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William D. Shepard

William D. Shepard publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology, on topics such as Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

World rank
#1,396,547
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#325,101
of 358,040
Works
25
Citations
7
Citations per work
0.3

What does William D. Shepard research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 47.2%Genetics: 16.7%Ecology: 16.7%Insect Science: 8.3%other fields: 11.1%47%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics47.2%Genetics16.7%Ecology16.7%Insect Science8.3%other fields11.1%

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 Systematics47% of their works
  2. 2Genetics17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology17% of their works
  4. 4Insect Science8% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology6% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William D. Shepard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Evolution, Coleoptera, Biogeography, beetles and Biodiversity.

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 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Taxonomy183 topics
  2. Phylogeny163 topics
  3. DNA Barcoding152 topics
  4. Evolution152 topics
  5. Coleoptera122 topics
  6. Biogeography112 topics
  7. Biodiversity92 topics
  8. Morphology91 topic
  9. beetles91 topic
  10. Lepidoptera61 topic
  11. Molecular Phylogenetics61 topic
  12. Climate Change52 topics
  13. Invasive Species52 topics
  14. Neotropical Region52 topics
  15. Bark Beetles41 topic
  16. Forest Pests41 topic
  17. Amber Fossils31 topic
  18. Biological Control32 topics
  19. Cerambycidae31 topic
  20. Host Plants31 topic
  21. Insect Evolution31 topic
  22. Endemism21 topic
  23. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles21 topic
  24. Jasmonate Signaling21 topic
  25. Regionalization21 topic
  26. Halyomorpha halys11 topic
  27. Stink Bug11 topic

Where does William D. Shepard work?

William D. Shepard's main affiliation in the publication record is Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, United States.

How many publications and citations does William D. Shepard have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 7 citations for William D. Shepard, ranking #1,396,547 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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