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Researcher · University of Guyana · Guyana

Phillip N. B. Da Silva

Phillip N. B. Da Silva publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Ecology, on topics such as Lichen and fungal ecology, Fern and Epiphyte Biology and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,355,995
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Guyana
#78
of 82
Works
33
Citations
26
Citations per work
0.8

What does Phillip N. B. Da Silva research?

Phillip N. B. Da Silva's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (20%), Social Sciences (4%).

Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences4%

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 Sciences1340.3%
  1. Everything else1236.4%
    1. Environmental Science619.6%
    1. Social Sciences13.7%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics22% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science18% of their works
  3. 3Ecology11% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  5. 5Education4% of their works
  6. 6Nature and Landscape Conservation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Phillip N. B. Da Silva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Lichen, Symbiosis, Climate Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Global Change, Biodiversity and Invasive Species.

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
  1. Biogeography122 topics
  2. Lichen91 topic
  3. Symbiosis91 topic
  4. Climate Change73 topics
  5. Ecosystem Functioning62 topics
  6. Global Change52 topics
  7. Biodiversity42 topics
  8. Invasive Species42 topics
  9. Biological Soil Crusts31 topic
  10. Botanical Insecticides31 topic
  11. Cyanobacteria31 topic
  12. Ecosystem Management31 topic
  13. Epiphytes31 topic
  14. Essential Oils31 topic
  15. Ferns31 topic
  16. Fungal Diversity31 topic
  17. Marine Fisheries31 topic
  18. Mycorrhizal Fungi31 topic
  19. Conservation21 topic
  20. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  21. Pollinator Decline21 topic
  22. Vascular Plants21 topic

Where does Phillip N. B. Da Silva work?

Phillip N. B. Da Silva's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Guyana, Guyana.

How many publications and citations does Phillip N. B. Da Silva have?

OpenAlex counts 33 works and 26 citations for Phillip N. B. Da Silva, an h-index of 3, ranking #7,355,995 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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