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Researcher · University of Saskatchewan · Canada

Derek Peak

Derek Peak publishes mostly in Environmental Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Soil Science, on topics such as Iron oxide chemistry and applications, Mine drainage and remediation techniques and Heavy metals in environment.

ORCID 0000-0002-8876-3605 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,050,395
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#35,905
of 183,316
Works
146
Citations
4.8k
Citations per work
33.1
h-index
36
i10-index 75Top 8.8% in Environmental Chemistry
Derek Peak

What does Derek Peak research?

Derek Peak's work is mostly in Environmental Science (21%), Energy (8%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%).

Everything else: 87 works · 59.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 50 works · 34.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 31 works · 21.2% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 works · 10.9% of their workPollution: 8 works · 5.4% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 works · 4.9% of their workEnergy: 12 works · 8.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 works · 8.0% of their workChemistry: 7 works · 4.9% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 7 works · 4.9% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 6.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 6.5% of their workSoil Science: 9 works · 6.5% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek Peak146works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences34%

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. Everything else8759.4%
    1. Environmental Science3121.2%
    2. Energy128.0%
    3. Chemistry74.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences96.5%
  1. 1Environmental Chemistry11% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  3. 3Soil Science6% of their works
  4. 4Pollution5% of their works
  5. 5Inorganic Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Peak's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adsorption, Remediation, Contamination, Toxicity, Hematite, Photoelectrodes, Metal Removal and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria.

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. Adsorption423 topics
  2. Remediation392 topics
  3. Contamination302 topics
  4. Toxicity302 topics
  5. Hematite291 topic
  6. Photoelectrodes291 topic
  7. Metal Removal201 topic
  8. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria201 topic
  9. Heavy Metals191 topic
  10. Soil191 topic
  11. Nitrogen Cycle181 topic
  12. Soil Carbon Sequestration181 topic
  13. Actinides171 topic
  14. Uranium171 topic
  15. Clay Nanotubes161 topic
  16. Halloysite161 topic
  17. Phosphorus141 topic
  18. Recovery141 topic
  19. Arsenic111 topic
  20. Water111 topic

Where does Derek Peak work?

Derek Peak's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Derek Peak have?

OpenAlex counts 146 works and 4,833 citations for Derek Peak, an h-index of 36, ranking #1,050,395 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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