Rick Valenta

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rick Valenta is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Valenta has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Rick Valenta's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (10 papers) and Mining and Resource Management (10 papers). Rick Valenta is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (10 papers) and Mining and Resource Management (10 papers). Rick Valenta collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Rick Valenta's co-authors include Éléonore Lèbre, John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp, Laura J. Sonter, James Watson, Nicholas H.S. Oliver, Marie C. Dade, Martin Stringer, Peter Betts and V. J. Wall and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Rick Valenta

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals

2020 309 citations Éléonore Lèbre, Martin Stringer et al. Nature Communications profile →
Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

2020 266 citations Laura J. Sonter, Marie C. Dade et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rick Valenta Australia	17	608	419	375	356	143	34	1.7k
Olivier Vidal France	27	1.1k 1.7×	328 0.8×	539 1.4×	257 0.7×	416 2.9×	50	2.4k
Raymond Durrheim South Africa	27	1.9k 3.0×	318 0.8×	388 1.0×	215 0.6×	138 1.0×	164	2.9k
Thierry De Putter Belgium	19	444 0.7×	241 0.6×	241 0.6×	158 0.4×	42 0.3×	67	1.5k
Gilpin R. Robinson United States	17	369 0.6×	293 0.7×	146 0.4×	135 0.4×	173 1.2×	52	1.2k
Tim T. Werner Australia	26	156 0.3×	278 0.7×	953 2.5×	469 1.3×	218 1.5×	52	2.3k
Zhehan Weng Australia	13	244 0.4×	190 0.5×	975 2.6×	265 0.7×	188 1.3×	18	1.7k
Bernd G. Lottermoser Australia	32	735 1.2×	711 1.7×	570 1.5×	713 2.0×	225 1.6×	136	4.4k
Alecos Demetriades Greece	21	106 0.2×	704 1.7×	304 0.8×	200 0.6×	245 1.7×	48	1.8k
Alper Baba Türkiye	28	216 0.4×	260 0.6×	193 0.5×	179 0.5×	496 3.5×	143	2.3k
Judith A. Kinnaird South Africa	32	2.3k 3.8×	1.6k 3.7×	361 1.0×	201 0.6×	111 0.8×	106	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rick Valenta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rick Valenta

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rick Valenta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rick Valenta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rick Valenta based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rick Valenta. Rick Valenta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mervine, Evelyn M., Rick Valenta, James Paterson, et al.. (2025). Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action. Nature Communications. 16(1). 481–481. 11 indexed citations

Valenta, Rick, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Resource Management: The End of Nickel Mining?. Recycling. 9(6). 102–102. 2 indexed citations

Valenta, Rick, et al.. (2023). Addressing Geological Challenges in Mineral Resource Estimation: A Comparative Study of Deep Learning and Traditional Techniques. Minerals. 13(7). 982–982. 4 indexed citations

Sonter, Laura J., Martine Maron, Joseph W. Bull, et al.. (2023). How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(35). e2307006120–e2307006120. 13 indexed citations

Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, et al.. (2023). Indium in ore deposits and mine waste environments: Geochemistry, mineralogy, and opportunities for recovery. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 255. 107312–107312. 22 indexed citations

Lèbre, Éléonore, et al.. (2023). Will global cobalt supply meet demand? The geological, mineral processing, production and geographic risk profile of cobalt. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 190. 106855–106855. 53 indexed citations

Sonter, Laura J., Stephen Kearney, Moreno Di Marco, et al.. (2022). Conservation implications and opportunities of mining activities for terrestrial mammal habitat. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(12). 9 indexed citations

Lèbre, Éléonore, Martin Stringer, Kamila Svobodová, et al.. (2020). The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals. Nature Communications. 11(1). 309 indexed citations breakdown →

Sonter, Laura J., Marie C. Dade, James Watson, & Rick Valenta. (2020). Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4174–4174. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Svobodová, Kamila, et al.. (2020). Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management. 279. 111593–111593. 50 indexed citations

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Vaughan, James, Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Weng Fu, et al.. (2020). Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings. JOM. 73(1). 39–53. 27 indexed citations

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Valenta, Rick, et al.. (2019). Complex orebodies: the role of social and environmental complexities in current mine projects development. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 114–117. 1 indexed citations

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Lèbre, Éléonore, John R. Owen, Glen Corder, et al.. (2019). Source Risks As Constraints to Future Metal Supply. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(18). 10571–10579. 88 indexed citations

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Valenta, Rick, et al.. (2005). URANIUM IN IRON OXIDE-COPPER-GOLD (IOCG) SYSTEMS. Economic Geology. 100(8). 1657–1661. 77 indexed citations

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O'Dea, M G, Gordon Lister, T. MacCready, et al.. (1997). Geodynamic evolution of the Proterozoic Mount Isa terrain. Geological Society London Special Publications. 121(1). 99–122. 128 indexed citations

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Jessell, Mark, et al.. (1997). Three‐dimensional geological and magnetic modelling, Isa Valley, Queensland, Australia. 24. 517–520. 1 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Ian, et al.. (1994). Fluid migration and vein formation during deformation and greenschist facies metamorphism at Ormiston Gorge, central Australia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 12(4). 373–386. 28 indexed citations

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Valenta, Rick. (1994). Syntectonic discordant copper mineralization in the Hilton Mine, Mount Isa. Economic Geology. 89(5). 1031–1052. 13 indexed citations

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Valenta, Rick, Ian Cartwright, & Nicholas H.S. Oliver. (1994). Structurally controlled fluid flow associated with breccia vein formation. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 12(2). 197–206. 12 indexed citations

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Jessell, Mark, et al.. (1993). Structural Geophysics. Exploration Geophysics. 24(3). 599–602. 22 indexed citations

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