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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Edward S. Ayensu

Edward S. Ayensu publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Plant Diversity and Evolution, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

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World rank
#666,359
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#226,430
of 1,627,098
Works
68
Citations
3.1k
Citations per work
46.3
h-index
22
i10-index 33Top 15% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Edward S. Ayensu

What does Edward S. Ayensu research?

Edward S. Ayensu's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (38%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Social Sciences (6%).

Life Sciences: 33 works · 48.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 works · 38.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 works · 18.6% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 15.4% of their workFood Science: 3 works · 4.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 10.2% of their workCell Biology: 3 works · 5.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 45.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 5.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 5.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 4 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKEdward S. Ayensu68works
Life Sciences49%Social Sciences6%

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 Sciences2638.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology710.2%
  2. Everything else3145.5%
    1. Social Sciences45.8%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics19% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science15% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  4. 4Cell Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology5% of their works
  6. 6Food Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward S. Ayensu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Medicinal Plants, Phylogenetic Analysis, Angiosperm Phylogeny, Biodiversity Conservation, Flowering Plants, Cyperus and Phylogeny.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography243 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants132 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis132 topics
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny101 topic
  5. Biodiversity Conservation102 topics
  6. Flowering Plants101 topic
  7. Cyperus91 topic
  8. Phylogeny91 topic
  9. Endophytic Fungi81 topic
  10. Fungal Pathogens81 topic
  11. Agroforestry51 topic
  12. Collapse51 topic
  13. Lichen51 topic
  14. Sustainability51 topic
  15. Symbiosis51 topic
  16. Tree Domestication51 topic
  17. Acrylamide41 topic
  18. Ethnobotanical Survey41 topic
  19. Maillard Reaction41 topic
  20. Traditional Ecological Knowledge41 topic

Where does Edward S. Ayensu work?

Edward S. Ayensu's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Edward S. Ayensu have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 3,148 citations for Edward S. Ayensu, an h-index of 22, ranking #666,359 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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