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Researcher · Environment Agency · United Kingdom

Alastair J. D. Ferguson

Alastair J. D. Ferguson publishes mostly in Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Water Science and Technology, on topics such as Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment.

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World rank
#1,322,875
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#103,398
of 367,258
Works
25
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
47.1
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 52% in Environmental Chemistry
Alastair J. D. Ferguson

What does Alastair J. D. Ferguson research?

Alastair J. D. Ferguson's work is mostly in Environmental Science (90%), Arts and Humanities (3%).

Physical Sciences: 23 works · 90.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 23 works · 90.2% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 works · 24.6% of their workEcology: 5 works · 21.3% of their workWater Science and Technology: 5 works · 21.3% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 works · 19.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 6.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 1 works · 3.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAlastair J. D.Ferguson25works
Physical Sciences90%Social Sciences3%

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. Environmental Science2390.2%
  2. Everything else26.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities13.3%
  1. 1Environmental Chemistry25% of their works
  2. 2Ecology21% of their works
  3. 3Water Science and Technology21% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation20% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law3% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alastair J. D. Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Eutrophication, Water Quality, Freshwater Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Cyanobacteria, Harmful Algal Blooms and Conservation Challenges.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change283 topics
  2. Eutrophication162 topics
  3. Water Quality162 topics
  4. Freshwater Biodiversity152 topics
  5. Invasive Species152 topics
  6. Cyanobacteria131 topic
  7. Harmful Algal Blooms131 topic
  8. Conservation Challenges121 topic
  9. Flow Regulation121 topic
  10. Biodiversity Loss62 topics
  11. Multivariate Statistical Techniques61 topic
  12. River Restoration62 topics
  13. Water Quality Index61 topic
  14. Integrated Management41 topic
  15. Water Resources Management41 topic
  16. Ecosystem Engineering31 topic
  17. Fluvial Processes31 topic
  18. Freshwater Mussels31 topic
  19. Lake Tanganyika31 topic
  20. Lake Victoria31 topic
  21. Land Use31 topic
  22. Riparian Vegetation31 topic
  23. Stream Ecosystems31 topic

Where does Alastair J. D. Ferguson work?

Alastair J. D. Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is Environment Agency, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alastair J. D. Ferguson have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 1,177 citations for Alastair J. D. Ferguson, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,322,875 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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