Data retrieved from the ISC website should always be cited. This includes use by academic or commercial organisations, as well as by individuals.

Please cite both the ISC product and the scientific articles that describe the procedures used to create the product.

Click on the relevant product(s) to find the corresponding citations.

• The ISC Bulletin
• Summary of the ISC Bulletin
• The International Registry of Seismograph Stations (IR)
• The IASPEI Reference Event (GT) List
• The ISC-GEM catalogue
• The ISC-EHB bulletin
• The ISC Event Bibliography
• The ISC Seismological Dataset Repository
• The Electronic Archive of Printed Station / Network Bulletins

Publications that used ISC datasets and services in the last ~10 years are listed in this Google Scholar profile :

(Please click the link to visit the ISC's Google Scholar page.)

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The ISC data are cited in hundreds of reviewed research publications each year. This map covers publications during 2018 and shows ~600 author affiliations in ~300 locations.

Citations in 2018

Citations in 2019

Citations in 2020