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Researcher · Instituto Biológico · Brazil

Valmir Antônio Costa

Valmir Antônio Costa publishes mostly in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science, on topics such as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny and Insect behavior and control techniques.

World rank
#637,883
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#9,960
of 38,702
Works
37
Citations
31
Citations per work
0.8

What does Valmir Antônio Costa research?

Insect Science: 50.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21.4%Plant Science: 14.3%Genetics: 3.6%other fields: 10.7%50%top field
Insect Science50.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics21.4%Plant Science14.3%Genetics3.6%other fields10.7%

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

  1. 1Insect Science50% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics21% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science14% of their works
  4. 4Genetics4% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Forestry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Valmir Antônio Costa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biological Control, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Invasive Species, Jasmonate Signaling, Phylogeny, Morphology, Population Dynamics and Drosophila Suzukii.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Biological Control175 topics
  2. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles91 topic
  3. Invasive Species95 topics
  4. Jasmonate Signaling91 topic
  5. Phylogeny53 topics
  6. Morphology42 topics
  7. Population Dynamics42 topics
  8. Drosophila Suzukii31 topic
  9. Fruit Fly31 topic
  10. Gall-Inducing Insects31 topic
  11. Parasitoid Wasps31 topic
  12. Climate Change22 topics
  13. Amber Fossils11 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  15. Forest Biomass11 topic
  16. Halyomorpha halys11 topic
  17. Insect Evolution11 topic
  18. Mealybug11 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline11 topic
  20. Scale Insects11 topic
  21. Stink Bug11 topic
  22. Wood Residues11 topic

Where does Valmir Antônio Costa work?

Valmir Antônio Costa's main affiliation in the publication record is Instituto Biológico, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Valmir Antônio Costa have?

Science Explorer counts 37 works and 31 citations for Valmir Antônio Costa, ranking #637,883 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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