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Researcher · New Mexico Highlands University · United States

Lora Mangum Shields

Lora Mangum Shields publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, on topics such as Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

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World rank
#888,382
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#293,502
of 1,627,098
Works
45
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
24.7
h-index
16
i10-index 20Top 26% in Plant Science
Lora Mangum Shields

What does Lora Mangum Shields research?

Lora Mangum Shields's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Life Sciences: 19 works · 41.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 works · 35.1% of their workPlant Science: 8 works · 18.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 works · 17.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 6.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 39.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 14.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 14.4% of their workEcology: 4 works · 9.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 5.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 4.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 4.5% of their workAnthropology: 2 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKLora MangumShields45works
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences4%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1635.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.3%
  2. Everything else1839.7%
    1. Environmental Science614.4%
    1. Social Sciences24.5%
  1. 1Plant Science18% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lora Mangum Shields's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Phylogenetic Analysis, Cyperus, Phylogeny, Biological Soil Crusts, Cyanobacteria, Ecosystem and Sagebrush.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography142 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis102 topics
  3. Cyperus91 topic
  4. Phylogeny91 topic
  5. Biological Soil Crusts61 topic
  6. Cyanobacteria61 topic
  7. Ecosystem61 topic
  8. Sagebrush61 topic
  9. Endophytic Fungi51 topic
  10. Fukushima Daiichi51 topic
  11. Fungal Pathogens51 topic
  12. Lichen51 topic
  13. Symbiosis51 topic
  14. Traditional Irrigation51 topic
  15. Water Sustainability51 topic
  16. nuclear accident51 topic
  17. Biomimetic Synthesis41 topic
  18. Peptide-Directed Materials41 topic

Where does Lora Mangum Shields work?

Lora Mangum Shields's main affiliation in the publication record is New Mexico Highlands University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lora Mangum Shields have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 1,111 citations for Lora Mangum Shields, an h-index of 16, ranking #888,382 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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