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Researcher · Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · United States

Wallace S. Broecker

Wallace S. Broecker publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0003-4816-0903 OpenAlex
World rank
#8,214
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,839
of 1,627,098
Works
531
Citations
57k
Citations per work
106.8
h-index
122
i10-index 354Top 0.1% in Atmospheric Science
Wallace S. Broecker

What does Wallace S. Broecker research?

Wallace S. Broecker's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (43%), Environmental Science (28%).

Physical Sciences: 378 works · 71.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 227 works · 42.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 130 works · 24.5% of their workOceanography: 73 works · 13.8% of their workPaleontology: 24 works · 4.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 151 works · 28.4% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 works · 11.2% of their workEcology: 52 works · 9.7% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 40 works · 7.5% of their workEverything else: 153 works · 28.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWallace S.Broecker531works
Physical Sciences71%

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 Sciences22742.8%
    2. Environmental Science15128.4%
  2. Everything else15328.8%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science24% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography14% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology10% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry8% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wallace S. Broecker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation and Emissions.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3212 topics
  2. Glacial Cycles2541 topic
  3. Paleoclimatology2541 topic
  4. Stable Isotopes1031 topic
  5. Trophic Position1031 topic
  6. Anaerobic941 topic
  7. Methane Oxidation941 topic
  8. Emissions751 topic
  9. Methane751 topic
  10. Dissolved Organic Matter671 topic
  11. Eutrophication671 topic
  12. Ocean Circulation391 topic
  13. Oceanic Modeling391 topic
  14. Fluvial Systems371 topic
  15. Sedimentation371 topic
  16. Ecosystem Functioning301 topic
  17. Marine Biodiversity301 topic

Where does Wallace S. Broecker work?

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

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

OpenAlex counts 531 works and 56,691 citations for Wallace S. Broecker, an h-index of 122, ranking #8,214 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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