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Researcher · Heidelberg University · United States

R. Peter Richards

R. Peter Richards publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry and Petrology, on topics such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Water Quality and Resources Studies and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,006,650
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#328,462
of 1,627,098
Works
124
Citations
8.1k
Citations per work
65.3
h-index
32
i10-index 54Top 7.1% in Water Science and Technology
R. Peter Richards

What does R. Peter Richards research?

R. Peter Richards's work is mostly in Environmental Science (55%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 80 works · 64.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 69 works · 55.4% of their workWater Science and Technology: 24 works · 19.2% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 23 works · 18.9% of their workPollution: 9 works · 7.2% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 works · 5.9% of their workEcology: 5 works · 4.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 works · 9.4% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 44 works · 35.2% of their workTHEIR WORKR. Peter Richards124works
Physical Sciences65%

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. Environmental Science6955.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences129.4%
  2. Everything else4435.2%
  1. 1Water Science and Technology19% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry19% of their works
  3. 3Geochemistry and Petrology9% of their works
  4. 4Pollution7% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation6% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Peter Richards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Water Quality, Eutrophication, Climate Change, Hyporheic Zone, Nutrient Cycling, Environmental Impact, Groundwater and Hydrogeology.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Water Quality853 topics
  2. Eutrophication572 topics
  3. Climate Change483 topics
  4. Hyporheic Zone461 topic
  5. Nutrient Cycling461 topic
  6. Environmental Impact432 topics
  7. Groundwater281 topic
  8. Hydrogeology281 topic
  9. Gemstones241 topic
  10. Geochemistry241 topic
  11. Hydrological Modeling201 topic
  12. Water Resources201 topic
  13. Conservation Challenges171 topic
  14. Freshwater Biodiversity171 topic
  15. Pesticides151 topic
  16. Pollution151 topic
  17. Cyanobacteria111 topic
  18. Harmful Algal Blooms111 topic
  19. Geochronology101 topic
  20. Zircon101 topic

Where does R. Peter Richards work?

R. Peter Richards's main affiliation in the publication record is Heidelberg University, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. Peter Richards have?

OpenAlex counts 124 works and 8,092 citations for R. Peter Richards, an h-index of 32, ranking #1,006,650 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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