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Researcher · Tulane University · United States

Stephen A. Nelson

Stephen A. Nelson publishes mostly in Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,099,798
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#355,856
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
51.4
h-index
15
i10-index 20Top 35% in Geophysics
Stephen A. Nelson

What does Stephen A. Nelson research?

Stephen A. Nelson's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (68%), Computer Science (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Physical Sciences: 24 works · 82.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 works · 68.4% of their workGeophysics: 16 works · 55.7% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 8.9% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 works · 3.8% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 11.4% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 3 works · 11.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 2.5% of their workEcology: 1 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 12.6% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKStephen A. Nelson29works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences82%

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 Sciences2068.4%
    2. Computer Science311.4%
    3. Environmental Science12.5%
  2. Everything else412.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.1%
  1. 1Geophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Artificial Intelligence11% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  6. 6Ecology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stephen A. Nelson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries and Machine Learning.

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 Tectonics252 topics
  2. Tectonics202 topics
  3. Geochronology181 topic
  4. Zircon181 topic
  5. Subduction152 topics
  6. Earthquakes91 topic
  7. Plate Boundaries91 topic
  8. Machine Learning81 topic
  9. Mineral Prospectivity81 topic
  10. Climate Change71 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Prediction71 topic
  12. Mantle Dynamics71 topic
  13. Paleoclimatology71 topic
  14. Andean Geodynamics61 topic
  15. Caribbean Plate Boundary61 topic
  16. Cycads41 topic
  17. Evolution41 topic
  18. Fluvial Systems21 topic
  19. Sedimentation21 topic

Where does Stephen A. Nelson work?

Stephen A. Nelson's main affiliation in the publication record is Tulane University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Stephen A. Nelson have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 1,492 citations for Stephen A. Nelson, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,099,798 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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