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Researcher · Louisiana State University Agricultural Center · United States

Thomas C. Sparks

Thomas C. Sparks publishes mostly in Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, on topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

ORCID 0000-0002-0526-7594 OpenAlex
World rank
#184,966
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#75,594
of 358,040
Works
26
Citations
168
Citations per work
6.5

What does Thomas C. Sparks research?

Insect Science: 55.9%Molecular Biology: 20.6%Plant Science: 11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2.9%other fields: 8.8%56%top field
Insect Science55.9%Molecular Biology20.6%Plant Science11.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2.9%other fields8.8%

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

  1. 1Insect Science56% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology21% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works
  5. 5Genetics3% of their works
  6. 6Biophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas C. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Honey Bees, Neonicotinoids, Biological Control, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Bacillus thuringiensis, RNA Interference and Biopesticides.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Honey Bees101 topic
  2. Neonicotinoids101 topic
  3. Biological Control73 topics
  4. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles51 topic
  5. Jasmonate Signaling51 topic
  6. Bacillus thuringiensis41 topic
  7. RNA Interference41 topic
  8. Biopesticides32 topics
  9. Pest Management32 topics
  10. Botanical Insecticides21 topic
  11. Decomposition21 topic
  12. Essential Oils21 topic
  13. Forensic Entomology21 topic
  14. Entomopathogenic Fungi11 topic
  15. Fruit Fly11 topic
  16. Fungicide Resistance11 topic
  17. Insect Pathogens11 topic
  18. Invasive Species11 topic
  19. Plant Pathogens11 topic

Where does Thomas C. Sparks work?

Thomas C. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas C. Sparks have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 168 citations for Thomas C. Sparks, ranking #184,966 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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