Richard Levins

34.4k citations
173 papers · 22.8k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 48
Topics
Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (16 papers)Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers)Plant and animal studies (11 papers)

In The Last Decade

Richard Levins

157 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution in Changing Environments19622026198320041968196719701969198710002.0k3.0k4.0k

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Richard Levins
Comparison fields: 5 of 214
  • Ecology 8.4k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 7.2k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6.7k
  • Genetics 4.4k
  • Global and Planetary Change 4.1k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 35
2 7
3 1
4
MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN CROP PROTECTION
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5 6
6 1
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Local Economic Impacts Of Conservation Reserve Program Enrollments: A Sub-County Analysis
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8
El regreso de las viejas enfermedades y el nacimiento de las nuevas
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9 13
10
The Emergence of New Diseases
106
11 2
12 0
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La lucha por una agricultura ecológica en Cuba
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14
Eulogy beside an Empty Grave: Reflections on the Future of Socialism
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15
The agroecosystem embedded in a complex ecological community.
13
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Coexistence Patterns in Insular Ants
77
17 127
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Evolution in Changing Environmentsbreakdown →
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The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Speciesbreakdown →
3408
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Population Genetics: The Nature and Causes of Genetic Variability in Populations
1

About Richard Levins

Richard Levins is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, History and Philosophy of Science and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 173 papers that have together received 22.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (16 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (7.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (2.1k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.7k citations). Richard Levins has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Robert H. MacArthur, E. C. Pielou, Richard C Lewontin, David C. Culver, Daniel Simberloff, Gregory H. Adler, Charles J. Puccia, Junko Yasuoka, Harold Heatwole and J. Maynard Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

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