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 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies.
- World rank
- #198,942 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #80,618 of 358,040
- Works
- 37
- Citations
- 117
- Citations per work
- 3.2
What does William A. Shear research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Paleontology28% of their works
- 2Genetics21% of their works
- 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics19% of their works
- 4Ecology11% of their works
- 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law4% of their works
- 6Oceanography4% of their works
Research topics
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
Which keywords describe William A. Shear's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Ecology, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Evolution, Biodiversity, Subterranean, Cryptic Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny.
- beetles
- Warfare Ecology
- Marine Biodiversity
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Metabarcoding
- Diversity
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomic Revision
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Subterranean
- Evolution
- Biogeography
- Ecology
- DNA Barcoding
- Biodiversity
- Cryptic Diversity
- Spider Phylogenomics
- Taxonomy
- Collembola
- Environmental DNA
- Earthworms
- Global Food Security
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Coleoptera
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 24 words, with their numbers
- Ecology162 topics
- Biogeography144 topics
- DNA Barcoding144 topics
- Evolution142 topics
- Biodiversity131 topic
- Subterranean131 topic
- Cryptic Diversity102 topics
- Molecular Phylogeny102 topics
- Spider Phylogenomics81 topic
- Taxonomic Revision81 topic
- Taxonomy63 topics
- Phylogeny42 topics
- Collembola31 topic
- Diversity31 topic
- Environmental DNA31 topic
- Metabarcoding31 topic
- Earthworms21 topic
- Ecosystem Functioning21 topic
- Global Food Security21 topic
- Marine Biodiversity21 topic
- Phylogenetic Analysis21 topic
- Warfare Ecology21 topic
- Coleoptera11 topic
- beetles11 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?
Science Explorer counts 37 works and 117 citations for William A. Shear, ranking #198,942 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
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