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Researcher · GNS Science · New Zealand

Andrew W. West

Andrew W. West publishes mostly in Soil Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#601,293
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#2,343
of 21,128
Works
27
Citations
2.6k
Citations per work
95.7
h-index
21
i10-index 23Top 18% in Soil Science
Andrew W. West

What does Andrew W. West research?

Andrew W. West's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Environmental Science (14%).

Life Sciences: 16 works · 59.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 works · 43.0% of their workSoil Science: 6 works · 21.5% of their workInsect Science: 4 works · 13.9% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 7.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 16.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 16.5% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 26.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 13.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 13.9% of their workPollution: 2 works · 7.6% of their workEcology: 2 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAndrew W. West27works
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences14%

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 Sciences1243.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology416.5%
  2. Everything else726.6%
    1. Environmental Science413.9%
  1. 1Soil Science22% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology16% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science14% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science8% of their works
  5. 5Pollution8% of their works
  6. 6Ecology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Andrew W. West's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ecosystem Functioning, Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Impact, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, Bacillus thuringiensis and RNA Interference.

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. Ecosystem Functioning182 topics
  2. Nitrogen Cycle151 topic
  3. Soil Carbon Sequestration151 topic
  4. Environmental Impact102 topics
  5. Honey Bees71 topic
  6. Neonicotinoids71 topic
  7. Bacillus thuringiensis61 topic
  8. RNA Interference61 topic
  9. Biological Control41 topic
  10. Entomopathogenic Fungi41 topic
  11. Pesticides41 topic
  12. Pollution41 topic
  13. Soil Hydraulic Properties41 topic
  14. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics41 topic
  15. Fungal Diversity31 topic
  16. Methane Production31 topic
  17. Mycorrhizal Fungi31 topic
  18. Ruminant Nutrition31 topic

Where does Andrew W. West work?

Andrew W. West's main affiliation in the publication record is GNS Science, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Andrew W. West have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 2,583 citations for Andrew W. West, an h-index of 21, ranking #601,293 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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