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Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson publishes mostly in Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods and Earthquake Detection and Analysis.

World rank
#983,715
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#68,207
of 90,785
Works
26
Citations
39
Citations per work
1.5

What does Alan Thomson research?

Geophysics: 41.9%Molecular Biology: 29.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.7%Oceanography: 6.5%other fields: 12.9%42%top field
Geophysics41.9%Molecular Biology29.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics9.7%Oceanography6.5%other fields12.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Geophysics42% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology29% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography6% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science3% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Thomson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Geomagnetic Field, Magnetosome Formation, Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Ionospheric Anomalies, Magnetotelluric Imaging, Seismic Electromagnetics, Climate Change and Geodetic Measurements.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Geomagnetic Field91 topic
  2. Magnetosome Formation91 topic
  3. Electrical Resistivity Tomography61 topic
  4. Ionospheric Anomalies61 topic
  5. Magnetotelluric Imaging61 topic
  6. Seismic Electromagnetics61 topic
  7. Climate Change32 topics
  8. Geodetic Measurements32 topics
  9. GRACE21 topic
  10. Ionosphere21 topic
  11. Magnetosphere21 topic
  12. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  13. Dynamic Line Rating11 topic
  14. Earthquakes11 topic
  15. Glacial Cycles11 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology11 topic
  17. Subduction11 topic
  18. Thermal Analysis11 topic

Where does Alan Thomson work?

Alan Thomson's main affiliation in the publication record is British Geological Survey, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alan Thomson have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 39 citations for Alan Thomson, ranking #983,715 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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