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Researchers at United States Geological Survey

James D. Nichols, Jon E. Keeley and David M. Boore rank highest among 1,596 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is United States Geological Survey.

The ranking

  1. 1 James D. NicholsUnited States · #3,015 worldwide1.6k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Jon E. KeeleyUnited States · #5,433 worldwide1.7k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 David M. BooreUnited States · #6,126 worldwide1.5k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Dana W. KolpinUnited States · #8,978 worldwide1.3k citations · 52 works
  5. 5 E. Michael ThurmanUnited States · #9,484 worldwide1.4k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 J. Andrew RoyleUnited States · #10,965 worldwide965 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Thomas R. LovelandUnited States · #13,684 worldwide2.1k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Gregg A. SwayzeUnited States · #14,199 worldwide796 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Michael E. FieldUnited States · #15,307 worldwide827 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 James E. CloernUnited States · #15,994 worldwide892 citations · 53 works
  11. 11 Craig D. AllenUnited States · #17,151 worldwide956 citations · 44 works
  12. 12 Luna B. LeopoldUnited States · #18,038 worldwide1k citations · 41 works
  13. 13 David BukryUnited States · #18,054 worldwide745 citations · 54 works
  14. 14 Walter E. DeanUnited States · #18,928 worldwide951 citations · 65 works
  15. 15 Paul C. CrossUnited States · #20,839 worldwide476 citations · 52 works
  16. 16 Timothy S. CollettUnited States · #20,901 worldwide581 citations · 65 works
  17. 17 Douglas H. JohnsonUnited States · #23,233 worldwide1.2k citations · 175 works
  18. 18 L. A. SoderblomUnited States · #24,805 worldwide592 citations · 72 works
  19. 19 Zhiliang ZhuUnited States · #25,964 worldwide893 citations · 43 works
  20. 20 James E. HinesUnited States · #26,512 worldwide624 citations · 55 works
  21. 21 Larry B. BarberUnited States · #29,614 worldwide1.2k citations · 34 works
  22. 22 James H. DieterichUnited States · #29,617 worldwide654 citations · 41 works
  23. 23 H. H. KiefferUnited States · #29,633 worldwide599 citations · 70 works
  24. 24 J. K. BöhlkeUnited States · #29,838 worldwide675 citations · 49 works
  25. 25 Bruce D. SmithUnited States · #30,736 worldwide942 citations · 153 works
  26. 26 Asbury H. SallengerUnited States · #31,023 worldwide633 citations · 49 works
  27. 27 Jill S. BaronUnited States · #31,191 worldwide931 citations · 59 works
  28. 28 Douglas J. NicholsUnited States · #31,267 worldwide389 citations · 44 works
  29. 29 Keith A. KvenvoldenUnited States · #31,714 worldwide648 citations · 37 works
  30. 30 Bruce K. WylieUnited States · #32,055 worldwide705 citations · 51 works
  31. 31 Claudia NelsonUnited States · #32,162 worldwide373 citations · 52 works
  32. 32 John A. BarronUnited States · #33,860 worldwide752 citations · 96 works
  33. 33 William R. NormarkUnited States · #34,352 worldwide484 citations · 54 works
  34. 34 L. David MechUnited States · #34,498 worldwide733 citations · 76 works
  35. 35 Donald E. TillittUnited States · #35,107 worldwide474 citations · 36 works
  36. 36 Irving FriedmanUnited States · #35,455 worldwide754 citations · 45 works
  37. 37 Richard M. IversonUnited States · #36,056 worldwide513 citations · 47 works
  38. 38 James B. GraceUnited States · #36,741 worldwide546 citations · 42 works
  39. 39 Donald E. WhiteUnited States · #37,961 worldwide510 citations · 36 works
  40. 40 Michael T. MeyerUnited States · #38,213 worldwide1.2k citations · 31 works
  41. 41 Thomas C. WinterUnited States · #38,256 worldwide440 citations · 40 works
  42. 42 John N. AleinikoffUnited States · #38,383 worldwide763 citations · 51 works
  43. 43 H. MasurskyUnited States · #38,735 worldwide574 citations · 33 works
  44. 44 Robert B. FinkelmanUnited States · #39,520 worldwide483 citations · 63 works
  45. 45 Jayne BelnapUnited States · #41,468 worldwide1.1k citations · 97 works
  46. 46 Randall W. JibsonUnited States · #42,351 worldwide661 citations · 32 works
  47. 47 Jesslyn F. BrownUnited States · #42,862 worldwide879 citations · 31 works
  48. 48 Dale W. GriffinUnited States · #43,367 worldwide599 citations · 45 works
  49. 49 J. N. GrossmanUnited States · #44,338 worldwide422 citations · 37 works
  50. 50 M. King HubbertUnited States · #45,635 worldwide669 citations · 30 works
  51. 51 Edward T. FurlongUnited States · #46,107 worldwide1.1k citations · 29 works
  52. 52 Donald R. CahoonUnited States · #46,581 worldwide678 citations · 39 works
  53. 53 J. C. SavageUnited States · #47,311 worldwide366 citations · 40 works
  54. 54 David W. SchollUnited States · #49,503 worldwide530 citations · 71 works
  55. 55 Charles A. SandbergUnited States · #49,867 worldwide549 citations · 36 works
  56. 56 Samuel N. LuomaUnited States · #50,644 worldwide345 citations · 54 works
  57. 57 Jordan S. ReadUnited States · #50,753 worldwide462 citations · 38 works
  58. 58 Ronald S. OremlandUnited States · #52,214 worldwide622 citations · 50 works
  59. 59 David B. StewartUnited States · #52,815 worldwide345 citations · 40 works
  60. 60 Ray BoswellUnited States · #53,053 worldwide296 citations · 40 works
  61. 61 Trude V.V. KingUnited States · #54,096 worldwide482 citations · 50 works
  62. 62 Michael D. LewanUnited States · #54,187 worldwide442 citations · 40 works
  63. 63 Prasad S. ThenkabailUnited States · #54,946 worldwide518 citations · 32 works
  64. 64 R. N. ClarkUnited States · #55,519 worldwide1.6k citations · 249 works
  65. 65 James L. BischoffUnited States · #55,809 worldwide454 citations · 57 works
  66. 66 S. W. HostetlerUnited States · #55,864 worldwide587 citations · 30 works
  67. 67 Limin YangUnited States · #57,063 worldwide1.3k citations · 27 works
  68. 68 M. H. CarrUnited States · #58,799 worldwide567 citations · 90 works
  69. 69 Christopher J. PotterUnited States · #60,927 worldwide287 citations · 31 works
  70. 70 William M. AlleyUnited States · #61,611 worldwide271 citations · 41 works
  71. 71 Keith E. LivoUnited States · #61,891 worldwide464 citations · 46 works
  72. 72 Mary C. HillUnited States · #62,140 worldwide283 citations · 41 works
  73. 73 Fritz L. KnopfUnited States · #62,251 worldwide333 citations · 32 works
  74. 74 John F. McCauleyUnited States · #63,071 worldwide228 citations · 31 works
  75. 75 Arthur J. HorowitzUnited States · #64,005 worldwide354 citations · 32 works
  76. 76 Edward H. FieldUnited States · #66,614 worldwide340 citations · 28 works
  77. 77 David L. GeorgeUnited States · #68,271 worldwide206 citations · 35 works
  78. 78 Clifford I. VossUnited States · #68,408 worldwide259 citations · 42 works
  79. 79 Arthur H. LachenbruchUnited States · #68,466 worldwide329 citations · 31 works
  80. 80 Kenneth J. BagstadUnited States · #70,848 worldwide421 citations · 30 works
  81. 81 Geoffrey C. BohlingUnited States · #70,899 worldwide249 citations · 30 works
  82. 82 William Z. SavageUnited States · #71,080 worldwide187 citations · 30 works
  83. 83 Roger D. BorcherdtUnited States · #71,315 worldwide363 citations · 31 works
  84. 84 Philip H. NelsonUnited States · #71,726 worldwide272 citations · 32 works
  85. 85 Andrew J. MichaelUnited States · #72,238 worldwide494 citations · 32 works
  86. 86 Mark E. ReidUnited States · #72,489 worldwide323 citations · 33 works
  87. 87 Thomas L. WrightUnited States · #72,918 worldwide470 citations · 57 works
  88. 88 John BredehoeftUnited States · #72,923 worldwide218 citations · 31 works
  89. 89 Marvin A. LanphereUnited States · #73,585 worldwide317 citations · 36 works
  90. 90 Tyler B. CoplenUnited States · #74,915 worldwide326 citations · 42 works
  91. 91 L. Niel PlummerUnited States · #75,122 worldwide501 citations · 28 works
  92. 92 James R. HeinUnited States · #76,974 worldwide844 citations · 88 works
  93. 93 Chen‐Lin ChouUnited States · #77,162 worldwide453 citations · 36 works
  94. 94 Wayne ThatcherUnited States · #78,678 worldwide315 citations · 32 works
  95. 95 G. Brent DalrympleUnited States · #79,698 worldwide445 citations · 28 works
  96. 96 E. Robert ThielerUnited States · #81,185 worldwide369 citations · 60 works
  97. 97 Brian S. CadeUnited States · #81,418 worldwide497 citations · 26 works
  98. 98 R. M. BatsonUnited States · #84,594 worldwide177 citations · 30 works
  99. 99 Heather LowersUnited States · #84,917 worldwide350 citations · 38 works
  100. 100 Geoffrey S. EllisUnited States · #85,648 worldwide176 citations · 33 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

0204060mean 13.864works (log) →citations per work →James D. Nichols: 90, 17.8Jon E. Keeley: 89, 19.0David M. Boore: 60, 24.5Dana W. Kolpin: 52, 24.1E. Michael Thurman: 51, 28.0J. Andrew Royle: 54, 17.9Thomas R. Loveland: 44, 48.6Gregg A. Swayze: 49, 16.2Michael E. Field: 54, 15.3James E. Cloern: 53, 16.8Craig D. Allen: 44, 21.7Luna B. Leopold: 41, 24.7David Bukry: 54, 13.8Walter E. Dean: 65, 14.6Paul C. Cross: 52, 9.2Timothy S. Collett: 65, 8.9Douglas H. Johnson: 175, 6.8L. A. Soderblom: 72, 8.2Zhiliang Zhu: 43, 20.8James E. Hines: 55, 11.3Larry B. Barber: 34, 34.6James H. Dieterich: 41, 16.0H. H. Kieffer: 70, 8.6J. K. Böhlke: 49, 13.8Bruce D. Smith: 153, 6.2Asbury H. Sallenger: 49, 12.9Jill S. Baron: 59, 15.8Douglas J. Nichols: 44, 8.8Keith A. Kvenvolden: 37, 17.5Bruce K. Wylie: 51, 13.8Claudia Nelson: 52, 7.2John A. Barron: 96, 7.8William R. Normark: 54, 9.0L. David Mech: 76, 9.6Donald E. Tillitt: 36, 13.2Irving Friedman: 45, 16.8Richard M. Iverson: 47, 10.9James B. Grace: 42, 13.0Donald E. White: 36, 14.2Michael T. Meyer: 31, 37.8Thomas C. Winter: 40, 11.0John N. Aleinikoff: 51, 15.0H. Masursky: 33, 17.4Robert B. Finkelman: 63, 7.7Jayne Belnap: 97, 11.1Randall W. Jibson: 32, 20.7Jesslyn F. Brown: 31, 28.4Dale W. Griffin: 45, 13.3J. N. Grossman: 37, 11.4M. King Hubbert: 30, 22.3Edward T. Furlong: 29, 38.6Donald R. Cahoon: 39, 17.4J. C. Savage: 40, 9.2David W. Scholl: 71, 7.5Charles A. Sandberg: 36, 15.2Samuel N. Luoma: 54, 6.4Jordan S. Read: 38, 12.2Ronald S. Oremland: 50, 12.4David B. Stewart: 40, 8.6Ray Boswell: 40, 7.4Trude V.V. King: 50, 9.6Michael D. Lewan: 40, 11.1Prasad S. Thenkabail: 32, 16.2R. N. Clark: 249, 6.4James L. Bischoff: 57, 8.0S. W. Hostetler: 30, 19.6Limin Yang: 27, 46.7M. H. Carr: 90, 6.3Christopher J. Potter: 31, 9.3William M. Alley: 41, 6.6Keith E. Livo: 46, 10.1Mary C. Hill: 41, 6.9Fritz L. Knopf: 32, 10.4John F. McCauley: 31, 7.4Arthur J. Horowitz: 32, 11.1Edward H. Field: 28, 12.1David L. George: 35, 5.9Clifford I. Voss: 42, 6.2Arthur H. Lachenbruch: 31, 10.6Kenneth J. Bagstad: 30, 14.0Geoffrey C. Bohling: 30, 8.3William Z. Savage: 30, 6.2Roger D. Borcherdt: 31, 11.7Philip H. Nelson: 32, 8.5Andrew J. Michael: 32, 15.4Mark E. Reid: 33, 9.8Thomas L. Wright: 57, 8.2John Bredehoeft: 31, 7.0Marvin A. Lanphere: 36, 8.8Tyler B. Coplen: 42, 7.8L. Niel Plummer: 28, 17.9James R. Hein: 88, 9.6Chen‐Lin Chou: 36, 12.6Wayne Thatcher: 32, 9.8G. Brent Dalrymple: 28, 15.9E. Robert Thieler: 60, 6.2Brian S. Cade: 26, 19.1R. M. Batson: 30, 5.9Heather Lowers: 38, 9.2Geoffrey S. Ellis: 33, 5.3David M. BooreDana W. KolpinJon E. KeeleyJames D. Nichols
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.