| The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 december 2004 T Lay, H Kanamori, CJ Ammon, M Nettles, SN Ward, RC Aster, SL Beck, ... science 308 (5725), 1127-1133, 2005 | 1516 | 2005 |
| Do subducting seamounts generate or stop large earthquakes? K Wang, SL Bilek Geology 39 (9), 819-822, 2011 | 367 | 2011 |
| Invited review paper: Fault creep caused by subduction of rough seafloor relief K Wang, SL Bilek Tectonophysics 610, 1-24, 2014 | 328 | 2014 |
| Rigidity variations with depth along interplate megathrust faults in subduction zones SL Bilek, T Lay Nature 400 (6743), 443-446, 1999 | 307 | 1999 |
| Tsunami earthquakes possibly widespread manifestations of frictional conditional stability SL Bilek, T Lay Geophysical Research Letters 29 (14), 18-1-18-4, 2002 | 248 | 2002 |
| Control of seafloor roughness on earthquake rupture behavior SL Bilek, SY Schwartz, HR DeShon Geology 31 (5), 455-458, 2003 | 240 | 2003 |
| Invited review paper: Seismicity along the South American subduction zone: Review of large earthquakes, tsunamis, and subduction zone complexity SL Bilek Tectonophysics 495 (1-2), 2-14, 2010 | 161 | 2010 |
| Subduction zone megathrust earthquakes SL Bilek, T Lay Geosphere 14 (4), 1468-1500, 2018 | 154 | 2018 |
| Great earthquakes and slab pull: interaction between seismic coupling and plate–slab coupling CP Conrad, S Bilek, C Lithgow-Bertelloni Earth and Planetary Science Letters 218 (1-2), 109-122, 2004 | 138 | 2004 |
| Seismogenic zone structure of the southern Middle America trench, Costa Rica HR DeShon, SY Schwartz, SL Bilek, LM Dorman, V Gonzalez, JM Protti, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B10), 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Implications of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake on tsunami forecast and assessment models for great subduction-zone earthquakes EL Geist, VV Titov, D Arcas, FF Pollitz, SL Bilek Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 97 (1A), S249-S270, 2007 | 104 | 2007 |
| Anomalous earthquake ruptures at shallow depths on subduction zone megathrusts T Lay, S Bilek The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults, 476-511, 2007 | 97 | 2007 |
| Rupture characterization and aftershock relocations for the 1994 and 2006 tsunami earthquakes in the Java subduction zone SL Bilek, ER Engdahl Geophysical Research Letters 34 (20), 2007 | 88 | 2007 |
| Effect of depth‐dependent shear modulus on tsunami generation along subduction zones EL Geist, SL Bilek Geophysical research letters 28 (7), 1315-1318, 2001 | 86 | 2001 |
| Radiated seismic energy and earthquake source duration variations from teleseismic source time functions for shallow subduction zone thrust earthquakes SL Bilek, T Lay, LJ Ruff Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 109 (B9), 2004 | 79 | 2004 |
| Differences in tsunami generation between the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 Sumatra earthquakes EL Geist, SL Bilek, D Arcas, VV Titov Earth, planets and space 58 (2), 185-193, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| Variation of interplate fault zone properties with depth in the Japan subduction zone SL Bilek, T Lay Science 281 (5380), 1175-1178, 1998 | 63 | 1998 |
| The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults TH Dixon, C Moore Columbia University Press, 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| Influence of subducting topography on earthquake rupture SL Bilek The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults, 123-146, 2007 | 58 | 2007 |
| Comment on" the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 december 2004" S Neetu, I Suresh, R Shankar, D Shankar, SSC Shenoi, SR Shetye, ... Science 310 (5753), 1431-1431, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
