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W. A. Forbes

W. A. Forbes publishes mostly in Ecology, Genetics and Parasitology, on topics such as Avian ecology and behavior, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Genetic diversity and population structure.

World rank
#1,446,236
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#332,200
of 358,040
Works
19
Citations
18
Citations per work
0.9

What does W. A. Forbes research?

Ecology: 34.8%Genetics: 26.1%Parasitology: 13.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4.3%other fields: 21.8%35%top field
Ecology34.8%Genetics26.1%Parasitology13.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4.3%other fields21.8%

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

  1. 1Ecology35% of their works
  2. 2Genetics26% of their works
  3. 3Parasitology13% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science4% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. A. Forbes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Avian Ecology, Climate Change, Molecular Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Genetic Structure, Species Delimitation, Taxonomy and Avian Malaria.

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. Avian Ecology61 topic
  2. Climate Change61 topic
  3. Molecular Phylogeny53 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding42 topics
  5. Genetic Structure42 topics
  6. Species Delimitation42 topics
  7. Taxonomy42 topics
  8. Avian Malaria31 topic
  9. Evolution31 topic
  10. Haemosporidian Parasites31 topic
  11. Lepidoptera31 topic
  12. Population Dynamics31 topic
  13. Population Genetics31 topic
  14. Invasive Species22 topics
  15. Cryptic Diversity11 topic
  16. Earthworms11 topic
  17. Geotechnical Engineering11 topic
  18. Mammal Evolution11 topic
  19. Parasitism11 topic
  20. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis11 topic
  21. Road Construction11 topic
  22. Snails11 topic

Where does W. A. Forbes work?

W. A. Forbes's main affiliation in the publication record is St. John's College of Nursing, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. A. Forbes have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 18 citations for W. A. Forbes, ranking #1,446,236 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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