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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Terry L. Erwin

Terry L. Erwin publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies and Forest ecology and management.

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World rank
#173,649
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#64,916
of 1,627,098
Works
73
Citations
9.5k
Citations per work
129.8
h-index
31
i10-index 45Top 7.2% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Terry L. Erwin

What does Terry L. Erwin research?

Terry L. Erwin's work is mostly in Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Physical Sciences: 32 works · 44.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 32 works · 44.2% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 works · 21.8% of their workEcology: 9 works · 12.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 works · 10.1% of their workLife Sciences: 28 works · 38.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 works · 30.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 works · 22.9% of their workInsect Science: 5 works · 7.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 works · 7.8% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 7.8% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 17.8% of their workTHEIR WORKTerry L. Erwin73works
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences44%

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 Science3244.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2230.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology67.8%
  3. Everything else1317.8%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics23% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation22% of their works
  3. 3Ecology12% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change10% of their works
  5. 5Genetics8% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Terry L. Erwin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Biological Invasions, 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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species543 topics
  2. Biodiversity523 topics
  3. Climate Change504 topics
  4. Global Change412 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation412 topics
  6. Biological Invasions382 topics
  7. Conservation251 topic
  8. Ecosystem251 topic
  9. Ecosystem Services161 topic
  10. Pollinator Decline161 topic
  11. Allometric Models141 topic
  12. Biomass Estimation141 topic
  13. Bark Beetles131 topic
  14. Forest Pests131 topic
  15. Coleoptera111 topic
  16. Ecological Niche111 topic
  17. Phylogeny111 topic
  18. Species Distribution Modeling111 topic
  19. Drought101 topic
  20. Tree Mortality101 topic
  21. Genomics81 topic
  22. Social Insects81 topic

Where does Terry L. Erwin work?

Terry L. Erwin's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Terry L. Erwin have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 9,479 citations for Terry L. Erwin, an h-index of 31, ranking #173,649 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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