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Researcher · University of Zurich · Switzerland

Rüdiger Wehner

Rüdiger Wehner publishes mostly in Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Plant and animal studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-0761-2830 OpenAlex
World rank
#64,967
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#1,395
of 80,918
Works
245
Citations
20k
Citations per work
81.5
h-index
80
i10-index 192Top 1.3% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Rüdiger Wehner

What does Rüdiger Wehner research?

Rüdiger Wehner's work is mostly in Neuroscience (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%).

Life Sciences: 183 works · 74.5% of their workNeuroscience: 64 works · 26.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 54 works · 22.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 works · 3.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 60 works · 24.4% of their workGenetics: 60 works · 24.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 59 works · 24.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 59 works · 24.0% of their workEverything else: 50 works · 20.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 3.1% of their workPsychology: 8 works · 3.1% of their workSocial Psychology: 8 works · 3.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 2.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 2.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 works · 2.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRüdiger Wehner245works
Life Sciences74%Physical Sciences2%Social 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. Neuroscience6426.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6024.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5924.0%
  2. Everything else5020.3%
    1. Psychology83.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy52.1%
  1. 1Genetics24% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics24% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience22% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology3% of their works
  6. 6Astronomy and Astrophysics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rüdiger Wehner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genomics, Social Insects, Drosophila, Neuroscience, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Pollinator Decline and Natural Selection.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Genomics1641 topic
  2. Social Insects1641 topic
  3. Drosophila1451 topic
  4. Neuroscience1451 topic
  5. Biodiversity1082 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services881 topic
  7. Pollinator Decline881 topic
  8. Natural Selection661 topic
  9. Phenotypic Plasticity661 topic
  10. Attitudes201 topic
  11. Conservation201 topic
  12. Neural Processing181 topic
  13. Visual Perception181 topic
  14. STEM Education81 topic
  15. Spatial Ability81 topic
  16. Chemical Ecology61 topic
  17. Pheromones61 topic

Where does Rüdiger Wehner work?

Rüdiger Wehner's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Rüdiger Wehner have?

OpenAlex counts 245 works and 19,977 citations for Rüdiger Wehner, an h-index of 80, ranking #64,967 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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