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Researcher · Virginia Tech · United States

Chester L. Foy

Chester L. Foy publishes mostly in Plant Science, Pollution and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,530,539
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#744,978
of 1,627,098
Works
179
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
21.5
h-index
33
i10-index 87Top 5.3% in Plant Science
Chester L. Foy

What does Chester L. Foy research?

Chester L. Foy's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (64%), Environmental Science (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Life Sciences: 121 works · 67.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 114 works · 63.9% of their workPlant Science: 91 works · 50.6% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 works · 7.4% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 works · 3.6% of their workInsect Science: 4 works · 2.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 3.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 19.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 23 works · 13.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 23 works · 13.0% of their workPollution: 23 works · 13.0% of their workTHEIR WORKChester L. Foy179works
Life Sciences68%Physical Sciences13%

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 Sciences11463.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.8%
  2. Everything else3519.3%
    1. Environmental Science2313.0%
  1. 1Plant Science51% of their works
  2. 2Pollution13% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Agronomy and Crop Science4% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chester L. Foy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Weed Control, Herbicides, Crop Losses, Herbicide Resistance, Pesticides, Pollution, Host Recognition and Allelochemicals.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Weed Control1062 topics
  2. Herbicides882 topics
  3. Crop Losses721 topic
  4. Herbicide Resistance721 topic
  5. Pesticides541 topic
  6. Pollution541 topic
  7. Host Recognition402 topics
  8. Allelochemicals341 topic
  9. Root Exudates341 topic
  10. Plant Hormones291 topic
  11. Strigolactones291 topic
  12. Nitrogen Fixation252 topics
  13. Biosynthesis171 topic
  14. Cuticular Wax171 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services161 topic
  16. Pollinator Decline161 topic
  17. Agricultural Productivity141 topic
  18. Intercropping141 topic
  19. Legumes111 topic
  20. Symbiosis111 topic

Where does Chester L. Foy work?

Chester L. Foy's main affiliation in the publication record is Virginia Tech, United States.

How many publications and citations does Chester L. Foy have?

OpenAlex counts 179 works and 3,846 citations for Chester L. Foy, an h-index of 33, ranking #2,530,539 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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