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Researcher · University of Plymouth · United Kingdom

Richard C. Thompson

Richard C. Thompson publishes mostly in Pollution, Parasitology and Oceanography, on topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics.

ORCID 0000-0003-2262-6621 OpenAlex
World rank
#22,311
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,600
of 367,258
Works
708
Citations
116k
Citations per work
163.5
h-index
137
i10-index 432Top 0.1% in Pollution
Richard C. Thompson

What does Richard C. Thompson research?

Richard C. Thompson's work is mostly in Environmental Science (26%), Immunology and Microbiology (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%).

Everything else: 373 works · 52.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 244 works · 34.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 185 works · 26.2% of their workPollution: 79 works · 11.1% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 54 works · 7.6% of their workEcology: 53 works · 7.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 58 works · 8.2% of their workOceanography: 58 works · 8.2% of their workLife Sciences: 66 works · 9.3% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 66 works · 9.3% of their workParasitology: 66 works · 9.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 25 works · 3.6% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 3.6% of their workInfectious Diseases: 25 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard C.Thompson708works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences4%

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 else37352.7%
    1. Environmental Science18526.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences588.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology669.3%
    1. Medicine253.6%
  1. 1Pollution11% of their works
  2. 2Parasitology9% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography8% of their works
  4. 4Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Ecology8% of their works
  6. 6Infectious Diseases4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard C. Thompson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Recycling, Waste Management, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Benthic Communities and Marine Biodiversity.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Recycling3002 topics
  2. Waste Management3002 topics
  3. Marine Environment1821 topic
  4. Microplastics1821 topic
  5. Epidemiology1442 topics
  6. Public Health1442 topics
  7. Benthic Communities1332 topics
  8. Marine Biodiversity1332 topics
  9. E-Waste1181 topic
  10. Environmental Impacts1181 topic
  11. Cryptosporidium951 topic
  12. Giardia951 topic
  13. Kelp Forests741 topic
  14. Seagrasses741 topic
  15. Deep-Sea Ecology591 topic
  16. Ecosystem Functioning591 topic
  17. Echinococcosis491 topic
  18. Neurocysticercosis491 topic
  19. Ecosystem441 topic
  20. Parasites441 topic
  21. Biodegradable Polymers361 topic
  22. Polylactic Acid361 topic

Where does Richard C. Thompson work?

Richard C. Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Plymouth, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Richard C. Thompson have?

OpenAlex counts 708 works and 115,772 citations for Richard C. Thompson, an h-index of 137, ranking #22,311 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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