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Researcher · University of the South Pacific · Fiji

Hugh Govan

Hugh Govan publishes mostly in Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Coastal and Marine Management and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs.

ORCID 0000-0003-4387-5029 OpenAlex
World rank
#291,330
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Fiji
#9
of 368
Works
102
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
24.8
h-index
26
i10-index 45Top 15% in Ecology
Hugh Govan

What does Hugh Govan research?

Hugh Govan's work is mostly in Environmental Science (62%), Social Sciences (21%).

Physical Sciences: 63 works · 61.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 63 works · 61.9% of their workEcology: 23 works · 23.0% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 works · 21.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 works · 17.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 21 works · 20.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 21 works · 20.6% of their workDemography: 10 works · 10.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 7.0% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 works · 3.5% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 17.5% of their workTHEIR WORKHugh Govan102works
Physical Sciences62%Social Sciences21%

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 Science6361.9%
    1. Social Sciences2120.6%
  3. Everything else1817.5%
  1. 1Ecology23% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law22% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change17% of their works
  4. 4Demography10% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hugh Govan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems, Ecosystem-Based Management, Marine Spatial Planning, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation and Islands.

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. Climate Change723 topics
  2. Coral Reefs441 topic
  3. Marine Ecosystems441 topic
  4. Ecosystem-Based Management371 topic
  5. Marine Spatial Planning371 topic
  6. Sustainability362 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation252 topics
  8. Islands241 topic
  9. Small States241 topic
  10. Environmental Impact212 topics
  11. Ecosystem Management191 topic
  12. Marine Fisheries191 topic
  13. Access and Benefit Sharing161 topic
  14. Marine Genetic Resources161 topic
  15. Aquaculture121 topic
  16. Oyster Reefs121 topic
  17. Environmental Services91 topic
  18. Pacific Islands91 topic
  19. Tropical Deforestation91 topic
  20. settlement91 topic

Where does Hugh Govan work?

Hugh Govan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the South Pacific, Fiji.

How many publications and citations does Hugh Govan have?

OpenAlex counts 102 works and 2,526 citations for Hugh Govan, an h-index of 26, ranking #291,330 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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