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Researcher · Phillips Exeter Academy · United States

Walter Baldwin Spencer

Walter Baldwin Spencer publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Parasitology, on topics such as Bird parasitology and diseases, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

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World rank
#5,225,141
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,338,883
of 1,627,098
Works
15
Citations
120
Citations per work
8.0
h-index
7
i10-index 4Top 40% in History and Philosophy of Science
Walter Baldwin Spencer

What does Walter Baldwin Spencer research?

Walter Baldwin Spencer's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%).

Everything else: 8 works · 56.0% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 22.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 9.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 9.4% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 works · 6.3% of their workParasitology: 1 works · 6.3% of their workNeuroscience: 1 works · 6.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 works · 6.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 9.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 1 works · 9.4% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 9.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 6.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 6.3% of their workOceanography: 1 works · 6.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 6.3% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 6.3% of their workNeurology: 1 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter BaldwinSpencer15works
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences9%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else856.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences19.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology16.3%
    3. Neuroscience16.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities19.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.3%
    1. Medicine16.3%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science9% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  3. 3Parasitology6% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography6% of their works
  5. 5Neurology6% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Baldwin Spencer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Amphibian Declines, Avian Malaria, Chytridiomycosis, Drosophila and Ecosystem.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Phylogeny53 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis42 topics
  3. Climate Change32 topics
  4. Amphibian Declines21 topic
  5. Avian Malaria21 topic
  6. Chytridiomycosis21 topic
  7. Drosophila21 topic
  8. Ecosystem21 topic
  9. Haemosporidian Parasites21 topic
  10. Hirudotherapy21 topic
  11. Medicinal Leeches21 topic
  12. Neuroscience21 topic
  13. Parasites21 topic
  14. Pathophysiology21 topic
  15. Traumatic Brain Injury21 topic
  16. Bats11 topic
  17. Functional Foods11 topic
  18. Hibernation11 topic
  19. Sea Cucumbers11 topic

Where does Walter Baldwin Spencer work?

Walter Baldwin Spencer's main affiliation in the publication record is Phillips Exeter Academy, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter Baldwin Spencer have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 120 citations for Walter Baldwin Spencer, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,225,141 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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