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Researcher · Harvard University · United States

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and animal studies and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#20,973
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,658
of 1,627,098
Works
656
Citations
74k
Citations per work
112.3
h-index
90
i10-index 222Top 0.1% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Edward O. Wilson

What does Edward O. Wilson research?

Edward O. Wilson's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Social Sciences (8%).

Everything else: 333 works · 50.8% of their workLife Sciences: 193 works · 29.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 96 works · 14.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 96 works · 14.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 96 works · 14.7% of their workGenetics: 96 works · 14.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 78 works · 11.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 54 works · 8.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 54 works · 8.3% of their workPsychology: 24 works · 3.6% of their workSocial Psychology: 24 works · 3.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 52 works · 7.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 52 works · 7.9% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 27 works · 4.1% of their workEcology: 25 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKEdward O. Wilson656works
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences8%Social Sciences12%

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. Everything else33350.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9614.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9614.7%
    1. Social Sciences548.3%
    2. Psychology243.6%
    1. Environmental Science527.9%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15% of their works
  2. 2Genetics15% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation4% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward O. Wilson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genomics, Social Insects, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Conservation, Sustainable Development and Altruism.

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. Genomics1601 topic
  2. Social Insects1601 topic
  3. Biodiversity1572 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services1251 topic
  5. Pollinator Decline1251 topic
  6. Conservation632 topics
  7. Sustainable Development592 topics
  8. Altruism361 topic
  9. Cooperation361 topic
  10. Attitudes321 topic
  11. Flagship Species321 topic
  12. Biosphere Reserves311 topic
  13. Landscape Management311 topic
  14. Human Microbiome281 topic
  15. Microbial Metabolites281 topic
  16. Honey Bees261 topic
  17. Neonicotinoids261 topic
  18. Amber Fossils251 topic
  19. Insect Evolution251 topic

Where does Edward O. Wilson work?

Edward O. Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Edward O. Wilson have?

OpenAlex counts 656 works and 73,676 citations for Edward O. Wilson, an h-index of 90, ranking #20,973 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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