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Researcher · New York Botanical Garden · United States

Alex C. McAlvay

Alex C. McAlvay publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, on topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7051-2018 OpenAlex
World rank
#383,151
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#136,389
of 1,627,098
Works
49
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
23.5
h-index
18
i10-index 21Top 21% in Plant Science
Alex C. McAlvay

What does Alex C. McAlvay research?

Alex C. McAlvay's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Environmental Science (10%).

Life Sciences: 25 works · 50.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 works · 39.9% of their workPlant Science: 15 works · 31.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 4.6% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 3.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 10.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 10.8% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 35.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 10.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 10.0% of their workEcology: 5 works · 10.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.8% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlex C. McAlvay49works
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences10%Social Sciences4%

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 Sciences2039.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology510.8%
  2. Everything else1735.5%
    1. Environmental Science510.0%
    1. Social Sciences23.8%
  1. 1Plant Science32% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  5. 5General Agricultural and Biological Sciences4% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alex C. McAlvay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Diversity, Breeding, Drought Tolerance, Indigenous Knowledge, Agricultural Origins, Genetic Structure, Population Genetics and Radiocarbon Dating.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Diversity92 topics
  2. Breeding82 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance82 topics
  4. Indigenous Knowledge82 topics
  5. Agricultural Origins51 topic
  6. Genetic Structure51 topic
  7. Population Genetics51 topic
  8. Radiocarbon Dating51 topic
  9. Amazonia41 topic
  10. Biocultural Conservation41 topic
  11. Cowpea41 topic
  12. Earth Stewardship41 topic
  13. Genetics41 topic
  14. Genomics41 topic
  15. Historical Ecology41 topic
  16. Legume Crops41 topic
  17. Local Soil Classification41 topic
  18. Medicinal Plants41 topic
  19. Soil Fertility41 topic
  20. Traditional Ecological Knowledge41 topic

Where does Alex C. McAlvay work?

Alex C. McAlvay's main affiliation in the publication record is New York Botanical Garden, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alex C. McAlvay have?

OpenAlex counts 49 works and 1,152 citations for Alex C. McAlvay, an h-index of 18, ranking #383,151 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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