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Catherine Pfister

Concepts (141)

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Concepts are listed by decreasing relevance which is based on many factors, including how many publications the person wrote about that topic, how long ago those publications were written, and how many publications other people have written on that same topic.


Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Kelp
11
2025
14
6.320
Why?
Seawater
15
2025
51
4.930
Why?
Microbiota
9
2025
425
3.540
Why?
Ecosystem
16
2024
396
3.330
Why?
Mytilus
5
2021
9
2.320
Why?
Nitrogen
7
2025
71
2.020
Why?
Carbon
7
2024
96
1.860
Why?
Bacteria
7
2025
509
1.780
Why?
Climate Change
5
2019
61
1.530
Why?
Extinction, Biological
3
2022
97
1.500
Why?
Seaweed
2
2025
4
1.400
Why?
Biological Evolution
6
2022
1020
1.210
Why?
Animal Shells
3
2018
11
1.120
Why?
Metagenome
3
2025
116
1.080
Why?
Plants
4
2024
118
1.050
Why?
Genome, Bacterial
2
2025
142
1.030
Why?
Rhodophyta
3
2016
6
1.020
Why?
Ammonium Compounds
1
2024
9
0.840
Why?
Alismatales
1
2023
2
0.820
Why?
Whole Genome Sequencing
1
2024
109
0.800
Why?
Oceans and Seas
5
2017
34
0.800
Why?
Metagenomics
2
2017
100
0.780
Why?
Plant Development
2
2019
10
0.690
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
2
2025
878
0.680
Why?
Macrocystis
1
2021
1
0.680
Why?
Alteromonadaceae
1
2020
2
0.670
Why?
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
6
2023
493
0.650
Why?
Food Chain
3
2017
65
0.640
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2019
3
0.630
Why?
Soil
1
2019
53
0.610
Why?
Phylogeny
6
2025
1266
0.590
Why?
Biodiversity
2
2025
239
0.580
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2021
246
0.580
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2021
329
0.550
Why?
Minerals
1
2018
21
0.540
Why?
Genetic Fitness
2
2015
45
0.530
Why?
Herbivory
1
2017
31
0.530
Why?
Amphipoda
1
2017
18
0.530
Why?
Washington
5
2019
49
0.520
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2021
1301
0.500
Why?
Calcification, Physiologic
1
2016
33
0.490
Why?
Body Size
2
2006
98
0.470
Why?
Tribolium
1
2015
10
0.470
Why?
Bivalvia
2
2019
45
0.450
Why?
Acids
1
2014
13
0.430
Why?
Environmental Monitoring
2
2012
89
0.430
Why?
Pacific Ocean
3
2024
19
0.410
Why?
Research
1
2014
251
0.390
Why?
Carbon Dioxide
3
2023
203
0.380
Why?
Animals
17
2021
28155
0.350
Why?
Isotope Labeling
1
2011
52
0.350
Why?
Snails
1
2009
7
0.310
Why?
Genetic Variation
4
2019
1415
0.290
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2009
337
0.250
Why?
Animal Population Groups
1
2006
1
0.250
Why?
Marine Biology
1
2006
25
0.250
Why?
Nitrates
2
2022
34
0.250
Why?
Growth
1
2006
42
0.250
Why?
Ranidae
1
2006
5
0.250
Why?
Mediterranean Sea
2
2023
4
0.250
Why?
Seasons
2
2018
240
0.240
Why?
Base Composition
1
2025
36
0.230
Why?
Fishes
1
2006
144
0.220
Why?
Climate
3
2012
61
0.220
Why?
Gammaproteobacteria
1
2024
6
0.210
Why?
Nitrogen Cycle
1
2024
1
0.210
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
1
2010
1518
0.210
Why?
Symbiosis
1
2025
128
0.210
Why?
California
2
2016
158
0.200
Why?
Temperature
1
2025
424
0.200
Why?
Rhizosphere
1
2022
3
0.190
Why?
Sulfur
1
2022
29
0.190
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2022
78
0.180
Why?
Water
1
2023
307
0.180
Why?
Vitamins
1
2022
85
0.180
Why?
Northwestern United States
1
2021
7
0.180
Why?
Geography
2
2012
240
0.170
Why?
Forecasting
1
2022
293
0.170
Why?
Population Dynamics
3
2013
144
0.170
Why?
Models, Biological
4
2016
1768
0.170
Why?
Time Factors
4
2018
5410
0.160
Why?
Interdisciplinary Research
1
2020
8
0.160
Why?
Metals, Heavy
1
2019
17
0.150
Why?
Environment
3
2012
230
0.150
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2019
88
0.150
Why?
Water Movements
2
2010
9
0.150
Why?
Linear Models
2
2011
413
0.140
Why?
DNA, Ribosomal
1
2017
55
0.130
Why?
Photosynthesis
1
2016
48
0.120
Why?
Population Density
2
2006
70
0.120
Why?
DNA, Bacterial
1
2017
232
0.120
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
1
2017
259
0.120
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
769
0.120
Why?
Population Growth
3
2008
13
0.110
Why?
Chicago
1
2019
1464
0.110
Why?
Carbon Cycle
1
2014
13
0.110
Why?
Time
1
2014
79
0.100
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2017
893
0.100
Why?
Islands
1
2012
13
0.100
Why?
Rain
1
2012
8
0.100
Why?
Fresh Water
1
2012
22
0.100
Why?
Larva
2
2019
133
0.100
Why?
Oxygen Isotopes
1
2011
17
0.090
Why?
Carbon Isotopes
1
2011
58
0.090
Why?
Self-Fertilization
1
2010
4
0.080
Why?
Eukaryota
2
2008
44
0.080
Why?
Archaea
1
2010
22
0.080
Why?
Surface Properties
1
2010
126
0.080
Why?
Stochastic Processes
2
2008
75
0.080
Why?
Oviposition
1
2009
3
0.080
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
2
2008
89
0.070
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2010
282
0.070
Why?
Nitrites
1
2007
34
0.070
Why?
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
1
2007
81
0.070
Why?
Phosphorus
1
2007
119
0.060
Why?
Conservation of Natural Resources
1
2008
99
0.060
Why?
Normal Distribution
1
2006
38
0.060
Why?
Competitive Behavior
1
2006
29
0.060
Why?
Base Sequence
1
2010
2220
0.060
Why?
Nonlinear Dynamics
1
2006
68
0.060
Why?
Ecology
1
2006
82
0.060
Why?
Principal Component Analysis
1
2006
167
0.060
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2006
228
0.060
Why?
Analysis of Variance
1
2006
884
0.050
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2010
878
0.050
Why?
Reproduction
2
2010
204
0.050
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2006
585
0.050
Why?
Bacteroidetes
1
2022
39
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2014
7622
0.040
Why?
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
1
2022
361
0.040
Why?
Capital Financing
1
2020
4
0.040
Why?
Humans
3
2022
93515
0.040
Why?
Female
2
2015
48702
0.040
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
1
2019
202
0.030
Why?
Communication
1
2020
434
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2019
2544
0.020
Why?
Male
1
2015
44557
0.020
Why?
Microsatellite Repeats
1
2010
150
0.020
Why?
Thoracica
1
2008
3
0.020
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2008
135
0.020
Why?
Genotype
1
2010
1866
0.010
Why?
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