Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Laurence J. Robb

Laurence J. Robb publishes mostly in Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and earthquake and tectonic studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-9032-1320 OpenAlex
World rank
#326,876
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,212
of 29,826
Works
149
Citations
4.8k
Citations per work
32.1
h-index
39
i10-index 86Top 5.2% in Geophysics
Laurence J. Robb

What does Laurence J. Robb research?

Laurence J. Robb's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (58%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 121 works · 81.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 86 works · 57.9% of their workGeophysics: 59 works · 39.8% of their workGeology: 15 works · 9.8% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 works · 5.2% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 works · 3.1% of their workComputer Science: 29 works · 19.3% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 29 works · 19.3% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 3.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 6 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 19.0% of their workTHEIR WORKLaurence J. Robb149works
Physical Sciences81%

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 Sciences8657.9%
    2. Computer Science2919.3%
    3. Engineering63.8%
  2. Everything else2819.0%
  1. 1Geophysics40% of their works
  2. 2Artificial Intelligence19% of their works
  3. 3Geology10% of their works
  4. 4Geochemistry and Petrology5% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laurence J. Robb's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Machine Learning, Mineral Prospectivity, Continental Margin and Crustal Structure.

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. Plate Tectonics1563 topics
  2. Tectonics1273 topics
  3. Geochronology1001 topic
  4. Zircon1001 topic
  5. Machine Learning811 topic
  6. Mineral Prospectivity811 topic
  7. Continental Margin412 topics
  8. Crustal Structure412 topics
  9. Earthquakes321 topic
  10. Subduction321 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Prediction291 topic
  12. Mantle Dynamics291 topic
  13. Cenozoic Evolution271 topic
  14. Rifting271 topic
  15. Arctic141 topic
  16. Manganese Oxides141 topic
  17. Rare Earth Elements141 topic
  18. geology141 topic
  19. Fluvial Systems131 topic
  20. Sedimentation131 topic

Where does Laurence J. Robb work?

Laurence J. Robb's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Laurence J. Robb have?

OpenAlex counts 149 works and 4,780 citations for Laurence J. Robb, an h-index of 39, ranking #326,876 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Laurence J. Robb. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.