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Patrick J. O’Brien

Patrick J. O’Brien publishes mostly in Geophysics, Education and Geochemistry and Petrology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

World rank
#233,186
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#14,116
of 86,443
Works
45
Citations
261
Citations per work
5.8

What does Patrick J. O’Brien research?

Geophysics: 44.6%Education: 12.5%Geochemistry and Petrology: 7.1%Mechanical Engineering: 5.4%other fields: 30.4%45%top field
Geophysics44.6%Education12.5%Geochemistry and Petrology7.1%Mechanical Engineering5.4%other fields30.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Geophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Education12% of their works
  3. 3Geochemistry and Petrology7% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials5% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Patrick J. O’Brien's research?

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

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics152 topics
  2. Geochronology101 topic
  3. Zircon101 topic
  4. Earthquakes71 topic
  5. Subduction71 topic
  6. Crystal Structure Prediction51 topic
  7. Mantle Dynamics51 topic
  8. Carpathian-Pannonian region31 topic
  9. Gemstones31 topic
  10. Geochemistry31 topic
  11. Tectonic Evolution31 topic
  12. Machine Learning21 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity21 topic
  14. Motivation21 topic
  15. Pore Structure21 topic
  16. Shale Gas21 topic
  17. Teaching Career21 topic

Where does Patrick J. O’Brien work?

Patrick J. O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Potsdam, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Patrick J. O’Brien have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 261 citations for Patrick J. O’Brien, ranking #233,186 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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