David J Wald: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map

David J Wald's h-index is 75 (170 i10-index, 26,504+ total citations across 407+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 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 26,504 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.

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170i10-index

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407Works

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David J Wald's Citation Metrics

Bibliometric impact based on 407 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.

H-Index: 75
i10-Index: 170
Total Citations: 26,504
Citing Countries: 37

As of July 2026.

David J Wald has an h-index of 75 and 26,504 total citations across 407 publications, with research cited by institutions in 37 countries.

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Characterizing crustal earthquake slip models for the prediction of strong ground motion

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Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

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Wuhan University of Technology

Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute

BAE Systems (Sweden)

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University of Oxford

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Yunnan Vocational College of Mechanical and Electrical Technology

Lettis Consultants International (United States)

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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 26,504 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 1,502 citations. Other influential works include “Slab1. 0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries” (2012) with 1,411 citations and “Relationships between peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and modified Mercalli intensity in California” (1999) with 1,350 citations.

Citations of David J Wald's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.

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