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Ian D. Somerville

Ian D. Somerville publishes mostly in Geophysics, Paleontology and Geology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

World rank
#398,493
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#1,210
of 4,477
Works
57
Citations
239
Citations per work
4.2

What does Ian D. Somerville research?

Geophysics: 42.9%Paleontology: 15.9%Geology: 11.1%Earth-Surface Processes: 6.3%other fields: 23.8%43%top field
Geophysics42.9%Paleontology15.9%Geology11.1%Earth-Surface Processes6.3%other fields23.8%

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

  1. 1Geophysics43% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology16% of their works
  3. 3Geology11% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials5% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian D. Somerville's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Subduction and Cenozoic Evolution.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics213 topics
  2. Tectonics142 topics
  3. Geochronology111 topic
  4. Zircon111 topic
  5. Paleoproductivity91 topic
  6. Paleoredox91 topic
  7. Subduction92 topics
  8. Cenozoic Evolution51 topic
  9. Crystal Structure Prediction51 topic
  10. Earthquakes51 topic
  11. Mantle Dynamics51 topic
  12. Plate Boundaries51 topic
  13. Rifting51 topic
  14. Western Mediterranean41 topic
  15. geodynamics41 topic
  16. Climate Change31 topic
  17. Fluvial Systems31 topic
  18. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  19. Sedimentation31 topic

Where does Ian D. Somerville work?

Ian D. Somerville's main affiliation in the publication record is University College Dublin, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Ian D. Somerville have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 239 citations for Ian D. Somerville, ranking #398,493 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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