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Researcher · Worcester Polytechnic Institute · United States

Robert J. Gegear

Robert J. Gegear publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science, on topics such as Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Insect and Pesticide Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-9886-1324 OpenAlex
World rank
#544,812
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#188,422
of 1,627,098
Works
50
Citations
3.7k
Citations per work
73.9
h-index
26
i10-index 34Top 11% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Robert J. Gegear

What does Robert J. Gegear research?

Robert J. Gegear's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (51%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Engineering (7%).

Life Sciences: 35 works · 70.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 works · 50.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 works · 26.7% of their workInsect Science: 7 works · 13.7% of their workPlant Science: 5 works · 10.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 15.1% of their workGenetics: 8 works · 15.1% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 4.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 22.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 6.8% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 6.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert J. Gegear50works
Life Sciences71%Physical Sciences7%

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 Sciences2550.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology815.1%
    3. Neuroscience24.8%
  2. Everything else1122.6%
    1. Engineering36.8%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics27% of their works
  2. 2Genetics15% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science14% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science10% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert J. Gegear's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline, Genomics, Social Insects, Honey Bees and Neonicotinoids.

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. Biodiversity392 topics
  2. Invasive Species392 topics
  3. Ecosystem Services341 topic
  4. Pollinator Decline341 topic
  5. Genomics221 topic
  6. Social Insects221 topic
  7. Honey Bees191 topic
  8. Neonicotinoids191 topic
  9. Plant Hormones131 topic
  10. Strigolactones131 topic
  11. Drosophila61 topic
  12. Neuroscience61 topic
  13. Circadian Clock51 topic
  14. Conservation51 topic
  15. Ecosystem51 topic
  16. Melatonin51 topic
  17. Natural Selection51 topic
  18. Phenotypic Plasticity51 topic

Where does Robert J. Gegear work?

Robert J. Gegear's main affiliation in the publication record is Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert J. Gegear have?

OpenAlex counts 50 works and 3,694 citations for Robert J. Gegear, an h-index of 26, ranking #544,812 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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