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Researcher · National Museum · South Africa

Edgar Alexander Mearns

Edgar Alexander Mearns publishes mostly in Ecology, Plant Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies and Archaeology and Natural History.

World rank
#1,482,587
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#5,053
of 5,570
Works
22
Citations
15
Citations per work
0.7

What does Edgar Alexander Mearns research?

Ecology: 42.9%Plant Science: 10.7%Anthropology: 10.7%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7.1%other fields: 28.6%43%top field
Ecology42.9%Plant Science10.7%Anthropology10.7%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics7.1%other fields28.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology43% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science11% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics7% of their works
  5. 5Ecological Modeling7% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edgar Alexander Mearns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Population Dynamics, Conservation Biology, Invasive Species, Animal Movement, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Island Ecosystems and Occupancy Rates.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Population Dynamics93 topics
  2. Conservation Biology62 topics
  3. Invasive Species62 topics
  4. Animal Movement41 topic
  5. Biodiversity42 topics
  6. Climate Change43 topics
  7. Island Ecosystems41 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates41 topic
  9. Rodent Eradication41 topic
  10. Traditional Irrigation31 topic
  11. Water Sustainability31 topic
  12. Beaver Dams21 topic
  13. Ecological Niche21 topic
  14. Ecosystem Engineering21 topic
  15. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic
  16. Bats11 topic
  17. Caterpillar Envenoming11 topic
  18. Cyperus11 topic
  19. Hibernation11 topic
  20. Phylogeny11 topic
  21. Processionary Moth11 topic

Where does Edgar Alexander Mearns work?

Edgar Alexander Mearns's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museum, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Edgar Alexander Mearns have?

Science Explorer counts 22 works and 15 citations for Edgar Alexander Mearns, ranking #1,482,587 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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