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William Lucas Distant

William Lucas Distant publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science, on topics such as Hemiptera Insect Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy.

World rank
#470,171
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#39,425
of 90,785
Works
70
Citations
92
Citations per work
1.3

What does William Lucas Distant research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 44.6%Genetics: 18.9%Insect Science: 9.5%Ecology: 6.8%other fields: 20.2%45%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics44.6%Genetics18.9%Insect Science9.5%Ecology6.8%other fields20.2%

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 Systematics45% of their works
  2. 2Genetics19% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology7% of their works
  5. 5Archeology3% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Lucas Distant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Cryptic Species, Evolution, Climate Change, Invasive Species and Biogeography.

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
  1. Phylogeny274 topics
  2. Taxonomy214 topics
  3. Biodiversity143 topics
  4. Cryptic Species132 topics
  5. Evolution132 topics
  6. Climate Change122 topics
  7. Invasive Species122 topics
  8. Biogeography102 topics
  9. Halyomorpha halys91 topic
  10. Stink Bug91 topic
  11. DNA Barcoding81 topic
  12. Lepidoptera81 topic
  13. Acoustic Communication51 topic
  14. Collembola51 topic
  15. Diversity51 topic
  16. Orthoptera51 topic
  17. Amber Fossils41 topic
  18. Genomics41 topic
  19. Insect Evolution41 topic
  20. Social Insects41 topic
  21. Cerambycidae31 topic
  22. Coleoptera31 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services31 topic
  24. Pollinator Decline31 topic

Where does William Lucas Distant work?

William Lucas Distant's main affiliation in the publication record is Dulwich Community Hospital, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does William Lucas Distant have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 92 citations for William Lucas Distant, ranking #470,171 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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