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Richard E. Ll. Collier

Richard E. Ll. Collier

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 33 8482 7877 857 796 74 3427

Richard E. Ll. Collier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard E. Ll. Collier between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard E. Ll. Collier published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 2.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2019. 8 of the 88 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2019. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 1 publication 2011: 0 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 6 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 2 publications
1988 2025

88 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard E. Ll. Collier: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 3
1995 2
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 1
2001 0
2002 3
2003 3
2004 2
2005 3
2006 1
2007 1
2008 0
2009 1
2010 1
2011 0
2012 2
2013 2
2014 1
2015 6
2016 3
2017 5
2018 3
2019 9
2020 3
2021 7
2022 6
2023 2
2024 6
2025 2
Total 88
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Richard E. Ll. Collier publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard E. Ll. Collier sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 68–77 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 74 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161 74
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Richard E. Ll. Collier D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard E. Ll. Collier sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 33 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379 33
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Richard E. Ll. Collier is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, complemented by contributions to Engineering. The scientist's work focuses significantly on geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, and methane hydrates and related phenomena. Additional research topics include hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • Late Quaternary mud-dominated, basin-floor sedimentation of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for deep-water depositional processes and controls on syn-rift sedimentation, 2022, Basin Research
  • Quantitative analysis of a footwall-scarp degradation complex and syn-rift stratigraphic architecture, Exmouth Plateau, NW Shelf, offshore Australia, 2020, Basin Research
  • Reservoir quality estimation using a new ternary diagram approach applied to carbonate formations in north-western Iraq, 2020, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Characterization of the Gas-Bearing Tight Paleozoic Sandstone Reservoirs of the Risha Field, Jordan: Inferences on Reservoir Quality and Productivity, 2024, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Normal fault growth in continental rifting: Insights from changes in displacement and length fault populations due to increasing extension in the Central Kenya Rift, 2021, Tectonophysics

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors:

  • D. J. Shillington
  • Robert L. Gawthorpe
  • Sofia Pechlivanidou
  • Mary Ford
  • L.C. McNeill

Richard E. Ll. Collier's work has been published in various academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Basin Research
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

The subfields in which the scientist primarily operates include geophysics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, oceanography, and environmental chemistry. Their research output reflects a multidisciplinary approach toward understanding earth systems and geological phenomena using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Best Publications

  • Ground‐penetrating radar and coring used to study the large‐scale structure of point‐bar deposits in three dimensions

    John S. Bridge;Jan Alexander;Richard E. Ll. Collier;Rob. L. Gawthorpe

  • Sequence stratigraphy of (?)Pliocene ― Quaternary synrift, Gilbert-type fan deltas, northern Peloponnesos, Greece

    Chris J. Dart;Richard E.Ll. Collier;Rob L. Gawthorpe;João V.A. Keller

  • Rates of tectonic uplift in the Corinth and Megara Basins, central Greece

    R. E. L. Collier;M. R. Leeder;P. J. Rowe;T. C. Atkinson

  • Fault architecture, basin structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth Rift, central Greece

    R. E. Bell;L. C. McNeill;J. M. Bull;T. J. Henstock

  • Seismic reflection imaging of active offshore faults in the Gulf of Corinth: their seismotectonic significance

    A. Stefatos;G. Papatheodorou;G. Ferentinos;M. Leeder

  • Porosity and permeability of tight carbonate reservoir rocks in the north of Iraq

    F. Rashid;P.W.J. Glover;P. Lorinczi;R. Collier

  • Slip Rates of The Aigion and Eliki Faults From Uplifted Marine Terraces, Corinth Gulf, Greece

    Paolo Marco De Martini;Daniela Pantosti;Nikolaos Palyvos;Francis Lemeille

  • Uplift and slip rates of the eastern Eliki fault segment, Gulf of Corinth, Greece, inferred from Holocene and Pleistocene terraces

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  • Large-scale structure of Calamus River deposits (Nebraska, USA) revealed using ground-penetrating radar

    John Bridge;Richard Collier;Jan Alexander

  • Permeability Prediction in Tight Carbonate Rocks using Capillary Pressure Measurements

    F. Rashid;P.W.J. Glover;P. Lorinczi;D. Hussein

  • Structures related to Red Sea evolution in northern Eritrea

    S. A. Drury;S. P. Kelley;S. M. Berhe;R. E. Ll. Collier

  • Holocene meander-belt evolution in an active extensional basin, southwestern Montana

    Jan Alexander;John S. Bridge;Michael R. Leeder;Richard E.Ll. Collier

  • Paleoseismicity of the 1981 Corinth earthquake fault: Seismic contribution to extensional strain in central Greece and implications for seismic hazard

    Richard E. L. Collier;Daniela Pantosti;Giuliana D'Addezio;Paolo Marco de Martini

  • High sediment yields and cool, wet winters: Test of last glacial paleoclimates in the northern Mediterranean

    Richard E.L. Collier;Mike R. Leeder;Mark Trout;George Ferentinos

  • Active faulting within the offshore western Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for models of continental rift deformation

    L.C. McNeill;C.J. Cotterill;T.J. Henstock;J.M. Bull

  • Normal faulting and crustal deformation, Alkyonides Gulf and Perachora peninsula, eastern Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

    M.R. Leeder;C. Portman;J.E. Andrews;R.E.Ll. Collier

  • Tectono-sedimentary processes along an active marine/lacustrine half-graben margin: Alkyonides Gulf, E. Gulf of Corinth, Greece

    M. R. Leeder;R. E. Ll. Collier;L. H. Abdul Aziz;M. Trout

  • Enhanced seasonality of precipitation in the Mediterranean during the early part of the Last Interglacial

    Alice M. Milner;Richard E.L. Collier;Katherine H. Roucoux;Ulrich C. Müller

  • Assessing the uniaxial compressive strength of extremely hard cryptocrystalline flint

    Mohammed M. Aliyu;Junlong Shang;William Murphy;James Anthony Lawrence

  • Tectono-sedimentary development of an extensional basin : the Neogene Megara Basin, Greece

    P. Bentham;R. E. Collier;R. L. Gawthorpe;R. Leeder

  • Recent history of the Eastern Eliki Fault, Gulf of Corinth: geomorphology, palaeoseismology and impact on palaeoenvironments

    L. C. McNeill;R. E. Ll. Collier;P. M. De Martini;D. Pantosti

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Gawthorpe
Robert L. Gawthorpe University of Bergen
Mike Leeder
Mike Leeder University of East Anglia
Mary Ford
Mary Ford University of Lorraine
George Ferentinos
George Ferentinos University of Patras
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
George Papatheodorou
George Papatheodorou University of Patras
Jonathan M. Bull
Jonathan M. Bull University of Southampton
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton
Emilio Herrero-Bervera
Emilio Herrero-Bervera University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul W. J. Glover
Paul W. J. Glover University of Leeds

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