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Researcher · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · Canada

Donald Lafontaine

Donald Lafontaine publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecological Modeling, on topics such as Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,015,461
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#124,570
of 183,316
Works
24
Citations
520
Citations per work
21.7
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 69% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Donald Lafontaine

What does Donald Lafontaine research?

Donald Lafontaine's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (37%), Environmental Science (13%).

Life Sciences: 20 works · 83.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 46.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 works · 35.5% of their workInsect Science: 2 works · 6.5% of their workPlant Science: 1 works · 4.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 37.1% of their workGenetics: 8 works · 33.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 3.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 12.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 12.9% of their workEcological Modeling: 3 works · 12.9% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald Lafontaine24works
Life Sciences84%Physical Sciences13%

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 Sciences1146.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology937.1%
    1. Environmental Science312.9%
  3. Everything else13.2%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics36% of their works
  2. 2Genetics34% of their works
  3. 3Ecological Modeling13% of their works
  4. 4Insect Science6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald Lafontaine's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Climate Change, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Lepidoptera, Taxonomy and Ecosystem Services.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity444 topics
  2. Climate Change274 topics
  3. DNA Barcoding262 topics
  4. Phylogeny262 topics
  5. Invasive Species234 topics
  6. Lepidoptera211 topic
  7. Taxonomy211 topic
  8. Ecosystem Services131 topic
  9. Pollinator Decline131 topic
  10. Biological Control82 topics
  11. Ecological Niche81 topic
  12. Host Specificity82 topics
  13. Species Distribution Modeling81 topic
  14. Conservation52 topics
  15. Gall-Inducing Insects51 topic
  16. Parasitoid Wasps51 topic
  17. Caterpillar Envenoming41 topic
  18. Processionary Moth41 topic
  19. Ecological Impact31 topic
  20. Water Hyacinth31 topic
  21. Flora21 topic
  22. Gesneriaceae21 topic
  23. Vascular Plants21 topic
  24. phylogenetic reconstruction21 topic

Where does Donald Lafontaine work?

Donald Lafontaine's main affiliation in the publication record is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Donald Lafontaine have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 520 citations for Donald Lafontaine, an h-index of 7, ranking #4,015,461 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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