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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art	71
PEER NGA-East database	63
NGA-subduction global ground motion models with regional adjustment factors	58
EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers part I: Computational models and workflow	57
NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development	50
ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures	46
NGA-Subduction research program	43
An open-source site database of strong-motion stations in Japan: K-NET and KiK-net (v1.0.0)	41
A framework for operationalizing the assessment of post-earthquake functional recovery of buildings	36
An analytical framework to assess earthquake-induced downtime and model recovery of buildings	36
Application of discrete wavelet transform in seismic nonlinear analysis of soil–structure interaction problems	34
EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers, part II: Regional simulations of building response	31
Rapid earthquake loss assessment based on machine learning and representative sampling	30
CPT-based liquefaction case histories compiled from three earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand	29
How well can we predict earthquake site response so far? Site-specific approaches	27
The quest for resilience: The Chilean practice of seismic design for reinforced concrete buildings	26
Summary of the Abrahamson and Gulerce NGA-SUB ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes	26
Ground motion prediction equations for significant duration using the KiK-net database	26
Data-driven seismic response prediction of structural components	25
Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response	24
Analytical fragility relation for buried cast iron pipelines with lead-caulked joints based on machine learning algorithms	24
Response spectral matching of horizontal ground motion components to an orientation-independent spectrum (RotDnn)	24
Toward functional recovery performance in the seismic design of modern tall buildings	23
Testing machine learning models for seismic damage prediction at a regional scale using building-damage dataset compiled after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake	23
NGA-Sub source and path database	21

The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications	21
The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction	21
An exploration of the use of machine learning to predict lateral spreading	21
A database of seismic designs, nonlinear models, and seismic responses for steel moment-resisting frame buildings	20
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
Exposure forecasting for seismic risk estimation: Application to Costa Rica	18
Simulation-based site amplification model for shallow bedrock sites in Korea	18
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US	18
Multi-criteria decision-making approach for optimal seismic/energy retrofitting of existing buildings	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
Site response of sedimentary basins and other geomorphic provinces in southern California	16
Story loss functions for seismic design and assessment: Development of tools and application	16
The SAFER geodatabase for the Kathmandu valley: Bayesian kriging for data-scarce regions	16
How well can we predict earthquake site response so far? Machine learning vs physics-based modeling	16
Multi-hazard parametric catastrophe bond trigger design for subduction earthquakes and tsunamis	15
Ground-motion models for Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes	15
Seismic loss and resilience assessment of tall-coupled cross-laminated timber wall building	15
E-Cloud: Efficient seismic fragility assessment of structures based on enhanced cloud analysis	15
The Estimated Carbon Cost of Concrete Building Demolitions following the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence	14
Development of NGA-Sub ground-motion prediction equation of 5%-damped pseudo-spectral acceleration based on database of subduction earthquakes in Japan	14
Identification of optimal ground-motion intensity measures for assessing liquefaction triggering and lateral displacement of liquefiable sloping grounds	14
Relational database used for ground-motion model development in the NGA-sub project	14
A fragility-oriented approach for seismic retrofit design	13
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
2021 US National Seismic Hazard Model for the State of Hawaii	13
Multi-method site characterization to verify the hard rock (Site Class A) assumption at 25 seismograph stations across Eastern Canada	13
A mixed-mode data collection approach for building inventory development: Application to school buildings in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	12
2D Geotechnical site-response analysis including soil heterogeneity and wave scattering	12
An agent-based financing model for post-earthquake housing recovery: Quantifying recovery inequalities across income groups	12
Proposal of orientation-independent measure of intensity for earthquake-resistant design	12
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the central and eastern US	12
A Texas-specific VS30 map incorporating geology and VS30 observations	12
Seismic fragility of bridges: An approach coupling multiple-stripe analysis and Gaussian mixture for multicomponent structures	12
Effect of bidirectional excitation on seismic performance of regular RC frame buildings designed for modern codes	12
Ground motion model for Peninsular India using an artificial neural network	12
An efficient algorithm to simulate hazard-targeted site-based synthetic ground motions	11
A regionalized partially nonergodic ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes using the NGA-Sub database	11
Global building exposure model for earthquake risk assessment	11
Comparisons of the NGA-Subduction ground motion models	11
The search for hard-rock kappa (κ) in NGA-East: A semi-automated method for large, challenging datasets in stable continental regions	11
Toward a uniform earthquake loss model across Central America	10
Ground motions in urban Los Angeles from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence	10
Selection of random vibration theory procedures for the NGA-East project and ground-motion modeling	10
Influence of ground motion duration on the dynamic deformation capacity of reinforced concrete frame structures	10
Seismic gap between buildings founded on different soil types experiencing pounding during earthquakes	10
Scaling relations between seismic moment and rupture area of earthquakes in stable continental regions	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

A procedure for matching the near-fault ground motions based on spectral accelerations and instantaneous power	10
Spectral matching RotD100 target spectra: Effect on records characteristics and seismic response	10
Data set from shake table tests of free-standing rocking bodies	10
Local residents’ immediate responses to the 2018 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami	10
Impact of ground-motion duration on nonlinear structural performance: Part I: spectrally equivalent records and inelastic single-degree-of-freedom systems	10
A subset of CyberShake ground-motion time series for response-history analysis	9
Modeling housing recovery after the 2018 Lombok earthquakes using a stochastic queuing model	9
Ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes in northern South America	9
The disaster resilience value of shared rooftop solar systems in residential communities	9
Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake	9
Impacts of the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage earthquake on schools	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
High-resolution post-earthquake recovery simulation: Impact of safety cordons	9
Quantifying nuisance ground motion thresholds for induced earthquakes	9
The total costs of seismic retrofits: State of the art	9
Impact of ground-motion duration on nonlinear structural performance: Part II: site- and building-specific analysis	9
Conducting 1D site response analyses to capture 2D V_S spatial variability effects	9
Dataset from the shake table tests of a rocking podium structure	9
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
Behavioral responses to earthquake shaking: Video footage analysis of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand	8
The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Where, why, and how much probabilistic ground motion maps changed	8
Inelastic response spectra of self-centering structures with the flag-shaped hysteretic response subjected to near-fault pulse-type ground motions	8
Quantitative evaluation of the damage to RC buildings caused by the 2023 southeast Turkey earthquake sequence	8
Improvement of the polyurethane spring isolation device for HV post insulators and its evaluation by fragility curves	8
Spectral damping scaling factors for horizontal components of ground motions from subduction earthquakes using NGA-Subduction data	8
Seismic damage and comparison of fragility functions of public and residential buildings damaged by the 2014 Mae Lao (Northern Thailand) earthquake	8
Sediment thickness map of United States Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Strata, and their influence on earthquake ground motions	7
The 2023 US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground-motion characterization for the conterminous United States	7
ASCE/SEI 41 assessment of reinforced concrete buildings: Benchmarking nonlinear dynamic procedures with empirical damage observations	7
Steel flexure and shear yielding base-mechanism for enhanced seismic resilience of RC core wall high-rise structures	7
Merging data and experts’ knowledge-based weights for ranking GMPEs	7
Validating predicted site response in sedimentary basins from 3D ground motion simulations	7
Development of a new seismic vulnerability model for churches based on simple typological features	7
New conditional, scenario-based, and non-conditional cumulative absolute velocity models for subduction tectonic settings	7
Evolution of seismic design codes of highway bridges in Chile	7
Time-dependent seismic hazard and risk due to wastewater injection in Oklahoma	7
Ergodic site response model for subduction zone regions	7
Investment planning for earthquake-resilient electric power systems considering cascading outages	7
Challenges in the definition of input motions for forensic ground-response analysis in the near-source region	7
RPBEE: Performance-based earthquake engineering on a regional scale	7
On the feasibility of IoT-based smart meters for earthquake early warning	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
From information to public preparedness in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Examining risk communication outcomes in Metropolitan Portland, OR	7