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Researcher · South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity · South Africa

Alan K. Whitfield

Alan K. Whitfield publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Aquatic Science, on topics such as Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1452-7367 OpenAlex
World rank
#76,125
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#141
of 5,570
Works
53
Citations
433
Citations per work
8.2

What does Alan K. Whitfield research?

Global and Planetary Change: 28.8%Ecology: 24.2%Aquatic Science: 16.7%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 12.1%other fields: 18.2%29%top field
Global and Planetary Change28.8%Ecology24.2%Aquatic Science16.7%Nature and Landscape Conservation12.1%other fields18.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Global and Planetary Change29% of their works
  2. 2Ecology24% of their works
  3. 3Aquatic Science17% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation12% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law8% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan K. Whitfield's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Fish, Length-Weight Relationships, Coral Reefs and Marine Ecosystems.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change375 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability212 topics
  3. Ecosystem Management151 topic
  4. Marine Fisheries151 topic
  5. Fish101 topic
  6. Length-Weight Relationships101 topic
  7. Coral Reefs91 topic
  8. Marine Ecosystems91 topic
  9. Eutrophication72 topics
  10. Water Quality72 topics
  11. Conservation Challenges61 topic
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity61 topic
  13. Lake Tanganyika51 topic
  14. Lake Victoria51 topic
  15. Aquaculture41 topic
  16. Oyster Reefs41 topic
  17. Ecosystem-Based Management31 topic
  18. Marine Spatial Planning31 topic
  19. Cyanobacteria21 topic
  20. Harmful Algal Blooms21 topic

Where does Alan K. Whitfield work?

Alan K. Whitfield's main affiliation in the publication record is South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Alan K. Whitfield have?

Science Explorer counts 53 works and 433 citations for Alan K. Whitfield, ranking #76,125 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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