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Researcher · Hampden–Sydney College · United States

William A. Shear

William A. Shear publishes mostly in Paleontology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-5887-7003 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,681,910
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#783,089
of 1,627,098
Works
259
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
22.7
h-index
36
i10-index 81Top 6.4% in Paleontology
William A. Shear

What does William A. Shear research?

William A. Shear's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 123 works · 47.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 91 works · 35.1% of their workPaleontology: 69 works · 26.7% of their workOceanography: 22 works · 8.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 32 works · 12.5% of their workEcology: 26 works · 10.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 2.5% of their workLife Sciences: 94 works · 36.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 54 works · 20.9% of their workGenetics: 54 works · 20.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 works · 15.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 works · 15.4% of their workEverything else: 42 works · 16.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam A. Shear259works
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences48%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences9135.1%
    2. Environmental Science3212.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5420.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4015.4%
  3. Everything else4216.1%
  1. 1Paleontology27% of their works
  2. 2Genetics21% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15% of their works
  4. 4Ecology10% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography8% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William A. Shear's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Evolution, Subterranean, Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Cryptic Diversity and Species Delimitation.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity1772 topics
  2. Evolution1591 topic
  3. Subterranean1591 topic
  4. Molecular Phylogeny1524 topics
  5. Biogeography1482 topics
  6. DNA Barcoding1463 topics
  7. Cryptic Diversity1182 topics
  8. Species Delimitation1182 topics
  9. Spider Phylogenomics1001 topic
  10. Taxonomic Revision1001 topic
  11. Ecosystem Functioning481 topic
  12. Marine Biodiversity481 topic
  13. Invasive Species362 topics
  14. Environmental DNA281 topic
  15. Metabarcoding281 topic
  16. Genomics251 topic
  17. Social Insects251 topic
  18. Earthworms181 topic
  19. Ecosystem181 topic
  20. Parasites181 topic
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis181 topic
  22. Amber Fossils161 topic
  23. Insect Evolution161 topic

Where does William A. Shear work?

William A. Shear's main affiliation in the publication record is Hampden–Sydney College, United States.

How many publications and citations does William A. Shear have?

OpenAlex counts 259 works and 5,868 citations for William A. Shear, an h-index of 36, ranking #2,681,910 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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