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Researcher · Parks Canada · Canada

Robert A. Sissons

Robert A. Sissons publishes mostly in Insect Science, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science, on topics such as Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies and Bioenergy crop production and management.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,620,406
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#114,028
of 183,316
Works
18
Citations
174
Citations per work
9.7
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 76% in Insect Science
Robert A. Sissons

What does Robert A. Sissons research?

Robert A. Sissons's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Life Sciences: 8 works · 46.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 works · 35.6% of their workInsect Science: 3 works · 15.6% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 11.1% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 works · 8.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.1% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 33.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 20.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 20.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 11.1% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 8.9% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert A. Sissons18works
Life Sciences47%Physical Sciences20%

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 Sciences635.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.1%
  2. Everything else633.3%
    1. Environmental Science420.0%
  1. 1Insect Science16% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change11% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation9% of their works
  6. 6Agronomy and Crop Science9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert A. Sissons's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Taxonomy, Climate Change, Dead Wood, Diversity, Forest Management, Yeast and Biodiversity.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis72 topics
  2. Taxonomy72 topics
  3. Climate Change62 topics
  4. Dead Wood51 topic
  5. Diversity51 topic
  6. Forest Management51 topic
  7. Yeast51 topic
  8. Biodiversity42 topics
  9. Bioenergy Crops41 topic
  10. Forest Fires41 topic
  11. Switchgrass41 topic
  12. Wildfire Activity41 topic
  13. DNA Barcoding21 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  15. Genome Sequencing21 topic
  16. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles21 topic
  17. Jasmonate Signaling21 topic
  18. Lepidoptera21 topic
  19. Phytophthora21 topic
  20. Pollinator Decline21 topic

Where does Robert A. Sissons work?

Robert A. Sissons's main affiliation in the publication record is Parks Canada, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert A. Sissons have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 174 citations for Robert A. Sissons, an h-index of 7, ranking #3,620,406 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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