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Researcher · Scientific Services · South Africa

J. R. Thomson

J. R. Thomson publishes mostly in Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,374,076
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#23,072
of 29,826
Works
39
Citations
274
Citations per work
7.0
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 70% in Plant Science
J. R. Thomson

What does J. R. Thomson research?

J. R. Thomson's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Environmental Science (4%).

Life Sciences: 29 works · 74.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 works · 69.3% of their workPlant Science: 17 works · 42.6% of their workInsect Science: 4 works · 10.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 works · 9.9% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 works · 5.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 5.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 21.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 4.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 4.0% of their workEcology: 2 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKJ. R. Thomson39works
Life Sciences74%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 Sciences2769.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.0%
  2. Everything else821.7%
    1. Environmental Science24.0%
  1. 1Plant Science43% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science6% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. R. Thomson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biological Control, Conservation, Vascular Plants, Evolution, Pest Management and Dormancy.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change132 topics
  2. Invasive Species112 topics
  3. Biological Control82 topics
  4. Conservation81 topic
  5. Vascular Plants81 topic
  6. Evolution62 topics
  7. Pest Management62 topics
  8. Dormancy51 topic
  9. Fruit Trees51 topic
  10. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles51 topic
  11. Jasmonate Signaling51 topic
  12. Genetic Diversity41 topic
  13. Soybean41 topic
  14. Chemical Ecology31 topic
  15. Drosophila Suzukii31 topic
  16. Fruit Fly31 topic
  17. Fungicide Resistance31 topic
  18. Grasses31 topic
  19. Pheromones31 topic
  20. Phylogeny31 topic
  21. Plant Pathogens31 topic

Where does J. R. Thomson work?

J. R. Thomson's main affiliation in the publication record is Scientific Services, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does J. R. Thomson have?

OpenAlex counts 39 works and 274 citations for J. R. Thomson, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,374,076 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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