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Megan R. Balks

Megan R. Balks publishes mostly in Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Forestry, on topics such as Polar Research and Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Heavy metals in environment.

World rank
#549,535
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#1,865
of 4,714
Works
19
Citations
103
Citations per work
5.4

What does Megan R. Balks research?

Ecology: 37.5%Atmospheric Science: 12.5%Forestry: 8.3%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8.3%other fields: 33.4%38%top field
Ecology37.5%Atmospheric Science12.5%Forestry8.3%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8.3%other fields33.4%

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

  1. 1Ecology38% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science12% of their works
  3. 3Forestry8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  5. 5Pollution8% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Megan R. Balks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Antarctic, Microorganisms, Contamination, Glacial Cycles, Heavy Metals and Paleoclimatology.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change93 topics
  2. Biodiversity72 topics
  3. Antarctic61 topic
  4. Microorganisms61 topic
  5. Contamination21 topic
  6. Glacial Cycles21 topic
  7. Heavy Metals21 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology21 topic
  9. Soil Fertility22 topics
  10. Agroforestry11 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  12. Grazing Management11 topic
  13. Indigenous Knowledge11 topic
  14. Local Soil Classification11 topic
  15. Machine Learning11 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity11 topic
  17. Nitrogen Cycle11 topic
  18. Perennial Pastures11 topic
  19. Soil Carbon Sequestration11 topic

Where does Megan R. Balks work?

Megan R. Balks's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Waikato, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Megan R. Balks have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 103 citations for Megan R. Balks, ranking #549,535 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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