Brian W. van Wilgen
Brian W. van Wilgen publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Biological Control of Invasive Species and Fire effects on ecosystems.
- World rank
- #29,000 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #52 of 29,826
- Works
- 337
- Citations
- 19k
- Citations per work
- 57.2
What does Brian W. van Wilgen research?
Brian W. van Wilgen's work is mostly in Environmental Science (56%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%).
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
- Physical Sciences18855.9%
- Environmental Science18855.9%
- Everything else7823.1%
- Life Sciences7121.0%
- 1Nature and Landscape Conservation20% of their works
- 2Global and Planetary Change17% of their works
- 3Ecology13% of their works
- 4Insect Science12% of their works
- 5Plant Science9% of their works
- 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Brian W. van Wilgen's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Conservation, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Climate Change, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation and Community Ecology.
- Pollinator Decline
- Vascular Plants
- Tropical Deforestation
- Tree Domestication
- Wildlife Habitat
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Forest Fires
- Biological Control
- Community Ecology
- Global Change
- Ecosystem
- Conservation
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Functional Diversity
- Water Hyacinth
- Wildfire Activity
- Sagebrush
- Agroforestry
- Environmental Services
- Flora
- Ecosystem Services
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 24 words, with their numbers
- Invasive Species3455 topics
- Conservation3254 topics
- Biodiversity2474 topics
- Ecosystem2052 topics
- Climate Change2005 topics
- Global Change1762 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation1762 topics
- Community Ecology1561 topic
- Functional Diversity1561 topic
- Biological Control981 topic
- Water Hyacinth981 topic
- Forest Fires841 topic
- Wildfire Activity841 topic
- Biodiversity Conservation512 topics
- Sagebrush491 topic
- Wildlife Habitat491 topic
- Agroforestry261 topic
- Tree Domestication261 topic
- Environmental Services251 topic
- Tropical Deforestation251 topic
- Flora221 topic
- Vascular Plants221 topic
- Ecosystem Services201 topic
- Pollinator Decline201 topic
Where does Brian W. van Wilgen work?
Brian W. van Wilgen's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does Brian W. van Wilgen have?
OpenAlex counts 337 works and 19,288 citations for Brian W. van Wilgen, an h-index of 76, ranking #29,000 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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