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Researcher · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · United Kingdom

W. S. Patton

W. S. Patton publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies and Insect behavior and control techniques.

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World rank
#1,175,906
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#76,352
of 90,785
Works
36
Citations
42
Citations per work
1.2

What does W. S. Patton research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24.6%Insect Science: 23.0%Infectious Diseases: 9.8%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6.6%other fields: 36.0%25%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics24.6%Insect Science23.0%Infectious Diseases9.8%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6.6%other fields36.0%

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 Systematics25% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science23% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases10% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  5. 5Genetics3% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. S. Patton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Morphology, Diptera, Phylogeny, Epidemiology, Decomposition, Forensic Entomology and Fruit Fly.

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. Biogeography122 topics
  2. Morphology122 topics
  3. Diptera111 topic
  4. Phylogeny111 topic
  5. Epidemiology94 topics
  6. Decomposition81 topic
  7. Forensic Entomology81 topic
  8. Fruit Fly51 topic
  9. Invasive Species51 topic
  10. Pathogenesis52 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity42 topics
  12. Vaccine Development42 topics
  13. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers31 topic
  14. Zoonotic Infections31 topic
  15. Arboviral Diseases21 topic
  16. Bluetongue Virus21 topic
  17. Culicoides Biting Midges21 topic
  18. Leishmaniasis21 topic
  19. Treatment21 topic
  20. Zika Virus21 topic
  21. Fish11 topic
  22. Length-Weight Relationships11 topic

Where does W. S. Patton work?

W. S. Patton's main affiliation in the publication record is Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does W. S. Patton have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 42 citations for W. S. Patton, ranking #1,175,906 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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