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Researcher · Tanzania National Parks · Tanzania

Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald

Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald publishes mostly in Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#764,699
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Tanzania
#326
of 3,522
Works
55
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
20.6
h-index
18
i10-index 22Top 21% in Plant Science
Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald

What does Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald research?

Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%).

Life Sciences: 27 works · 48.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 works · 42.3% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 17.5% of their workInsect Science: 7 works · 13.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 11.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 6.6% of their workGenetics: 4 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 34.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 16.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 16.7% of their workEcology: 6 works · 10.9% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDesmondVesey‐Fitzgerald55works
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences17%

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 Sciences2342.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.6%
  2. Everything else1934.4%
    1. Environmental Science916.7%
  1. 1Plant Science18% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science13% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology11% of their works
  5. 5Genetics7% of their works
  6. 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogeny, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Taxonomy, Biogeography, Biological Control, Biodiversity and Pastoralists.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogeny214 topics
  2. Climate Change163 topics
  3. Invasive Species153 topics
  4. Taxonomy153 topics
  5. Biogeography112 topics
  6. Biological Control112 topics
  7. Biodiversity102 topics
  8. Pastoralists71 topic
  9. Rangeland Degradation71 topic
  10. Antioxidant61 topic
  11. Cyperus61 topic
  12. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles61 topic
  13. Jasmonate Signaling61 topic
  14. DNA Barcoding51 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  16. Lepidoptera51 topic
  17. Mealybug51 topic
  18. Mediterranean51 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline51 topic
  20. Scale Insects51 topic
  21. Vascular Flora51 topic
  22. Avian Ecology41 topic
  23. Migration Patterns41 topic

Where does Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald work?

Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald's main affiliation in the publication record is Tanzania National Parks, Tanzania.

How many publications and citations does Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 1,132 citations for Desmond Vesey‐Fitzgerald, an h-index of 18, ranking #764,699 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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