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Researcher · Derby College · United Kingdom

Peter Kirby

Peter Kirby publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Hemiptera Insect Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,424,823
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#317,806
of 367,258
Works
17
Citations
268
Citations per work
15.8
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 62% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Peter Kirby

What does Peter Kirby research?

Peter Kirby's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (56%), Neuroscience (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Life Sciences: 14 works · 79.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 55.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 works · 31.1% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 13.3% of their workInsect Science: 2 works · 11.1% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 13.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 13.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.1% of their workGenetics: 2 works · 11.1% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 15.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 4.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 4.4% of their workEcology: 1 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter Kirby17works
Life Sciences80%Physical Sciences4%

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 Sciences955.5%
    2. Neuroscience213.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.1%
  2. Everything else315.7%
    1. Environmental Science14.4%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics31% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science13% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience13% of their works
  4. 4Insect Science11% of their works
  5. 5Genetics11% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Kirby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogeny, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Halyomorpha halys, Stink Bug, Biogeography, Genomics and Social Insects.

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. Phylogeny112 topics
  2. Climate Change102 topics
  3. Invasive Species102 topics
  4. Halyomorpha halys71 topic
  5. Stink Bug71 topic
  6. Biogeography52 topics
  7. Genomics51 topic
  8. Social Insects51 topic
  9. Biodiversity42 topics
  10. Conservation42 topics
  11. Drosophila41 topic
  12. Evolution41 topic
  13. Neuroscience41 topic
  14. Orthoptera41 topic
  15. Flora31 topic
  16. Vascular Plants31 topic
  17. Edible Insects21 topic
  18. Food Security21 topic
  19. Huanglongbing21 topic
  20. Phytoplasmas21 topic
  21. Fish11 topic
  22. Length-Weight Relationships11 topic

Where does Peter Kirby work?

Peter Kirby's main affiliation in the publication record is Derby College, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Peter Kirby have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 268 citations for Peter Kirby, an h-index of 8, ranking #5,424,823 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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