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Researcher · Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Panama

David Ward Roubik

David Ward Roubik publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics, on topics such as Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

ORCID 0000-0002-4927-0920 OpenAlex
World rank
#214,388
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Panama
#31
of 781
Works
237
Citations
12k
Citations per work
50.3
h-index
60
i10-index 154Top 0.9% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
David Ward Roubik

What does David Ward Roubik research?

David Ward Roubik's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Environmental Science (4%).

Life Sciences: 210 works · 88.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 167 works · 70.6% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 79 works · 33.4% of their workInsect Science: 69 works · 29.3% of their workPlant Science: 19 works · 7.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 works · 18.0% of their workGenetics: 43 works · 18.0% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 7.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 3.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 3.9% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 works · 2.1% of their workEcology: 4 works · 1.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid Ward Roubik237works
Life Sciences89%Physical Sciences4%

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 Sciences16770.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4318.0%
  2. Everything else187.5%
    1. Environmental Science93.9%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics33% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science29% of their works
  3. 3Genetics18% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science8% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation2% of their works
  6. 6Ecology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Ward Roubik's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, Genomics and Social Insects.

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. Biodiversity2082 topics
  2. Invasive Species2082 topics
  3. Ecosystem Services1951 topic
  4. Pollinator Decline1951 topic
  5. Honey Bees1551 topic
  6. Neonicotinoids1551 topic
  7. Genomics1161 topic
  8. Social Insects1161 topic
  9. Plant Hormones461 topic
  10. Strigolactones461 topic
  11. Honey151 topic
  12. Propolis151 topic
  13. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles141 topic
  14. Jasmonate Signaling141 topic
  15. Conservation131 topic
  16. Ecosystem131 topic
  17. Angiosperm Phylogeny51 topic
  18. Flowering Plants51 topic

Where does David Ward Roubik work?

David Ward Roubik's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

How many publications and citations does David Ward Roubik have?

OpenAlex counts 237 works and 11,923 citations for David Ward Roubik, an h-index of 60, ranking #214,388 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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