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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Matthew L. Buffington

Matthew L. Buffington publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics, on topics such as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and animal studies and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny.

ORCID 0000-0003-1900-3861 OpenAlex
World rank
#306,364
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#115,010
of 358,040
Works
25
Citations
110
Citations per work
4.4

What does Matthew L. Buffington research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41.7%Insect Science: 38.9%Genetics: 11.1%Information Systems and Management: 2.8%other fields: 5.5%42%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics41.7%Insect Science38.9%Genetics11.1%Information Systems and Management2.8%other fields5.5%

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

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics42% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science39% of their works
  3. 3Genetics11% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems and Management3% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
  6. 6Communication3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Matthew L. Buffington's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biological Control, Invasive Species, Phylogeny, Climate Change, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Morphology and Biodiversity.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control194 topics
  2. Invasive Species164 topics
  3. Phylogeny134 topics
  4. Climate Change82 topics
  5. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles81 topic
  6. Jasmonate Signaling81 topic
  7. Morphology82 topics
  8. Biodiversity72 topics
  9. DNA Barcoding62 topics
  10. Taxonomy62 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline51 topic
  13. Gall-Inducing Insects41 topic
  14. Mealybug41 topic
  15. Parasitoid Wasps41 topic
  16. Scale Insects41 topic
  17. Halyomorpha halys31 topic
  18. Stink Bug31 topic
  19. Amber Fossils21 topic
  20. Evolution21 topic
  21. Genomics21 topic
  22. Insect Evolution21 topic
  23. Lepidoptera21 topic
  24. Social Insects21 topic

Where does Matthew L. Buffington work?

Matthew L. Buffington's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Matthew L. Buffington have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 110 citations for Matthew L. Buffington, ranking #306,364 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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