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Researcher · American Museum of Natural History · United States

William N. Tavolga

William N. Tavolga publishes mostly in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Oceanography, on topics such as Marine animal studies overview, Underwater Acoustics Research and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,027,816
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#334,699
of 1,627,098
Works
83
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
42.0
h-index
23
i10-index 37Top 19% in Ecology
William N. Tavolga

What does William N. Tavolga research?

William N. Tavolga's work is mostly in Environmental Science (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Physical Sciences: 44 works · 52.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 34 works · 40.5% of their workEcology: 17 works · 21.0% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 works · 15.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 4.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 works · 12.0% of their workOceanography: 10 works · 12.0% of their workEverything else: 27 works · 32.5% of their workLife Sciences: 12 works · 15.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 8.5% of their workDevelopmental Biology: 7 works · 8.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 6.5% of their workAquatic Science: 5 works · 6.5% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam N.Tavolga83works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences52%

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 Science3440.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1012.0%
  2. Everything else2732.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences56.5%
  1. 1Ecology21% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation16% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography12% of their works
  4. 4Developmental Biology8% of their works
  5. 5Aquatic Science6% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William N. Tavolga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Acoustic Communication, Climate Change, Conservation, Anthropogenic Noise, Marine Mammals, Acoustic Techniques, Seafloor Mapping and Avian Vocal Communication.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Acoustic Communication562 topics
  2. Climate Change563 topics
  3. Conservation482 topics
  4. Anthropogenic Noise391 topic
  5. Marine Mammals391 topic
  6. Acoustic Techniques221 topic
  7. Seafloor Mapping221 topic
  8. Avian Vocal Communication171 topic
  9. Birdsong171 topic
  10. Fisheries Sustainability172 topics
  11. Fish Biodiversity121 topic
  12. Freshwater Ecoregions121 topic
  13. Conservation Challenges101 topic
  14. Freshwater Biodiversity101 topic
  15. Fish91 topic
  16. Length-Weight Relationships91 topic
  17. Ecosystem Management71 topic
  18. Marine Fisheries71 topic
  19. Oogenesis71 topic
  20. Spermatogenesis71 topic

Where does William N. Tavolga work?

William N. Tavolga's main affiliation in the publication record is American Museum of Natural History, United States.

How many publications and citations does William N. Tavolga have?

OpenAlex counts 83 works and 3,482 citations for William N. Tavolga, an h-index of 23, ranking #1,027,816 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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