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Researcher · University of Venda · South Africa

B.C.W. Van der Waal

B.C.W. Van der Waal publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology, on topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,832,921
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#24,843
of 29,826
Works
20
Citations
443
Citations per work
22.2
h-index
12
i10-index 14Top 47% in Nature and Landscape Conservation
B.C.W. Van der Waal

What does B.C.W. Van der Waal research?

B.C.W. Van der Waal's work is mostly in Environmental Science (65%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 65.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 13 works · 65.2% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 works · 40.8% of their workEcology: 4 works · 20.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 works · 2.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 works · 2.0% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 28.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 24.5% of their workAquatic Science: 5 works · 24.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 4.1% of their workGenetics: 1 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 6.2% of their workTHEIR WORKB.C.W. Van derWaal20works
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences65%

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 Science1365.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences524.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.1%
  3. Everything else16.2%
  1. 1Nature and Landscape Conservation41% of their works
  2. 2Aquatic Science24% of their works
  3. 3Ecology20% of their works
  4. 4Genetics4% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change2% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B.C.W. Van der Waal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation Challenges, Freshwater Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, Biodiversity, Fish and Length-Weight Relationships.

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 Change222 topics
  2. Invasive Species162 topics
  3. Conservation Challenges151 topic
  4. Freshwater Biodiversity151 topic
  5. Genetic Diversity142 topics
  6. Biodiversity132 topics
  7. Fish121 topic
  8. Length-Weight Relationships121 topic
  9. Lake Tanganyika71 topic
  10. Lake Victoria71 topic
  11. Fish Biodiversity41 topic
  12. Freshwater Ecoregions41 topic
  13. Genetic Structure21 topic
  14. Population Genetics21 topic
  15. Beaver Dams11 topic
  16. Ecosystem Engineering11 topic
  17. Edible Insects11 topic
  18. Food Security11 topic
  19. Oogenesis11 topic
  20. Spermatogenesis11 topic

Where does B.C.W. Van der Waal work?

B.C.W. Van der Waal's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Venda, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does B.C.W. Van der Waal have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 443 citations for B.C.W. Van der Waal, an h-index of 12, ranking #5,832,921 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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