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Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics, on topics such as Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant and animal studies and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

World rank
#18,765
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,741
of 90,785
Works
40
Citations
976
Citations per work
24.4

What does Ken Thompson research?

Plant Science: 25.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22.6%Genetics: 12.9%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 9.7%other fields: 29.0%26%top field
Plant Science25.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics22.6%Genetics12.9%Nature and Landscape Conservation9.7%other fields29.0%

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

  1. 1Plant Science26% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics23% of their works
  3. 3Genetics13% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation10% of their works
  5. 5Mathematical Physics6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken Thompson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Conservation, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Flora and Vascular Plants.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity103 topics
  2. Invasive Species103 topics
  3. Climate Change72 topics
  4. Conservation72 topics
  5. Global Change62 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation62 topics
  7. Flora41 topic
  8. Vascular Plants41 topic
  9. Adaptive Evolution32 topics
  10. Ecosystem31 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services31 topic
  12. Functional Diversity31 topic
  13. Pollinator Decline31 topic
  14. Antioxidant Activity22 topics
  15. Biogeography22 topics
  16. Genetic Structure21 topic
  17. Population Genetics21 topic
  18. Secondary Metabolites22 topics
  19. Brassicaceae11 topic
  20. Lichen11 topic
  21. Lupin Seeds11 topic
  22. Natural Selection11 topic
  23. Nutritional Evaluation11 topic
  24. Phenotypic Plasticity11 topic
  25. Phylogeny11 topic
  26. Symbiosis11 topic

Where does Ken Thompson work?

Ken Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ken Thompson have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 976 citations for Ken Thompson, ranking #18,765 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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