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Researcher · Okanagan University College · Canada

Ian R. Walker

Ian R. Walker publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

ORCID 0009-0003-1028-5708 OpenAlex
World rank
#506,968
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#17,704
of 183,316
Works
118
Citations
6.2k
Citations per work
52.3
h-index
46
i10-index 91Top 5.6% in Atmospheric Science
Ian R. Walker

What does Ian R. Walker research?

Ian R. Walker's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (51%), Environmental Science (32%).

Physical Sciences: 97 works · 82.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 works · 50.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 42 works · 35.2% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 works · 6.4% of their workPaleontology: 7 works · 5.8% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 3.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 38 works · 31.8% of their workEcology: 34 works · 28.4% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 21 works · 17.4% of their workTHEIR WORKIan R. Walker118works
Physical Sciences83%

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 Sciences6050.8%
    2. Environmental Science3831.8%
  2. Everything else2117.4%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science35% of their works
  2. 2Ecology28% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes6% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology6% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation3% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian R. Walker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Holocene, Hydrology, Methane Emissions, Stable Isotopes and Trophic Position.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1244 topics
  2. Paleoclimatology942 topics
  3. Glacial Cycles801 topic
  4. Holocene801 topic
  5. Hydrology302 topics
  6. Methane Emissions302 topics
  7. Stable Isotopes271 topic
  8. Trophic Position271 topic
  9. Land Use201 topic
  10. Stream Ecosystems201 topic
  11. Fluvial Systems191 topic
  12. Sedimentation191 topic
  13. Freshwater Mussels181 topic
  14. Invasive Species181 topic
  15. Arctic161 topic
  16. Permafrost161 topic
  17. Carbon141 topic
  18. Peatlands141 topic
  19. Temperature Variability141 topic
  20. Tree Rings141 topic

Where does Ian R. Walker work?

Ian R. Walker's main affiliation in the publication record is Okanagan University College, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Ian R. Walker have?

OpenAlex counts 118 works and 6,170 citations for Ian R. Walker, an h-index of 46, ranking #506,968 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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