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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Michael Gurnis

Michael Gurnis publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

ORCID 0000-0003-1704-597X OpenAlex
World rank
#36,170
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#13,826
of 1,627,098
Works
620
Citations
24k
Citations per work
39.0
h-index
83
i10-index 210Top 0.2% in Geophysics
Michael Gurnis

What does Michael Gurnis research?

Michael Gurnis's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (76%), Engineering (4%), Physics and Astronomy (2%).

Physical Sciences: 507 works · 81.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 468 works · 75.5% of their workGeophysics: 361 works · 58.3% of their workGeology: 59 works · 9.5% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 25 works · 4.0% of their workAtmospheric Science: 23 works · 3.7% of their workEngineering: 25 works · 4.0% of their workMechanics of Materials: 25 works · 4.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 works · 2.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 works · 2.3% of their workEverything else: 113 works · 18.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael Gurnis620works
Physical Sciences82%

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 Sciences46875.5%
    2. Engineering254.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy142.3%
  2. Everything else11318.2%
  1. 1Geophysics58% of their works
  2. 2Geology10% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Astronomy and Astrophysics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Gurnis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Earthquakes, Subduction, Crystal Structure Prediction and Mantle Dynamics.

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. Plate Tectonics5493 topics
  2. Tectonics3373 topics
  3. Geochronology2511 topic
  4. Zircon2511 topic
  5. Earthquakes2211 topic
  6. Subduction2211 topic
  7. Crystal Structure Prediction2131 topic
  8. Mantle Dynamics2131 topic
  9. Continental Margin1222 topics
  10. Crustal Structure1222 topics
  11. Cenozoic Evolution851 topic
  12. Rifting851 topic
  13. Fluvial Systems491 topic
  14. Sedimentation491 topic
  15. Climate Change431 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology431 topic
  17. Pore Structure431 topic
  18. Shale Gas431 topic
  19. Arctic371 topic
  20. geology371 topic

Where does Michael Gurnis work?

Michael Gurnis's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael Gurnis have?

OpenAlex counts 620 works and 24,202 citations for Michael Gurnis, an h-index of 83, ranking #36,170 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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