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Peter M. Vitousek

Peter M. Vitousek publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

World rank
#3,571
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,661
of 358,040
Works
71
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
23.5

What does Peter M. Vitousek research?

Global and Planetary Change: 14.9%Soil Science: 9.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 9.0%Environmental Chemistry: 6.0%other fields: 61.1%15%top field
Global and Planetary Change14.9%Soil Science9.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation9.0%Environmental Chemistry6.0%other fields61.1%

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

  1. 1Global and Planetary Change15% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science9% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation9% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science6% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter M. Vitousek's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Water Quality, Drought, Hyporheic Zone, Nutrient Cycling and Tree Mortality.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change144 topics
  2. Nitrogen Cycle61 topic
  3. Soil Carbon Sequestration61 topic
  4. Water Quality62 topics
  5. Drought41 topic
  6. Hyporheic Zone41 topic
  7. Nutrient Cycling41 topic
  8. Tree Mortality41 topic
  9. Ecological Niche21 topic
  10. Emissions21 topic
  11. Glacial Cycles21 topic
  12. Manganese Oxides21 topic
  13. Methane21 topic
  14. Paleoclimatology21 topic
  15. Phosphorus21 topic
  16. Rare Earth Elements21 topic
  17. Recovery21 topic
  18. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic

Where does Peter M. Vitousek work?

Peter M. Vitousek's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter M. Vitousek have?

Science Explorer counts 71 works and 1,670 citations for Peter M. Vitousek, ranking #3,571 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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