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Researcher · Rhodes University · South Africa

Louw Claassens

Louw Claassens publishes mostly in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Aquatic Science, on topics such as Aquatic life and conservation, Marine and fisheries research and Marine and coastal plant biology.

ORCID 0000-0003-4669-1735 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,022,712
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#8,536
of 29,826
Works
45
Citations
1k
Citations per work
23.0
h-index
16
i10-index 19Top 34% in Ecology
Louw Claassens

What does Louw Claassens research?

Louw Claassens's work is mostly in Environmental Science (59%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 33 works · 73.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 26 works · 58.6% of their workEcology: 11 works · 24.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 works · 15.5% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 works · 11.2% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 works · 7.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 14.7% of their workOceanography: 7 works · 14.7% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 15.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 15.5% of their workAquatic Science: 7 works · 15.5% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 11.2% of their workTHEIR WORKLouw Claassens45works
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences73%

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. Environmental Science2658.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences714.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences715.5%
  3. Everything else511.2%
  1. 1Ecology24% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change16% of their works
  3. 3Aquatic Science16% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography15% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law11% of their works
  6. 6Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Louw Claassens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Conservation, Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Ecosystems, Biogeography 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. Conservation233 topics
  2. Climate Change202 topics
  3. Ocean Acidification192 topics
  4. Benthic Communities162 topics
  5. Marine Biodiversity162 topics
  6. Marine Ecosystems162 topics
  7. Biogeography112 topics
  8. Ecosystem Management111 topic
  9. Marine Fisheries111 topic
  10. Seahorses111 topic
  11. Syngnathidae111 topic
  12. Kelp Forests101 topic
  13. Seagrasses101 topic
  14. Bleaching91 topic
  15. Coral Reefs91 topic
  16. Ecosystem-Based Management81 topic
  17. Marine Spatial Planning81 topic
  18. Rays71 topic
  19. Sharks71 topic
  20. Deep-Sea Ecology61 topic
  21. Ecosystem Functioning61 topic
  22. Fish51 topic
  23. Length-Weight Relationships51 topic

Where does Louw Claassens work?

Louw Claassens's main affiliation in the publication record is Rhodes University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Louw Claassens have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 1,037 citations for Louw Claassens, an h-index of 16, ranking #2,022,712 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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