204 citations · 345 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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cond-mat.stat-mech1997★ 141 cited
The Paradox of the expected Time until the Next Earthquake
D. Sornette, L. Knopoff
We show analytically that the answer to the question, "The longer it has been since the last earthquake, the longer the expected time till the next ?" depends crucially on the stat…
cond-mat1995★ 204 cited
Rank-Ordering Statistics of Extreme Events: Application to the Distribution of Large Earthquakes
Didier Sornette, Leon Knopoff, Yan Kagan +1
Rank-ordering statistics provides a perspective on the rare, largest elements of a population, whereas the statistics of cumulative distributions are dominated by the more numerous…