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Researcher · CAB International · United Kingdom

Selpha Opisa

Selpha Opisa publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Research on scale insects and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

ORCID 0000-0001-8289-8085 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,007,416
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#256,089
of 367,258
Works
15
Citations
353
Citations per work
23.5
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 76% in Insect Science
Selpha Opisa

What does Selpha Opisa research?

Selpha Opisa's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Life Sciences: 12 works · 80.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 works · 64.2% of their workInsect Science: 7 works · 45.2% of their workPlant Science: 3 works · 19.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 works · 4.8% of their workParasitology: 1 works · 4.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 9.6% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.8% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 works · 4.8% of their workNursing: 1 works · 4.8% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 9.5% of their workTHEIR WORKSelpha Opisa15works
Life Sciences81%Health Sciences10%

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 Sciences1064.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology14.8%
    1. Medicine14.8%
    2. Nursing14.8%
  3. Everything else19.5%
  1. 1Insect Science45% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science19% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology5% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Selpha Opisa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biological Control, Biopesticides, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Entomopathogenic Fungi, Insect Pathogens, Bacillus thuringiensis and Mealybug.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control174 topics
  2. Biopesticides92 topics
  3. Invasive Species72 topics
  4. Population Dynamics72 topics
  5. Entomopathogenic Fungi61 topic
  6. Insect Pathogens61 topic
  7. Bacillus thuringiensis51 topic
  8. Mealybug51 topic
  9. Pest Management52 topics
  10. RNA Interference51 topic
  11. Scale Insects51 topic
  12. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles41 topic
  13. Jasmonate Signaling41 topic
  14. Microbiota42 topics
  15. Botanical Insecticides31 topic
  16. Essential Oils31 topic
  17. Drosophila Suzukii21 topic
  18. Fruit Fly21 topic
  19. Helminth Infections21 topic
  20. Schistosomiasis21 topic
  21. Symbiont21 topic
  22. Wolbachia21 topic

Where does Selpha Opisa work?

Selpha Opisa's main affiliation in the publication record is CAB International, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Selpha Opisa have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 353 citations for Selpha Opisa, an h-index of 7, ranking #4,007,416 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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