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Researcher · Duke University · United States

Philip N. Benfey

Philip N. Benfey publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics, on topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism and Plant Reproductive Biology.

ORCID 0000-0001-5302-758X OpenAlex
World rank
#7,760
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,644
of 1,627,098
Works
385
Citations
41k
Citations per work
106.4
h-index
103
i10-index 208Top 0.1% in Plant Science
Philip N. Benfey

What does Philip N. Benfey research?

Philip N. Benfey's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (56%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%).

Life Sciences: 355 works · 92.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 216 works · 56.2% of their workPlant Science: 216 works · 56.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 139 works · 36.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 126 works · 32.6% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 1.6% of their workCancer Research: 3 works · 0.7% of their workBiophysics: 2 works · 0.6% of their workCell Biology: 2 works · 0.6% of their workEverything else: 30 works · 7.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilip N. Benfey385works
Life Sciences92%

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
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21656.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13936.1%
  2. Everything else307.7%
  1. 1Plant Science56% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology33% of their works
  3. 3Genetics2% of their works
  4. 4Cancer Research1% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology1% of their works
  6. 6Biophysics1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip N. Benfey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Development, Plant, Plant Development, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Pollen Tube Growth.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Expression2202 topics
  2. Transcription Factors2182 topics
  3. Development1951 topic
  4. Plant1951 topic
  5. Plant Development1352 topics
  6. Nitrogen1081 topic
  7. Phosphorus1081 topic
  8. Pollen Tube Growth971 topic
  9. Self-Incompatibility971 topic
  10. Light Harvesting291 topic
  11. Photosystem II291 topic
  12. Photoreceptors271 topic
  13. Signal Transduction271 topic
  14. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation251 topic
  15. Plant Secondary Metabolites251 topic
  16. Flavonoid Biosynthesis231 topic
  17. MYB231 topic
  18. Hemicelluloses221 topic
  19. Pectin221 topic

Where does Philip N. Benfey work?

Philip N. Benfey's main affiliation in the publication record is Duke University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Philip N. Benfey have?

OpenAlex counts 385 works and 40,949 citations for Philip N. Benfey, an h-index of 103, ranking #7,760 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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