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Researcher · University of Kentucky · United States

Thomas Sparks

Thomas Sparks publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0001-5629-4296 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,680,017
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,414,732
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
104
Citations per work
3.9
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 96% in Mechanics of Materials
Thomas Sparks

What does Thomas Sparks research?

Thomas Sparks's work is mostly in Environmental Science (19%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 46.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 18.7% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 works · 10.9% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 7.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 15.6% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 works · 7.8% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 works · 7.8% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 12.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 3 works · 12.5% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 45.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 7.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 7.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 7.8% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas Sparks27works
Physical Sciences47%Social Sciences8%

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. Environmental Science518.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences415.6%
    3. Engineering312.5%
  2. Everything else1245.4%
    1. Social Sciences27.8%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials12% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes8% of their works
  4. 4Geochemistry and Petrology8% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry8% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Shale Gas, CO2 Sequestration, Geological Storage, Mudstones, Pore Structure, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation and Fluvial Systems.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Shale Gas102 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration71 topic
  3. Geological Storage71 topic
  4. Mudstones71 topic
  5. Pore Structure71 topic
  6. Anaerobic51 topic
  7. Methane Oxidation51 topic
  8. Fluvial Systems41 topic
  9. Geological Modeling41 topic
  10. Sedimentation41 topic
  11. Uncertainty Analysis41 topic
  12. Emissions31 topic
  13. Methane31 topic
  14. Ensemble Kalman Filter21 topic
  15. Optimization21 topic
  16. Shrinking Cities21 topic
  17. Urban Decline21 topic

Where does Thomas Sparks work?

Thomas Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Kentucky, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas Sparks have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 104 citations for Thomas Sparks, an h-index of 3, ranking #5,680,017 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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