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Researcher · University of Kentucky · United States

David R. Mercer

David R. Mercer publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences and Viral Infections and Vectors.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,467,452
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#971,673
of 1,627,098
Works
37
Citations
962
Citations per work
26.0
h-index
19
i10-index 24Top 21% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
David R. Mercer

What does David R. Mercer research?

David R. Mercer's work is mostly in Medicine (46%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Environmental Science (6%).

Health Sciences: 17 works · 45.5% of their workMedicine: 17 works · 45.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 works · 35.5% of their workInfectious Diseases: 4 works · 10.0% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 36.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 30.9% of their workInsect Science: 9 works · 24.5% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 6.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 11.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 6.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 6.4% of their workEcology: 2 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid R. Mercer37works
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences46%

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. Medicine1745.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1130.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.5%
  3. Everything else411.7%
    1. Environmental Science26.4%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health36% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science24% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David R. Mercer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Vector Control, Vaccine Development, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Pathogenesis, Symbiont and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers.

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. Epidemiology514 topics
  2. Vector Control392 topics
  3. Vaccine Development372 topics
  4. Arboviral Diseases281 topic
  5. Zika Virus281 topic
  6. Pathogenesis142 topics
  7. Symbiont111 topic
  8. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers111 topic
  9. Wolbachia111 topic
  10. Zoonotic Infections111 topic
  11. Artemisinin Resistance91 topic
  12. Plasmodium falciparum91 topic
  13. Botanical Insecticides71 topic
  14. Essential Oils71 topic
  15. Honey Bees61 topic
  16. Neonicotinoids61 topic
  17. Edible Insects41 topic
  18. Food Security41 topic
  19. Bluetongue Virus31 topic
  20. Culicoides Biting Midges31 topic

Where does David R. Mercer work?

David R. Mercer's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Kentucky, United States.

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

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 962 citations for David R. Mercer, an h-index of 19, ranking #3,467,452 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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