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Researcher · Rocky Mountain Research Station · United States

Derek N. Pierson

Derek N. Pierson publishes mostly in Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Fire effects on ecosystems and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0003-3413-1693 OpenAlex
World rank
#915,297
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#301,468
of 1,627,098
Works
58
Citations
965
Citations per work
16.6
h-index
16
i10-index 18Top 27% in Soil Science
Derek N. Pierson

What does Derek N. Pierson research?

Derek N. Pierson's work is mostly in Environmental Science (48%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%).

Physical Sciences: 28 works · 47.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 28 works · 47.6% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 works · 16.1% of their workEcology: 9 works · 15.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 works · 6.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 works · 5.4% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 27.6% of their workLife Sciences: 14 works · 24.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 works · 24.8% of their workSoil Science: 14 works · 24.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek N. Pierson58works
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences48%

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 Science2847.6%
  2. Everything else1627.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1424.8%
  1. 1Soil Science25% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change16% of their works
  3. 3Ecology15% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation5% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek N. Pierson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Remote Sensing, Soil Properties, Forest Fires and Wildfire Activity.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change603 topics
  2. Ecosystem Resilience312 topics
  3. Nitrogen Cycle291 topic
  4. Soil Carbon Sequestration291 topic
  5. Remote Sensing232 topics
  6. Soil Properties232 topics
  7. Forest Fires181 topic
  8. Wildfire Activity181 topic
  9. Carbon131 topic
  10. Peatlands131 topic
  11. Nutrient Cycling91 topic
  12. Water Quality91 topic
  13. Agricultural Sustainability71 topic
  14. Soil Erosion71 topic
  15. Digital Soil Mapping51 topic
  16. Geostatistics51 topic
  17. Marine Microbes51 topic
  18. Microbial Biogeography51 topic
  19. Biomass41 topic
  20. Pyrolysis41 topic

Where does Derek N. Pierson work?

Derek N. Pierson's main affiliation in the publication record is Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States.

How many publications and citations does Derek N. Pierson have?

OpenAlex counts 58 works and 965 citations for Derek N. Pierson, an h-index of 16, ranking #915,297 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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