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![Sheila West](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
nutrition
stress
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,109
25,155
0.716
![Paul C West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/4679076.jpg)
ecosystems
biodiversity
agriculture
climate
freshwater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,914
19,106
0.684
![Stuart West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/1059530.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,415
14,844
0.327
![Catharine West](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cancer
radiotherapy
radiobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,972
10,118
0.405
![Frank S Gilliam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/1685657.jpg)
Plant Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,117
7,591
0.397
![Frank Fish](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/16/828133.jpg)
biomechanics
biomimetics
enegetics
swimming
aquatic mammals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,516
5,915
0.473
![Adam G West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4b/102341.jpg)
Ecophysiology
Global Change
Drought
Fynbos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,096
4,811
0.477
![Pieter van West](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
oomycetes
Saprolegnia
Phytophthora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,793
4,782
0.374
![Stephen Difazio](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e2/828152.jpg)
forest tree genomics
biotechnology risk assessment
genome evolution
Populus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,215
4,672
0.329
![Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/102601.jpg)
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,062
4,450
0.734
![Sarel Cilliers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/90341.jpg)
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,746
4,448
0.659
![Arvind Kumar Gupta](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/104269.jpg)
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,195
4,229
0.415
![Brian Quinn](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/db/1154320.jpg)
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
4,079
0.710
![H Bouwman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/98449.jpg)
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,407
3,858
0.521
![Rajini Haraksingh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/75/657584.jpg)
Human Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,616
3,590
0.285
![Arun Kumar Dutta](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e6/293186.jpg)
Fungal Taxonomy
Barcoding
Bioprsopection
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,303
3,515
0.817
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jason West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/23/1674379.jpg)
ecology
biogeochemistry
stable isotopes
ecophysiology
hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
3,191
0.470
![Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/104505.jpg)
Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation
Biopolymer
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
3,141
0.951
![Victor Wepener](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6f/91834.jpg)
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
3,135
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Simon West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/1215347.jpg)
Interpretive social science
policy studies
sustainability science
biodiversity conservation
adaptive management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,826
2,659
0.941
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Matthew West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/23/1774451.jpg)
electron microscopy
electron tomography
high-pressure freezing
cryo-fixation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,981
1,980
0.497
![Wen Bo liao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1d/4345846.jpg)
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,861
1,928
0.499
![Michael C Murrell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/96/1685664.jpg)
plankton ecology
estuarine processes
eutrophication
hypoxia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,595
1,858
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Richard B Thomas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/27/828139.jpg)
ecology
plant ecophysiology
climate change
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,590
1,792
0.187
![Anel Petzer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
1,763
0.666
Sheila West
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,109
25,155
0.716
nutrition
stress
cardiovascular disease
Paul C West
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,914
19,106
0.684
ecosystems
biodiversity
agriculture
climate
freshwater
Stuart West
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,415
14,844
0.327
Catharine West
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,972
10,118
0.405
Cancer
radiotherapy
radiobiology
Frank S Gilliam
University of West Florida
Pensacola, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,117
7,591
0.397
Frank Fish
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,516
5,915
0.473
biomechanics
biomimetics
enegetics
swimming
aquatic mammals
Adam G West
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,096
4,811
0.477
Ecophysiology
Global Change
Drought
Fynbos
Pieter van West
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,793
4,782
0.374
oomycetes
Saprolegnia
Phytophthora
Stephen Difazio
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,215
4,672
0.329
forest tree genomics
biotechnology risk assessment
genome evolution
Populus
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,062
4,450
0.734
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Sarel Cilliers
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,746
4,448
0.659
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
Arvind Kumar Gupta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,195
4,229
0.415
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
Brian Quinn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
4,079
0.710
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
H Bouwman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,407
3,858
0.521
Rajini Haraksingh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,616
3,590
0.285
Human Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Arun Kumar Dutta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,303
3,515
0.817
Fungal Taxonomy
Barcoding
Bioprsopection
Plant Pathology
Jason West
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
3,191
0.470
ecology
biogeochemistry
stable isotopes
ecophysiology
hydrology
Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
3,141
0.951
Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation
Biopolymer
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
Victor Wepener
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
3,135
0.600
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Simon West
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
![Sweden](/flags/se.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,826
2,659
0.941
Interpretive social science
policy studies
sustainability science
biodiversity conservation
adaptive management
Matthew West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,981
1,980
0.497
electron microscopy
electron tomography
high-pressure freezing
cryo-fixation
Wen Bo liao
China West Normal University
Nanchong, China
![China](/flags/cn.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,861
1,928
0.499
Michael C Murrell
University of West Florida
Pensacola, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,595
1,858
0.404
plankton ecology
estuarine processes
eutrophication
hypoxia
Richard B Thomas
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,590
1,792
0.187
ecology
plant ecophysiology
climate change
carbon cycle
Anel Petzer
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
1,763
0.666