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Researcher · The Nature Conservancy · United States

Donald N. McVean

Donald N. McVean publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

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World rank
#390,862
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#138,903
of 1,627,098
Works
47
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
37.6
h-index
20
i10-index 30Top 17% in Plant Science
Donald N. McVean

What does Donald N. McVean research?

Donald N. McVean's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (28%).

Life Sciences: 20 works · 42.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 works · 42.2% of their workPlant Science: 12 works · 24.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 12.8% of their workInsect Science: 2 works · 4.6% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 30.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 27.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 13 works · 27.5% of their workEcology: 7 works · 15.6% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 works · 7.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald N. McVean47works
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences28%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2042.2%
  2. Everything else1430.3%
    1. Environmental Science1327.5%
  1. 1Plant Science25% of their works
  2. 2Ecology16% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics13% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald N. McVean's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Conservation, Vascular Plants, Phylogeny, Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change263 topics
  2. Biodiversity192 topics
  3. Biogeography153 topics
  4. Conservation141 topic
  5. Vascular Plants141 topic
  6. Phylogeny102 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation92 topics
  8. Forest Management92 topics
  9. Mosses92 topics
  10. Carbon71 topic
  11. Peatlands71 topic
  12. Antioxidant61 topic
  13. Cyperus61 topic
  14. Ecosystem51 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  16. Land Cover51 topic
  17. Land Use Change51 topic
  18. Lichen51 topic
  19. Symbiosis51 topic
  20. Bryophyte41 topic
  21. Dead Wood41 topic
  22. Liverworts41 topic
  23. Saproxylic Beetles41 topic

Where does Donald N. McVean work?

Donald N. McVean's main affiliation in the publication record is The Nature Conservancy, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald N. McVean have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 1,766 citations for Donald N. McVean, an h-index of 20, ranking #390,862 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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