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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

W. Chris Oosthuizen

W. Chris Oosthuizen publishes mostly in Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Marine animal studies overview, Avian ecology and behavior and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0003-2905-6297 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,096,865
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#22,002
of 29,826
Works
96
Citations
986
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
18
i10-index 34Top 28% in Ecology
W. Chris Oosthuizen

What does W. Chris Oosthuizen research?

W. Chris Oosthuizen's work is mostly in Environmental Science (65%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 79 works · 81.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 62 works · 64.6% of their workEcology: 51 works · 53.6% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 works · 7.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 works · 3.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 works · 17.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 12 works · 12.2% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 14.9% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 3.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 3.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKW. ChrisOosthuizen96works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences82%

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 Science6264.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1717.2%
  2. Everything else1414.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.3%
  1. 1Ecology54% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science12% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography5% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation3% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Chris Oosthuizen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Anthropogenic Noise, Marine Mammals, Habitat Selection, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns and Remote Sensing.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1106 topics
  2. Population Dynamics582 topics
  3. Anthropogenic Noise471 topic
  4. Marine Mammals471 topic
  5. Habitat Selection372 topics
  6. Avian Ecology261 topic
  7. Migration Patterns261 topic
  8. Remote Sensing222 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades222 topics
  10. Arctic181 topic
  11. Sea Ice181 topic
  12. Animal Movement111 topic
  13. Ecosystem Management111 topic
  14. Marine Fisheries111 topic
  15. Occupancy Rates111 topic
  16. Kelp Forests71 topic
  17. Seagrasses71 topic
  18. Ecological Niche41 topic
  19. Glacier41 topic
  20. Species Distribution Modeling41 topic
  21. Water Availability41 topic

Where does W. Chris Oosthuizen work?

W. Chris Oosthuizen's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does W. Chris Oosthuizen have?

OpenAlex counts 96 works and 986 citations for W. Chris Oosthuizen, an h-index of 18, ranking #5,096,865 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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