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Robert D. Ballard

Robert D. Ballard publishes mostly in Archeology, Oceanography and Geophysics, on topics such as Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Marine and environmental studies and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

World rank
#105,059
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#45,770
of 358,040
Works
40
Citations
188
Citations per work
4.7

What does Robert D. Ballard research?

Archeology: 20.8%Oceanography: 10.4%Geophysics: 6.3%Anthropology: 6.3%other fields: 56.2%21%top field
Archeology20.8%Oceanography10.4%Geophysics6.3%Anthropology6.3%other fields56.2%

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

  1. 1Archeology21% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography10% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics6% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology6% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert D. Ballard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Holocene, Mediterranean, Maritime Archaeology, Sea-Level Change, Archaeological Evidence, Black Sea, Indian Ocean and paleoceanography.

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. Holocene102 topics
  2. Mediterranean102 topics
  3. Maritime Archaeology71 topic
  4. Sea-Level Change71 topic
  5. Archaeological Evidence52 topics
  6. Black Sea31 topic
  7. Indian Ocean31 topic
  8. paleoceanography31 topic
  9. prehistoric movement31 topic
  10. Agricultural Origins21 topic
  11. Arabia21 topic
  12. Arctic21 topic
  13. Byzantine21 topic
  14. Earthquakes21 topic
  15. Incoterms21 topic
  16. Letters of Credit21 topic
  17. Radiocarbon Dating21 topic
  18. Subduction21 topic
  19. geology21 topic

Where does Robert D. Ballard work?

Robert D. Ballard's main affiliation in the publication record is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert D. Ballard have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 188 citations for Robert D. Ballard, ranking #105,059 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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