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Researcher · Wye College · United Kingdom

Ralph Louis Wain

Ralph Louis Wain publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#697,983
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#58,817
of 367,258
Works
202
Citations
3.2k
Citations per work
16.0
h-index
32
i10-index 106Top 5.8% in Plant Science
Ralph Louis Wain

What does Ralph Louis Wain research?

Ralph Louis Wain's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Chemistry (5%).

Life Sciences: 146 works · 72.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 works · 59.2% of their workPlant Science: 99 works · 49.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 works · 10.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 works · 13.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 17 works · 8.5% of their workCell Biology: 9 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 38 works · 18.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 18 works · 8.7% of their workChemistry: 9 works · 4.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 9 works · 4.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 4.0% of their workPollution: 8 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKRalph Louis Wain202works
Life Sciences72%Physical Sciences9%

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 Sciences12059.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2713.2%
  2. Everything else3818.9%
    1. Chemistry94.7%
    2. Environmental Science84.0%
  1. 1Plant Science49% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology8% of their works
  4. 4Cell Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Pollution4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph Louis Wain's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Herbicides, Weed Control, Allelochemicals, Root Exudates, Fungicide Resistance, Plant Pathogens, Dormancy and Fruit Trees.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Herbicides612 topics
  2. Weed Control552 topics
  3. Allelochemicals421 topic
  4. Root Exudates421 topic
  5. Fungicide Resistance371 topic
  6. Plant Pathogens371 topic
  7. Dormancy271 topic
  8. Fruit Trees271 topic
  9. Endophytic Fungi221 topic
  10. Fungal Pathogens221 topic
  11. Biostimulants201 topic
  12. Plant Growth201 topic
  13. Pesticides191 topic
  14. Pollution191 topic
  15. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation141 topic
  16. Plant Secondary Metabolites141 topic
  17. Crop Losses131 topic
  18. Herbicide Resistance131 topic

Where does Ralph Louis Wain work?

Ralph Louis Wain's main affiliation in the publication record is Wye College, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ralph Louis Wain have?

OpenAlex counts 202 works and 3,224 citations for Ralph Louis Wain, an h-index of 32, ranking #697,983 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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