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Researcher · The Nature Conservancy · United States

Derek A. Ratcliffe

Derek A. Ratcliffe publishes mostly in Ecology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Avian ecology and behavior, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

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World rank
#470,098
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#164,573
of 1,627,098
Works
55
Citations
4.6k
Citations per work
84.2
h-index
27
i10-index 34Top 14% in Ecology
Derek A. Ratcliffe

What does Derek A. Ratcliffe research?

Derek A. Ratcliffe's work is mostly in Environmental Science (45%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%).

Physical Sciences: 25 works · 44.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 25 works · 44.9% of their workEcology: 22 works · 39.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 works · 5.2% of their workLife Sciences: 18 works · 32.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 works · 29.3% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 19.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 10.3% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 works · 3.4% of their workParasitology: 2 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 19.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek A.Ratcliffe55works
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences45%Social Sciences3%

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 Science2544.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1629.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology23.4%
  3. Everything else1019.0%
    1. Social Sciences23.4%
  1. 1Ecology40% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science19% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation5% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology3% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek A. Ratcliffe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Habitat Selection, Biodiversity, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns, Conservation and Population Dynamics.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change343 topics
  2. Invasive Species243 topics
  3. Habitat Selection192 topics
  4. Biodiversity182 topics
  5. Avian Ecology131 topic
  6. Migration Patterns131 topic
  7. Conservation121 topic
  8. Population Dynamics122 topics
  9. Vascular Plants121 topic
  10. Carbon91 topic
  11. Peatlands91 topic
  12. Biogeography82 topics
  13. Animal Movement61 topic
  14. Beaver Dams61 topic
  15. Ecosystem Engineering61 topic
  16. Island Ecosystems61 topic
  17. Occupancy Rates61 topic
  18. Rodent Eradication61 topic
  19. Cyperus41 topic
  20. Lichen41 topic
  21. Phylogeny41 topic
  22. Symbiosis41 topic

Where does Derek A. Ratcliffe work?

Derek A. Ratcliffe's main affiliation in the publication record is The Nature Conservancy, United States.

How many publications and citations does Derek A. Ratcliffe have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 4,632 citations for Derek A. Ratcliffe, an h-index of 27, ranking #470,098 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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