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Researcher · Breakthrough Institute · United States

Alexander B. Smith

Alexander B. Smith publishes mostly in Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science and Ecology, on topics such as Aeolian processes and effects, Soil erosion and sediment transport and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

ORCID 0000-0001-8682-696X OpenAlex
World rank
#3,299,848
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#932,589
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
218
Citations per work
13.6
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 80% in Earth-Surface Processes
Alexander B. Smith

What does Alexander B. Smith research?

Alexander B. Smith's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (37%), Environmental Science (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%).

Physical Sciences: 10 works · 61.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 36.6% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 works · 29.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 1 works · 7.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 24.4% of their workEcology: 3 works · 17.1% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 works · 7.3% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 17.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 17.1% of their workSoil Science: 3 works · 17.1% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 17.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 4.9% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander B.Smith16works
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences636.6%
    2. Environmental Science424.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences317.1%
  3. Everything else317.0%
    1. Medicine14.9%
  1. 1Earth-Surface Processes29% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology17% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander B. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Aeolian Processes, Wind Erosion, Agricultural Sustainability, Soil Erosion, Innovation and Riparian Vegetation.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change173 topics
  2. Sediment Transport162 topics
  3. Aeolian Processes121 topic
  4. Wind Erosion121 topic
  5. Agricultural Sustainability71 topic
  6. Soil Erosion71 topic
  7. Innovation42 topics
  8. Riparian Vegetation41 topic
  9. River Restoration41 topic
  10. Glacial Cycles31 topic
  11. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  12. Bioeconomy21 topic
  13. Biomass21 topic
  14. CFD Simulation21 topic
  15. Environmental Impact21 topic
  16. Global Collaboration21 topic
  17. Health Biotechnology21 topic
  18. Sustainable Diets21 topic
  19. Urban Microclimate21 topic

Where does Alexander B. Smith work?

Alexander B. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Breakthrough Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alexander B. Smith have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 218 citations for Alexander B. Smith, an h-index of 6, ranking #3,299,848 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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