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Researcher · Environment Agency · United Kingdom

Ben McFarland

Ben McFarland publishes mostly in Ecology, Molecular Biology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,506,708
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#279,404
of 367,258
Works
21
Citations
229
Citations per work
10.9
h-index
5
i10-index 5Top 91% in Ecology
Ben McFarland

What does Ben McFarland research?

Ben McFarland's work is mostly in Environmental Science (40%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%).

Physical Sciences: 9 works · 44.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 39.5% of their workEcology: 6 works · 30.2% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 9.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 4.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 32.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 11.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 11.7% of their workHistory: 1 works · 7.0% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 works · 4.7% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 11.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.6% of their workTHEIR WORKBen McFarland21works
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences44%Social Sciences12%

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 Science839.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy14.7%
  2. Everything else732.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities211.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.6%
  1. 1Ecology30% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation9% of their works
  4. 4History7% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics5% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ben McFarland's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Ecosystem Engineering, Freshwater Biodiversity, Biodiversity Loss, Freshwater Mussels, Bioinformatics, Conservation Challenges and Education.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species133 topics
  2. Ecosystem Engineering92 topics
  3. Freshwater Biodiversity82 topics
  4. Biodiversity Loss71 topic
  5. Freshwater Mussels71 topic
  6. Bioinformatics41 topic
  7. Conservation Challenges41 topic
  8. Education41 topic
  9. Flow Regulation41 topic
  10. Land Use41 topic
  11. Stream Ecosystems41 topic
  12. Beaver Dams21 topic
  13. Habitat Restoration21 topic
  14. Agroecology11 topic
  15. Chemistry Education11 topic
  16. Eukaryotic Microbes11 topic
  17. Food Sovereignty11 topic
  18. Laboratory Techniques11 topic
  19. Microbial Diversity11 topic

Where does Ben McFarland work?

Ben McFarland's main affiliation in the publication record is Environment Agency, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ben McFarland have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 229 citations for Ben McFarland, an h-index of 5, ranking #4,506,708 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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