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Researcher · Scientific Services · South Africa

R. J. Aston

R. J. Aston publishes mostly in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,182,592
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#18,167
of 29,826
Works
20
Citations
535
Citations per work
26.8
h-index
13
i10-index 13Top 45% in Ecology
R. J. Aston

What does R. J. Aston research?

R. J. Aston's work is mostly in Environmental Science (53%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%), Engineering (7%).

Physical Sciences: 12 works · 60.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 52.7% of their workEcology: 5 works · 23.6% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 works · 12.7% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 works · 9.1% of their workWater Science and Technology: 1 works · 7.3% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 7.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 32.7% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 7.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 7.3% of their workAquatic Science: 1 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKR. J. Aston20works
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences60%

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. Environmental Science1152.7%
    2. Engineering17.3%
  2. Everything else732.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17.3%
  1. 1Ecology24% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation13% of their works
  3. 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis9% of their works
  4. 4Water Science and Technology7% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Aquatic Science7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. J. Aston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Freshwater Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Conservation Challenges, Flow Regulation, Molecular Phylogeny and Bioaccumulation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species174 topics
  2. Freshwater Biodiversity92 topics
  3. Biodiversity72 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis72 topics
  5. Conservation Challenges61 topic
  6. Flow Regulation61 topic
  7. Molecular Phylogeny62 topics
  8. Bioaccumulation51 topic
  9. Ecosystem Engineering51 topic
  10. Freshwater Mussels51 topic
  11. Oxidative Stress51 topic
  12. Fish41 topic
  13. Length-Weight Relationships41 topic
  14. Multivariate Statistical Techniques41 topic
  15. Water Quality Index41 topic
  16. DNA Barcoding31 topic
  17. Earthworms31 topic
  18. Ecosystem31 topic
  19. Land Use31 topic
  20. Parasites31 topic
  21. Stream Ecosystems31 topic

Where does R. J. Aston work?

R. J. Aston's main affiliation in the publication record is Scientific Services, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does R. J. Aston have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 535 citations for R. J. Aston, an h-index of 13, ranking #4,182,592 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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