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Researcher · University of Maine · United States

Les Watling

Les Watling publishes mostly in Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and fisheries research and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6901-1168 OpenAlex
World rank
#313,510
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#117,112
of 358,040
Works
42
Citations
235
Citations per work
5.6

What does Les Watling research?

Ecology: 26.7%Oceanography: 25.0%Global and Planetary Change: 16.7%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 6.7%other fields: 24.9%27%top field
Ecology26.7%Oceanography25.0%Global and Planetary Change16.7%Nature and Landscape Conservation6.7%other fields24.9%

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

  1. 1Ecology27% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography25% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change17% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Les Watling's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Benthic Communities, Climate Change, Marine Biodiversity, Deep-Sea Ecology, Ecosystem Functioning, Ocean Acidification, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Benthic Communities132 topics
  2. Climate Change132 topics
  3. Marine Biodiversity132 topics
  4. Deep-Sea Ecology111 topic
  5. Ecosystem Functioning111 topic
  6. Ocean Acidification82 topics
  7. Biodiversity72 topics
  8. Ecosystem Management71 topic
  9. Marine Fisheries71 topic
  10. Coral Reefs61 topic
  11. Marine Ecosystems61 topic
  12. Crayfish51 topic
  13. Invasion51 topic
  14. Molecular Phylogeny52 topics
  15. Invasive Species42 topics
  16. Camouflage31 topic
  17. Cephalopods31 topic
  18. Ecosystem21 topic
  19. Ecosystem Engineering21 topic
  20. Freshwater Mussels21 topic
  21. Kelp Forests21 topic
  22. Parasites21 topic
  23. Seagrasses21 topic

Where does Les Watling work?

Les Watling's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Maine, United States.

How many publications and citations does Les Watling have?

Science Explorer counts 42 works and 235 citations for Les Watling, ranking #313,510 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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