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Researcher · Rice University · United States

Virginia B. Sisson

Virginia B. Sisson publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America.

ORCID 0000-0002-6188-8555 OpenAlex
World rank
#964,756
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#316,213
of 1,627,098
Works
88
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
43.1
h-index
29
i10-index 45Top 11% in Geophysics
Virginia B. Sisson

What does Virginia B. Sisson research?

Virginia B. Sisson's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (65%), Computer Science (7%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 67 works · 75.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 works · 65.0% of their workGeophysics: 41 works · 46.1% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 works · 7.5% of their workGeology: 6 works · 6.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 4.8% of their workComputer Science: 6 works · 7.0% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 6 works · 7.0% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 3.9% of their workMechanics of Materials: 3 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 21 works · 24.1% of their workTHEIR WORKVirginia B.Sisson88works
Physical Sciences76%

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 Sciences5765.0%
    2. Computer Science67.0%
    3. Engineering33.9%
  2. Everything else2124.1%
  1. 1Geophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Geochemistry and Petrology8% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence7% of their works
  4. 4Geology7% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Virginia B. Sisson's research?

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

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. Tectonics662 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics592 topics
  3. Geochronology511 topic
  4. Zircon511 topic
  5. Subduction382 topics
  6. Earthquakes211 topic
  7. Plate Boundaries211 topic
  8. Andean Geodynamics171 topic
  9. Caribbean Plate Boundary171 topic
  10. Machine Learning161 topic
  11. Mineral Prospectivity161 topic
  12. Arctic151 topic
  13. geology151 topic
  14. Climate Change91 topic
  15. Manganese Oxides91 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology91 topic
  17. Rare Earth Elements91 topic
  18. Crystal Structure Prediction81 topic
  19. Mantle Dynamics81 topic

Where does Virginia B. Sisson work?

Virginia B. Sisson's main affiliation in the publication record is Rice University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Virginia B. Sisson have?

OpenAlex counts 88 works and 3,794 citations for Virginia B. Sisson, an h-index of 29, ranking #964,756 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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