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Alastair Fitter

Alastair Fitter publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology.

World rank
#24,865
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,350
of 90,785
Works
38
Citations
961
Citations per work
25.3

What does Alastair Fitter research?

Plant Science: 33.3%Ecology: 11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11.1%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 7.4%other fields: 37.1%33%top field
Plant Science33.3%Ecology11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11.1%Nature and Landscape Conservation7.4%other fields37.1%

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

  1. 1Plant Science33% of their works
  2. 2Ecology11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Soil Science6% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alastair Fitter's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ecosystem Functioning, DNA Barcoding, Fungal Diversity, Invasive Species, Mycorrhizal Fungi, Global Change, Biodiversity 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Ecosystem Functioning113 topics
  2. DNA Barcoding102 topics
  3. Fungal Diversity71 topic
  4. Invasive Species72 topics
  5. Mycorrhizal Fungi71 topic
  6. Global Change62 topics
  7. Biodiversity41 topic
  8. Conservation41 topic
  9. Antioxidant Activity31 topic
  10. Cryptic Diversity31 topic
  11. Earthworms31 topic
  12. Medicinal Mushrooms31 topic
  13. Nitrogen31 topic
  14. Phosphorus31 topic
  15. Biological Soil Crusts21 topic
  16. Cyanobacteria21 topic
  17. Dead Wood21 topic
  18. Forest Management21 topic
  19. Legumes21 topic
  20. Symbiosis21 topic

Where does Alastair Fitter work?

Alastair Fitter's main affiliation in the publication record is University of York, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alastair Fitter have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 961 citations for Alastair Fitter, ranking #24,865 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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