| The damage mechanics of brittle solids in compression MF Ashby, CG Sammis Pure and applied geophysics 133, 489-521, 1990 | 825 | 1990 |
| Characterization of fault zones Y Ben-Zion, CG Sammis Pure and applied geophysics 160, 677-715, 2003 | 779 | 2003 |
| An observational test of the critical earthquake concept DD Bowman, G Ouillon, CG Sammis, A Sornette, D Sornette Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 103 (B10), 24359-24372, 1998 | 748 | 1998 |
| The failure of brittle porous solids under compressive stress states CG Sammis, MF Ashby Acta metallurgica 34 (3), 511-526, 1986 | 727 | 1986 |
| The kinematics of gouge deformation C Sammis, G King, R Biegel Pure and Applied Geophysics 125, 777-812, 1987 | 685 | 1987 |
| Complex critical exponents from renormalization group theory of earthquakes: Implications for earthquake predictions D Sornette, CG Sammis Journal de Physique I 5 (5), 607-619, 1995 | 659 | 1995 |
| Statistical physics approach to understanding the multiscale dynamics of earthquake fault systems JB Rundle, DL Turcotte, R Shcherbakov, W Klein, C Sammis Reviews of Geophysics 41 (4), 2003 | 498 | 2003 |
| Partial melting in the upper mantle DL Anderson, C Sammis Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3, 41-50, 1970 | 379 | 1970 |
| The frictional properties of a simulated gouge having a fractal particle distribution RL Biegel, CG Sammis, JH Dieterich Journal of Structural Geology 11 (7), 827-846, 1989 | 310 | 1989 |
| Off-fault secondary failure induced by a dynamic slip pulse JR Rice, CG Sammis, R Parsons Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 95 (1), 109-134, 2005 | 309 | 2005 |
| Long-range and long-term fault interactions in Southern California JF Dolan, DD Bowman, CG Sammis Geology 35 (9), 855-858, 2007 | 265 | 2007 |
| Self-similar cataclasis in the formation of fault gouge CG Sammis, RH Osborne, JL Anderson, M Banerdt, P White Pure and Applied Geophysics 124, 53-78, 1986 | 260 | 1986 |
| Acoustic emissions document stress changes over many seismic cycles in stick‐slip experiments TH W. Goebel, D Schorlemmer, TW Becker, G Dresen, CG Sammis Geophysical Research Letters 40 (10), 2049-2054, 2013 | 247 | 2013 |
| Precursors, aftershocks, criticality and self-organized criticality Y Huang, H Saleur, C Sammis, D Sornette Europhysics Letters 41 (1), 43, 1998 | 246 | 1998 |
| Equation of state of NaCl: Ultrasonic measurements to 8 kbar and 800° C and static lattice theory H Spetzler, CG Sammis, RJ O'connell Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 33 (7-9), 1727-1750, 1972 | 239 | 1972 |
| Fractals, fault-gouge, and friction CG Sammis, RL Biegel Pure and Applied Geophysics 131, 255-271, 1989 | 230 | 1989 |
| Evidence for self‐similar, triangular slip distributions on earthquakes: Implications for earthquake and fault mechanics I Manighetti, M Campillo, C Sammis, PM Mai, G King Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 110 (B5), 2005 | 224 | 2005 |
| Discrete scale invariance, complex fractal dimensions, and log‐periodic fluctuations in seismicity H Saleur, CG Sammis, D Sornette Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 101 (B8), 17661-17677, 1996 | 217 | 1996 |
| Quantifying near‐field and off‐fault deformation patterns of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake CWD Milliner, JF Dolan, J Hollingsworth, S Leprince, F Ayoub, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (5), 1577-1598, 2015 | 198 | 2015 |
| Fractal Dimension and b-Value on Creeping and Locked Patches of the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, California M Wyss, CG Sammis, RM Nadeau, S Wiemer Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 94 (2), 410-421, 2004 | 193 | 2004 |
