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Willy De Prins

Willy De Prins publishes mostly in Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science, on topics such as Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies and Biological Control of Invasive Species.

World rank
#1,176,746
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#14,261
of 18,604
Works
27
Citations
24
Citations per work
0.9

What does Willy De Prins research?

Genetics: 31.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26.2%Insect Science: 16.7%Plant Science: 16.7%other fields: 9.4%31%top field
Genetics31.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics26.2%Insect Science16.7%Plant Science16.7%other fields9.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Genetics31% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics26% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science17% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science17% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions5% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Willy De Prins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomy, Evolution, Lepidoptera and Molecular Phylogenetics.

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 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity233 topics
  2. Invasive Species205 topics
  3. Phylogeny194 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding183 topics
  5. Taxonomy153 topics
  6. Evolution142 topics
  7. Lepidoptera131 topic
  8. Molecular Phylogenetics131 topic
  9. Climate Change113 topics
  10. Biological Control103 topics
  11. Conservation102 topics
  12. Host Specificity92 topics
  13. Morphology63 topics
  14. Ecological Impact51 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  16. Flora51 topic
  17. Pollinator Decline51 topic
  18. Vascular Plants51 topic
  19. Water Hyacinth51 topic
  20. Gall-Inducing Insects41 topic
  21. Parasitoid Wasps41 topic
  22. Population Dynamics22 topics
  23. Caterpillar Envenoming11 topic
  24. Coleoptera11 topic
  25. Mealybug11 topic
  26. Processionary Moth11 topic
  27. Scale Insects11 topic
  28. beetles11 topic

Where does Willy De Prins work?

Willy De Prins's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Willy De Prins have?

Science Explorer counts 27 works and 24 citations for Willy De Prins, ranking #1,176,746 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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