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Researcher · Citrus Research International · South Africa

Wayne Kirkman

Wayne Kirkman publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Insect behavior and control techniques, Insect Pest Control Strategies and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

ORCID 0000-0003-3773-6938 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,706,724
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#24,386
of 29,826
Works
32
Citations
398
Citations per work
12.4
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 50% in Insect Science
Wayne Kirkman

What does Wayne Kirkman research?

Wayne Kirkman's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Environmental Science (9%).

Life Sciences: 28 works · 86.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 works · 76.9% of their workInsect Science: 11 works · 35.6% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 32.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 5.7% of their workHorticulture: 1 works · 3.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 9.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 9.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 9.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 9.2% of their workEcology: 3 works · 9.2% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKWayne Kirkman32works
Life Sciences86%Physical 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2576.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.2%
    1. Environmental Science39.2%
  3. Everything else24.7%
  1. 1Insect Science36% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science32% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology9% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6Horticulture3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wayne Kirkman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biological Control, Pest Management, Population Dynamics, Drosophila Suzukii, Fruit Fly, Botanical Insecticides and Essential Oils.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species253 topics
  2. Biological Control243 topics
  3. Pest Management242 topics
  4. Population Dynamics172 topics
  5. Drosophila Suzukii131 topic
  6. Fruit Fly131 topic
  7. Botanical Insecticides111 topic
  8. Essential Oils111 topic
  9. Bark Beetles81 topic
  10. Forest Pests81 topic
  11. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles71 topic
  12. Huanglongbing71 topic
  13. Jasmonate Signaling71 topic
  14. Phytoplasmas71 topic
  15. Bacillus thuringiensis51 topic
  16. RNA Interference51 topic
  17. Mealybug41 topic
  18. Scale Insects41 topic
  19. Agroforestry31 topic
  20. Cacao31 topic

Where does Wayne Kirkman work?

Wayne Kirkman's main affiliation in the publication record is Citrus Research International, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Wayne Kirkman have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 398 citations for Wayne Kirkman, an h-index of 11, ranking #5,706,724 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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