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Researcher · Missouri Botanical Garden · United States

Alwyn H. Gentry

Alwyn H. Gentry publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#361,512
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#129,315
of 1,627,098
Works
141
Citations
16k
Citations per work
115.1
h-index
43
i10-index 64Top 3% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Alwyn H. Gentry

What does Alwyn H. Gentry research?

Alwyn H. Gentry's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (69%), Environmental Science (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Life Sciences: 108 works · 76.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 97 works · 68.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 63 works · 44.8% of their workPlant Science: 27 works · 19.4% of their workFood Science: 7 works · 4.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 works · 7.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 11 works · 7.5% of their workEverything else: 21 works · 14.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 9.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 13 works · 9.0% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 works · 6.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlwyn H. Gentry141works
Life Sciences76%Physical Sciences9%

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 Sciences9768.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology117.5%
  2. Everything else2114.6%
    1. Environmental Science139.0%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics45% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science19% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology8% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation6% of their works
  5. 5Food Science5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alwyn H. Gentry's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Angiosperm Phylogeny, Flowering Plants, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline and Phylogeny.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography1504 topics
  2. Biodiversity812 topics
  3. Invasive Species812 topics
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny671 topic
  5. Flowering Plants671 topic
  6. Ecosystem Services621 topic
  7. Pollinator Decline621 topic
  8. Phylogeny592 topics
  9. Antioxidant542 topics
  10. Cyperus381 topic
  11. essential oil381 topic
  12. Gesneriaceae241 topic
  13. phylogenetic reconstruction241 topic
  14. Epiphytes211 topic
  15. Ferns211 topic
  16. Conservation191 topic
  17. Ecosystem191 topic
  18. Betalains161 topic
  19. Opuntia161 topic
  20. Plant Hormones161 topic
  21. Strigolactones161 topic

Where does Alwyn H. Gentry work?

Alwyn H. Gentry's main affiliation in the publication record is Missouri Botanical Garden, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alwyn H. Gentry have?

OpenAlex counts 141 works and 16,228 citations for Alwyn H. Gentry, an h-index of 43, ranking #361,512 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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