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Elaine A. Backus

Elaine A. Backus publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Genetics, on topics such as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect behavior and control techniques.

World rank
#282,265
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#107,789
of 358,040
Works
17
Citations
121
Citations per work
7.1

What does Elaine A. Backus research?

Insect Science: 58.4%Plant Science: 33.3%Genetics: 8.3%58%top field
Insect Science58.3%Plant Science33.3%Genetics8.3%

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

  1. 1Insect Science58% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science33% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elaine A. Backus's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biological Control, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Pest Management, Chemical Ecology, Cowpea, Fruit Fly and Genetics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control63 topics
  2. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles41 topic
  3. Jasmonate Signaling41 topic
  4. Pest Management22 topics
  5. Chemical Ecology11 topic
  6. Cowpea11 topic
  7. Fruit Fly11 topic
  8. Genetics11 topic
  9. Honey Bees11 topic
  10. Huanglongbing11 topic
  11. Invasive Species11 topic
  12. Nematodes11 topic
  13. Neonicotinoids11 topic
  14. Pheromones11 topic
  15. Phytoplasmas11 topic
  16. Plant Hormones11 topic
  17. Plant-Parasitic11 topic
  18. Strigolactones11 topic

Where does Elaine A. Backus work?

Elaine A. Backus's main affiliation in the publication record is San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Elaine A. Backus have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 121 citations for Elaine A. Backus, ranking #282,265 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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