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Researcher · Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · United States

W. S. Broecker

W. S. Broecker publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Geological formations and processes.

OpenAlex
World rank
#442,198
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#152,222
of 358,040
Works
46
Citations
112
Citations per work
2.4

What does W. S. Broecker research?

Atmospheric Science: 23.7%Environmental Chemistry: 13.2%Oceanography: 10.5%Ecology: 10.5%other fields: 42.1%24%top field
Atmospheric Science23.7%Environmental Chemistry13.2%Oceanography10.5%Ecology10.5%other fields42.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Atmospheric Science24% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology10% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes8% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. S. Broecker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Holocene, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation, Sedimentation and Antarctic.

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 Change102 topics
  2. Holocene102 topics
  3. Glacial Cycles81 topic
  4. Paleoclimatology81 topic
  5. Anaerobic51 topic
  6. Methane Oxidation51 topic
  7. Sedimentation42 topics
  8. Antarctic21 topic
  9. Black Sea21 topic
  10. Emissions21 topic
  11. Fluvial Systems21 topic
  12. Methane21 topic
  13. Microorganisms21 topic
  14. Paleoproductivity21 topic
  15. Paleoredox21 topic
  16. Sequence Stratigraphy21 topic
  17. Stable Isotopes21 topic
  18. Trophic Position21 topic
  19. paleoceanography21 topic

Where does W. S. Broecker work?

W. S. Broecker's main affiliation in the publication record is Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. S. Broecker have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 112 citations for W. S. Broecker, ranking #442,198 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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