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J. Patrick Megonigal

J. Patrick Megonigal publishes mostly in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science, on topics such as Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

World rank
#75,732
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#33,868
of 358,040
Works
48
Citations
412
Citations per work
8.6

What does J. Patrick Megonigal research?

Ecology: 37.7%Global and Planetary Change: 15.1%Plant Science: 9.4%Oceanography: 5.7%other fields: 32.1%38%top field
Ecology37.7%Global and Planetary Change15.1%Plant Science9.4%Oceanography5.7%other fields32.1%

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

  1. 1Ecology38% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change15% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science9% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography6% of their works
  5. 5Pollution4% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. Patrick Megonigal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Carbon, Peatlands, Coastal Protection, Mangrove Forests, Emissions, Methane and Conservation.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change224 topics
  2. Carbon91 topic
  3. Peatlands91 topic
  4. Coastal Protection81 topic
  5. Mangrove Forests81 topic
  6. Emissions41 topic
  7. Methane41 topic
  8. Conservation31 topic
  9. Marine Microbes31 topic
  10. Microbial Biogeography31 topic
  11. Vascular Plants31 topic
  12. Dissolved Organic Matter21 topic
  13. Ecosystem-Based Management21 topic
  14. Eutrophication21 topic
  15. Flooding Stress21 topic
  16. Marine Spatial Planning21 topic
  17. Submergence Tolerance21 topic

Where does J. Patrick Megonigal work?

J. Patrick Megonigal's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does J. Patrick Megonigal have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 412 citations for J. Patrick Megonigal, ranking #75,732 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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