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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

Derek A. Roff

Derek A. Roff publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology, on topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

ORCID 0000-0002-9337-7303 OpenAlex
World rank
#84,265
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#2,597
of 183,316
Works
317
Citations
28k
Citations per work
88.0
h-index
79
i10-index 223Top 0.2% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Derek A. Roff

What does Derek A. Roff research?

Derek A. Roff's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (37%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Environmental Science (19%).

Life Sciences: 182 works · 57.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 117 works · 37.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 101 works · 31.8% of their workInsect Science: 16 works · 5.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 works · 20.4% of their workGenetics: 65 works · 20.4% of their workEverything else: 74 works · 23.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 61 works · 19.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 61 works · 19.1% of their workEcology: 26 works · 8.3% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 22 works · 6.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek A. Roff317works
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences19%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11737.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6520.4%
  2. Everything else7423.5%
    1. Environmental Science6119.1%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics32% of their works
  2. 2Genetics20% of their works
  3. 3Ecology8% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek A. Roff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Evolution, Natural Selection, Phenotypic Plasticity, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services and Pollinator Decline.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Adaptive Evolution1552 topics
  2. Natural Selection1201 topic
  3. Phenotypic Plasticity1201 topic
  4. Climate Change1152 topics
  5. Biodiversity1142 topics
  6. Invasive Species1142 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services811 topic
  8. Pollinator Decline811 topic
  9. Phylogeography792 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity652 topics
  11. Population Genetics652 topics
  12. Genomics461 topic
  13. Social Insects461 topic
  14. Evolution441 topic
  15. Orthoptera441 topic
  16. Genetic Structure351 topic
  17. Population Dynamics351 topic
  18. Metabolic Rate341 topic
  19. Temperature341 topic
  20. Conservation331 topic
  21. Ecosystem331 topic
  22. Genomic Selection301 topic
  23. Plant Breeding301 topic

Where does Derek A. Roff work?

Derek A. Roff's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

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

OpenAlex counts 317 works and 27,883 citations for Derek A. Roff, an h-index of 79, ranking #84,265 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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