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Kirk Fitzhugh

Kirk Fitzhugh publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Oceanography, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

World rank
#599,404
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#188,735
of 358,040
Works
19
Citations
93
Citations per work
4.9

What does Kirk Fitzhugh research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25.0%Paleontology: 21.4%Oceanography: 10.7%Molecular Biology: 10.7%other fields: 32.2%25%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics25.0%Paleontology21.4%Oceanography10.7%Molecular Biology10.7%other fields32.2%

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

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics25% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology21% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Ecological Modeling7% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kirk Fitzhugh's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogenetic Analysis, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Taxonomy, DNA Barcoding and Earthworms.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography114 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny103 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis73 topics
  4. Mammal Evolution51 topic
  5. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis51 topic
  6. Taxonomy52 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding31 topic
  8. Earthworms31 topic
  9. Ecosystem Functioning31 topic
  10. Marine Biodiversity31 topic
  11. RNA-Seq31 topic
  12. sequence alignment31 topic
  13. Angiosperm Phylogeny21 topic
  14. Climate Change21 topic
  15. Flowering Plants21 topic
  16. Grasses21 topic
  17. Phylogeny21 topic
  18. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic
  19. Endemism11 topic
  20. Regionalization11 topic

Where does Kirk Fitzhugh work?

Kirk Fitzhugh's main affiliation in the publication record is Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kirk Fitzhugh have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 93 citations for Kirk Fitzhugh, ranking #599,404 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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