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Researcher · University of Idaho · United States

Walter C. Sparks

Walter C. Sparks publishes mostly in Food Science, Plant Science and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Potato Plant Research, Plant Pathogens and Resistance and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,336,924
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,505,861
of 1,627,098
Works
47
Citations
335
Citations per work
7.1
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 44% in Food Science
Walter C. Sparks

What does Walter C. Sparks research?

Walter C. Sparks's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (62%), Social Sciences (7%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%).

Life Sciences: 29 works · 61.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 works · 61.6% of their workFood Science: 19 works · 39.5% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 22.1% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 25.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 10.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 7.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 4.7% of their workCultural Studies: 1 works · 2.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 3.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 3.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 2.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 2.3% of their workPollution: 1 works · 2.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter C. Sparks47works
Life Sciences62%Physical Sciences2%Social Sciences11%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2961.6%
  2. Everything else1225.6%
    1. Social Sciences37.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.5%
    1. Environmental Science12.3%
  1. 1Food Science40% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science22% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies2% of their works
  6. 6Pollution2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter C. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Potato, Acrylamide, Maillard Reaction, Genome Sequencing, Phytophthora, Food Safety, Plasmodiophora brassicae and Rhizoctonia solani.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Potato382 topics
  2. Acrylamide281 topic
  3. Maillard Reaction281 topic
  4. Genome Sequencing101 topic
  5. Phytophthora101 topic
  6. Food Safety42 topics
  7. Plasmodiophora brassicae41 topic
  8. Rhizoctonia solani41 topic
  9. Financial Analysis31 topic
  10. Monetary Policy31 topic
  11. Ethylene Biosynthesis21 topic
  12. Food Irradiation21 topic
  13. Food Security21 topic
  14. Fruit Ripening21 topic
  15. Irradiation Effects21 topic
  16. Liquid Chromatography21 topic
  17. Nutrition21 topic
  18. Pesticide Residues21 topic

Where does Walter C. Sparks work?

Walter C. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Idaho, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter C. Sparks have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 335 citations for Walter C. Sparks, an h-index of 11, ranking #6,336,924 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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