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Researcher · University of Maryland, College Park · United States

Richard J. Walker

Richard J. Walker publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Geochemistry and Petrology, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Planetary Science and Exploration.

ORCID 0000-0003-0348-2407 OpenAlex
World rank
#139,256
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#52,725
of 1,627,098
Works
668
Citations
28k
Citations per work
42.5
h-index
91
i10-index 261Top 0.9% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Richard J. Walker

What does Richard J. Walker research?

Richard J. Walker's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Physics and Astronomy (30%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 476 works · 71.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 252 works · 37.7% of their workGeophysics: 198 works · 29.6% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 30 works · 4.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 24 works · 3.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 198 works · 29.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 198 works · 29.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 25 works · 3.8% of their workEcology: 25 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 170 works · 25.4% of their workLife Sciences: 23 works · 3.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 works · 3.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 23 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard J. Walker668works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences71%

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 Sciences25237.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy19829.7%
    3. Environmental Science253.8%
  2. Everything else17025.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology233.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics30% of their works
  2. 2Geophysics30% of their works
  3. 3Geochemistry and Petrology4% of their works
  4. 4Ecology4% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard J. Walker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Geochronology, Zircon, Mars, Martian Surface and Crystal Structure Prediction.

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 Tectonics4272 topics
  2. Solar System Abundances2851 topic
  3. Terrestrial Planets2851 topic
  4. Geochronology2781 topic
  5. Zircon2781 topic
  6. Mars1631 topic
  7. Martian Surface1631 topic
  8. Crystal Structure Prediction1491 topic
  9. Mantle Dynamics1491 topic
  10. Earthquakes1081 topic
  11. Subduction1081 topic
  12. Stable Isotopes711 topic
  13. Trophic Position711 topic
  14. Climate Change651 topic
  15. Paleoclimatology651 topic
  16. Geomagnetic Field641 topic
  17. Magnetosome Formation641 topic

Where does Richard J. Walker work?

Richard J. Walker's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Maryland, College Park, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard J. Walker have?

OpenAlex counts 668 works and 28,394 citations for Richard J. Walker, an h-index of 91, ranking #139,256 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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