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James A. Cotton

James A. Cotton publishes mostly in Genetics, Ecology and Plant Science, on topics such as Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Genetic diversity and population structure and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

World rank
#612,619
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#48,635
of 90,785
Works
28
Citations
54
Citations per work
1.9

What does James A. Cotton research?

Genetics: 15.4%Ecology: 15.4%Plant Science: 11.5%Molecular Biology: 11.5%other fields: 46.2%15%top field
Genetics15.4%Ecology15.4%Plant Science11.5%Molecular Biology11.5%other fields46.2%

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

  1. 1Genetics15% of their works
  2. 2Ecology15% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science12% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology12% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology8% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James A. Cotton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, Ecosystem, Parasites, Vector Control, Chagas Disease, Genetic Structure and Helminth Infections.

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. Molecular Phylogeny52 topics
  2. Biogeography32 topics
  3. Ecosystem31 topic
  4. Parasites31 topic
  5. Vector Control32 topics
  6. Chagas Disease21 topic
  7. Genetic Structure21 topic
  8. Helminth Infections21 topic
  9. Mammal Evolution21 topic
  10. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis21 topic
  11. Population Genetics21 topic
  12. RNA-Seq21 topic
  13. Schistosomiasis21 topic
  14. Trypanosoma cruzi21 topic
  15. sequence alignment21 topic
  16. Cyperus11 topic
  17. Phylogeny11 topic
  18. Symbiont11 topic
  19. Wolbachia11 topic

Where does James A. Cotton work?

James A. Cotton's main affiliation in the publication record is Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does James A. Cotton have?

Science Explorer counts 28 works and 54 citations for James A. Cotton, ranking #612,619 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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