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John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science and Genetics, on topics such as Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics and Plant and animal studies.

World rank
#1,820
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#141
of 90,785
Works
83
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
26.4

What does John Maynard Smith research?

Molecular Biology: 13.9%Sociology and Political Science: 11.4%Genetics: 11.4%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6.3%other fields: 57.0%14%top field
Molecular Biology13.9%Sociology and Political Science11.4%Genetics11.4%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6.3%other fields57.0%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology14% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  3. 3Genetics11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Maynard Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Altruism, Cooperation, Adaptation, Evolution, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Avian Vocal Communication and Birdsong.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Altruism81 topic
  2. Cooperation81 topic
  3. Adaptation71 topic
  4. Evolution71 topic
  5. Ecosystem Services41 topic
  6. Pollinator Decline41 topic
  7. Avian Vocal Communication31 topic
  8. Birdsong31 topic
  9. Disease Transmission31 topic
  10. Population Dynamics31 topic
  11. Astrobiology21 topic
  12. Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
  13. Mammal Evolution21 topic
  14. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis21 topic
  15. RNA-Seq21 topic
  16. sequence alignment21 topic

Where does John Maynard Smith work?

John Maynard Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does John Maynard Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 83 works and 2,188 citations for John Maynard Smith, ranking #1,820 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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