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Researcher · Southeastern University · United States

James R. Sears

James R. Sears publishes mostly in Oceanography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, on topics such as Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,331,846
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,357,835
of 1,627,098
Works
21
Citations
341
Citations per work
16.2
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 57% in Oceanography
James R. Sears

What does James R. Sears research?

James R. Sears's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (46%), Environmental Science (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 66.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 works · 45.6% of their workOceanography: 10 works · 45.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 15.8% of their workEcology: 1 works · 7.0% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 works · 5.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 3.5% of their workEnergy: 1 works · 5.3% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 21.0% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 12.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 12.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 works · 12.3% of their workTHEIR WORKJames R. Sears21works
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences67%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences1045.6%
    2. Environmental Science315.8%
    3. Energy15.3%
  2. Everything else421.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences312.3%
  1. 1Oceanography46% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology7% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James R. Sears's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Kelp Forests, Seagrasses, Biogeography, Ecosystem Functioning, Deep-Sea Ecology and Estuarine Quality.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Benthic Communities232 topics
  2. Marine Biodiversity232 topics
  3. Kelp Forests161 topic
  4. Seagrasses161 topic
  5. Biogeography92 topics
  6. Ecosystem Functioning92 topics
  7. Deep-Sea Ecology71 topic
  8. Estuarine Quality71 topic
  9. Climate Change52 topics
  10. Biodiesel31 topic
  11. Dissolved Organic Matter31 topic
  12. Eutrophication31 topic
  13. Microalgae31 topic
  14. Biological Soil Crusts21 topic
  15. Cyanobacteria21 topic
  16. Ecosystem Management21 topic
  17. Ecosystem-Based Management21 topic
  18. Lichen21 topic
  19. Marine Fisheries21 topic
  20. Marine Spatial Planning21 topic
  21. Symbiosis21 topic

Where does James R. Sears work?

James R. Sears's main affiliation in the publication record is Southeastern University, United States.

How many publications and citations does James R. Sears have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 341 citations for James R. Sears, an h-index of 11, ranking #5,331,846 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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