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Researcher · Victoria University of Wellington · New Zealand

Philip John Lester

Philip John Lester 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 0000-0002-1801-5687 OpenAlex
World rank
#865,291
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#3,422
of 21,128
Works
243
Citations
5.1k
Citations per work
21.2
h-index
39
i10-index 143Top 3.1% in Insect Science
Philip John Lester

What does Philip John Lester research?

Philip John Lester's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Environmental Science (5%).

Life Sciences: 182 works · 74.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 130 works · 53.3% of their workInsect Science: 70 works · 28.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 works · 19.1% of their workPlant Science: 13 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 works · 21.4% of their workGenetics: 52 works · 21.4% of their workEverything else: 41 works · 16.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 5.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 13 works · 5.2% of their workEcology: 13 works · 5.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 3.2% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 3.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilip JohnLester243works
Life Sciences75%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences3%

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 Sciences13053.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5221.4%
  2. Everything else4116.9%
    1. Environmental Science135.2%
    1. Medicine83.2%
  1. 1Insect Science29% of their works
  2. 2Genetics21% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics19% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology5% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip John Lester's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microbiota, Genomics, Social Insects, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids and Ecosystem Services.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Microbiota1602 topics
  2. Genomics1391 topic
  3. Social Insects1391 topic
  4. Biodiversity1172 topics
  5. Climate Change1172 topics
  6. Honey Bees1171 topic
  7. Neonicotinoids1171 topic
  8. Ecosystem Services1051 topic
  9. Pollinator Decline1051 topic
  10. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles271 topic
  11. Jasmonate Signaling271 topic
  12. Symbiont211 topic
  13. Wolbachia211 topic
  14. Natural Selection151 topic
  15. Phenotypic Plasticity151 topic
  16. Botanical Insecticides121 topic
  17. Ecological Niche121 topic
  18. Essential Oils121 topic
  19. Species Distribution Modeling121 topic

Where does Philip John Lester work?

Philip John Lester's main affiliation in the publication record is Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Philip John Lester have?

OpenAlex counts 243 works and 5,149 citations for Philip John Lester, an h-index of 39, ranking #865,291 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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