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Weston Opitz

Weston Opitz publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Paleontology, on topics such as Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

World rank
#886,422
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#244,551
of 358,040
Works
19
Citations
24
Citations per work
1.3

What does Weston Opitz research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 57.6%Ecology: 18.2%Paleontology: 12.1%Insect Science: 6.1%other fields: 6.0%58%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics57.6%Ecology18.2%Paleontology12.1%Insect Science6.1%other fields6.0%

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 Systematics58% of their works
  2. 2Ecology18% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology12% of their works
  4. 4Insect Science6% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Weston Opitz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Neotropical Region, beetles and Morphology.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 7 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Taxonomy213 topics
  2. Coleoptera192 topics
  3. Biogeography152 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding132 topics
  5. Phylogeny132 topics
  6. Neotropical Region122 topics
  7. Morphology111 topic
  8. beetles111 topic
  9. Biodiversity102 topics
  10. Cerambycidae81 topic
  11. Host Plants81 topic
  12. Invasive Species72 topics
  13. Bark Beetles61 topic
  14. Forest Pests61 topic
  15. Endemism41 topic
  16. Regionalization41 topic
  17. Lepidoptera21 topic
  18. Molecular Phylogenetics21 topic
  19. Dead Wood11 topic
  20. Drosophila Suzukii11 topic
  21. Forest Management11 topic
  22. Fruit Fly11 topic

Where does Weston Opitz work?

Weston Opitz's main affiliation in the publication record is Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, United States.

How many publications and citations does Weston Opitz have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 24 citations for Weston Opitz, ranking #886,422 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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