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Richard Walker 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 Walker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 187 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Richard Walker 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 Walker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard Walker is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Chemistry.

The primary focus of Walker's work involves topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake detection and analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, astro and planetary science, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Walker has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • Tectonics and Landscape of the Central African Plateau and their Implications for a Propagating Southwestern Rift in Africa (2020) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Magnitude of the 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake Reestimated Using Seismological and Geomorphological Methods (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geomorphology and Paleoseismology of the Weinan Fault, Shaanxi, Central China, and the Source of the 1556 Huaxian Earthquake (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • The Relationship Between Seismic and Aseismic Slip on the Philippine Fault on Leyte Island: Bayesian Modeling of Fault Slip and Geothermal Subsidence (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Satellite imaging of the 2015 M7.2 earthquake in the Central Pamir, Tajikistan, elucidates a sequence of shallow strike-slip ruptures of the Sarez-Karakul fault (2020) published in Geophysical Journal International

In terms of publication venues, Walker frequently publishes in the following journals and conferences:

  • Tectonics
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Walker collaborates regularly with several researchers, including N. Dodds, John R. Elliott, Zahra Mousavi, Edward J. Rhodes, and Y. Bezmenov.

Best Publications

  • Late Cenozoic reorganization of the Arabia‐Eurasia collision and the comparison of short‐term and long‐term deformation rates

    Mark Allen;James Jackson;Richard Walker

  • Active tectonics and late Cenozoic strain distribution in central and eastern Iran

    Richard Walker;James Jackson

  • Offset and evolution of the Gowk fault, S.E. Iran: a major intra-continental strike-slip system

    Richard Walker;James Jackson

  • The 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake: Rupture of a blind strike-slip fault

    Morteza Talebian;Eric J. Fielding;Eric J. Fielding;Gareth J. Funning;Manoucher Ghorashi

  • Fold Evolution and Drainage Development in the Zagros Mountains of Fars Province, SE Iran

    Lucy A. Ramsey;Richard T. Walker;James Jackson

  • A longitudinal perspective regarding the use of VLEs by higher education institutions in the United Kingdom

    Tom Browne;Martin Jenkins;Richard Walker

  • Displacement field and slip distribution of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake from SAR imagery

    E. Pathier;E. J. Fielding;T. J. Wright;R. Walker

  • Surface Ruptures and Building Damage of the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Mapped by Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometric Correlation

    Eric J. Fielding;Eric J. Fielding;M. Talebian;P. A. Rosen;H. Nazari

  • Strike-slip faulting, rotation, and along-strike elongation in the Kopeh Dagh mountains, NE Iran

    James Hollingsworth;James Jackson;Richard Walker;Mohammad Reza Gheitanchi

  • The 1994 Sefidabeh (eastern Iran) earthquakes revisited: new evidence from satellite radar interferometry and carbonate dating about the growth of an active fold above a blind thrust fault

    B. Parsons;T. Wright;P. Rowe;J. Andrews

  • Extrusion tectonics and subduction in the eastern South Caspian region since 10 Ma: REPLY

    James Hollingsworth;James Jackson;Richard Walker;Hamid Nazari

  • The 1998 March 14 Fandoqa earthquake (Mw 6.6) in Kerman province, southeast Iran: re‐rupture of the 1981 Sirch earthquake fault, triggering of slip on adjacent thrusts and the active tectonics of the Gowk fault zone

    M. Berberian;J. A Jackson;E. Fielding;B. E Parsons

  • Surface expression of thrust faulting in eastern Iran: source parameters and surface deformation of the 1978 Tabas and 1968 Ferdows earthquake sequences

    Richard Walker;James Jackson;Calum Baker

  • Seismotectonic, rupture process, and earthquake-hazard aspects of the 2003 December 26 Bam, Iran, earthquake

    J. Jackson;Michel Bouchon;E. Fielding;G. Funning

  • 2008 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning for higher education in the UK

    Tom Browne;Roger Hewitt;Martin Jenkins;Richard Walker

  • Late Cenozoic volcanism and rates of active faulting in eastern Iran

    R. T. Walker;P. Gans;M. B. Allen;J. A. Jackson

  • 2010 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning for higher education in the UK

    Tom Browne;Roger Hewlett;Martin Jenkins;Julie Voce

  • Active faulting and seismicity of the Dasht-e-Bayaz region, eastern Iran

    Richard Walker;James Jackson;Calum Baker

  • Precise timing of abrupt increase in dust activity in the Middle East coincident with 4.2 ka social change

    Stacy A Carolin;Richard T Walker;Christopher C Day;Vasile Ersek

  • Oroclinal bending, distributed thrust and strike-slip faulting, and the accommodation of Arabia–Eurasia convergence in NE Iran since the Oligocene

    James Hollingsworth;Morteza Fattahi;Morteza Fattahi;Richard Walker;Morteza Talebian

  • A remote sensing study of active folding and faulting in southern Kerman province, S.E. Iran

    Richard Thomas Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

James Jackson
James Jackson University of Cambridge
Morteza Talebian
Morteza Talebian Geological Survey of Iran
Barry Parsons
Barry Parsons University of Oxford
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
Tim J. Wright
Tim J. Wright University of Leeds
Andrew S. Carr
Andrew S. Carr University of Leicester
Edwin Nissen
Edwin Nissen University of Victoria
Eric A. Bergman
Eric A. Bergman University of Colorado Boulder

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