David J Wald: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
David J Wald's h-index is 75 (170 i10-index, 26,419+ total citations across 407+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. David J Wald is affiliated with U.S. Geological Survey.
David J Wald is a researcher affiliated with U.S. Geological Survey, specializing in Seismology, Earthquakes, Earthquake Engineering. Their work has been cited 26,419 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
David J Wald's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 407 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 75
- i10-Index
- 170
- Total Citations
- 26,419
- Citing Countries
- 1
As of June 2026.
David J Wald has an h-index of 75 and 26,419 total citations across 407 publications, with research cited by institutions in 1 country.
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Characterizing crustal earthquake slip models for the prediction of strong ground motion
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About David J Wald's research
David J Wald is a researcher in Seismology, Earthquakes and Earthquake Engineering at U.S. Geological Survey. Their work has been cited 26,419 times across 407 publications (h-index 75), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Characterizing crustal earthquake slip models for the prediction of strong ground motion” (1999), has accumulated 1,499 citations. Other influential works include “Slab1. 0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries” (2012) with 1,405 citations and “Relationships between peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and modified Mercalli intensity in California” (1999) with 1,343 citations.
Citations of David J Wald's research come primarily from United States; the citation map above shows the full geographic breakdown.











