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Researcher · GNS Science · New Zealand

Rodger J. Sparks

Rodger J. Sparks publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Paleontology, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,098,546
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#4,323
of 21,128
Works
63
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
29.2
h-index
20
i10-index 26Top 29% in Atmospheric Science
Rodger J. Sparks

What does Rodger J. Sparks research?

Rodger J. Sparks's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (33%), Environmental Science (16%), Physics and Astronomy (6%).

Physical Sciences: 36 works · 56.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 works · 33.4% of their workAtmospheric Science: 11 works · 17.6% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 8.2% of their workGeophysics: 5 works · 7.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 10 works · 16.5% of their workEcology: 6 works · 9.4% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 works · 7.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 6.5% of their workRadiation: 4 works · 6.5% of their workEverything else: 27 works · 43.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRodger J. Sparks63works
Physical Sciences56%

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 Sciences2133.4%
    2. Environmental Science1016.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy46.5%
  2. Everything else2743.6%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science18% of their works
  2. 2Ecology9% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology8% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics8% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  6. 6Radiation6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rodger J. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Emissions and Methane.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change171 topic
  2. Paleoclimatology171 topic
  3. Agricultural Origins141 topic
  4. Radiocarbon Dating141 topic
  5. Stable Isotopes141 topic
  6. Trophic Position141 topic
  7. Emissions91 topic
  8. Methane91 topic
  9. Pacific Islands91 topic
  10. settlement91 topic
  11. Hominin Genetics81 topic
  12. Paleolithic Archaeology81 topic
  13. Atmospheric Aerosols71 topic
  14. Black Carbon71 topic
  15. Neutron Imaging71 topic
  16. Small-Angle Scattering71 topic

Where does Rodger J. Sparks work?

Rodger J. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is GNS Science, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Rodger J. Sparks have?

OpenAlex counts 63 works and 1,840 citations for Rodger J. Sparks, an h-index of 20, ranking #1,098,546 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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