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Researcher · Planetary Science Institute · United States

Francis A. Macdonald

Francis A. Macdonald publishes mostly in Paleontology, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

ORCID 0000-0001-8416-4894 OpenAlex
World rank
#377,909
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#135,425
of 358,040
Works
52
Citations
269
Citations per work
5.2

What does Francis A. Macdonald research?

Paleontology: 25.0%Geophysics: 22.1%Atmospheric Science: 19.1%Geology: 8.8%other fields: 25.0%25%top field
Paleontology25.0%Geophysics22.1%Atmospheric Science19.1%Geology8.8%other fields25.0%

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

  1. 1Paleontology25% of their works
  2. 2Geophysics22% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science19% of their works
  4. 4Geology9% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry7% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francis A. Macdonald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tectonics, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Geochronology, Zircon and Anaerobic.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Tectonics172 topics
  2. Paleoproductivity151 topic
  3. Paleoredox151 topic
  4. Climate Change131 topic
  5. Paleoclimatology131 topic
  6. Geochronology121 topic
  7. Zircon121 topic
  8. Anaerobic51 topic
  9. Arctic51 topic
  10. Methane Oxidation51 topic
  11. geology51 topic
  12. Dinosaur21 topic
  13. Earthquakes21 topic
  14. Evolution21 topic
  15. Machine Learning21 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity21 topic
  17. Subduction21 topic

Where does Francis A. Macdonald work?

Francis A. Macdonald's main affiliation in the publication record is Planetary Science Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Francis A. Macdonald have?

Science Explorer counts 52 works and 269 citations for Francis A. Macdonald, ranking #377,909 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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