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Researcher · North-West University · South Africa

Pieter Theron

Pieter Theron publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics, on topics such as Study of Mite Species, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1344-2687 OpenAlex
World rank
#755,700
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,454
of 5,570
Works
19
Citations
35
Citations per work
1.8

What does Pieter Theron research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 66.7%Insect Science: 19.0%Genetics: 4.8%Ecology: 4.8%other fields: 4.7%67%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics66.7%Insect Science19.0%Genetics4.8%Ecology4.8%other fields4.7%

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 Systematics67% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science19% of their works
  3. 3Genetics5% of their works
  4. 4Ecology5% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pieter Theron's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Ecology, Biodiversity, Acariformes, Mites and Biological Control.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Taxonomy113 topics
  2. Phylogeny103 topics
  3. Biogeography92 topics
  4. Ecology92 topics
  5. Biodiversity72 topics
  6. Acariformes61 topic
  7. Mites61 topic
  8. Biological Control52 topics
  9. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles41 topic
  10. Invasive Species43 topics
  11. Jasmonate Signaling41 topic
  12. Collembola31 topic
  13. DNA Barcoding32 topics
  14. Diversity31 topic
  15. Molecular Phylogeny32 topics
  16. Cryptic Diversity21 topic
  17. Earthworms21 topic
  18. Amber Fossils11 topic
  19. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  20. Gall-Inducing Insects11 topic
  21. Genomics11 topic
  22. Insect Evolution11 topic
  23. Parasitoid Wasps11 topic
  24. Pollinator Decline11 topic
  25. Social Insects11 topic

Where does Pieter Theron work?

Pieter Theron's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Pieter Theron have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 35 citations for Pieter Theron, ranking #755,700 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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