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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, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny and Plant and animal studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1900-3861 OpenAlex
World rank
#341,009
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#122,633
of 1,627,098
Works
196
Citations
4.9k
Citations per work
24.9
h-index
39
i10-index 82Top 4.1% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Matthew L. Buffington

What does Matthew L. Buffington research?

Matthew L. Buffington's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (79%), Environmental Science (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Life Sciences: 168 works · 85.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 155 works · 79.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 79 works · 40.2% of their workInsect Science: 70 works · 35.6% of their workPlant Science: 7 works · 3.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 6.5% of their workGenetics: 13 works · 6.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 15 works · 7.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 15 works · 7.9% of their workEcology: 12 works · 6.0% of their workEcological Modeling: 4 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMatthew L.Buffington196works
Life Sciences86%Physical Sciences8%

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 Sciences15579.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.5%
    1. Environmental Science157.9%
  3. Everything else126.3%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics40% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science36% of their works
  3. 3Genetics6% of their works
  4. 4Ecology6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science4% of their works
  6. 6Ecological Modeling2% 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, DNA Barcoding 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. 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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control2154 topics
  2. Invasive Species2105 topics
  3. Phylogeny1023 topics
  4. Climate Change1003 topics
  5. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles921 topic
  6. Jasmonate Signaling921 topic
  7. DNA Barcoding892 topics
  8. Biodiversity812 topics
  9. Gall-Inducing Insects711 topic
  10. Parasitoid Wasps711 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services631 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline631 topic
  13. Drosophila Suzukii391 topic
  14. Fruit Fly391 topic
  15. Amber Fossils321 topic
  16. Insect Evolution321 topic
  17. Bark Beetles241 topic
  18. Forest Pests241 topic
  19. Lepidoptera181 topic
  20. Taxonomy181 topic
  21. Halyomorpha halys131 topic
  22. Stink Bug131 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?

OpenAlex counts 196 works and 4,887 citations for Matthew L. Buffington, an h-index of 39, ranking #341,009 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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