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Richard G. Gordon

Richard G. Gordon publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

World rank
#89,086
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#39,350
of 358,040
Works
47
Citations
363
Citations per work
7.7

What does Richard G. Gordon research?

Geophysics: 42.6%Geology: 13.0%Molecular Biology: 9.3%Oceanography: 7.4%other fields: 27.7%43%top field
Geophysics42.6%Geology13.0%Molecular Biology9.3%Oceanography7.4%other fields27.7%

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

  1. 1Geophysics43% of their works
  2. 2Geology13% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography7% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Ocean Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard G. Gordon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Geodetic Measurements, Climate Change, Earthquakes, Subduction, Geochronology, Zircon and Cenozoic Evolution.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics163 topics
  2. Geodetic Measurements112 topics
  3. Climate Change72 topics
  4. Earthquakes71 topic
  5. Subduction71 topic
  6. Geochronology61 topic
  7. Zircon61 topic
  8. Cenozoic Evolution51 topic
  9. Crystal Structure Prediction51 topic
  10. Geomagnetic Field51 topic
  11. Magnetosome Formation51 topic
  12. Mantle Dynamics51 topic
  13. Rifting51 topic
  14. GRACE41 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise41 topic
  16. Anaerobic31 topic
  17. Glacial Cycles31 topic
  18. Methane Oxidation31 topic
  19. Paleoclimatology31 topic

Where does Richard G. Gordon work?

Richard G. Gordon's main affiliation in the publication record is Rice University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard G. Gordon have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 363 citations for Richard G. Gordon, ranking #89,086 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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