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Researcher · Obafemi Awolowo University · Nigeria

P. G. Cooray

P. G. Cooray publishes mostly in Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Geology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geological formations and processes.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,240,193
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Nigeria
#5,046
of 26,141
Works
20
Citations
522
Citations per work
26.1
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 69% in Geophysics
P. G. Cooray

What does P. G. Cooray research?

P. G. Cooray's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (72%), Arts and Humanities (6%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 72.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 works · 72.4% of their workGeophysics: 8 works · 38.9% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 works · 13.0% of their workGeology: 2 works · 9.3% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 works · 5.6% of their workPaleontology: 1 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 22.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 5.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 1 works · 5.6% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 5.6% of their workTHEIR WORKP. G. Cooray20works
Physical Sciences72%Social Sciences6%

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 Sciences1472.4%
  2. Everything else422.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities15.6%
  1. 1Geophysics39% of their works
  2. 2Earth-Surface Processes13% of their works
  3. 3Geology9% of their works
  4. 4Archeology6% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology6% of their works
  6. 6Geochemistry and Petrology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe P. G. Cooray's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Earthquakes, Subduction, Fluvial Systems and Remote Sensing.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Tectonics192 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics172 topics
  3. Geochronology131 topic
  4. Zircon131 topic
  5. Earthquakes71 topic
  6. Subduction71 topic
  7. Fluvial Systems61 topic
  8. Remote Sensing62 topics
  9. Sedimentation61 topic
  10. Cenozoic Evolution41 topic
  11. Rifting41 topic
  12. Hazard31 topic
  13. Landslide31 topic
  14. Machine Learning31 topic
  15. Mineral Prospectivity31 topic
  16. Paleoproductivity31 topic
  17. Paleoredox31 topic
  18. Manganese Oxides21 topic
  19. Rare Earth Elements21 topic

Where does P. G. Cooray work?

P. G. Cooray's main affiliation in the publication record is Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

How many publications and citations does P. G. Cooray have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 522 citations for P. G. Cooray, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,240,193 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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