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Edward O. Wilson

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

World rank
#16,903
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,049
of 358,040
Works
164
Citations
927
Citations per work
5.7

What does Edward O. Wilson research?

Genetics: 13.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11.4%Sociology and Political Science: 9.6%Philosophy: 5.4%other fields: 60.3%13%top field
Genetics13.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11.4%Sociology and Political Science9.6%Philosophy5.4%other fields60.3%

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

  1. 1Genetics13% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy5% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward O. Wilson's research?

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

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Genomics211 topic
  2. Social Insects211 topic
  3. Ecosystem Services141 topic
  4. Pollinator Decline141 topic
  5. Sustainable Development82 topics
  6. Altruism41 topic
  7. Biosphere Reserves41 topic
  8. Cooperation41 topic
  9. Human Microbiome41 topic
  10. Landscape Management41 topic
  11. Microbial Metabolites41 topic
  12. Acceptance31 topic
  13. Drosophila31 topic
  14. Evolutionary Theory31 topic
  15. Literature31 topic
  16. Museum31 topic
  17. Neuroscience31 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?

Science Explorer counts 164 works and 927 citations for Edward O. Wilson, ranking #16,903 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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