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Rainer Thomas

Rainer Thomas publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies and Crystal Structures and Properties.

World rank
#489,539
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#29,100
of 86,443
Works
40
Citations
169
Citations per work
4.2

What does Rainer Thomas research?

Geophysics: 30.0%Geochemistry and Petrology: 10.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8.0%Artificial Intelligence: 6.0%other fields: 46.0%30%top field
Geophysics30.0%Geochemistry and Petrology10.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8.0%Artificial Intelligence6.0%other fields46.0%

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

  1. 1Geophysics30% of their works
  2. 2Geochemistry and Petrology10% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence6% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  6. 6Ceramics and Composites4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rainer Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Crystallographic Computing, Gemstones, Geochemistry, Nonlinear Optical Materials and Machine Learning.

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 Tectonics122 topics
  2. Geochronology101 topic
  3. Zircon101 topic
  4. Crystallographic Computing41 topic
  5. Gemstones41 topic
  6. Geochemistry41 topic
  7. Nonlinear Optical Materials41 topic
  8. Machine Learning31 topic
  9. Mineral Prospectivity31 topic
  10. Biodeterioration21 topic
  11. Carpathian-Pannonian region21 topic
  12. Crystal Structure Prediction21 topic
  13. Geomycology21 topic
  14. Mantle Dynamics21 topic
  15. Pore Structure21 topic
  16. Shale Gas21 topic
  17. Tectonic Evolution21 topic

Where does Rainer Thomas work?

Rainer Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Rainer Thomas have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 169 citations for Rainer Thomas, ranking #489,539 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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