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Researcher · University of Iceland · Iceland

Thor Thordarson

Thor Thordarson publishes mostly in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-4011-7185 OpenAlex
World rank
#187,903
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#100
of 2,050
Works
444
Citations
16k
Citations per work
36.3
h-index
68
i10-index 168Top 0.6% in Geophysics
Thor Thordarson

What does Thor Thordarson research?

Thor Thordarson's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (59%), Environmental Science (9%), Physics and Astronomy (4%).

Physical Sciences: 322 works · 72.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 263 works · 59.2% of their workGeophysics: 124 works · 27.9% of their workAtmospheric Science: 118 works · 26.6% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 21 works · 4.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 42 works · 9.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 works · 5.4% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 works · 4.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 works · 4.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 122 works · 27.4% of their workTHEIR WORKThor Thordarson444works
Physical Sciences73%

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 Sciences26359.2%
    2. Environmental Science429.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy184.0%
  2. Everything else12227.4%
  1. 1Geophysics28% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science27% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Chemistry5% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes5% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics4% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thor Thordarson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Geochronology, Zircon and Earthquakes.

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. Climate Change2512 topics
  2. Tectonics2312 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics2282 topics
  4. Glacial Cycles2081 topic
  5. Paleoclimatology2081 topic
  6. Geochronology1861 topic
  7. Zircon1861 topic
  8. Earthquakes721 topic
  9. Subduction721 topic
  10. Anaerobic621 topic
  11. Methane Oxidation621 topic
  12. Fluvial Systems451 topic
  13. Sedimentation451 topic
  14. Glacier431 topic
  15. Water Availability431 topic
  16. Crystal Structure Prediction421 topic
  17. Mantle Dynamics421 topic
  18. Mars331 topic
  19. Martian Surface331 topic

Where does Thor Thordarson work?

Thor Thordarson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Iceland, Iceland.

How many publications and citations does Thor Thordarson have?

OpenAlex counts 444 works and 16,132 citations for Thor Thordarson, an h-index of 68, ranking #187,903 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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