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Researcher · Center for Naval Analyses · United States

Ralph H. Espach

Ralph H. Espach publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, International Relations in Latin America and Petroleum Processing and Analysis.

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World rank
#1,108,843
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#358,485
of 1,627,098
Works
59
Citations
464
Citations per work
7.9
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 16% in Political Science and International Relations
Ralph H. Espach

What does Ralph H. Espach research?

Ralph H. Espach's work is mostly in Social Sciences (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Chemistry (5%).

Everything else: 28 works · 47.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 23 works · 39.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 16 works · 26.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 works · 15.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 11.4% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 works · 12.2% of their workStrategy and Management: 7 works · 12.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 13.1% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 4.9% of their workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 works · 4.9% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 4.1% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 4.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 4.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRalph H. Espach59works
Physical Sciences13%Social Sciences39%

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. Everything else2847.9%
    1. Social Sciences1626.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting712.2%
    1. Chemistry34.9%
    2. Engineering24.1%
    3. Environmental Science24.1%
  1. 1Political Science and International Relations15% of their works
  2. 2Strategy and Management12% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Analytical Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph H. Espach's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainability, Global Value Chains, Production Networks, Colombia, Violence, Economic Integration, Regionalism and Asphaltenes.

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. Sustainability132 topics
  2. Global Value Chains101 topic
  3. Production Networks101 topic
  4. Colombia82 topics
  5. Violence82 topics
  6. Economic Integration71 topic
  7. Regionalism71 topic
  8. Asphaltenes51 topic
  9. Petroleum51 topic
  10. Pore Structure51 topic
  11. Shale Gas51 topic
  12. Armed Conflict41 topic
  13. Criminal Networks41 topic
  14. History41 topic
  15. Organized Crime41 topic
  16. Peace Process41 topic
  17. Society41 topic
  18. EROI31 topic
  19. Fossil Fuels31 topic

Where does Ralph H. Espach work?

Ralph H. Espach's main affiliation in the publication record is Center for Naval Analyses, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ralph H. Espach have?

OpenAlex counts 59 works and 464 citations for Ralph H. Espach, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,108,843 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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