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Researcher · Otago Polytechnic · New Zealand

R. R. Forster

R. R. Forster publishes mostly in Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science, on topics such as Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,396,492
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#12,238
of 21,128
Works
18
Citations
572
Citations per work
31.8
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 58% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
R. R. Forster

What does R. R. Forster research?

R. R. Forster's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (29%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%).

Life Sciences: 12 works · 64.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 works · 35.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 works · 21.6% of their workInsect Science: 2 works · 9.8% of their workPlant Science: 1 works · 3.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 29.4% of their workGenetics: 5 works · 29.4% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 21.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 13.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 9.8% of their workPaleontology: 2 works · 9.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 3.9% of their workEcological Modeling: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKR. R. Forster18works
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences14%

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 Sciences635.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology529.4%
  2. Everything else421.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences29.8%
    2. Environmental Science13.9%
  1. 1Genetics29% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics22% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science10% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology10% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science4% of their works
  6. 6Ecological Modeling4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. R. Forster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: DNA Barcoding, Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Phylogeny, Spider Phylogenomics and Taxonomic Revision.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. DNA Barcoding163 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny143 topics
  3. Evolution134 topics
  4. Biodiversity123 topics
  5. Biogeography123 topics
  6. Phylogeny93 topics
  7. Spider Phylogenomics91 topic
  8. Taxonomic Revision91 topic
  9. Taxonomy93 topics
  10. Lepidoptera61 topic
  11. Molecular Phylogenetics61 topic
  12. Cavefish41 topic
  13. Subterranean41 topic
  14. Amber Fossils31 topic
  15. Insect Evolution31 topic
  16. Speciation32 topics
  17. Acoustic Communication21 topic
  18. Camouflage21 topic
  19. Cephalopods21 topic
  20. Climate Change21 topic
  21. Orthoptera21 topic
  22. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic
  23. Coleoptera11 topic
  24. beetles11 topic

Where does R. R. Forster work?

R. R. Forster's main affiliation in the publication record is Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does R. R. Forster have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 572 citations for R. R. Forster, an h-index of 11, ranking #3,396,492 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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