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Researcher · Eckerd College · United States

John Carruthers Ferguson

John Carruthers Ferguson publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science and Surgery, on topics such as Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Echinoderm biology and ecology and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry.

ORCID 0009-0005-9211-4383 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,578,313
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#491,823
of 1,627,098
Works
60
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
22.9
h-index
20
i10-index 32Top 24% in Global and Planetary Change
John Carruthers Ferguson

What does John Carruthers Ferguson research?

John Carruthers Ferguson's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (7%).

Everything else: 30 works · 50.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 15 works · 25.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 13.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 works · 13.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 5.9% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 5.9% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 5.3% of their workOcean Engineering: 3 works · 5.3% of their workLife Sciences: 11 works · 17.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 17.7% of their workAquatic Science: 7 works · 11.8% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 5.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 7.2% of their workMedicine: 4 works · 7.2% of their workSurgery: 4 works · 7.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn CarruthersFerguson60works
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences7%

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. Everything else3050.1%
    1. Environmental Science813.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences45.9%
    3. Engineering35.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1117.7%
    1. Medicine47.2%
  1. 1Global and Planetary Change14% of their works
  2. 2Aquatic Science12% of their works
  3. 3Surgery7% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science6% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography6% of their works
  6. 6Ocean Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Carruthers Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Ecosystem Services, Oyster Reefs, Functional Foods, Sea Cucumbers and Antifouling Coatings.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Aquaculture323 topics
  2. Environmental Impact232 topics
  3. Marine Environment232 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services151 topic
  5. Oyster Reefs151 topic
  6. Functional Foods111 topic
  7. Sea Cucumbers111 topic
  8. Antifouling Coatings81 topic
  9. Biofouling81 topic
  10. Fish Feed61 topic
  11. Nutrition61 topic
  12. Genetics51 topic
  13. Grapevine51 topic
  14. Camouflage41 topic
  15. Cephalopods41 topic
  16. Diabetes41 topic
  17. Foot Ulcers41 topic
  18. Marine Organisms41 topic
  19. Ocean Acidification41 topic

Where does John Carruthers Ferguson work?

John Carruthers Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is Eckerd College, United States.

How many publications and citations does John Carruthers Ferguson have?

OpenAlex counts 60 works and 1,374 citations for John Carruthers Ferguson, an h-index of 20, ranking #1,578,313 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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