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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

T. Olckers

T. Olckers publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Ecology, on topics such as Biological Control of Invasive Species, Forest Insect Ecology and Management and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

ORCID 0000-0001-6750-8683 OpenAlex
World rank
#515,396
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,544
of 5,570
Works
26
Citations
104
Citations per work
4.0

What does T. Olckers research?

Insect Science: 46.3%Plant Science: 24.4%Ecology: 14.6%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 7.3%other fields: 7.4%46%top field
Insect Science46.3%Plant Science24.4%Ecology14.6%Nature and Landscape Conservation7.3%other fields7.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Insect Science46% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science24% of their works
  3. 3Ecology15% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe T. Olckers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biological Control, Conservation, Ecological Impact, Water Hyacinth, Biological Invasions, Climate Change and Weed Control.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species224 topics
  2. Biological Control172 topics
  3. Conservation162 topics
  4. Ecological Impact131 topic
  5. Water Hyacinth131 topic
  6. Biological Invasions82 topics
  7. Climate Change62 topics
  8. Weed Control62 topics
  9. Bark Beetles51 topic
  10. Forest Pests51 topic
  11. Allelochemicals41 topic
  12. Biodiversity42 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation42 topics
  14. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles41 topic
  15. Jasmonate Signaling41 topic
  16. Root Exudates41 topic
  17. Ecosystem31 topic
  18. Functional Diversity31 topic
  19. Crop Losses21 topic
  20. Cyperus21 topic
  21. Herbicide Resistance21 topic
  22. Phylogeny21 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  24. Pollinator Decline11 topic

Where does T. Olckers work?

T. Olckers's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does T. Olckers have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 104 citations for T. Olckers, ranking #515,396 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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