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Researcher · Rhodes University · South Africa

J.L.B. Smith

J.L.B. Smith publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology, on topics such as Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,010,395
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,389
of 5,570
Works
58
Citations
62
Citations per work
1.1

What does J.L.B. Smith research?

Nature and Landscape Conservation: 38.0%Aquatic Science: 31.0%Ecology: 7.0%Molecular Biology: 5.6%other fields: 18.4%38%top field
Nature and Landscape Conservation38.0%Aquatic Science31.0%Ecology7.0%Molecular Biology5.6%other fields18.4%

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

  1. 1Nature and Landscape Conservation38% of their works
  2. 2Aquatic Science31% of their works
  3. 3Ecology7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change3% of their works
  6. 6Transportation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J.L.B. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Conservation, Biodiversity, Fish, Length-Weight Relationships, Climate Change, Rays, Sharks and Invasive Species.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Conservation342 topics
  2. Biodiversity242 topics
  3. Fish221 topic
  4. Length-Weight Relationships221 topic
  5. Climate Change133 topics
  6. Rays121 topic
  7. Sharks121 topic
  8. Invasive Species92 topics
  9. Fish Biodiversity81 topic
  10. Freshwater Ecoregions81 topic
  11. Conservation Challenges71 topic
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity71 topic
  13. DNA Barcoding41 topic
  14. Food Authentication41 topic
  15. Lake Tanganyika41 topic
  16. Lake Victoria41 topic
  17. Marine Invasions21 topic
  18. Mediterranean Sea21 topic
  19. Jujube Fruit11 topic
  20. Nutritional Composition11 topic

Where does J.L.B. Smith work?

J.L.B. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Rhodes University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does J.L.B. Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 62 citations for J.L.B. Smith, ranking #1,010,395 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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