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Researcher · University of Oxford · United Kingdom

David S.G. Thomas

David S.G. Thomas publishes mostly in Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Soil Science, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aeolian processes and effects and Geological formations and processes.

ORCID 0000-0001-6867-5504 OpenAlex
World rank
#40,734
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#3,218
of 367,258
Works
379
Citations
18k
Citations per work
48.4
h-index
73
i10-index 196Top 0.1% in Earth-Surface Processes
David S.G. Thomas

What does David S.G. Thomas research?

David S.G. Thomas's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 196 works · 51.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 152 works · 40.1% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 82 works · 21.7% of their workAtmospheric Science: 70 works · 18.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 44 works · 11.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 works · 6.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 132 works · 34.9% of their workLife Sciences: 33 works · 8.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 works · 8.6% of their workSoil Science: 33 works · 8.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 4.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 4.7% of their workAnthropology: 18 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid S.G. Thomas379works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences52%Social 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 Sciences15240.1%
    2. Environmental Science4411.7%
  2. Everything else13234.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences338.6%
    1. Social Sciences184.7%
  1. 1Earth-Surface Processes22% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science18% of their works
  3. 3Soil Science9% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David S.G. Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Aeolian Processes, Wind Erosion, Fluvial Systems, Sedimentation and Agricultural Sustainability.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3223 topics
  2. Glacial Cycles1501 topic
  3. Paleoclimatology1501 topic
  4. Aeolian Processes1271 topic
  5. Wind Erosion1271 topic
  6. Fluvial Systems801 topic
  7. Sedimentation801 topic
  8. Agricultural Sustainability681 topic
  9. Soil Erosion681 topic
  10. Pastoralists451 topic
  11. Rangeland Degradation451 topic
  12. Hominin Genetics401 topic
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology401 topic
  14. Archaeology171 topic
  15. Southern Africa171 topic
  16. Agricultural Origins161 topic
  17. Radiocarbon Dating161 topic

Where does David S.G. Thomas work?

David S.G. Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does David S.G. Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 379 works and 18,326 citations for David S.G. Thomas, an h-index of 73, ranking #40,734 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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