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Researcher · Environment and Climate Change Canada · Canada

Robert James Letcher

Robert James Letcher publishes mostly in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, on topics such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research.

ORCID 0000-0002-8232-8565 OpenAlex
World rank
#38,584
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,024
of 183,316
Works
545
Citations
34k
Citations per work
61.6
h-index
99
i10-index 411Top 0.2% in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Robert James Letcher

What does Robert James Letcher research?

Robert James Letcher's work is mostly in Environmental Science (72%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%).

Physical Sciences: 422 works · 77.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 393 works · 72.2% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 278 works · 51.0% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 50 works · 9.2% of their workEcology: 40 works · 7.4% of their workPollution: 25 works · 4.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 works · 5.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 28 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 112 works · 20.5% of their workLife Sciences: 11 works · 2.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 works · 2.1% of their workCancer Research: 11 works · 2.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert JamesLetcher545works
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences77%

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 Science39372.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences285.2%
  2. Everything else11220.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.1%
  1. 1Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis51% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry9% of their works
  3. 3Ecology7% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  5. 5Pollution5% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert James Letcher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bioaccumulation, Environmental Exposure, Global Distribution, Health Effects, Brominated Flame Retardants, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Bisphenol A and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Bioaccumulation5513 topics
  2. Environmental Exposure5142 topics
  3. Global Distribution4912 topics
  4. Health Effects4384 topics
  5. Brominated Flame Retardants3631 topic
  6. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons3631 topic
  7. Bisphenol A1511 topic
  8. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals1511 topic
  9. Perfluoroalkyl Substances1281 topic
  10. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds1281 topic
  11. Mercury1181 topic
  12. Toxicology1181 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress1112 topics
  14. Biomarkers701 topic
  15. Environmental Risk Assessment701 topic
  16. Anthropogenic Noise651 topic
  17. Marine Mammals651 topic
  18. Atmospheric Aerosols601 topic
  19. Black Carbon601 topic
  20. Air Pollution411 topic
  21. Particulate Matter411 topic

Where does Robert James Letcher work?

Robert James Letcher's main affiliation in the publication record is Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert James Letcher have?

OpenAlex counts 545 works and 33,557 citations for Robert James Letcher, an h-index of 99, ranking #38,584 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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