William D. Shepard

633 total citations
57 papers, 445 citations indexed

About

William D. Shepard is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Shepard has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 445 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William D. Shepard's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (34 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (16 papers). William D. Shepard is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (34 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (16 papers). William D. Shepard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. William D. Shepard's co-authors include Manfred A. Jäch, Fedor Čiampor, Masataka Satô, C.C. Lee, Caroline S. Chaboo, William J. Matthews, Robert W. Sites, Loren G. Hill, Dean W. Blinn and Ray J. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Hydrobiologia and Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

William D. Shepard

53 papers receiving 415 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Shepard United States 11 236 216 102 100 76 57 445
Marija Ivković Croatia 16 445 1.9× 296 1.4× 140 1.4× 85 0.8× 73 1.0× 67 663
J. H. Epler United States 11 377 1.6× 128 0.6× 120 1.2× 28 0.3× 52 0.7× 41 469
Bert Kohlmann Mexico 14 151 0.6× 279 1.3× 148 1.5× 243 2.4× 82 1.1× 51 532
P. Buczyński Poland 12 412 1.7× 187 0.9× 134 1.3× 31 0.3× 22 0.3× 115 532
Helen M. Barber‐James South Africa 11 378 1.6× 110 0.5× 190 1.9× 35 0.3× 52 0.7× 31 462
Carlo Belfiore Italy 13 327 1.4× 193 0.9× 117 1.1× 28 0.3× 63 0.8× 38 441
Zuzana Čiamporová‐Zaťovičová Slovakia 9 241 1.0× 105 0.5× 70 0.7× 47 0.5× 41 0.5× 43 313
Mattia Iannella Italy 17 359 1.5× 159 0.7× 136 1.3× 43 0.4× 118 1.6× 56 576
Alaíde Aparecida Fonseca-Gessner Brazil 13 298 1.3× 108 0.5× 178 1.7× 30 0.3× 26 0.3× 22 375
Brian J. Armitage United States 8 294 1.2× 96 0.4× 187 1.8× 39 0.4× 42 0.6× 60 355

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Shepard

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All Works

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Sites, Robert W., et al.. (2024). The Saucer Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) of French Guiana. 1(1). 33–56. 3 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D. & Robin Kundrata. (2023). A Review of Araeopidius monachus (LeConte, 1874) (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea: Ptilodactylidae), with Main Emphasis on Its Biology and Ecology. Diversity. 15(2). 131–131. 1 indexed citations
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Bilton, David T. & William D. Shepard. (2022). Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aquatic dryopid beetle from the Western Cape of South Africa (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea: Dryopidae). Zootaxa. 5195(6). 539–553. 2 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2020). Hiding in plain sight: rediscovery and review of Parygrus Erichson, 1847, with description of five new species from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Dryopidae). Zootaxa. 4755(1). zootaxa.4755.1.4–zootaxa.4755.1.4. 3 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D. & Robert W. Sites. (2019). Larval Psephenidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) of Thailand:Annotated List and Illustrated Key to Genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 73(2). 259–259. 1 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D.. (2016). Notes on the Endemic Chilean Terrestrial Dryopid Sosteamorphus verrucatus Hinton 1936 (Coleoptera: Dryopidae). Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 65. 175–183. 2 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2016). Neoelmis guarani Shepard &amp; Barr, a sexually dimorphic new species from <br />Paraguay (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae). Zootaxa. 4083(3). 418–30. 3 indexed citations
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Jäch, Manfred A., et al.. (2016). Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. 65 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2005). The natural history of lepicerus inaequalis motschulsky (coleoptera: myxophaga: lepiceridae) in Costa Rica, and additional morphological descriptions. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 44. 97–105. 6 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D.. (2004). Pigs as corydalid predators. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 80. 66–66. 1 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2001). Sinopsis de la familia Psephenidae (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea) de norte y Centroamérica. Folia entomológica mexicana. 40(3). 397–406. 5 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2001). Anostracan cysts found in California salt lakes. Hydrobiologia. 466(1-3). 149–158. 10 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (2000). Algae of Devils Hole, Nevada, Death Valley National Park. Western North American Naturalist. 60(4). 7. 19 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D., et al.. (1997). Observations on the identification of California anostracan cysts. Hydrobiologia. 359(1-3). 113–124. 21 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D.. (1990). Microcylloepus formicoideus (Coloeptera: Elmidae), a new riffle beetle from Death Vally National Monument, California.. Entomological News. 2 indexed citations
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Shepard, William D.. (1979). Occurrence of Triozocera mexicana Pierce (Strepsiptera: Corioxenidae) in Oklahoma, with a Brief Review of This Genus and Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 33(2). 217–222. 3 indexed citations

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