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W. F. Kirby

W. F. Kirby publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology, on topics such as Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies and Fossil Insects in Amber.

World rank
#689,938
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#53,186
of 90,785
Works
47
Citations
39
Citations per work
0.8

What does W. F. Kirby research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41.7%Genetics: 16.7%Ecology: 11.1%Plant Science: 8.3%other fields: 22.2%42%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics41.7%Genetics16.7%Ecology11.1%Plant Science8.3%other fields22.2%

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

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics42% of their works
  2. 2Genetics17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology11% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science8% of their works
  5. 5Forestry3% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. F. Kirby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Taxonomy, Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Invasive Species, Lepidoptera and Habitat Fragmentation.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity123 topics
  2. Climate Change83 topics
  3. Taxonomy82 topics
  4. Phylogeny72 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding61 topic
  6. Invasive Species62 topics
  7. Lepidoptera61 topic
  8. Habitat Fragmentation52 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny52 topics
  10. Phylogenetics52 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services41 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline41 topic
  13. Amber Fossils31 topic
  14. Biogeography32 topics
  15. Insect Evolution31 topic
  16. Land Use31 topic
  17. Stream Ecosystems31 topic
  18. Angiosperm Phylogeny21 topic
  19. Caterpillar Envenoming21 topic
  20. Conservation21 topic
  21. Flowering Plants21 topic
  22. Processionary Moth21 topic
  23. Vascular Plants21 topic
  24. Bryophyte11 topic
  25. Mosses11 topic

Where does W. F. Kirby work?

W. F. Kirby's main affiliation in the publication record is British Museum, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does W. F. Kirby have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 39 citations for W. F. Kirby, ranking #689,938 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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