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Yehuda Ben-Zion

Headshot of Yehuda Ben-ZionYehuda Ben-Zion, professor of Earth sciences and director of the Statewide California Earthquake Center based at USC Dornsife, has been listed as a Highly Ranked Scholar for 2025 by ScholarGPS. Based on his lifetime career accomplishments, Ben-Zion ranks No. 5 overall in Southern California, No. 20 in geophysics, No. 21 in Earthquakes as a specialty, and No. 161 in Earth and planetary sciences, putting him in the top 0.05% globally.