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Paul M. Peterson

Paul M. Peterson publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

World rank
#149,482
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#62,766
of 358,040
Works
59
Citations
171
Citations per work
2.9

What does Paul M. Peterson research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41.5%Plant Science: 32.3%Molecular Biology: 4.6%Genetics: 4.6%other fields: 17.0%42%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics41.5%Plant Science32.3%Molecular Biology4.6%Genetics4.6%other fields17.0%

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 Systematics42% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science32% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology5% of their works
  4. 4Genetics5% of their works
  5. 5Soil Science5% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul M. Peterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogeny, Apomixis, Grasses, Biogeography, Conservation, Invasive Species, Taxonomy and Flora.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogeny303 topics
  2. Apomixis201 topic
  3. Grasses201 topic
  4. Biogeography133 topics
  5. Conservation112 topics
  6. Invasive Species112 topics
  7. Taxonomy82 topics
  8. Flora61 topic
  9. Vascular Plants61 topic
  10. Antioxidant51 topic
  11. Cyperus51 topic
  12. Mediterranean51 topic
  13. Molecular Phylogeny52 topics
  14. Vascular Flora51 topic
  15. Angiosperm Phylogeny31 topic
  16. Flowering Plants31 topic
  17. Genetic Structure31 topic
  18. Population Genetics31 topic
  19. Lupin Seeds21 topic
  20. Secondary Metabolites21 topic
  21. Soil Quality21 topic
  22. Water Productivity21 topic

Where does Paul M. Peterson work?

Paul M. Peterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul M. Peterson have?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 171 citations for Paul M. Peterson, ranking #149,482 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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