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Merrill A. Peterson

Merrill A. Peterson publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Plant Science, on topics such as Plant and animal studies, Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

World rank
#834,115
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#235,104
of 358,040
Works
17
Citations
68
Citations per work
4.0

What does Merrill A. Peterson research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 35.0%Genetics: 15.0%Plant Science: 10.0%Ecological Modeling: 10.0%other fields: 30.0%35%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics35.0%Genetics15.0%Plant Science10.0%Ecological Modeling10.0%other fields30.0%

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

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics35% of their works
  2. 2Genetics15% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science10% of their works
  4. 4Ecological Modeling10% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation10% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Merrill A. Peterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Phylogeography, Pollinator Decline, Conservation and Ecological Niche.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity83 topics
  2. Climate Change62 topics
  3. Invasive Species62 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services41 topic
  5. Phylogeography42 topics
  6. Pollinator Decline41 topic
  7. Conservation21 topic
  8. Ecological Niche21 topic
  9. Ecosystem21 topic
  10. Evolution21 topic
  11. Genetic Structure21 topic
  12. Orthoptera21 topic
  13. Plant Hormones21 topic
  14. Population Genetics21 topic
  15. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic
  16. Strigolactones21 topic
  17. Amber Fossils11 topic
  18. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles11 topic
  19. Insect Evolution11 topic
  20. Jasmonate Signaling11 topic

Where does Merrill A. Peterson work?

Merrill A. Peterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Western Washington University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Merrill A. Peterson have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 68 citations for Merrill A. Peterson, ranking #834,115 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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