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Michael J. Melchin

Michael J. Melchin publishes mostly in Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics, on topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

World rank
#235,159
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#8,169
of 38,960
Works
31
Citations
247
Citations per work
8.0

What does Michael J. Melchin research?

Paleontology: 42.9%Atmospheric Science: 14.3%Geophysics: 11.9%Earth-Surface Processes: 7.1%other fields: 23.8%43%top field
Paleontology42.9%Atmospheric Science14.3%Geophysics11.9%Earth-Surface Processes7.1%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. 1Paleontology43% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science14% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics12% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes7% of their works
  5. 5Geology7% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael J. Melchin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Geochronology and Zircon.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Paleoproductivity131 topic
  2. Paleoredox131 topic
  3. Plate Tectonics82 topics
  4. Tectonics82 topics
  5. Climate Change61 topic
  6. Paleoclimatology61 topic
  7. Geochronology51 topic
  8. Zircon51 topic
  9. Cenozoic Evolution31 topic
  10. Fluvial Systems31 topic
  11. Mammal Evolution31 topic
  12. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis31 topic
  13. Rifting31 topic
  14. Sedimentation31 topic
  15. Machine Learning21 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity21 topic
  17. Geomagnetic Field11 topic
  18. Magnetosome Formation11 topic

Where does Michael J. Melchin work?

Michael J. Melchin's main affiliation in the publication record is St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Michael J. Melchin have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 247 citations for Michael J. Melchin, ranking #235,159 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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