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Researcher · Virginia Tech · United States

Robert M. Shaffer

Robert M. Shaffer publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Forest Biomass Utilization and Management, Forest Management and Policy and Bioenergy crop production and management.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,416,935
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,515,584
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
258
Citations per work
8.9
h-index
9
i10-index 6Top 56% in Mechanics of Materials
Robert M. Shaffer

What does Robert M. Shaffer research?

Robert M. Shaffer's work is mostly in Environmental Science (26%), Engineering (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 49.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 26.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 19.5% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 6.5% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 23.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 7 works · 23.4% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 36.3% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 14.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 works · 14.3% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 works · 6.5% of their workInsect Science: 1 works · 3.9% of their workSoil Science: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert M. Shaffer29works
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences49%

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 Science826.0%
    2. Engineering723.4%
  2. Everything else1136.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences414.3%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials23% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change20% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation6% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science6% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science4% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert M. Shaffer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomass, Supply Chain, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Impacts, Forest Carbon Sequestration, Bioenergy Crops, Switchgrass and Allometric Models.

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.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomass181 topic
  2. Supply Chain181 topic
  3. Biodiversity Conservation172 topics
  4. Climate Change Impacts141 topic
  5. Forest Carbon Sequestration141 topic
  6. Bioenergy Crops51 topic
  7. Switchgrass51 topic
  8. Allometric Models41 topic
  9. Biomass Estimation41 topic
  10. Agricultural Sustainability31 topic
  11. Dead Wood31 topic
  12. Forest Management31 topic
  13. Riparian Vegetation31 topic
  14. River Restoration31 topic
  15. Soil Erosion31 topic
  16. Farm Injuries21 topic
  17. Mental Health21 topic

Where does Robert M. Shaffer work?

Robert M. Shaffer's main affiliation in the publication record is Virginia Tech, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert M. Shaffer have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 258 citations for Robert M. Shaffer, an h-index of 9, ranking #6,416,935 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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