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Researcher · University of Basel · Switzerland

Peter A. Ziegler

Peter A. Ziegler publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Paleontology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration and earthquake and tectonic studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#26,147
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#656
of 19,404
Works
44
Citations
1k
Citations per work
22.9

What does Peter A. Ziegler research?

Geophysics: 42.0%Geology: 18.8%Paleontology: 8.7%Mechanics of Materials: 7.2%other fields: 23.3%42%top field
Geophysics42.0%Geology18.8%Paleontology8.7%Mechanics of Materials7.2%other fields23.3%

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

  1. 1Geophysics42% of their works
  2. 2Geology19% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology9% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials7% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes6% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter A. Ziegler's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Arctic, geology, Crystal Structure Prediction and Earthquakes.

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. Tectonics243 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics182 topics
  3. Geochronology121 topic
  4. Zircon121 topic
  5. Arctic91 topic
  6. geology91 topic
  7. Crystal Structure Prediction61 topic
  8. Earthquakes61 topic
  9. Mantle Dynamics61 topic
  10. Subduction61 topic
  11. Paleoproductivity51 topic
  12. Paleoredox51 topic
  13. Pore Structure51 topic
  14. Shale Gas51 topic
  15. Climate Change31 topic
  16. Fluvial Systems31 topic
  17. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  18. Sedimentation31 topic

Where does Peter A. Ziegler work?

Peter A. Ziegler's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Basel, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Peter A. Ziegler have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 1,009 citations for Peter A. Ziegler, ranking #26,147 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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