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Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Seismology and Earthquake Studies is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 13.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of machine learning and deep learning techniques to improve the accuracy and timeliness of earthquake early warning systems. It covers topics such as seismic signal classification, real-time seismology, convolutional neural networks for seismic phase picking, and the integration of citizen science in earthquake monitoring.

  • Machine Learning
  • Seismic Signals
  • Earthquake Detection
  • Early Warning
  • Convolutional Neural Network
  • Seismic Event Classification
  • Real-Time Seismology
  • Deep Learning Models
  • Seismic Phase Picking
  • Citizen Science
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Seismology and Earthquake Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 787 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.1k works
  2. 2 United States 787 works
  3. 3 India 307 works
  4. 4 Japan 252 works
  5. 5 Italy 204 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 128 works
  7. 7 Russia 123 works
  8. 8 France 115 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 106 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 93 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.

China: 33.4%United States: 24.8%India: 9.7%Japan: 7.9%6 others listed: 24.2%33%largest
China1,061 · 33.4%United States787 · 24.8%India307 · 9.7%Japan252 · 7.9%6 others listed768 · 24.2%

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

Which institutions lead Seismology and Earthquake Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China Earthquake Administration publishes the most Seismology and Earthquake Studies research, followed by Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and United States Geological Survey.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 76 works
  2. 2 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly 55 works
  3. 3 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 36 works
  4. 4 Heilongjiang Earthquake AgencyChina 31 works
  5. 5 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 26 works
  6. 6 Jilin UniversityChina 23 works
  7. 7 The University of TokyoJapan 23 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 22 works
  9. 9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 21 works
  10. 10 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 21 works

Where is Seismology and Earthquake Studies research done?

The largest centres of Seismology and Earthquake Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Rome (Italy) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Reston.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 342 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 87 works
  3. 3 Rome Italy 76 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 69 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 56 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 50 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 43 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 43 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 43 works
  10. 10 Xi'an China 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RestonUS · 37.1 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Seismology and Earthquake Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Seismology and Earthquake Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, California Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich 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 31.39%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 19, 34.4%California Institute of Technology: 14, 50.0%ETH Zurich: 18, 40.2%China University of Geosciences: 18, 32.7%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 13, 25.3%Stanford University: 16, 50.3%Southern University of Science and Technology: 19, 24.8%China University of Petroleum, Beijing: 16, 16.4%Chengdu University of Technology: 21, 25.8%University of California, Berkeley: 26, 14.0%California Institute…ETH ZurichKing Abdullah Univer…China University of …
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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 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 75.634.4%16.4×19 +208.6%
2 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 65.350.0%13.9×14 -21.4%
3 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 58.740.2%6.6×18 +39.7%
4 China University of GeosciencesChina 57.532.7%9.3×18 +34.7%
5 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 56.725.3%9.2×13 +96.2%
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 54.750.3%3.2×16 +103.2%
7 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.324.8%8.7×19 —
8 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 53.516.4%10.1×16 +130.4%
9 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 50.425.8%17.6×21 -65.1%
10 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 49.914.0%7.5×26 +115.7%

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 Seismology and Earthquake Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Seismology and Earthquake Studies.

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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.