OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Earthquake Spectra is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art	69
Development of the 2017 national seismic hazard maps of Indonesia	68
PEER NGA-East database	60
EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers part I: Computational models and workflow	57
NGA-subduction global ground motion models with regional adjustment factors	56
NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development	46
ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures	45
NGA-Subduction research program	41
Simplified seismic loss assessment for optimal structural retrofit of RC buildings	38
An open-source site database of strong-motion stations in Japan: K-NET and KiK-net (v1.0.0)	37
An analytical framework to assess earthquake-induced downtime and model recovery of buildings	35
A framework for operationalizing the assessment of post-earthquake functional recovery of buildings	34
Application of discrete wavelet transform in seismic nonlinear analysis of soil–structure interaction problems	33
EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers, part II: Regional simulations of building response	30
CPT-based liquefaction case histories compiled from three earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand	29
Rapid earthquake loss assessment based on machine learning and representative sampling	29
An updated database for ground motion parameters for KiK-net records	28
How well can we predict earthquake site response so far? Site-specific approaches	26
Ground motion prediction equations for significant duration using the KiK-net database	25
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Taiwan: TEM PSHA2020	25
Summary of the Abrahamson and Gulerce NGA-SUB ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes	25
Data-driven seismic response prediction of structural components	25
The quest for resilience: The Chilean practice of seismic design for reinforced concrete buildings	24
Response spectral matching of horizontal ground motion components to an orientation-independent spectrum (RotDnn)	24
Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response	23

Analytical fragility relation for buried cast iron pipelines with lead-caulked joints based on machine learning algorithms	23
Toward functional recovery performance in the seismic design of modern tall buildings	23
Probabilistic seismic risk assessment of India	22
Testing machine learning models for seismic damage prediction at a regional scale using building-damage dataset compiled after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake	22
Exploring probabilistic seismic risk assessment accounting for seismicity clustering and damage accumulation: Part I. Hazard analysis	22
An exploration of the use of machine learning to predict lateral spreading	21
NGA-Sub source and path database	21
The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction	20
Variable resolution probabilistic modeling of residential exposure and vulnerability for risk applications	20
Earthquake evacuation simulation of multi-story buildings during earthquakes	20
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US	19
Assessing post-disaster recovery using sentiment analysis: The case of L’Aquila, Italy	19
An H/V geostatistical approach for building pseudo-3D Vs models to account for spatial variability in ground response analyses Part I: Model development	19
A database of seismic designs, nonlinear models, and seismic responses for steel moment-resisting frame buildings	18
Exposure forecasting for seismic risk estimation: Application to Costa Rica	18
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications	17
Simulation-based site amplification model for shallow bedrock sites in Korea	17
An H/V geostatistical approach for building pseudo-3D Vs models to account for spatial variability in ground response analyses Part II: Application to 1D analyses at two downhole array sites	17
Multi-criteria decision-making approach for optimal seismic/energy retrofitting of existing buildings	16
Story loss functions for seismic design and assessment: Development of tools and application	16
Multi-hazard parametric catastrophe bond trigger design for subduction earthquakes and tsunamis	15
Site response of sedimentary basins and other geomorphic provinces in southern California	15
The SAFER geodatabase for the Kathmandu valley: Bayesian kriging for data-scarce regions	15
Seismic loss and resilience assessment of tall-coupled cross-laminated timber wall building	15
Comparison of traditional vs low-damage structural and non-structural building systems through a cost/performance-based evaluation	15
How well can we predict earthquake site response so far? Machine learning vs physics-based modeling	14
E-Cloud: Efficient seismic fragility assessment of structures based on enhanced cloud analysis	14
Relational database used for ground-motion model development in the NGA-sub project	14
Ground-motion models for Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes	14
Modeling spatial cross-correlation of multiple ground motion intensity measures (SAs, PGA, PGV, Ia, CAV, and significant durations) based on principal component and geostatistical analyses	14
Identification of optimal ground-motion intensity measures for assessing liquefaction triggering and lateral displacement of liquefiable sloping grounds	14
Host-region parameters for an adjustable model for crustal earthquakes to facilitate the implementation of the backbone approach to building ground-motion logic trees in probabilistic seismic hazard a	13
A relational database to support post-earthquake building damage and recovery assessment	13
Site parameters applied in NGA-Sub database	13
Development of NGA-Sub ground-motion prediction equation of 5%-damped pseudo-spectral acceleration based on database of subduction earthquakes in Japan	13
The Estimated Carbon Cost of Concrete Building Demolitions following the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence	13
2021 US National Seismic Hazard Model for the State of Hawaii	13
A fragility-oriented approach for seismic retrofit design	12
Multi-method site characterization to verify the hard rock (Site Class A) assumption at 25 seismograph stations across Eastern Canada	12
Proposal of orientation-independent measure of intensity for earthquake-resistant design	12
A mixed-mode data collection approach for building inventory development: Application to school buildings in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	12
Ground motion model for Peninsular India using an artificial neural network	12
Seismic fragility of bridges: An approach coupling multiple-stripe analysis and Gaussian mixture for multicomponent structures	12
2D Geotechnical site-response analysis including soil heterogeneity and wave scattering	12
A Texas-specific VS30 map incorporating geology and VS30 observations	12
Comparisons of the NGA-Subduction ground motion models	11
An agent-based financing model for post-earthquake housing recovery: Quantifying recovery inequalities across income groups	11
The search for hard-rock kappa (κ) in NGA-East: A semi-automated method for large, challenging datasets in stable continental regions	11
An efficient algorithm to simulate hazard-targeted site-based synthetic ground motions	11
Effect of bidirectional excitation on seismic performance of regular RC frame buildings designed for modern codes	11

Implementing horizontal-to-vertical Fourier spectral ratios and spatial correlation in a ground-motion prediction equation to predict site effects	10
Estimating lifeline resilience factors using post-disaster business recovery data	10
Constant-ductility energy factors of SDOF systems subjected to mainshock–aftershock sequences	10
Selection of random vibration theory procedures for the NGA-East project and ground-motion modeling	10
Spectral matching RotD100 target spectra: Effect on records characteristics and seismic response	10
Scaling relations between seismic moment and rupture area of earthquakes in stable continental regions	10
Global building exposure model for earthquake risk assessment	10
Numerical prediction of settlement due to the Pohang earthquake	10
Impact of ground-motion duration on nonlinear structural performance: Part I: spectrally equivalent records and inelastic single-degree-of-freedom systems	10
Seismic gap between buildings founded on different soil types experiencing pounding during earthquakes	10
Toward a uniform earthquake loss model across Central America	10
Data set from shake table tests of free-standing rocking bodies	10
Intensity and damage statistics of the September 19, 2017 Mexico earthquake: Influence of soft story and corner asymmetry on the damage reported during the earthquake	10
Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake	9
Modeling housing recovery after the 2018 Lombok earthquakes using a stochastic queuing model	9
Undrained seismic bearing capacity of strip footings horizontally embedded in two-layered slopes	9
A procedure for matching the near-fault ground motions based on spectral accelerations and instantaneous power	9
Conducting 1D site response analyses to capture 2D V_S spatial variability effects	9
High-resolution post-earthquake recovery simulation: Impact of safety cordons	9
A subset of CyberShake ground-motion time series for response-history analysis	9
Impact of ground-motion duration on nonlinear structural performance: Part II: site- and building-specific analysis	9
Local residents’ immediate responses to the 2018 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami	9
Ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes in northern South America	9
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the central and eastern US	9
Influence of ground motion duration on the dynamic deformation capacity of reinforced concrete frame structures	9
Quantifying nuisance ground motion thresholds for induced earthquakes	9
The total costs of seismic retrofits: State of the art	9
Development of a companion questionnaire for “Did You Feel It?”: Assessing response in earthquakes where an earthquake early warning may have been received	9
A suite of ground motion prediction equations for cumulative absolute velocity in shallow crustal earthquakes including epistemic uncertainty	9
Dataset from the shake table tests of a rocking podium structure	9
Inelastic response spectra of self-centering structures with the flag-shaped hysteretic response subjected to near-fault pulse-type ground motions	8
Ground motions in urban Los Angeles from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence	8
Improvement of the polyurethane spring isolation device for HV post insulators and its evaluation by fragility curves	8
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Where, why, and how much probabilistic ground motion maps changed	8
Spectral damping scaling factors for horizontal components of ground motions from subduction earthquakes using NGA-Subduction data	8
Behavioral responses to earthquake shaking: Video footage analysis of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand	8
A database of ground motion recordings, site profiles, and amplification factors from the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands	8
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Additional period and site class data	8
Can geotechnical liquefaction indices serve as predictors of foundation settlement?	8
A regionalized partially nonergodic ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes using the NGA-Sub database	8
The disaster resilience value of shared rooftop solar systems in residential communities	8
Ergodic site response model for subduction zone regions	7
From information to public preparedness in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Examining risk communication outcomes in Metropolitan Portland, OR	7
Challenges in the definition of input motions for forensic ground-response analysis in the near-source region	7
Sediment thickness map of United States Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Strata, and their influence on earthquake ground motions	7
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete columns with short lap splices	7
Seismic performance improvement of ±800 kV UHV DC wall busing using friction ring spring dampers	7
Chilean liquefaction case history database	7
Impacts of the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage earthquake on schools	7
Seismic damage and comparison of fragility functions of public and residential buildings damaged by the 2014 Mae Lao (Northern Thailand) earthquake	7
Time-dependent seismic hazard and risk due to wastewater injection in Oklahoma	7
Merging data and experts’ knowledge-based weights for ranking GMPEs	7
Development of a new seismic vulnerability model for churches based on simple typological features	7
On the feasibility of IoT-based smart meters for earthquake early warning	7