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Researcher · University of Otago · New Zealand

Alison R. Mercer

Alison R. Mercer publishes mostly in Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics, on topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-8110-4247 OpenAlex
World rank
#369,023
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#1,381
of 21,128
Works
102
Citations
7k
Citations per work
68.4
h-index
41
i10-index 72Top 2.6% in Insect Science
Alison R. Mercer

What does Alison R. Mercer research?

Alison R. Mercer's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45%), Neuroscience (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%).

Life Sciences: 93 works · 91.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 works · 44.8% of their workInsect Science: 25 works · 24.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 works · 20.7% of their workNeuroscience: 24 works · 23.4% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 works · 21.7% of their workSensory Systems: 2 works · 1.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 works · 23.4% of their workGenetics: 21 works · 21.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 8.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlison R. Mercer102works
Life Sciences92%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4644.8%
    2. Neuroscience2423.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2423.4%
  2. Everything else98.4%
  1. 1Insect Science24% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience22% of their works
  3. 3Genetics21% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics21% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology2% of their works
  6. 6Sensory Systems2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alison R. Mercer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Olfactory System, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, Genomics, Social Insects, Drosophila, Neuroscience and Ecosystem Services.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Olfactory System642 topics
  2. Honey Bees631 topic
  3. Neonicotinoids631 topic
  4. Genomics601 topic
  5. Social Insects601 topic
  6. Drosophila591 topic
  7. Neuroscience591 topic
  8. Ecosystem Services511 topic
  9. Pollinator Decline511 topic
  10. Pheromones82 topics
  11. Natural Selection61 topic
  12. Phenotypic Plasticity61 topic
  13. COVID-1951 topic
  14. Olfactory Dysfunction51 topic
  15. Chemical Ecology31 topic
  16. Honey31 topic
  17. Pest Management31 topic
  18. Propolis31 topic

Where does Alison R. Mercer work?

Alison R. Mercer's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Otago, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Alison R. Mercer have?

OpenAlex counts 102 works and 6,980 citations for Alison R. Mercer, an h-index of 41, ranking #369,023 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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