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Thierry Backeljau

Thierry Backeljau publishes mostly in Ecology, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Plant and animal studies.

World rank
#103,923
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#930
of 18,604
Works
70
Citations
358
Citations per work
5.1

What does Thierry Backeljau research?

Ecology: 24.4%Insect Science: 16.7%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14.1%Global and Planetary Change: 7.7%other fields: 37.1%24%top field
Ecology24.4%Insect Science16.7%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics14.1%Global and Planetary Change7.7%other fields37.1%

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

  1. 1Ecology24% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics14% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thierry Backeljau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation Genetics, Parasitism, Snails, Ecosystem Engineering, Freshwater Mussels and Microbiota.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species225 topics
  2. Biodiversity102 topics
  3. Conservation Genetics92 topics
  4. Parasitism71 topic
  5. Snails71 topic
  6. Ecosystem Engineering61 topic
  7. Freshwater Mussels61 topic
  8. Microbiota62 topics
  9. Population Dynamics62 topics
  10. Diptera31 topic
  11. Drosophila Suzukii31 topic
  12. Ecosystem Services31 topic
  13. Environmental DNA31 topic
  14. Fruit Fly31 topic
  15. Genomics31 topic
  16. Island Ecosystems31 topic
  17. Metabarcoding31 topic
  18. Phylogeny31 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline31 topic
  20. Rodent Eradication31 topic
  21. Social Insects31 topic

Where does Thierry Backeljau work?

Thierry Backeljau's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Thierry Backeljau have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 358 citations for Thierry Backeljau, ranking #103,923 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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