| Geodetic data inversion using a Bayesian information criterion for spatial distribution of fault slip T Yabuki, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Journal International 109 (2), 363-375, 1992 | 500 | 1992 |
| A Bayesian approach to nonlinear inversion DD Jackson, M Matsu'ura Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90 (B1), 581-591, 1985 | 344 | 1985 |
| Maximum-likelihood estimation of hypocenter with origin time eliminated using nonlinear inversion technique N Hirata, M Matsu'ura Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 47, 50-61, 1987 | 328 | 1987 |
| Interplate seismogenic zones along the Kuril–Japan trench inferred from GPS data inversion C Hashimoto, A Noda, T Sagiya, M Matsu’ura Nature Geoscience 2 (2), 141-144, 2009 | 281 | 2009 |
| Dislocation model for aseismic crustal deformation at Hollister, California M Matsu'ura, DD Jackson, A Cheng Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B12), 12661-12674, 1986 | 238 | 1986 |
| A dislocation model for the earthquake cycle at convergent plate boundaries M Matsu'ura, T Sato Geophysical Journal International 96 (1), 23-32, 1989 | 164 | 1989 |
| The 3‐D tectonic stress fields in and around Japan inverted from centroid moment tensor data of seismic events T Terakawa, M Matsu'ura Tectonics 29 (6), 2010 | 163 | 2010 |
| Spontaneous rupture propagation on a non-planar fault in 3-D elastic medium H Aochi, E Fukuyama, M Matsu’ura Pure and Applied Geophysics 157, 2003-2027, 2000 | 158 | 2000 |
| Slip-dependent friction law and nucleation processes in earthquake rupture M Matsu'ura, H Kataoka, B Shibazaki Tectonophysics 211 (1-4), 135-148, 1992 | 158 | 1992 |
| Statical and dynamical study on faulting mechanism of the 1923 Kanto earthquake M Matsu'ura, T Iwasaki, Y Suzuki, R Sato Journal of Physics of the Earth 28 (2), 119-143, 1980 | 116 | 1980 |
| 3-D modelling of plate interfaces and numerical simulation of long-term crustal deformation in and around Japan C Hashimoto, K Fukui, M Matsu’ura Pure and Applied Geophysics 161 (9-10), 2053-2068, 2004 | 108 | 2004 |
| Transition process from nucleation to high-speed rupture propagation: scaling from stick-slip experiments to natural earthquakes B Shibazaki, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Journal International 132 (1), 14-30, 1998 | 108 | 1998 |
| A maximum likelihood approach to nonlinear inversion under constraints M Matsu'ura, Y Hasegawa Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 47, 179-187, 1987 | 105 | 1987 |
| Quasi-static internal deformation due to a dislocation source in a multilayered elastic/viscoelastic half-space and an equivalence theorem Y Fukahata, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Journal International 166 (1), 418-434, 2006 | 102 | 2006 |
| Geodetic data inversion using ABIC to estimate slip history during one earthquake cycle with viscoelastic slip-response functions Y Fukahata, A Nishitani, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Journal International 156 (1), 140-153, 2004 | 101 | 2004 |
| Strains and tilts on the surface of a semi-infinite medium R Sato, M Matsu'ura Journal of Physics of the Earth 22 (2), 213-221, 1974 | 100 | 1974 |
| Interplate coupling and relative plate motion in the Tokai district, central Japan, deduced from geodetic data inversion using ABIC S Yoshioka, T Yabuki, T Sagiya, T Tada, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Journal International 113 (3), 607-621, 1993 | 96 | 1993 |
| Static deformations due to the fault spreading over several layers in a multi-layered medium R Sato, M Matsu'ura Journal of Physics of the Earth 21 (3), 227-249, 1973 | 96 | 1973 |
| Changes in seismic activity following the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake: effects of pore fluid pressure T Terakawa, C Hashimoto, M Matsu'ura Earth and Planetary Science Letters 365, 17-24, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Spontaneous processes for nucleation, dynamic propagation, and stop of earthquake rupture B Shibazaki, M Matsu'ura Geophysical Research Letters 19 (12), 1189-1192, 1992 | 90 | 1992 |
