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William F Ruddiman

William F Ruddiman publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes and Polar Research and Ecology.

World rank
#45,095
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#20,782
of 358,040
Works
35
Citations
509
Citations per work
14.5

What does William F Ruddiman research?

Atmospheric Science: 35.1%Earth-Surface Processes: 13.5%Ecology: 13.5%Paleontology: 5.4%other fields: 32.5%35%top field
Atmospheric Science35.1%Earth-Surface Processes13.5%Ecology13.5%Paleontology5.4%other fields32.5%

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

  1. 1Atmospheric Science35% of their works
  2. 2Earth-Surface Processes14% of their works
  3. 3Ecology14% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology5% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William F Ruddiman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Holocene, Tectonics, Fluvial Systems, 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change144 topics
  2. Paleoclimatology112 topics
  3. Glacial Cycles101 topic
  4. Holocene101 topic
  5. Tectonics62 topics
  6. Fluvial Systems51 topic
  7. Sedimentation51 topic
  8. Antarctic21 topic
  9. Microorganisms21 topic
  10. Plate Tectonics22 topics
  11. Atmospheric Aerosols11 topic
  12. Black Carbon11 topic
  13. Cenozoic Evolution11 topic
  14. Geochronology11 topic
  15. Glacier11 topic
  16. Rifting11 topic
  17. Temperature Variability11 topic
  18. Tree Rings11 topic
  19. Water Availability11 topic
  20. Zircon11 topic

Where does William F Ruddiman work?

William F Ruddiman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Virginia, United States.

How many publications and citations does William F Ruddiman have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 509 citations for William F Ruddiman, ranking #45,095 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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