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Researcher · Connecticut College · United States

William A. Niering

William A. Niering publishes mostly in Ecology, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#374,904
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#133,649
of 1,627,098
Works
122
Citations
5.3k
Citations per work
43.7
h-index
37
i10-index 51Top 6.5% in Ecology
William A. Niering

What does William A. Niering research?

William A. Niering's work is mostly in Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 59 works · 48.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 53 works · 43.8% of their workEcology: 31 works · 25.5% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 works · 8.6% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 5.0% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 works · 4.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 4.3% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 34 works · 27.8% of their workLife Sciences: 29 works · 24.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 works · 24.1% of their workPlant Science: 29 works · 24.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam A.Niering122works
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences48%

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 Science5343.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.3%
  2. Everything else3427.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2924.1%
  1. 1Ecology26% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science24% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation9% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law5% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William A. Niering's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem Resilience, Cyperus, Phylogeny, Coastal Protection 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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change764 topics
  2. Biodiversity523 topics
  3. Conservation523 topics
  4. Ecosystem Resilience332 topics
  5. Cyperus321 topic
  6. Phylogeny321 topic
  7. Coastal Protection312 topics
  8. Ecosystem312 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services282 topics
  10. Carbon221 topic
  11. Peatlands221 topic
  12. Flora211 topic
  13. Vascular Plants211 topic
  14. Carbon Sequestration201 topic
  15. Mangrove Forests201 topic
  16. Functional Diversity181 topic
  17. Habitat Fragmentation181 topic
  18. Sagebrush131 topic
  19. Wildlife Habitat131 topic
  20. Kelp Forests111 topic
  21. Seagrasses111 topic
  22. Traditional Irrigation81 topic
  23. Water Sustainability81 topic

Where does William A. Niering work?

William A. Niering's main affiliation in the publication record is Connecticut College, United States.

How many publications and citations does William A. Niering have?

OpenAlex counts 122 works and 5,330 citations for William A. Niering, an h-index of 37, ranking #374,904 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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