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Researcher · Bayworld Centre for Research and Education · South Africa

Malcolm John Smale

Malcolm John Smale publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, on topics such as Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and fisheries research and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1135-8687 OpenAlex
World rank
#918,512
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,647
of 29,826
Works
134
Citations
5.1k
Citations per work
37.9
h-index
42
i10-index 99Top 4% in Nature and Landscape Conservation
Malcolm John Smale

What does Malcolm John Smale research?

Malcolm John Smale's work is mostly in Environmental Science (71%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 97 works · 72.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 95 works · 70.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 46 works · 34.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 works · 21.8% of their workEcology: 20 works · 14.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 1.7% of their workOceanography: 2 works · 1.7% of their workLife Sciences: 26 works · 19.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 works · 19.6% of their workAquatic Science: 18 works · 13.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 8.0% of their workTHEIR WORKMalcolm JohnSmale134works
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences72%

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 Science9570.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2619.6%
  3. Everything else118.0%
  1. 1Nature and Landscape Conservation34% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change22% of their works
  3. 3Ecology15% of their works
  4. 4Aquatic Science14% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Malcolm John Smale's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Conservation, Fisheries Sustainability, Fisheries, Population Dynamics, Marine Ecosystems, Rays and Sharks.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1454 topics
  2. Conservation1403 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability1112 topics
  4. Fisheries952 topics
  5. Population Dynamics952 topics
  6. Marine Ecosystems892 topics
  7. Rays751 topic
  8. Sharks751 topic
  9. Ecosystem Management701 topic
  10. Marine Fisheries701 topic
  11. Fish451 topic
  12. Length-Weight Relationships451 topic
  13. Conservation Challenges411 topic
  14. Freshwater Biodiversity411 topic
  15. Anthropogenic Noise201 topic
  16. Camouflage201 topic
  17. Cephalopods201 topic
  18. Marine Mammals201 topic
  19. Coral Reefs141 topic
  20. Ocean Acidification141 topic
  21. Stable Isotopes81 topic
  22. Trophic Position81 topic

Where does Malcolm John Smale work?

Malcolm John Smale's main affiliation in the publication record is Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Malcolm John Smale have?

OpenAlex counts 134 works and 5,074 citations for Malcolm John Smale, an h-index of 42, ranking #918,512 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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