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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 49 3634 3328 410 380 187 8327

Richard Walker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard Walker between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard Walker published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2016. 20 of the 262 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2016. 2001: 4 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 9 publications
2001 2025

262 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard Walker: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 4
2002 8
2003 4
2004 12
2005 8
2006 12
2007 6
2008 6
2009 6
2010 16
2011 11
2012 6
2013 9
2014 11
2015 11
2016 21
2017 7
2018 14
2019 16
2020 12
2021 13
2022 20
2023 9
2024 11
2025 9
Total 262
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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.

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, 178–187 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: 187 publications — 58th percentile

58% 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
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
178–187 414 187
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 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.

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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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
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 49
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 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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