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Researcher · Vanderbilt University · United States

Gary A. Polis

Gary A. Polis publishes mostly in Ecology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Plant and animal studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies.

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World rank
#53,820
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#20,800
of 1,627,098
Works
97
Citations
22k
Citations per work
231.6
h-index
54
i10-index 78Top 1.9% in Ecology
Gary A. Polis

What does Gary A. Polis research?

Gary A. Polis's work is mostly in Environmental Science (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%).

Physical Sciences: 45 works · 46.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 41 works · 41.9% of their workEcology: 24 works · 24.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 works · 9.3% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 works · 7.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 5.0% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 5.0% of their workLife Sciences: 32 works · 33.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 works · 16.7% of their workGenetics: 16 works · 16.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 works · 16.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 works · 16.3% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 20.1% of their workTHEIR WORKGary A. Polis97works
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences47%

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. Environmental Science4141.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences55.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1616.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1616.3%
  3. Everything else1920.1%
  1. 1Ecology25% of their works
  2. 2Genetics17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change9% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gary A. Polis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity, Global Change, Climate Change, Conservation Biology, Ecosystem Services and Pollinator Decline.

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. Invasive Species573 topics
  2. Habitat Fragmentation493 topics
  3. Biodiversity402 topics
  4. Global Change402 topics
  5. Climate Change352 topics
  6. Conservation Biology262 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services261 topic
  8. Pollinator Decline261 topic
  9. Population Dynamics262 topics
  10. Stable Isotopes201 topic
  11. Trophic Position201 topic
  12. Envenoming171 topic
  13. Island Ecosystems171 topic
  14. Rodent Eradication171 topic
  15. Snake Venom171 topic
  16. Conservation141 topic
  17. Ecosystem141 topic
  18. Amphibian Declines91 topic
  19. Chytridiomycosis91 topic
  20. Genomics91 topic
  21. Social Insects91 topic
  22. Natural Selection81 topic
  23. Phenotypic Plasticity81 topic

Where does Gary A. Polis work?

Gary A. Polis's main affiliation in the publication record is Vanderbilt University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gary A. Polis have?

OpenAlex counts 97 works and 22,463 citations for Gary A. Polis, an h-index of 54, ranking #53,820 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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