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David L. Kerns

David L. Kerns publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

World rank
#1,091,589
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#278,908
of 358,040
Works
46
Citations
55
Citations per work
1.2

What does David L. Kerns research?

Insect Science: 42.6%Plant Science: 25.0%Molecular Biology: 11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10.3%other fields: 10.3%43%top field
Insect Science42.6%Plant Science25.0%Molecular Biology11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10.3%other fields10.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Insect Science43% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science25% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David L. Kerns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biological Control, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Bacillus thuringiensis, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, RNA Interference and Biopesticides.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control253 topics
  2. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles171 topic
  3. Jasmonate Signaling171 topic
  4. Bacillus thuringiensis71 topic
  5. Honey Bees71 topic
  6. Neonicotinoids71 topic
  7. RNA Interference71 topic
  8. Biopesticides62 topics
  9. Genome Sequencing62 topics
  10. Halyomorpha halys51 topic
  11. Stink Bug51 topic
  12. Botanical Insecticides31 topic
  13. Entomopathogenic Fungi31 topic
  14. Essential Oils31 topic
  15. Genetic Diversity31 topic
  16. Huanglongbing31 topic
  17. Insect Pathogens31 topic
  18. Phytoplasmas31 topic
  19. Soybean31 topic

Where does David L. Kerns work?

David L. Kerns's main affiliation in the publication record is Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does David L. Kerns have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 55 citations for David L. Kerns, ranking #1,091,589 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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