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David Obura

David Obura publishes mostly in Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Coastal and Marine Management and Marine and fisheries research.

World rank
#48,930
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#15
of 810
Works
43
Citations
429
Citations per work
10.0

What does David Obura research?

Ecology: 26.0%Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18.0%Global and Planetary Change: 12.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 8.0%other fields: 36.0%26%top field
Ecology26.0%Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law18.0%Global and Planetary Change12.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation8.0%other fields36.0%

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

  1. 1Ecology26% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law18% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change12% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography6% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Obura's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems, Ecosystem-Based Management, Marine Spatial Planning, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Management and Marine Fisheries.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change174 topics
  2. Coral Reefs101 topic
  3. Marine Ecosystems101 topic
  4. Ecosystem-Based Management51 topic
  5. Marine Spatial Planning51 topic
  6. Biodiversity Conservation42 topics
  7. Ecosystem Management31 topic
  8. Marine Fisheries31 topic
  9. Access and Benefit Sharing21 topic
  10. Coastal Dynamics21 topic
  11. EROI21 topic
  12. Environmental Services21 topic
  13. Environmental Sustainability21 topic
  14. Fossil Fuels21 topic
  15. Marine Genetic Resources21 topic
  16. Sea-Level Rise21 topic
  17. Sustainability Indicators21 topic
  18. Tropical Deforestation21 topic

Where does David Obura work?

David Obura's main affiliation in the publication record is Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does David Obura have?

Science Explorer counts 43 works and 429 citations for David Obura, ranking #48,930 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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