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Researcher · British Geological Survey · United Kingdom

J. Derek Ritchie

J. Derek Ritchie publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies and Geological formations and processes.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,044,800
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#257,825
of 367,258
Works
29
Citations
863
Citations per work
29.8
h-index
19
i10-index 23Top 24% in Geophysics
J. Derek Ritchie

What does J. Derek Ritchie research?

J. Derek Ritchie's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (82%), Computer Science (4%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 26 works · 89.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 works · 82.4% of their workGeophysics: 10 works · 35.3% of their workGeology: 6 works · 22.4% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 works · 14.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 10.6% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 3.5% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 1 works · 3.5% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 3.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 1 works · 3.5% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKJ. Derek Ritchie29works
Physical Sciences89%

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 Sciences2482.4%
    2. Computer Science13.5%
    3. Engineering13.5%
  2. Everything else310.6%
  1. 1Geophysics35% of their works
  2. 2Geology22% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes14% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science11% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. Derek Ritchie's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Continental Margin, Crustal Structure, Geochronology, Zircon, Cenozoic Evolution and Rifting.

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. Tectonics353 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics322 topics
  3. Continental Margin192 topics
  4. Crustal Structure192 topics
  5. Geochronology181 topic
  6. Zircon181 topic
  7. Cenozoic Evolution141 topic
  8. Rifting141 topic
  9. Fluvial Systems121 topic
  10. Sedimentation121 topic
  11. Climate Change91 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology91 topic
  13. Earthquakes81 topic
  14. Subduction81 topic
  15. Arctic51 topic
  16. geology51 topic
  17. Machine Learning31 topic
  18. Mineral Prospectivity31 topic
  19. Pore Structure31 topic
  20. Shale Gas31 topic

Where does J. Derek Ritchie work?

J. Derek Ritchie's main affiliation in the publication record is British Geological Survey, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does J. Derek Ritchie have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 863 citations for J. Derek Ritchie, an h-index of 19, ranking #4,044,800 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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