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Researcher · National Museum · South Africa

William F. Foshag

William F. Foshag publishes mostly in Geochemistry and Petrology, Materials Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

World rank
#1,050,854
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,546
of 5,570
Works
18
Citations
21
Citations per work
1.2

What does William F. Foshag research?

Geochemistry and Petrology: 30.8%Materials Chemistry: 23.1%Atmospheric Science: 7.7%Geophysics: 7.7%other fields: 30.7%31%top field
Geochemistry and Petrology30.8%Materials Chemistry23.1%Atmospheric Science7.7%Geophysics7.7%other fields30.7%

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

  1. 1Geochemistry and Petrology31% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry23% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics8% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials8% of their works
  6. 6Archeology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William F. Foshag's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gemstones, Geochemistry, Clay Nanotubes, Climate Change, Crystallization, Enthalpies, Geochronology and Halloysite.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Gemstones41 topic
  2. Geochemistry41 topic
  3. Clay Nanotubes11 topic
  4. Climate Change11 topic
  5. Crystallization11 topic
  6. Enthalpies11 topic
  7. Geochronology11 topic
  8. Halloysite11 topic
  9. Machine Learning11 topic
  10. Mineral Prospectivity11 topic
  11. Nucleation11 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology11 topic
  13. Protonic Conduction11 topic
  14. Solid Acids11 topic
  15. Vaporization11 topic
  16. Zircon11 topic

Where does William F. Foshag work?

William F. Foshag's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museum, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does William F. Foshag have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 21 citations for William F. Foshag, ranking #1,050,854 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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