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Researcher · University of Otago · New Zealand

Colin R. Townsend

Colin R. Townsend publishes mostly in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry, on topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

OpenAlex
World rank
#20,449
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#52
of 21,128
Works
327
Citations
31k
Citations per work
94.3
h-index
87
i10-index 212Top 0.2% in Ecology
Colin R. Townsend

What does Colin R. Townsend research?

Colin R. Townsend's work is mostly in Environmental Science (60%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%), Social Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 198 works · 60.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 198 works · 60.4% of their workEcology: 108 works · 32.9% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 73 works · 22.3% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 91 works · 27.7% of their workLife Sciences: 26 works · 7.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 works · 4.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 works · 4.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 works · 3.4% of their workBiochemistry: 11 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 4.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 4.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 13 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKColin R. Townsend327works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences60%Social Sciences4%

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 Science19860.4%
  2. Everything else9127.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences144.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.4%
    1. Social Sciences134.1%
  1. 1Ecology33% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation22% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Chemistry5% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  6. 6Biochemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Colin R. Townsend's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Freshwater Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation Challenges, Flow Regulation, River Restoration and Land Use.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Freshwater Biodiversity2282 topics
  2. Invasive Species2193 topics
  3. Climate Change1522 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation1522 topics
  5. Conservation Challenges1341 topic
  6. Flow Regulation1341 topic
  7. River Restoration1282 topics
  8. Land Use941 topic
  9. Stream Ecosystems941 topic
  10. Ecosystem Engineering671 topic
  11. Freshwater Mussels671 topic
  12. Sustainable Development522 topics
  13. Fluvial Processes341 topic
  14. Riparian Vegetation341 topic
  15. Human Microbiome281 topic
  16. Microbial Metabolites281 topic
  17. Biosphere Reserves241 topic
  18. Landscape Management241 topic
  19. Nutrient Cycling241 topic
  20. Water Quality241 topic
  21. Ecosystem Services181 topic
  22. Pollinator Decline181 topic

Where does Colin R. Townsend work?

Colin R. Townsend's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Otago, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Colin R. Townsend have?

OpenAlex counts 327 works and 30,834 citations for Colin R. Townsend, an h-index of 87, ranking #20,449 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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