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Researcher · Institute of Natural Sciences · Belgium

Frank Fiers

Frank Fiers publishes mostly in Oceanography, Ecology and Paleontology, on topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions and Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,604,178
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#18,367
of 18,604
Works
17
Citations
19
Citations per work
1.1

What does Frank Fiers research?

Oceanography: 28.1%Ecology: 21.9%Paleontology: 9.4%Plant Science: 6.3%other fields: 34.3%28%top field
Oceanography28.1%Ecology21.9%Paleontology9.4%Plant Science6.3%other fields34.3%

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

  1. 1Oceanography28% of their works
  2. 2Ecology22% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology9% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank Fiers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Benthic Communities, Biodiversity, Marine Biodiversity, Biogeography, Deep-Sea Ecology, Ecosystem Functioning, Invasive Species and Molecular 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.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Benthic Communities82 topics
  2. Biodiversity83 topics
  3. Marine Biodiversity82 topics
  4. Biogeography72 topics
  5. Deep-Sea Ecology61 topic
  6. Ecosystem Functioning61 topic
  7. Invasive Species52 topics
  8. Molecular Phylogeny52 topics
  9. Ecosystem41 topic
  10. Evolution42 topics
  11. Parasites41 topic
  12. Cavefish31 topic
  13. Subterranean31 topic
  14. Kelp Forests21 topic
  15. Seagrasses21 topic
  16. Brassicaceae11 topic
  17. Camouflage11 topic
  18. Cephalopods11 topic
  19. Honey Bees11 topic
  20. Neonicotinoids11 topic
  21. Parasitism11 topic
  22. Phylogeny11 topic
  23. Snails11 topic

Where does Frank Fiers work?

Frank Fiers's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Frank Fiers have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 19 citations for Frank Fiers, ranking #1,604,178 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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