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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

W. R. Dean

W. R. Dean publishes mostly in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Oceanography, on topics such as Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6541-3565 OpenAlex
World rank
#85,420
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#168
of 5,570
Works
38
Citations
303
Citations per work
8.0

What does W. R. Dean research?

Ecology: 25.5%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 10.6%Oceanography: 4.3%Molecular Biology: 4.3%other fields: 55.3%26%top field
Ecology25.5%Nature and Landscape Conservation10.6%Oceanography4.3%Molecular Biology4.3%other fields55.3%

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

  1. 1Ecology26% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation11% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography4% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Forestry4% of their works
  6. 6Polymers and Plastics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. R. Dean's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns, Animal Movement and Biodiversity.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change93 topics
  2. Habitat Selection72 topics
  3. Invasive Species73 topics
  4. Population Dynamics52 topics
  5. Avian Ecology41 topic
  6. Migration Patterns41 topic
  7. Animal Movement31 topic
  8. Biodiversity32 topics
  9. Conservation32 topics
  10. Conservation Challenges31 topic
  11. Freshwater Biodiversity31 topic
  12. Occupancy Rates31 topic
  13. Agroforestry21 topic
  14. Ecosystem21 topic
  15. Island Ecosystems21 topic
  16. Rodent Eradication21 topic
  17. Sagebrush21 topic
  18. Tree Domestication21 topic
  19. Camel Milk11 topic
  20. Fish11 topic
  21. Length-Weight Relationships11 topic
  22. Nutritional11 topic

Where does W. R. Dean work?

W. R. Dean's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does W. R. Dean have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 303 citations for W. R. Dean, ranking #85,420 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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