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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

C. Allan Child

C. Allan Child publishes mostly in Oceanography, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Cephalopods and Marine Biology and Marine and coastal plant biology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,333,800
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,601,592
of 1,627,098
Works
56
Citations
613
Citations per work
10.9
h-index
15
i10-index 21Top 41% in Oceanography
C. Allan Child

What does C. Allan Child research?

C. Allan Child's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (44%), Environmental Science (31%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 42 works · 75.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 works · 43.6% of their workOceanography: 22 works · 39.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 4.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 18 works · 31.4% of their workEcology: 14 works · 24.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 3.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 3.2% of their workLife Sciences: 8 works · 14.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 14.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 works · 14.7% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 10.3% of their workTHEIR WORKC. Allan Child56works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences75%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences2443.6%
    2. Environmental Science1831.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences814.7%
  3. Everything else610.3%
  1. 1Oceanography39% of their works
  2. 2Ecology24% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe C. Allan Child's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Deep-Sea Ecology, Ecosystem Functioning, Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, Camouflage and Cephalopods.

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. Benthic Communities572 topics
  2. Marine Biodiversity572 topics
  3. Deep-Sea Ecology391 topic
  4. Ecosystem Functioning391 topic
  5. Ocean Acidification342 topics
  6. Climate Change273 topics
  7. Camouflage221 topic
  8. Cephalopods221 topic
  9. Crayfish181 topic
  10. Invasion181 topic
  11. Kelp Forests181 topic
  12. Seagrasses181 topic
  13. Coral Reefs161 topic
  14. Marine Ecosystems161 topic
  15. Glacial Cycles71 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology71 topic
  17. Anaerobic41 topic
  18. Ecosystem Management41 topic
  19. Marine Fisheries41 topic
  20. Methane Oxidation41 topic

Where does C. Allan Child work?

C. Allan Child's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does C. Allan Child have?

OpenAlex counts 56 works and 613 citations for C. Allan Child, an h-index of 15, ranking #7,333,800 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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