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Researcher · University of Connecticut · United States

Robert K. Colwell

Robert K. Colwell publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Plant and animal studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1384-0354 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,147
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,122
of 1,627,098
Works
254
Citations
57k
Citations per work
224.1
h-index
80
i10-index 136Top 0.2% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Robert K. Colwell

What does Robert K. Colwell research?

Robert K. Colwell's work is mostly in Environmental Science (39%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Physical Sciences: 99 works · 39.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 99 works · 39.0% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 41 works · 16.0% of their workEcological Modeling: 29 works · 11.5% of their workEcology: 29 works · 11.5% of their workEverything else: 79 works · 31.0% of their workLife Sciences: 76 works · 30.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 60 works · 23.6% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 works · 18.1% of their workInsect Science: 14 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 works · 6.4% of their workGenetics: 16 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert K. Colwell254works
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences39%

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 Science9939.0%
  2. Everything else7931.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6023.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology166.4%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation16% of their works
  3. 3Ecological Modeling12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology12% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert K. Colwell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Climate Change, Conservation Biology, Conservation and Ecosystem.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity1993 topics
  2. Invasive Species1573 topics
  3. Global Change1382 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation1382 topics
  5. Climate Change1212 topics
  6. Conservation Biology802 topics
  7. Conservation781 topic
  8. Ecosystem781 topic
  9. Ecological Niche611 topic
  10. Species Distribution Modeling611 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services601 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline601 topic
  13. Population Dynamics462 topics
  14. Animal Movement271 topic
  15. Occupancy Rates271 topic
  16. Island Ecosystems191 topic
  17. Rodent Eradication191 topic
  18. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles171 topic
  19. Jasmonate Signaling171 topic
  20. Genomics151 topic
  21. Social Insects151 topic
  22. Mammal Evolution111 topic
  23. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis111 topic

Where does Robert K. Colwell work?

Robert K. Colwell's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Connecticut, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert K. Colwell have?

OpenAlex counts 254 works and 56,924 citations for Robert K. Colwell, an h-index of 80, ranking #6,147 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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