David O. Obura
David O. Obura publishes mostly in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, on topics such as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Coastal and Marine Management.
- World rank
- #48,850 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in Kenya
- #31 of 7,520
- Works
- 252
- Citations
- 19k
- Citations per work
- 74.9
What does David O. Obura research?
David O. Obura's work is mostly in Environmental Science (71%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%), Social Sciences (3%).
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
- Physical Sciences19677.7%
- Environmental Science18071.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences166.4%
- Everything else4818.9%
- Social Sciences93.4%
- Social Sciences93.4%
- 1Ecology28% of their works
- 2Global and Planetary Change24% of their works
- 3Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law15% of their works
- 4Oceanography6% of their works
- 5Nature and Landscape Conservation4% of their works
- 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe David O. Obura's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Ecosystem-Based Management and Marine Spatial Planning.
- Sustainability Transitions
- Marine Genetic Resources
- Access and Benefit Sharing
- Environmental Services
- Kelp Forests
- Land Use Change
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Marine Fisheries
- Marine Ecosystems
- Ocean Acidification
- Climate Change
- Coral Reefs
- Ecosystem Management
- Ecosystem-Based Management
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Social-Ecological Systems
- Seagrasses
- Tropical Deforestation
- Ecosystem Services
- Resilience
- Urbanization
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 21 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change2073 topics
- Ocean Acidification1452 topics
- Coral Reefs1231 topic
- Marine Ecosystems1231 topic
- Ecosystem Management641 topic
- Marine Fisheries641 topic
- Ecosystem-Based Management571 topic
- Marine Spatial Planning571 topic
- Biodiversity Conservation463 topics
- Land Use Change332 topics
- Social-Ecological Systems262 topics
- Kelp Forests221 topic
- Seagrasses221 topic
- Environmental Services201 topic
- Tropical Deforestation201 topic
- Access and Benefit Sharing131 topic
- Ecosystem Services131 topic
- Marine Genetic Resources131 topic
- Resilience131 topic
- Sustainability Transitions131 topic
- Urbanization131 topic
Where does David O. Obura work?
David O. 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 O. Obura have?
OpenAlex counts 252 works and 18,882 citations for David O. Obura, an h-index of 54, ranking #48,850 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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