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Kenneth L. Heck

Kenneth L. Heck publishes mostly in Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Marine and coastal plant biology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

World rank
#81,582
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#36,301
of 358,040
Works
31
Citations
515
Citations per work
16.6

What does Kenneth L. Heck research?

Ecology: 35.7%Oceanography: 35.7%Global and Planetary Change: 21.4%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 4.8%other fields: 2.4%36%top field
Ecology35.7%Oceanography35.7%Global and Planetary Change21.4%Nature and Landscape Conservation4.8%other fields2.4%

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

  1. 1Ecology36% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography36% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change21% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation5% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth L. Heck's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Coastal Protection, Kelp Forests, Seagrasses and Coral Reefs.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change173 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification172 topics
  3. Benthic Communities152 topics
  4. Marine Biodiversity152 topics
  5. Coastal Protection142 topics
  6. Kelp Forests101 topic
  7. Seagrasses101 topic
  8. Coral Reefs71 topic
  9. Marine Ecosystems71 topic
  10. Ecosystem Management61 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services62 topics
  12. Marine Fisheries61 topic
  13. Deep-Sea Ecology51 topic
  14. Ecosystem Functioning51 topic
  15. Carbon Sequestration41 topic
  16. Mangrove Forests41 topic
  17. Crayfish31 topic
  18. Invasion31 topic
  19. Aquaculture21 topic
  20. Oyster Reefs21 topic
  21. Stable Isotopes11 topic
  22. Trophic Position11 topic

Where does Kenneth L. Heck work?

Kenneth L. Heck's main affiliation in the publication record is Dauphin Island Sea Lab, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth L. Heck have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 515 citations for Kenneth L. Heck, ranking #81,582 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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