Omar Defeo
Omar Defeo publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography, on topics such as Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.
- World rank
- #176,017 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in Uruguay
- #10 of 3,394
- Works
- 337
- Citations
- 17k
- Citations per work
- 49.6
What does Omar Defeo research?
Omar Defeo's work is mostly in Environmental Science (61%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (26%).
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
- Physical Sciences29286.5%
- Environmental Science20560.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences8725.8%
- Everything else4513.5%
- 1Global and Planetary Change27% of their works
- 2Ecology23% of their works
- 3Oceanography23% of their works
- 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law7% of their works
- 5Nature and Landscape Conservation4% of their works
- 6Earth-Surface Processes3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Omar Defeo's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Ocean Acidification, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Deep-Sea Ecology and Ecosystem Functioning.
- Mangrove Forests
- Trophic Position
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Seagrasses
- Marine Ecosystems
- Coastal Protection
- Aquaculture
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Marine Fisheries
- Ocean Acidification
- Benthic Communities
- Climate Change
- Marine Biodiversity
- Ecosystem Management
- Deep-Sea Ecology
- Ecosystem Services
- Oyster Reefs
- Coral Reefs
- Kelp Forests
- Ecosystem-Based Management
- Stable Isotopes
- Carbon Sequestration
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
- Climate Change2473 topics
- Benthic Communities1902 topics
- Marine Biodiversity1902 topics
- Ocean Acidification1532 topics
- Ecosystem Management1361 topic
- Marine Fisheries1361 topic
- Deep-Sea Ecology1241 topic
- Ecosystem Functioning1241 topic
- Ecosystem Services1202 topics
- Aquaculture961 topic
- Oyster Reefs961 topic
- Coastal Protection902 topics
- Coral Reefs871 topic
- Marine Ecosystems871 topic
- Kelp Forests661 topic
- Seagrasses661 topic
- Ecosystem-Based Management521 topic
- Marine Spatial Planning521 topic
- Stable Isotopes261 topic
- Trophic Position261 topic
- Carbon Sequestration241 topic
- Mangrove Forests241 topic
Where does Omar Defeo work?
Omar Defeo's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay.
How many publications and citations does Omar Defeo have?
OpenAlex counts 337 works and 16,717 citations for Omar Defeo, an h-index of 64, ranking #176,017 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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