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Researcher · GNS Science · New Zealand

Richard M. Sykes

Richard M. Sykes publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Coal Properties and Utilization.

ORCID 0000-0002-7066-0448 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,052,795
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#4,127
of 21,128
Works
72
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
24.3
h-index
24
i10-index 34Top 11% in Mechanics of Materials
Richard M. Sykes

What does Richard M. Sykes research?

Richard M. Sykes's work is mostly in Engineering (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 37 works · 51.7% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 26.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 12 works · 17.2% of their workOcean Engineering: 7 works · 9.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 works · 20.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 7.8% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 works · 6.7% of their workGeophysics: 4 works · 5.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 5.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 48.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard M. Sykes72works
Physical Sciences52%

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. Engineering1926.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1420.1%
    3. Environmental Science45.0%
  2. Everything else3548.3%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  2. 2Ocean Engineering9% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Geochemistry and Petrology7% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics6% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard M. Sykes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Pore Structure, Mudstones, Shale Gas, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, CO2 Sequestration, Coalbed Methane 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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Pore Structure432 topics
  2. Mudstones311 topic
  3. Shale Gas311 topic
  4. Climate Change131 topic
  5. Paleoclimatology131 topic
  6. CO2 Sequestration121 topic
  7. Coalbed Methane121 topic
  8. Asphaltenes81 topic
  9. Coal Geochemistry81 topic
  10. Fluvial Systems81 topic
  11. Petroleum81 topic
  12. Sedimentation81 topic
  13. Trace Elements81 topic
  14. Paleoproductivity71 topic
  15. Paleoredox71 topic
  16. Anaerobic61 topic
  17. Methane Oxidation61 topic

Where does Richard M. Sykes work?

Richard M. Sykes's main affiliation in the publication record is GNS Science, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Richard M. Sykes have?

OpenAlex counts 72 works and 1,752 citations for Richard M. Sykes, an h-index of 24, ranking #1,052,795 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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