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Researcher · Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Panama

John B. Skillman

John B. Skillman publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Plant and animal studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,804,817
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Panama
#209
of 781
Works
18
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
62.6
h-index
12
i10-index 13Top 40% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
John B. Skillman

What does John B. Skillman research?

John B. Skillman's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (44%), Environmental Science (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Life Sciences: 10 works · 53.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 44.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 32.7% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 11.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 9.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 9.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 34.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 28.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 15.4% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 13.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 5.8% of their workOceanography: 1 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 11.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn B. Skillman18works
Life Sciences54%Physical Sciences35%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences844.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.6%
    1. Environmental Science528.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.8%
  3. Everything else211.5%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics33% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change15% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation14% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science12% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology10% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John B. Skillman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Biogeography, Drought and Tree Mortality.

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 Change203 topics
  2. Biodiversity152 topics
  3. Invasive Species152 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services91 topic
  5. Pollinator Decline91 topic
  6. Biogeography82 topics
  7. Drought71 topic
  8. Tree Mortality71 topic
  9. Conservation61 topic
  10. Ecosystem61 topic
  11. Light Harvesting51 topic
  12. Photosystem II51 topic
  13. Angiosperm Phylogeny41 topic
  14. CO2 Enrichment41 topic
  15. Epiphytes41 topic
  16. Ferns41 topic
  17. Flowering Plants41 topic
  18. Ozone Effects41 topic
  19. Agroforestry11 topic
  20. Tree Domestication11 topic

Where does John B. Skillman work?

John B. Skillman's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

How many publications and citations does John B. Skillman have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 1,126 citations for John B. Skillman, an h-index of 12, ranking #2,804,817 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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