R. W. Sims

819 total citations
28 papers, 605 citations indexed

About

R. W. Sims is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. Sims has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 605 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in R. W. Sims's work include Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (17 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (3 papers) and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies (2 papers). R. W. Sims is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (17 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (3 papers) and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies (2 papers). R. W. Sims collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. R. W. Sims's co-authors include James H. Price, Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley, Gerald R. Noonan, David Hollis, Paul Freeman, David L. Hawksworth and Joseph Ewan and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Animal Ecology and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

In The Last Decade

R. W. Sims

28 papers receiving 510 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
R. W. Sims 381 226 97 87 76 28 605
Akifumi Ohtaka 174 0.5× 525 2.3× 200 2.1× 26 0.3× 76 1.0× 85 617
Kathryn A. Coates 261 0.7× 492 2.2× 266 2.7× 26 0.3× 134 1.8× 34 686
Mark J. Wetzel 193 0.5× 295 1.3× 55 0.6× 35 0.4× 109 1.4× 31 459
Raúl Adolfo Ringuelet 74 0.2× 152 0.7× 30 0.3× 109 1.3× 21 0.3× 36 498
Edna M. Lind 154 0.4× 149 0.7× 27 0.3× 37 0.4× 7 0.1× 10 517
André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni 203 0.5× 361 1.6× 505 5.2× 48 0.6× 12 0.2× 75 675
Eileen K. Schofield 196 0.5× 173 0.8× 48 0.5× 82 0.9× 4 0.1× 25 581
Brenda Healy 141 0.4× 217 1.0× 104 1.1× 6 0.1× 29 0.4× 30 334
Darío J. Díaz Cosín 998 2.6× 592 2.6× 71 0.7× 10 0.1× 222 2.9× 82 1.2k
Dominique Haubert 235 0.6× 434 1.9× 77 0.8× 25 0.3× 5 0.1× 11 648

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. W. Sims

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ewan, Joseph, R. W. Sims, Paul Freeman, & David L. Hawksworth. (1989). Key Works of the Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and North-Western Europe. The Bryologist. 92(4). 554–554. 6 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1987). New species and records of earthworms from Jamaica with notes on the genusEutrigasterCognetti, 1904 (Octochaetidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History. 21(2). 429–441. 8 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1986). Revision of the Western African earthworm genus Millsonia (Octochaetidae:Oligochaeta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. 50. 5 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1985). A new genus of west African earthworm with notes on the identity of Iridodrilus Beddard, 1897 (Eudrilidae: Oligochaeta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. 48. 11–14. 1 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W., et al.. (1985). Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. 4 indexed citations
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Noonan, Gerald R., R. W. Sims, James H. Price, & Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley. (1984). Evolution, Time and Space: The Emergence of the Biosphere.. Systematic Zoology. 33(1). 123–123. 224 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1982). Revision of the eastern African earthworm genus Polytoreutus (Eudrilidae: Oligochaeta). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W. & David Hollis. (1980). Animal identification : a reference guide. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1980). A classification and the distribution of earthworms, suborder Lumbricina (Haplotaxida: Oligochaeta). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 40 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1978). International organisation of oligochaete taxonomists. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 10(2). 159–159. 1 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1971). Eudrilinae from southern Nigeria and a taximetric appraisal of the family Eudrilidae (Oligochaeta). Journal of Zoology. 164(4). 529–549. 11 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1966). The classification of the Megascolecoid earthworms: an investigation of Oligochaete systematics by computer techniques. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 177(2). 125–141. 13 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1965). Acanthodrilidae and Eudrilidae lOligochaetar from Ghana. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. 12. 283–311. 11 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1964). Oligochaeta from ascension Island and Sierra Leone including records ofPheretimaand a new species ofDichogaster. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(74). 107–113. 3 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1964). INTERNAL FERTILIZATION AND THE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE FEMALE AND SPERMATHECALSYSTEMS IN NEW EARTHWORMS FROM GHANA (EUDRILIDAE: OLIGOCHAETA). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 143(4). 587–608. 9 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W.. (1961). THE IDENTIFICATION OF MALAYSIAN SPECIES OF SWIFTLETS COLLOCALIA. Ibis. 103a(2). 205–210. 13 indexed citations
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Sims, R. W., et al.. (1958). Some Observations on the Fauna of the Maldive Islands Part Iii - Birds. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations

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