Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling publishes mostly in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.
- World rank
- #13,956 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #14 of 29,826
- Works
- 485
- Citations
- 35k
- Citations per work
- 71.4
What does Richard M. Cowling research?
Richard M. Cowling's work is mostly in Environmental Science (48%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%).
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
- Physical Sciences23247.9%
- Environmental Science23247.9%
- Everything else14930.8%
- Life Sciences10321.3%
- 1Nature and Landscape Conservation22% of their works
- 2Global and Planetary Change13% of their works
- 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11% of their works
- 4Plant Science10% of their works
- 5Ecology8% of their works
- 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law5% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Richard M. Cowling's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Ecosystem, Functional Diversity and Climate Change.
- Global Impact
- Hominin Genetics
- Ecological Niche
- Angiosperm Phylogeny
- Flora
- Environmental Services
- Plant-Animal Interactions
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Climate Change
- Ecosystem
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Global Change
- Conservation
- Functional Diversity
- Ecosystem Services
- Land Use Change
- Pollinator Decline
- Tropical Deforestation
- Vascular Plants
- Flowering Plants
- Species Distribution Modeling
- Paleolithic Archaeology
- Urbanization
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
- Biodiversity4254 topics
- Invasive Species3813 topics
- Global Change3242 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation3242 topics
- Conservation3172 topics
- Ecosystem2601 topic
- Functional Diversity2601 topic
- Climate Change2244 topics
- Ecosystem Services1022 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation972 topics
- Land Use Change972 topics
- Plant-Animal Interactions641 topic
- Pollinator Decline641 topic
- Environmental Services591 topic
- Tropical Deforestation591 topic
- Flora571 topic
- Vascular Plants571 topic
- Angiosperm Phylogeny521 topic
- Flowering Plants521 topic
- Ecological Niche441 topic
- Species Distribution Modeling441 topic
- Hominin Genetics391 topic
- Paleolithic Archaeology391 topic
- Global Impact381 topic
- Urbanization381 topic
Where does Richard M. Cowling work?
Richard M. Cowling's main affiliation in the publication record is Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does Richard M. Cowling have?
OpenAlex counts 485 works and 34,653 citations for Richard M. Cowling, an h-index of 100, ranking #13,956 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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