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Researcher · University of Bristol · United Kingdom

R. S. J. Sparks

R. S. J. Sparks publishes mostly in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-7173-2899 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,613
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#770
of 367,258
Works
662
Citations
49k
Citations per work
74.1
h-index
124
i10-index 394Top 0.1% in Geophysics
R. S. J. Sparks

What does R. S. J. Sparks research?

R. S. J. Sparks's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (58%), Environmental Science (7%), Computer Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 461 works · 69.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 383 works · 57.8% of their workGeophysics: 265 works · 40.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 82 works · 12.4% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 35 works · 5.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 44 works · 6.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 works · 3.6% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 works · 3.1% of their workComputer Science: 34 works · 5.2% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 34 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 201 works · 30.3% of their workTHEIR WORKR. S. J. Sparks662works
Physical Sciences70%

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 Sciences38357.8%
    2. Environmental Science446.7%
    3. Computer Science345.2%
  2. Everything else20130.3%
  1. 1Geophysics40% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science12% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes5% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change4% of their works
  6. 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. S. J. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Earthquakes, Subduction, Climate Change and Paleoclimatology.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics4162 topics
  2. Tectonics3672 topics
  3. Geochronology3001 topic
  4. Zircon3001 topic
  5. Earthquakes2131 topic
  6. Subduction2131 topic
  7. Climate Change1431 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology1431 topic
  9. Remote Sensing1252 topics
  10. Crystal Structure Prediction1161 topic
  11. Mantle Dynamics1161 topic
  12. Machine Learning701 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity701 topic
  14. Fluvial Systems671 topic
  15. Sedimentation671 topic
  16. Hazard551 topic
  17. Landslide551 topic
  18. Anaerobic261 topic
  19. Methane Oxidation261 topic

Where does R. S. J. Sparks work?

R. S. J. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does R. S. J. Sparks have?

OpenAlex counts 662 works and 49,049 citations for R. S. J. Sparks, an h-index of 124, ranking #11,613 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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