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Researcher · Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research · United Kingdom

Simon Townson

Simon Townson publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Insect Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Insects and Parasite Interactions and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

ORCID 0000-0002-2561-6579 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,570,995
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#180,717
of 367,258
Works
57
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
37.3
h-index
25
i10-index 38Top 16% in Infectious Diseases
Simon Townson

What does Simon Townson research?

Simon Townson's work is mostly in Medicine (26%), Environmental Science (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%).

Everything else: 15 works · 27.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 15 works · 26.3% of their workMedicine: 15 works · 26.3% of their workInfectious Diseases: 15 works · 26.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 15 works · 25.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 12 works · 21.0% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 works · 11.8% of their workEcology: 5 works · 9.2% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 4.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 3 works · 4.6% of their workLife Sciences: 12 works · 21.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 13.8% of their workInsect Science: 8 works · 13.8% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 works · 7.2% of their workParasitology: 4 works · 7.2% of their workTHEIR WORKSimon Townson57works
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences26%

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. Everything else1527.1%
    1. Medicine1526.3%
    1. Environmental Science1221.0%
    2. Chemistry34.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences813.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology47.2%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases26% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science14% of their works
  3. 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology9% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology7% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Simon Townson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Helminth Infections, Ivermectin, Lymphatic Filariasis, Public Health, Microbiota, Cockroaches, Host-Pathogen Interactions and Pathogens.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Helminth Infections462 topics
  2. Ivermectin391 topic
  3. Lymphatic Filariasis391 topic
  4. Public Health222 topics
  5. Microbiota202 topics
  6. Cockroaches181 topic
  7. Host-Pathogen Interactions182 topics
  8. Pathogens181 topic
  9. Ecosystem141 topic
  10. Parasites141 topic
  11. Symbiont141 topic
  12. Wolbachia141 topic
  13. Schistosomiasis71 topic
  14. Soil-Transmitted Helminths71 topic
  15. Genomics61 topic
  16. Social Insects61 topic
  17. Honey Bees41 topic
  18. Lyme Disease41 topic
  19. Neonicotinoids41 topic
  20. Tick-Borne Diseases41 topic

Where does Simon Townson work?

Simon Townson's main affiliation in the publication record is Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Simon Townson have?

OpenAlex counts 57 works and 2,127 citations for Simon Townson, an h-index of 25, ranking #2,570,995 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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