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Researcher · University of Vienna · Austria

David K. Ferguson

David K. Ferguson publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Plant Diversity and Evolution, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

World rank
#323,334
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Austria
#2,257
of 10,230
Works
37
Citations
179
Citations per work
4.8

What does David K. Ferguson research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 29.4%Atmospheric Science: 17.6%Molecular Biology: 13.7%Paleontology: 9.8%other fields: 29.5%29%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics29.4%Atmospheric Science17.6%Molecular Biology13.7%Paleontology9.8%other fields29.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics29% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science18% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology14% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology10% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science10% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David K. Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Climate Change, Angiosperm Phylogeny, Flowering Plants, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology and Gesneriaceae.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography183 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny122 topics
  3. Climate Change112 topics
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny101 topic
  5. Flowering Plants101 topic
  6. Glacial Cycles91 topic
  7. Paleoclimatology91 topic
  8. Gesneriaceae61 topic
  9. phylogenetic reconstruction61 topic
  10. Fluvial Systems31 topic
  11. Sedimentation31 topic
  12. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  13. Hominin Genetics21 topic
  14. Mammal Evolution21 topic
  15. Paleolithic Archaeology21 topic
  16. Paleoproductivity21 topic
  17. Paleoredox21 topic
  18. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis21 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline21 topic

Where does David K. Ferguson work?

David K. Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Vienna, Austria.

How many publications and citations does David K. Ferguson have?

Science Explorer counts 37 works and 179 citations for David K. Ferguson, ranking #323,334 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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