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Researcher · University of Liège · Belgium

Alain Vanderpoorten

Alain Vanderpoorten publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Ecology, on topics such as Bryophyte Studies and Records, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Lichen and fungal ecology.

ORCID 0000-0002-5918-7709 OpenAlex
World rank
#508,632
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#4,330
of 67,186
Works
266
Citations
6.5k
Citations per work
24.4
h-index
47
i10-index 130Top 2.3% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Alain Vanderpoorten

What does Alain Vanderpoorten research?

Alain Vanderpoorten's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (77%), Environmental Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%).

Life Sciences: 211 works · 79.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 204 works · 76.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 137 works · 51.5% of their workPlant Science: 67 works · 25.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 works · 2.4% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 2.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 31 works · 11.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 31 works · 11.6% of their workEcology: 17 works · 6.4% of their workEcological Modeling: 7 works · 2.6% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKAlainVanderpoorten266works
Life Sciences79%Physical Sciences12%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20476.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.4%
    1. Environmental Science3111.6%
  3. Everything else249.2%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics52% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science25% of their works
  3. 3Ecology6% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation3% of their works
  5. 5Ecological Modeling3% of their works
  6. 6Genetics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Vanderpoorten's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Mosses, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Phylogeny and Conservation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography3323 topics
  2. Mosses3172 topics
  3. Climate Change2184 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation2123 topics
  5. Biodiversity2014 topics
  6. Invasive Species1984 topics
  7. Phylogeny1942 topics
  8. Conservation1833 topics
  9. Bryophyte1791 topic
  10. Liverworts1791 topic
  11. Flora1501 topic
  12. Vascular Plants1501 topic
  13. Lichen1381 topic
  14. Symbiosis1381 topic
  15. Carbon351 topic
  16. Peatlands351 topic
  17. Global Change332 topics
  18. Ecological Niche181 topic
  19. Ecosystem181 topic
  20. Functional Diversity181 topic
  21. Species Distribution Modeling181 topic
  22. Ecosystem Services151 topic
  23. Mediterranean151 topic
  24. Pollinator Decline151 topic
  25. Vascular Flora151 topic

Where does Alain Vanderpoorten work?

Alain Vanderpoorten's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Liège, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Alain Vanderpoorten have?

OpenAlex counts 266 works and 6,484 citations for Alain Vanderpoorten, an h-index of 47, ranking #508,632 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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