universiti Teknologi Petronas: 9, 27.1%China University of Petroleum, Beijing: 59, 12.4%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 82, 2.7%China University of Geosciences (Beijing): 39, 7.0%California Institute…King Abdullah Univer…China University of …Purdue University We…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 66.551.9%9.7×23 +9.7%
2 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 63.725.8%14.4×40 +100.6%
3 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 59.60.3%38.9×370 +685.2%
4 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 59.112.1%18.4×86 +243.7%
5 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.522.4%8.9×47 —
6 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 52.50.6%90.8×761 +13.6%
7 Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia 52.127.1%6.0×9 +291.0%
8 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 51.612.4%15.3×59 +96.5%
9 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 51.02.7%12.0×82 —
10 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 50.47.0%13.6×39 +150.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Seismic Waves and Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Seismic Waves and Analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.