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Thomas C. Shirley

Thomas C. Shirley publishes mostly in Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Crustacean biology and ecology and Marine and coastal plant biology.

World rank
#825,219
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#233,495
of 358,040
Works
27
Citations
91
Citations per work
3.4

What does Thomas C. Shirley research?

Oceanography: 34.3%Ecology: 20.0%Global and Planetary Change: 14.3%Aquatic Science: 5.7%other fields: 25.7%34%top field
Oceanography34.3%Ecology20.0%Global and Planetary Change14.3%Aquatic Science5.7%other fields25.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Oceanography34% of their works
  2. 2Ecology20% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change14% of their works
  4. 4Aquatic Science6% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  6. 6Nature and Landscape Conservation6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas C. Shirley's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Crayfish, Deep-Sea Ecology, Ecosystem Functioning, Invasion, Climate Change and Kelp Forests.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Benthic Communities112 topics
  2. Marine Biodiversity112 topics
  3. Crayfish61 topic
  4. Deep-Sea Ecology61 topic
  5. Ecosystem Functioning61 topic
  6. Invasion61 topic
  7. Climate Change52 topics
  8. Kelp Forests51 topic
  9. Seagrasses51 topic
  10. Ecosystem Management41 topic
  11. Marine Fisheries41 topic
  12. Fish Biodiversity21 topic
  13. Freshwater Ecoregions21 topic
  14. Functional Foods21 topic
  15. Sea Cucumbers21 topic
  16. Arctic11 topic
  17. Camouflage11 topic
  18. Cephalopods11 topic
  19. Sea Ice11 topic

Where does Thomas C. Shirley work?

Thomas C. Shirley's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alaska Southeast, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas C. Shirley have?

Science Explorer counts 27 works and 91 citations for Thomas C. Shirley, ranking #825,219 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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