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Researcher · University of Alberta · Canada

George E. Ball

George E. Ball publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Genetics, on topics such as Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography.

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World rank
#5,083,210
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#149,105
of 183,316
Works
97
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
11.8
h-index
18
i10-index 31Top 21% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
George E. Ball

What does George E. Ball research?

George E. Ball's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (52%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%).

Life Sciences: 64 works · 66.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 51 works · 52.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 works · 46.7% of their workInsect Science: 6 works · 5.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 13.8% of their workGenetics: 13 works · 13.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 20 works · 20.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 works · 13.8% of their workPaleontology: 13 works · 13.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 6.7% of their workEcology: 6 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 10.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 2.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 2.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 2.7% of their workTHEIR WORKGeorge E. Ball97works
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences21%Social Sciences3%

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 Sciences5152.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1313.8%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1313.8%
    2. Environmental Science66.7%
  3. Everything else1010.5%
    1. Social Sciences32.7%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics47% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology14% of their works
  3. 3Genetics14% of their works
  4. 4Ecology7% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science6% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George E. Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Biodiversity, Neotropical Region and beetles.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Taxonomy1153 topics
  2. Coleoptera892 topics
  3. Biogeography862 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding812 topics
  5. Phylogeny812 topics
  6. Biodiversity663 topics
  7. Neotropical Region652 topics
  8. Morphology551 topic
  9. beetles551 topic
  10. Cerambycidae341 topic
  11. Host Plants341 topic
  12. Endemism311 topic
  13. Regionalization311 topic
  14. Lepidoptera261 topic
  15. Molecular Phylogenetics261 topic
  16. Climate Change183 topics
  17. Invasive Species142 topics
  18. Bark Beetles81 topic
  19. Forest Pests81 topic
  20. Dead Wood71 topic
  21. Forest Management71 topic
  22. Ecosystem Services61 topic
  23. Pollinator Decline61 topic
  24. Caterpillar Envenoming41 topic
  25. Processionary Moth41 topic

Where does George E. Ball work?

George E. Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alberta, Canada.

How many publications and citations does George E. Ball have?

OpenAlex counts 97 works and 1,140 citations for George E. Ball, an h-index of 18, ranking #5,083,210 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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