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Researcher · Brooklyn Botanic Garden · United States

Ralph Curtiss Benedict

Ralph Curtiss Benedict publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Fern and Epiphyte Biology, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies and Plant and animal studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,348,668
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,602,599
of 1,627,098
Works
210
Citations
254
Citations per work
1.2
h-index
7
i10-index 3Top 69% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ralph Curtiss Benedict

What does Ralph Curtiss Benedict research?

Ralph Curtiss Benedict's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (56%), Social Sciences (3%), Environmental Science (2%).

Life Sciences: 122 works · 58.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 118 works · 56.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 65 works · 31.1% of their workPlant Science: 52 works · 25.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 2.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 2.2% of their workEverything else: 72 works · 34.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 5.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 2.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 2.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 2.2% of their workHistory: 5 works · 2.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 2.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 2.5% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRalph CurtissBenedict210works
Life Sciences58%Physical Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences11856.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.2%
  2. Everything else7234.2%
    1. Social Sciences62.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities52.2%
    1. Environmental Science52.5%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics31% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science25% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law2% of their works
  5. 5History2% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph Curtiss Benedict's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Phylogeny, Climate Change, Epiphytes, Ferns, Biodiversity, Invasive Species and Antioxidant.

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. Biogeography984 topics
  2. Phylogeny692 topics
  3. Climate Change583 topics
  4. Epiphytes421 topic
  5. Ferns421 topic
  6. Biodiversity402 topics
  7. Invasive Species402 topics
  8. Antioxidant271 topic
  9. Cyperus271 topic
  10. Ecosystem Services261 topic
  11. Pollinator Decline261 topic
  12. Angiosperm Phylogeny201 topic
  13. Flowering Plants201 topic
  14. Genetics181 topic
  15. Grapevine181 topic
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis172 topics
  17. Conservation141 topic
  18. Vascular Plants141 topic
  19. Lichen91 topic
  20. Symbiosis91 topic
  21. Endophytic Fungi81 topic
  22. Fungal Pathogens81 topic

Where does Ralph Curtiss Benedict work?

Ralph Curtiss Benedict's main affiliation in the publication record is Brooklyn Botanic Garden, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ralph Curtiss Benedict have?

OpenAlex counts 210 works and 254 citations for Ralph Curtiss Benedict, an h-index of 7, ranking #7,348,668 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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