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Researcher · South African Medical Research Council · South Africa

Gordon S. Shephard

Gordon S. Shephard publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Plant and fungal interactions.

ORCID 0000-0002-1267-9036 OpenAlex
World rank
#109,967
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#229
of 5,570
Works
31
Citations
193
Citations per work
6.2

What does Gordon S. Shephard research?

Plant Science: 35.3%Cell Biology: 11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8.8%Food Science: 8.8%other fields: 35.3%35%top field
Plant Science35.3%Cell Biology11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8.8%Food Science8.8%other fields35.3%

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

  1. 1Plant Science35% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  4. 4Food Science9% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology9% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gordon S. Shephard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fungal Pathogens, Food Safety, Mycotoxins, Toxicology, Endophytic Fungi, Phylogenetic Analysis, Endophyte Symbiosis and Genetics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Fungal Pathogens122 topics
  2. Food Safety92 topics
  3. Mycotoxins81 topic
  4. Toxicology81 topic
  5. Endophytic Fungi41 topic
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis41 topic
  7. Endophyte Symbiosis31 topic
  8. Genetics31 topic
  9. Grass-Fungal Interaction31 topic
  10. Wheat31 topic
  11. Acrylamide11 topic
  12. Consumer Awareness11 topic
  13. Food Tourism11 topic
  14. Gastronomy11 topic
  15. Hygiene Practices11 topic
  16. Maillard Reaction11 topic
  17. Plant Stress Resistance11 topic
  18. Silicon Uptake11 topic

Where does Gordon S. Shephard work?

Gordon S. Shephard's main affiliation in the publication record is South African Medical Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Gordon S. Shephard have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 193 citations for Gordon S. Shephard, ranking #109,967 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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