| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Friction of rocks | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1978 | 3,456 |
| 2 | Simulation of Ground Motion Using the Stochastic Method | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2003 | 1,037 |
| 3 | Time-dependent friction and the mechanics of stick-slip | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1978 | 1,032 |
| 4 | Estimation of the size of earthquake preparation zones | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1979 | 906 |
| 5 | Direct observation of frictional contacts: New insights for state-dependent properties | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1994 | 769 |
| 6 | A new dissipation model based on memory mechanism | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1971 | 701 |
| 7 | On the stationary charge distribution on aerosol particles in a bipolar ionic atmosphere | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1963 | 660 |
| 8 | The damage mechanics of brittle solids in compression | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1990 | 631 |
| 9 | Implications for mechanical properties of brittle faults from observations of the Punchbowl fault zone, California | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1986 | 584 |
| 10 | Laboratory measurement of compaction-induced permeability change in porous rocks: Implications for the generation and maintenance of pore pressure excess in the crust | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1994 | 560 |
| 11 | The kinematics of gouge deformation | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1987 | 559 |
| 12 | The nuclei of natural cloud formation part II: The supersaturation in natural clouds and the variation of cloud droplet concentration | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1959 | 529 |
| 13 | Characterization of Fault Zones | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2003 | 493 |
| 14 | Fog Research: A Review of Past Achievements and Future Perspectives | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2007 | 487 |
| 15 | Theory and applicability of a recrystallized grain size paleopiezometer | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1977 | 450 |
| 16 | A discussion of the chemistry of some minor constituents in the stratosphere and troposphere | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1973 | 436 |
| 17 | The accommodation of large strains in the upper lithosphere of the earth and other solids by self-similar fault systems: the geometrical origin of b-Value | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1983 | 413 |
| 18 | Applying Probability Determination to Refine Landslide-triggering Rainfall Thresholds Using an Empirical Antecedent Daily Rainfall Model | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2000 | 394 |
| 19 | Small faults formed as deformation bands in sandstone | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1978 | 390 |
| 20 | Continuous GPS Array and Present-day Crustal Deformation of Japan | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2000 | 386 |
| 21 | Seismic gaps and plate tectonics: Seismic potential for major boundaries | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1979 | 384 |
| 22 | Ein Spektrograph f�r Niederschlagstropfen mit automatischer Auswertung | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1967 | 369 |
| 23 | Brecciation processes in fault zones: Inferences from earthquake rupturing | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1986 | 367 |
| 24 | Comparative microstructures of natural and experimentally produced clay-bearing fault gouges | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1986 | 364 |
| 25 | Development of faults as zones of deformation bands and as slip surfaces in sandstone | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1978 | 355 |
| 26 | Subduction-channel model of prism accretion, melange formation, sediment subduction, and subduction erosion at convergent plate margins: 1. Background and description | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1988 | 350 |
| 27 | Evolving Towards a Critical Point: A Review of Accelerating Seismic Moment/Energy Release Prior to Large and Great Earthquakes | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1999 | 350 |
| 28 | Earthquake stress drops, ambient tectonic stresses and stresses that drive plate motions | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1977 | 345 |
| 29 | Multifractal measures, especially for the geophysicist | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1989 | 335 |
| 30 | Seismicity Analysis through Point-process Modeling: A Review | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1999 | 330 |
| 31 | CyberShake: A Physics-Based Seismic Hazard Model for Southern California | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2011 | 326 |
| 32 | Subduction-channel model of prism accretion, melange formation, sediment subduction, and subduction erosion at convergent plate margins: 2. Implications and discussion | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1988 | 322 |
| 33 | Estimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, m max | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2004 | 322 |
| 34 | Controls on sonic velocity in carbonates | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1993 | 315 |
| 35 | Hydrologic precursors to earthquakes: A review | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1988 | 312 |
| 36 | Geodetic Measurements of Crustal Deformation in the Western Mediterranean and Europe | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2004 | 301 |
| 37 | Pore pressure diffusion and the mechanism of reservoir-induced seismicity | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1985 | 297 |
| 38 | Fault dimensions, displacements and growth | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1986 | 295 |
| 39 | Theoretical background for the inversion of seismic waveforms including elasticity and attenuation | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1988 | 295 |
| 40 | An Overview of the Small BAseline Subset Algorithm: a DInSAR Technique for Surface Deformation Analysis | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2007 | 295 |
| 41 | Representation and Analysis of the Earthquake Size Distribution: A Historical Review and Some New Approaches | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1999 | 280 |
| 42 | Tsunami Deposits | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2000 | 277 |
| 43 | Dynamic faulting under rate-dependent friction | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1994 | 276 |
| 44 | Constitutive relations for fault slip and earthquake instabilities | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1983 | 275 |
| 45 | Field Survey of the 27 February 2010 Chile Tsunami | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2011 | 266 |
| 46 | The Theory of Coda Wave Interferometry | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 2006 | 265 |
| 47 | Fractal dimension of fault systems in Japan: Fractal structure in rock fracture geometry at various scales | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1989 | 257 |
| 48 | Fractals in geology and geophysics | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1989 | 255 |
| 49 | On the Nature of Reservoir-induced Seismicity | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1997 | 255 |
| 50 | Constitutive behavior and stability of frictional sliding of granite | Pure and Applied Geophysics | 1986 | 247 |
