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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

David M. Richardson

David M. Richardson publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

ORCID 0000-0001-9574-8297 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,177
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#6
of 29,826
Works
803
Citations
83k
Citations per work
102.8
h-index
146
i10-index 491Top 0.1% in Nature and Landscape Conservation
David M. Richardson

What does David M. Richardson research?

David M. Richardson's work is mostly in Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%).

Physical Sciences: 354 works · 44.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 354 works · 44.1% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 172 works · 21.4% of their workEcology: 115 works · 14.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 67 works · 8.4% of their workEverything else: 225 works · 28.0% of their workLife Sciences: 224 works · 27.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 224 works · 27.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 84 works · 10.5% of their workPlant Science: 75 works · 9.3% of their workInsect Science: 65 works · 8.1% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid M.Richardson803works
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences44%

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 Science35444.1%
  2. Everything else22528.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22427.9%
  1. 1Nature and Landscape Conservation21% of their works
  2. 2Ecology14% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science9% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David M. Richardson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Biological Invasions, Climate Change and Ecosystem.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species8445 topics
  2. Biodiversity7343 topics
  3. Global Change5872 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation5872 topics
  5. Conservation5482 topics
  6. Biological Invasions4602 topics
  7. Climate Change4184 topics
  8. Ecosystem4111 topic
  9. Functional Diversity4111 topic
  10. Conservation Biology2182 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services1761 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline1761 topic
  13. Ecological Niche1471 topic
  14. Species Distribution Modeling1471 topic
  15. Biological Control1371 topic
  16. Water Hyacinth1371 topic
  17. Island Ecosystems711 topic
  18. Population Dynamics711 topic
  19. Cyperus561 topic
  20. Phylogeny561 topic
  21. Bark Beetles491 topic
  22. Forest Pests491 topic
  23. Environmental Services461 topic
  24. Tropical Deforestation461 topic

Where does David M. Richardson work?

David M. Richardson's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David M. Richardson have?

OpenAlex counts 803 works and 82,528 citations for David M. Richardson, an h-index of 146, ranking #7,177 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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