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Researcher · Council for Geoscience · South Africa

Robert J. Thomas

Robert J. Thomas publishes mostly in Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Concrete and Cement Materials Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-7591-2405 OpenAlex
World rank
#646,297
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,469
of 29,826
Works
225
Citations
6.5k
Citations per work
29.1
h-index
43
i10-index 90Top 3.8% in Geophysics
Robert J. Thomas

What does Robert J. Thomas research?

Robert J. Thomas's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Engineering (19%), Computer Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 147 works · 65.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 85 works · 37.7% of their workGeophysics: 53 works · 23.4% of their workGeology: 14 works · 6.2% of their workPaleontology: 10 works · 4.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 9 works · 3.8% of their workEngineering: 44 works · 19.4% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 44 works · 19.4% of their workComputer Science: 19 works · 8.3% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 19 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 78 works · 34.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert J. Thomas225works
Physical Sciences65%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences8537.7%
    2. Engineering4419.4%
    3. Computer Science198.3%
  2. Everything else7834.6%
  1. 1Geophysics23% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering19% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  4. 4Geology6% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology4% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert J. Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Machine Learning, Mineral Prospectivity, Cementitious Materials, Geopolymer 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. 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. Plate Tectonics1303 topics
  2. Geochronology841 topic
  3. Zircon841 topic
  4. Machine Learning481 topic
  5. Mineral Prospectivity481 topic
  6. Cementitious Materials341 topic
  7. Geopolymer341 topic
  8. Cenozoic Evolution261 topic
  9. Rifting261 topic
  10. Paleoproductivity241 topic
  11. Paleoredox241 topic
  12. Fiber Reinforced Concrete221 topic
  13. Mechanical Properties221 topic
  14. Crystal Structure Prediction201 topic
  15. Mantle Dynamics201 topic
  16. Climate Change191 topic
  17. Paleoclimatology191 topic

Where does Robert J. Thomas work?

Robert J. Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is Council for Geoscience, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Robert J. Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 225 works and 6,545 citations for Robert J. Thomas, an h-index of 43, ranking #646,297 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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