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B. C. Burchfiel

B. C. Burchfiel publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

World rank
#14,655
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,014
of 358,040
Works
49
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
21.6

What does B. C. Burchfiel research?

Geophysics: 48.3%Geology: 15.5%Artificial Intelligence: 10.3%Mechanics of Materials: 8.6%other fields: 17.3%48%top field
Geophysics48.3%Geology15.5%Artificial Intelligence10.3%Mechanics of Materials8.6%other fields17.3%

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

  1. 1Geophysics48% of their works
  2. 2Geology16% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence10% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials9% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. C. Burchfiel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Continental Margin, Crustal Structure, Earthquakes and Subduction.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics192 topics
  2. Tectonics162 topics
  3. Geochronology131 topic
  4. Zircon131 topic
  5. Continental Margin92 topics
  6. Crustal Structure92 topics
  7. Earthquakes81 topic
  8. Subduction81 topic
  9. Cenozoic Evolution61 topic
  10. Machine Learning61 topic
  11. Mineral Prospectivity61 topic
  12. Rifting61 topic
  13. Pore Structure51 topic
  14. Shale Gas51 topic
  15. Carpathian-Pannonian region41 topic
  16. Tectonic Evolution41 topic
  17. Arctic31 topic
  18. Climate Change31 topic
  19. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  20. geology31 topic

Where does B. C. Burchfiel work?

B. C. Burchfiel's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does B. C. Burchfiel have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 1,059 citations for B. C. Burchfiel, ranking #14,655 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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