O. W. Richards

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

O. W. Richards is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, O. W. Richards has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Insect Science and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in O. W. Richards's work include Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (13 papers) and Diptera species taxonomy and behavior (12 papers). O. W. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (13 papers) and Diptera species taxonomy and behavior (12 papers). O. W. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. O. W. Richards's co-authors include Paul DeBach, N. Waloff, Michelle J. Richards, Howard E. Evans, Maud J. Norris, Walter C. McCrone, Alan D. Stuart, R. G. Davies, J. P. Spradbery and Ralph O. Brinkhurst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Annual Review of Entomology.

In The Last Decade

O. W. Richards

59 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae 1965 2026 1985 2005 1978 1965 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae
    1978 381 citations O. W. Richards profile →
  2. Biological Control of Insect Pests and Weeds
    1965 274 citations O. W. Richards, Paul DeBach Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

Peers

O. W. Richards
Richard S. Miller United States
R. Harmsen Canada
Neal L. Evenhuis United States
Laurence M. Cook United Kingdom
Richard A. Ring Canada
J. Linsley Gressitt United States
Derek S. Sikes United States
Gerd Alberti Germany
Folco Giusti Italy
Shin‐ichi Akimoto Japan
Richard S. Miller United States
O. W. Richards
Citations per year, relative to O. W. Richards O. W. Richards (= 1×) peers Richard S. Miller

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Fields of papers citing papers by O. W. Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. W. Richards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of O. W. Richards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of O. W. Richards based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with O. W. Richards. O. W. Richards is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, O. W., et al.. (1988). Red Cell Polymorphisms in Sardinia. Human Heredity. 38(6). 332–336. 7 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1980). Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Hymenoptera, Aculeata.. 6. 118. 11 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W., et al.. (1978). Imms’ Outline Of Entomology. 1 indexed citations
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Imms, A. D., O. W. Richards, & R. G. Davies. (1977). Structure, physiology and development. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1969). Species of Trypoxylon Latreille (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Cuba. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 38(9-10). 121–124. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1968). New South African species of the genus Scutelliseta Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). African Invertebrates. 20(1). 65–91.
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Richards, O. W., et al.. (1968). The Particle Atlas. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 87(2). 268–268. 93 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1966). New records of Pseudomasaris Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea, Masaridae), with notes on P. phaceliae Rohwer and P. cazieri R. M. Bohart. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 35(3-4). 47–55. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W. & Paul DeBach. (1965). Biological Control of Insect Pests and Weeds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 34(1). 201–201. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Richards, O. W., et al.. (1965). Practical Optical Crystallography. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 84(2). 297–297. 53 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1964). Three new species of Frutillaria Rich. (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from Chile. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 33(3-4). 44–46. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1963). New species of Diptera Sphaeroceridae from the Pacific region, with notes on some other species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6(70). 609–619. 3 indexed citations
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Norris, Maud J. & O. W. Richards. (1962). Diapause induced by photoperiod in a tropical locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serv.). Annals of Applied Biology. 50(3). 600–603. 18 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1962). A new species ofLeptocera(Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from caves in Portugal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5(56). 491–495. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W. & N. Waloff. (1961). A study of a natural population of Phytodecta olivacea (Forster) (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 244(710). 205–257. 48 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1961). DIPTERA (SPHAEROCERIDAE) FROM SOUTH CHILE. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 30(5-6). 57–68. 4 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1960). Notes on the names of some Diptera Sphaeroceridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(33). 561–564. 3 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1959). On two N. American species ofLeptoceraOliv., subgenusCoprociaRdi. with a review of the subgenus (Dipt., Sphaeroceridae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2(16). 199–208.
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Norris, Maud J. & O. W. Richards. (1959). THE INFLUENCE OF DAY‐LENGTH ON IMAGINAL DIAPAUSE IN THE RED LOCUST, NOMADACRIS SEPTEMFASCIATA (SERV.). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 2(2). 154–168. 21 indexed citations
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Richards, O. W.. (1951). LXXVI.—New species of Bethyloidea(Hymenoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4(44). 813–820. 9 indexed citations

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