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Top Geophysics Researchers

Brian F. Windley ranks first, out of 5,846 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Brian F. Windley United Kingdom · #1,662 worldwide 3.9k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Dan McKenzie United Kingdom · #2,432 worldwide 1.7k citations · 138 works
  3. 3 E. Bruce Watson United States · #2,836 worldwide 1.8k citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Lutz Nasdala Austria · #3,363 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 M. Cardona Germany · #3,526 worldwide 4.1k citations · 282 works
  6. 6 Alfred Kröner Germany · #3,562 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Simon A. Wilde Australia · #4,261 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
  8. 8 John Dewey United States · #5,078 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Peter G. DeCelles United States · #5,520 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 David M. Boore United States · #6,126 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
  11. 11 Kurt Lambeck Australia · #6,363 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  12. 12 Fu‐Yuan Wu China · #6,994 worldwide 2.3k citations · 97 works
  13. 13 Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan · #7,039 worldwide 1.8k citations · 64 works
  14. 14 David R. Nelson United States · #7,057 worldwide 1.9k citations · 104 works
  15. 15 Rolando Armijo France · #7,336 worldwide 899 citations · 61 works
  16. 16 M. Warner United Kingdom · #7,639 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  17. 17 Guust Nolet United States · #8,056 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  18. 18 Robert J. Stern United States · #8,631 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  19. 19 Julien de Rosny France · #9,185 worldwide 1k citations · 83 works
  20. 20 Péter Molnár United States · #9,475 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  21. 21 Guochun Zhao Hong Kong · #9,542 worldwide 2.9k citations · 134 works
  22. 22 Edward M. Stolper United States · #10,138 worldwide 1.4k citations · 71 works
  23. 23 J. Harms United States · #10,702 worldwide 1.6k citations · 108 works
  24. 24 Rex N. Taylor United Kingdom · #10,703 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  25. 25 Alex N. Halliday United Kingdom · #10,789 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  26. 26 Steven Constable United States · #10,993 worldwide 779 citations · 56 works
  27. 27 Paul Kapp United States · #11,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  28. 28 Julian A. Pearce United Kingdom · #11,858 worldwide 3.3k citations · 45 works
  29. 29 Albrecht W. Hofmann Germany · #12,140 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
  30. 30 Stanley R. Hart United States · #12,194 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  31. 31 Shan Gao China · #12,376 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  32. 32 Yaoling Niu United Kingdom · #12,530 worldwide 1.9k citations · 79 works
  33. 33 Daniel J. Condon United Kingdom · #12,791 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  34. 34 Hiroo Kanamori United States · #13,726 worldwide 1.4k citations · 128 works
  35. 35 B. W. Chappell Australia · #13,987 worldwide 1.5k citations · 45 works
  36. 36 James Jackson United Kingdom · #14,191 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  37. 37 William R. Dickinson United States · #14,298 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  38. 38 Claude J. Allègre France · #14,361 worldwide 931 citations · 64 works
  39. 39 B. C. Burchfiel United States · #14,655 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  40. 40 W. S. F. Kidd United States · #15,095 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  41. 41 J. E. Vidale United States · #15,143 worldwide 476 citations · 62 works
  42. 42 Dunyi Liu China · #15,570 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  43. 43 Matthew Horstwood United Kingdom · #15,611 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  44. 44 Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia · #16,114 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  45. 45 Di‐Cheng Zhu China · #16,230 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
  46. 46 Blair Schoene United States · #16,331 worldwide 1.2k citations · 50 works
  47. 47 Norman J. Pearson Australia · #16,349 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  48. 48 F. L. Vernon United States · #16,677 worldwide 790 citations · 85 works
  49. 49 Urs Schaltegger Switzerland · #16,833 worldwide 1.5k citations · 83 works
  50. 50 Amos Nur United States · #16,922 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  51. 51 T. H. Jordan United States · #16,968 worldwide 705 citations · 101 works
  52. 52 David B. Rowley United States · #17,161 worldwide 840 citations · 52 works
  53. 53 Hugh O’Neill Australia · #17,193 worldwide 1.1k citations · 91 works
  54. 54 Donald J. DePaolo United States · #17,226 worldwide 1.6k citations · 120 works
  55. 55 Bernard J. Wood United Kingdom · #17,330 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
  56. 56 Lynn R. Sykes United States · #17,509 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  57. 57 Orson L. Anderson United States · #17,546 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
  58. 58 Zhidan Zhao China · #18,101 worldwide 1.4k citations · 96 works
  59. 59 Richard A. Ketcham United States · #18,141 worldwide 662 citations · 57 works
  60. 60 Nobumichi Shimizu United States · #18,253 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  61. 61 Jon Woodhead Australia · #18,327 worldwide 1.2k citations · 76 works
  62. 62 S. B. Jacobsen United States · #18,567 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
  63. 63 A. E. Ringwood Australia · #18,978 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  64. 64 Yosihiko Ogata Japan · #19,022 worldwide 886 citations · 41 works
  65. 65 N. Christensen France · #19,044 worldwide 2.1k citations · 160 works
  66. 66 L. H. Royden United States · #19,440 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  67. 67 N. N. Ambraseys United Kingdom · #19,603 worldwide 641 citations · 47 works
  68. 68 Jack Oliver United States · #20,096 worldwide 837 citations · 55 works
  69. 69 Cristiana L. Ciobanu Australia · #20,467 worldwide 702 citations · 49 works
  70. 70 Robert C. Finkel United States · #20,640 worldwide 1.2k citations · 81 works
  71. 71 Robert M. Hazen United States · #21,117 worldwide 1.4k citations · 149 works
  72. 72 M. D. Norman Australia · #21,151 worldwide 973 citations · 85 works
  73. 73 Michael Diamond United States · #21,181 worldwide 1.4k citations · 252 works
  74. 74 Christopher Beaumont Canada · #21,227 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  75. 75 Keiiti Aki United States · #21,360 worldwide 904 citations · 39 works
  76. 76 Roger Powell Australia · #21,681 worldwide 745 citations · 48 works
  77. 77 John M. Hanchar Canada · #21,744 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  78. 78 Norman Abrahamson United States · #21,781 worldwide 742 citations · 59 works
  79. 79 James L. Crowley United States · #21,864 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  80. 80 Douglas W. Burbank United States · #22,134 worldwide 759 citations · 54 works
  81. 81 George E. Gehrels United States · #22,440 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
  82. 82 P. Tapponnier France · #22,837 worldwide 747 citations · 52 works
  83. 83 R. Romano Italy · #22,849 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  84. 84 Adam M. Dziewoński United States · #23,081 worldwide 770 citations · 49 works
  85. 85 Gilbert N. Hanson United States · #23,115 worldwide 857 citations · 50 works
  86. 86 Jonathan M. Lees United States · #23,158 worldwide 621 citations · 63 works
  87. 87 Christoph A. Heinrich Switzerland · #23,440 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  88. 88 Steffen G. Hagemann Australia · #23,601 worldwide 715 citations · 54 works
  89. 89 David I. Groves Australia · #23,640 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
  90. 90 P.R. Cobbold France · #23,835 worldwide 978 citations · 45 works
  91. 91 Wout Krijgsman Netherlands · #24,186 worldwide 985 citations · 97 works
  92. 92 Xiaoming Liu United States · #24,212 worldwide 948 citations · 57 works
  93. 93 T. Mark Harrison United States · #24,313 worldwide 1.6k citations · 97 works
  94. 94 Jan Košler Norway · #24,801 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  95. 95 David A.D. Evans United States · #25,160 worldwide 761 citations · 65 works
  96. 96 Mingguo Zhai China · #25,226 worldwide 1.4k citations · 81 works
  97. 97 R. D. Hyndman Canada · #25,671 worldwide 849 citations · 69 works
  98. 98 Marco Keiluweit United States · #25,708 worldwide 540 citations · 48 works
  99. 99 Peter A. Ziegler Switzerland · #26,147 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  100. 100 R. De Rosa Italy · #26,600 worldwide 1.3k citations · 152 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Geophysics, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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