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Researcher · Carnegie Institution for Science · United States

Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, on topics such as Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#52,936
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#24,219
of 358,040
Works
29
Citations
439
Citations per work
15.1

What does Barbara McClintock research?

Genetics: 17.4%Molecular Biology: 17.4%Plant Science: 17.4%General Health Professions: 8.7%other fields: 39.1%17%top field
Genetics17.4%Molecular Biology17.4%Plant Science17.4%General Health Professions8.7%other fields39.1%

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

  1. 1Genetics17% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology17% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science17% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions9% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Barbara McClintock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Improvement, Genetic Variation, Adaptation, Cultivar Evaluation, Evolution, Genome-wide Association Studies, Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Quantitative Trait Loci.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Improvement32 topics
  2. Genetic Variation32 topics
  3. Adaptation21 topic
  4. Cultivar Evaluation21 topic
  5. Evolution21 topic
  6. Genome-wide Association Studies21 topic
  7. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction21 topic
  8. Quantitative Trait Loci21 topic
  9. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  10. Endophytic Fungi11 topic
  11. Fungal Pathogens11 topic
  12. Genome Evolution11 topic
  13. Maize Yield11 topic
  14. Mutation Breeding11 topic
  15. Nitrogen Uptake11 topic
  16. Pollinator Decline11 topic
  17. Polyploidy11 topic
  18. TILLING11 topic

Where does Barbara McClintock work?

Barbara McClintock's main affiliation in the publication record is Carnegie Institution for Science, United States.

How many publications and citations does Barbara McClintock have?

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 439 citations for Barbara McClintock, ranking #52,936 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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