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Researcher · Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden · United States

Richard K. Benjamin

Richard K. Benjamin publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Paleontology, on topics such as Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

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World rank
#2,288,965
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#683,257
of 1,627,098
Works
70
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
16.1
h-index
17
i10-index 33Top 23% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Richard K. Benjamin

What does Richard K. Benjamin research?

Richard K. Benjamin's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%).

Life Sciences: 38 works · 54.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 works · 28.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 works · 16.0% of their workPlant Science: 9 works · 12.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 works · 26.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 9.4% of their workCell Biology: 6 works · 8.3% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 34.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 11.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 works · 11.6% of their workPaleontology: 8 works · 11.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard K.Benjamin70works
Life Sciences54%Physical Sciences12%

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 Sciences2028.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1826.0%
  2. Everything else2434.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences811.6%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science12% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology12% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Genetics8% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard K. Benjamin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Evolution, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fungal Pathogens, Taxonomy, Biogeography and Cavefish.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Evolution323 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis273 topics
  3. Biodiversity242 topics
  4. Ecology242 topics
  5. Fungal Pathogens222 topics
  6. Taxonomy203 topics
  7. Biogeography183 topics
  8. Cavefish171 topic
  9. DNA Barcoding172 topics
  10. Subterranean171 topic
  11. Endophytic Fungi151 topic
  12. Genomic Characterization151 topic
  13. Coleoptera132 topics
  14. Fungal Diversity111 topic
  15. Mycorrhizal Fungi111 topic
  16. Envenoming91 topic
  17. Snake Venom91 topic
  18. Cerambycidae71 topic
  19. Diversity71 topic
  20. Neotropical Region71 topic
  21. Yeast71 topic
  22. Phylogeny61 topic
  23. beetles61 topic
  24. Lichen51 topic
  25. Symbiosis51 topic

Where does Richard K. Benjamin work?

Richard K. Benjamin's main affiliation in the publication record is Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard K. Benjamin have?

OpenAlex counts 70 works and 1,130 citations for Richard K. Benjamin, an h-index of 17, ranking #2,288,965 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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