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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
6.390
Why?
Seawater
15
2025
50
4.990
Why?
Microbiota
9
2025
426
3.570
Why?
Ecosystem
16
2024
394
3.370
Why?
Mytilus
5
2021
9
2.350
Why?
Nitrogen
7
2025
79
2.040
Why?
Carbon
7
2024
97
1.880
Why?
Bacteria
7
2025
517
1.790
Why?
Climate Change
5
2019
62
1.540
Why?
Extinction, Biological
3
2022
97
1.510
Why?
Seaweed
2
2025
4
1.410
Why?
Biological Evolution
6
2022
1030
1.210
Why?
Animal Shells
3
2018
11
1.140
Why?
Metagenome
3
2025
116
1.090
Why?
Plants
4
2024
127
1.060
Why?
Genome, Bacterial
2
2025
159
1.030
Why?
Rhodophyta
3
2016
6
1.030
Why?
Ammonium Compounds
1
2024
10
0.850
Why?
Alismatales
1
2023
2
0.830
Why?
Whole Genome Sequencing
1
2024
109
0.810
Why?
Oceans and Seas
5
2017
33
0.810
Why?
Metagenomics
2
2017
100
0.790
Why?
Plant Development
2
2019
10
0.700
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
2
2025
891
0.690
Why?
Macrocystis
1
2021
1
0.680
Why?
Alteromonadaceae
1
2020
2
0.680
Why?
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
6
2023
509
0.650
Why?
Food Chain
3
2017
65
0.650
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2019
3
0.640
Why?
Soil
1
2019
53
0.610
Why?
Phylogeny
6
2025
1275
0.590
Why?
Biodiversity
2
2025
238
0.590
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2021
252
0.580
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2021
340
0.550
Why?
Minerals
1
2018
21
0.550
Why?
Genetic Fitness
2
2015
45
0.540
Why?
Herbivory
1
2017
31
0.540
Why?
Amphipoda
1
2017
18
0.530
Why?
Washington
5
2019
51
0.530
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2021
1320
0.510
Why?
Calcification, Physiologic
1
2016
34
0.490
Why?
Body Size
2
2006
99
0.480
Why?
Tribolium
1
2015
10
0.470
Why?
Bivalvia
2
2019
45
0.460
Why?
Acids
1
2014
14
0.440
Why?
Environmental Monitoring
2
2012
89
0.430
Why?
Pacific Ocean
3
2024
19
0.410
Why?
Research
1
2014
265
0.390
Why?
Carbon Dioxide
3
2023
212
0.380
Why?
Isotope Labeling
1
2011
53
0.350
Why?
Animals
17
2021
28891
0.350
Why?
Snails
1
2009
7
0.310
Why?
Genetic Variation
4
2019
1423
0.290
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2009
338
0.250
Why?
Animal Population Groups
1
2006
2
0.250
Why?
Marine Biology
1
2006
25
0.250
Why?
Growth
1
2006
43
0.250
Why?
Nitrates
2
2022
36
0.250
Why?
Ranidae
1
2006
5
0.250
Why?
Mediterranean Sea
2
2023
3
0.250
Why?
Seasons
2
2018
246
0.240
Why?
Base Composition
1
2025
38
0.230
Why?
Climate
3
2012
61
0.220
Why?
Fishes
1
2006
145
0.220
Why?
Gammaproteobacteria
1
2024
7
0.220
Why?
Nitrogen Cycle
1
2024
1
0.210
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
1
2010
1535
0.210
Why?
Symbiosis
1
2025
134
0.210
Why?
California
2
2016
161
0.210
Why?
Temperature
1
2025
426
0.200
Why?
Rhizosphere
1
2022
3
0.190
Why?
Sulfur
1
2022
30
0.190
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2022
82
0.180
Why?
Water
1
2023
307
0.180
Why?
Vitamins
1
2022
86
0.180
Why?
Northwestern United States
1
2021
7
0.180
Why?
Geography
2
2012
240
0.170
Why?
Forecasting
1
2022
317
0.170
Why?
Population Dynamics
3
2013
144
0.170
Why?
Models, Biological
4
2016
1809
0.170
Why?
Interdisciplinary Research
1
2020
8
0.160
Why?
Time Factors
4
2018
5580
0.160
Why?
Metals, Heavy
1
2019
17
0.160
Why?
Environment
3
2012
231
0.150
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2019
89
0.150
Why?
Water Movements
2
2010
8
0.150
Why?
Linear Models
2
2011
438
0.140
Why?
DNA, Ribosomal
1
2017
55
0.130
Why?
Photosynthesis
1
2016
58
0.120
Why?
Population Density
2
2006
70
0.120
Why?
DNA, Bacterial
1
2017
253
0.120
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
1
2017
259
0.120
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
781
0.120
Why?
Population Growth
3
2008
13
0.120
Why?
Chicago
1
2019
1506
0.110
Why?
Carbon Cycle
1
2014
13
0.110
Why?
Time
1
2014
79
0.100
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2017
910
0.100
Why?
Islands
1
2012
13
0.100
Why?
Rain
1
2012
8
0.100
Why?
Fresh Water
1
2012
24
0.100
Why?
Larva
2
2019
135
0.100
Why?
Oxygen Isotopes
1
2011
17
0.090
Why?
Carbon Isotopes
1
2011
76
0.090
Why?
Self-Fertilization
1
2010
4
0.080
Why?
Eukaryota
2
2008
47
0.080
Why?
Archaea
1
2010
22
0.080
Why?
Surface Properties
1
2010
131
0.080
Why?
Stochastic Processes
2
2008
79
0.080
Why?
Oviposition
1
2009
3
0.080
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
2
2008
90
0.080
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2010
284
0.070
Why?
Nitrites
1
2007
34
0.070
Why?
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
1
2007
82
0.070
Why?
Phosphorus
1
2007
119
0.060
Why?
Conservation of Natural Resources
1
2008
98
0.060
Why?
Normal Distribution
1
2006
41
0.060
Why?
Competitive Behavior
1
2006
29
0.060
Why?
Base Sequence
1
2010
2344
0.060
Why?
Nonlinear Dynamics
1
2006
74
0.060
Why?
Ecology
1
2006
82
0.060
Why?
Principal Component Analysis
1
2006
168
0.060
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2006
236
0.060
Why?
Analysis of Variance
1
2006
908
0.050
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2010
922
0.050
Why?
Reproduction
2
2010
202
0.050
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2006
594
0.050
Why?
Bacteroidetes
1
2022
40
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2014
7768
0.040
Why?
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
1
2022
366
0.040
Why?
Capital Financing
1
2020
4
0.040
Why?
Humans
3
2022
96105
0.040
Why?
Female
2
2015
50028
0.040
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
1
2019
202
0.030
Why?
Communication
1
2020
477
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2019
2578
0.020
Why?
Male
1
2015
45863
0.020
Why?
Microsatellite Repeats
1
2010
151
0.020
Why?
Thoracica
1
2008
3
0.020
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2008
137
0.020
Why?
Genotype
1
2010
1881
0.010
Why?
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