W. H. Dowdeswell

797 total citations
37 papers, 505 citations indexed

About

W. H. Dowdeswell is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. H. Dowdeswell has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 505 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in W. H. Dowdeswell's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (4 papers), Plant and animal studies (3 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (2 papers). W. H. Dowdeswell is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (4 papers), Plant and animal studies (3 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (2 papers). W. H. Dowdeswell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. W. H. Dowdeswell's co-authors include E. B. Ford, E. R. Creed, I. C. Potter, Peter J. Kelly, John Crothers, Paul M. Brakefield, I. Michael Lerner, R. Harmsen and N. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

W. H. Dowdeswell

35 papers receiving 422 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. H. Dowdeswell United Kingdom 11 119 109 72 68 64 37 505
Fox United States 12 47 0.4× 87 0.8× 66 0.9× 66 1.0× 85 1.3× 39 423
William C. Grant United States 15 37 0.3× 109 1.0× 31 0.4× 52 0.8× 294 4.6× 32 906
Christopher J. Phillips United States 14 104 0.9× 177 1.6× 43 0.6× 18 0.3× 117 1.8× 49 643
Alison Bremner United Kingdom 5 39 0.3× 58 0.5× 73 1.0× 77 1.1× 137 2.1× 9 369
Sun‐Wei Guo United States 11 461 3.9× 35 0.3× 32 0.4× 33 0.5× 45 0.7× 14 685
Nancy Clark United States 18 102 0.9× 49 0.4× 15 0.2× 176 2.6× 246 3.8× 85 898
Paul A. Martin United States 12 152 1.3× 207 1.9× 17 0.2× 14 0.2× 101 1.6× 23 524
Rachel Neems United Kingdom 13 172 1.4× 248 2.3× 43 0.6× 60 0.9× 86 1.3× 22 586
Lynn Willems United States 12 47 0.4× 53 0.5× 29 0.4× 51 0.8× 109 1.7× 35 392
Patrice Showers Corneli United States 14 209 1.8× 125 1.1× 75 1.0× 36 0.5× 71 1.1× 22 712

Countries citing papers authored by W. H. Dowdeswell

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W. H. Dowdeswell's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W. H. Dowdeswell with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. H. Dowdeswell more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W. H. Dowdeswell

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. H. Dowdeswell. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. H. Dowdeswell. The network helps show where W. H. Dowdeswell may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. H. Dowdeswell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. H. Dowdeswell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. H. Dowdeswell 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 W. H. Dowdeswell. W. H. Dowdeswell 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
1.
Crothers, John & W. H. Dowdeswell. (1985). Ecology: Principles and Practice.. Journal of Ecology. 73(1). 363–363. 5 indexed citations
2.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1984). Evolution : a modern synthesis. 1 indexed citations
3.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1982). Academic Management — The Case for Challenge. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 12(3). 11–24. 2 indexed citations
4.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1980). Modelling and evaluation. Studies in Higher Education. 5(1). 33–43. 2 indexed citations
5.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1979). Course Evaluation for Academic Management — A Case Study in Biology. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 9(1). 3 indexed citations
6.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1979). The place of ecology in school biology. Journal of Biological Education. 13(4). 249–249. 5 indexed citations
7.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1979). Science and Technology in the Classroom. European Journal of Science Education. 1(1). 51–56. 5 indexed citations
8.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1978). Simulation in Decision‐Making: an experiment in industrial education. British Journal of Educational Technology. 9(3). 217–226. 1 indexed citations
9.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1978). Peer teaching and project planning. Journal of Biological Education. 12(2). 104–112. 3 indexed citations
10.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1970). Inter-university Biology Teaching Project. Journal of Biological Education. 4(3). 197–203. 4 indexed citations
11.
Kelly, Peter J. & W. H. Dowdeswell. (1970). Nuffield A-level Biological Science Project. Journal of Biological Education. 4(4). 251–260. 5 indexed citations
12.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1967). Stability of spot-distribution in Maniola jurtina throughout its range. Heredity. 22(2). 187–210. 20 indexed citations
13.
Creed, E. R., et al.. (1962). Evolutionary studies on Maniola jurtina: The English Mainland, 1958–60. Heredity. 17(2). 237–265. 13 indexed citations
14.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1962). A further study of the butterfly Maniola jurtina in relation to natural selection by Apanteles tetricus. Heredity. 17(4). 513–523. 10 indexed citations
15.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1960). School Ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 29(2). 407–407. 1 indexed citations
16.
Dowdeswell, W. H.. (1960). The mechanism of evolution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations
17.
Dowdeswell, W. H., et al.. (1960). Further studies on the evolution of Maniola jurtina in the Isles of Scilly. Heredity. 14(3-4). 333–364. 15 indexed citations
18.
Creed, E. R., et al.. (1959). Evolutionary studies on Maniola jurtina: the english mainland, 1956–57. Heredity. 13(3). 363–391. 32 indexed citations
19.
Dowdeswell, W. H. & I. Michael Lerner. (1955). Genetics and Ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 24(2). 466–466. 1 indexed citations
20.
Dowdeswell, W. H. & E. B. Ford. (1952). The distribution of spot-numbers as an index of geographical variation in the butterfly Maniola jurtina L. (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). Heredity. 6(1). 99–109. 13 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Fox Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by William C. Grant Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher J. Phillips Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alison Bremner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sun‐Wei Guo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nancy Clark Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paul A. Martin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rachel Neems Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lynn Willems Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrice Showers Corneli
Rankless by CCL
2026