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Researcher · University of Tennessee at Knoxville · United States

Karen M. Vail

Karen M. Vail publishes mostly in Insect Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Pesticide Research and Plant and animal studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-7814-0420 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,219,071
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,592,951
of 1,627,098
Works
46
Citations
629
Citations per work
13.7
h-index
16
i10-index 21Top 29% in Insect Science
Karen M. Vail

What does Karen M. Vail research?

Karen M. Vail's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Environmental Science (5%).

Life Sciences: 32 works · 69.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 works · 44.9% of their workInsect Science: 11 works · 23.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 works · 15.8% of their workPlant Science: 3 works · 5.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 works · 20.8% of their workGenetics: 10 works · 20.8% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 4.2% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 25.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 5.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 5.0% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKaren M. Vail46works
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences5%

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 Sciences2144.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1020.8%
    3. Neuroscience24.2%
  2. Everything else1225.1%
    1. Environmental Science25.0%
  1. 1Insect Science23% of their works
  2. 2Genetics21% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science6% of their works
  5. 5Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karen M. Vail's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genomics, Social Insects, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Insecticide Resistance and Pest Management.

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. Genomics251 topic
  2. Social Insects251 topic
  3. Honey Bees191 topic
  4. Neonicotinoids191 topic
  5. Ecosystem Services161 topic
  6. Pollinator Decline161 topic
  7. Insecticide Resistance112 topics
  8. Pest Management112 topics
  9. Cockroaches61 topic
  10. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles61 topic
  11. Jasmonate Signaling61 topic
  12. Pathogens61 topic
  13. Bed Bugs51 topic
  14. Botanical Insecticides51 topic
  15. Drosophila51 topic
  16. Essential Oils51 topic
  17. Neuroscience51 topic
  18. Scabies51 topic

Where does Karen M. Vail work?

Karen M. Vail's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karen M. Vail have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 629 citations for Karen M. Vail, an h-index of 16, ranking #7,219,071 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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