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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

William G. Melson

William G. Melson publishes mostly in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

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World rank
#217,676
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#80,581
of 1,627,098
Works
123
Citations
4.5k
Citations per work
36.5
h-index
40
i10-index 63Top 4.8% in Geophysics
William G. Melson

What does William G. Melson research?

William G. Melson's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (50%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Computer Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 83 works · 67.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 62 works · 50.2% of their workGeophysics: 40 works · 32.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 11 works · 9.3% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 works · 5.0% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 works · 3.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 works · 12.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 works · 12.5% of their workComputer Science: 6 works · 5.0% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 6 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 40 works · 32.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam G. Melson123works
Physical Sciences68%

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 Sciences6250.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1512.5%
    3. Computer Science65.0%
  2. Everything else4032.3%
  1. 1Geophysics32% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics12% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  5. 5Geochemistry and Petrology5% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William G. Melson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Earthquakes, Subduction, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology and Mars.

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. Plate Tectonics572 topics
  2. Geochronology461 topic
  3. Zircon461 topic
  4. Earthquakes251 topic
  5. Subduction251 topic
  6. Climate Change241 topic
  7. Paleoclimatology241 topic
  8. Mars161 topic
  9. Martian Surface161 topic
  10. Solar System Abundances141 topic
  11. Terrestrial Planets141 topic
  12. Machine Learning131 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity131 topic
  14. Crystal Structure Prediction111 topic
  15. Mantle Dynamics111 topic
  16. Gemstones101 topic
  17. Geochemistry101 topic

Where does William G. Melson work?

William G. Melson's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does William G. Melson have?

OpenAlex counts 123 works and 4,488 citations for William G. Melson, an h-index of 40, ranking #217,676 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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