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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Terry L. Erwin

Terry L. Erwin publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Paleontology, on topics such as Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

ORCID 0000-0002-9510-3197 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,953,876
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,081,156
of 1,627,098
Works
185
Citations
3.1k
Citations per work
16.5
h-index
25
i10-index 53Top 12% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Terry L. Erwin

What does Terry L. Erwin research?

Terry L. Erwin's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (50%), Environmental Science (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%).

Life Sciences: 109 works · 58.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 93 works · 50.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 80 works · 43.2% of their workInsect Science: 13 works · 6.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 works · 8.7% of their workGenetics: 16 works · 8.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 46 works · 24.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 29 works · 15.8% of their workEcology: 29 works · 15.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 works · 9.1% of their workPaleontology: 17 works · 9.1% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 14.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 2.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 2.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 works · 2.2% of their workTHEIR WORKTerry L. Erwin185works
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences25%Social Sciences2%

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 Sciences9350.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology168.7%
    1. Environmental Science2915.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences179.1%
  3. Everything else2614.1%
    1. Social Sciences42.2%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics43% of their works
  2. 2Ecology16% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology9% of their works
  4. 4Genetics9% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science7% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Terry L. Erwin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Biodiversity, beetles and Morphology.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Taxonomy1923 topics
  2. Coleoptera1602 topics
  3. Biogeography1402 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding1332 topics
  5. Phylogeny1332 topics
  6. Biodiversity1023 topics
  7. Morphology1011 topic
  8. beetles1011 topic
  9. Neotropical Region982 topics
  10. Climate Change692 topics
  11. Invasive Species692 topics
  12. Cerambycidae591 topic
  13. Host Plants591 topic
  14. Bark Beetles581 topic
  15. Forest Pests581 topic
  16. Endemism391 topic
  17. Regionalization391 topic
  18. Lepidoptera321 topic
  19. Molecular Phylogenetics321 topic
  20. Dead Wood181 topic
  21. Forest Management181 topic
  22. Ecosystem Services111 topic
  23. Pollinator Decline111 topic
  24. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles91 topic
  25. Jasmonate Signaling91 topic

Where does Terry L. Erwin work?

Terry L. Erwin's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Terry L. Erwin have?

OpenAlex counts 185 works and 3,051 citations for Terry L. Erwin, an h-index of 25, ranking #3,953,876 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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