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Researcher · San Diego State University · United States

Robert Alan Edwards

Robert Alan Edwards publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Ecology and Food Science, on topics such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

ORCID 0000-0001-8383-8949 OpenAlex
World rank
#29,152
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#10,986
of 1,627,098
Works
449
Citations
63k
Citations per work
141.4
h-index
92
i10-index 228Top 0.4% in Molecular Biology
Robert Alan Edwards

What does Robert Alan Edwards research?

Robert Alan Edwards's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Environmental Science (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%).

Life Sciences: 201 works · 44.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 154 works · 34.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 136 works · 30.3% of their workEndocrinology: 18 works · 3.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 works · 7.8% of their workFood Science: 18 works · 3.9% of their workPlant Science: 18 works · 3.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 works · 2.7% of their workImmunology: 12 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 150 works · 33.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 98 works · 21.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 98 works · 21.8% of their workEcology: 98 works · 21.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert AlanEdwards449works
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences22%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15434.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences357.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology122.7%
  2. Everything else15033.5%
    1. Environmental Science9821.8%
  1. 1Molecular Biology30% of their works
  2. 2Ecology22% of their works
  3. 3Food Science4% of their works
  4. 4Endocrinology4% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science4% of their works
  6. 6Immunology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Alan Edwards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: RNA-Seq, sequence alignment, Ecology, Virus, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Gut Microbiota and Microbial Communities.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. RNA-Seq1561 topic
  2. sequence alignment1561 topic
  3. Ecology1341 topic
  4. Virus1341 topic
  5. Marine Microbes681 topic
  6. Microbial Biogeography681 topic
  7. Gut Microbiota341 topic
  8. Microbial Communities341 topic
  9. Ribosome261 topic
  10. Translation261 topic
  11. Climate Change251 topic
  12. Coral Reefs251 topic
  13. Mycoplasma251 topic
  14. Pasteurella251 topic
  15. Plant Immunity241 topic
  16. Viral RNA Silencing241 topic

Where does Robert Alan Edwards work?

Robert Alan Edwards's main affiliation in the publication record is San Diego State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Alan Edwards have?

OpenAlex counts 449 works and 63,475 citations for Robert Alan Edwards, an h-index of 92, ranking #29,152 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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