R. Kumar

University of Ghana

Botanical Survey of India Arid Zone Centerper ORCID

Publishing since 1969, latest 2008

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science
Plant Science
Ecology
Genetics
Molecular Biology

Publications: 191969–2008
Citations: 192to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.171.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%2 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 5%1 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Botanical Survey of India Arid Zone Center

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

19 in all

Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea. (Heteroptera) 2 - World genera of Tessaratomini (Tessaratomidae)
2008Deutsche Entomologische ZeitschriftJournalFirst author10 citations10.1002/mmnd.19700170102
Effectiveness of Plant Oils Against Some Bostrychidae Infesting Cereals in Storage
1991International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1053%
Insect Science842%
Plant Science737%
Ecology421%
Genetics421%
Molecular Biology316%
Forestry15%
Horticulture15%
Sociology and Political Science15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemiptera Insect Studies6
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control6
Insect Pest Control Strategies4
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies3
Date Palm Research Studies3
Fossil Insects in Amber3
Insect behavior and control techniques3
Insect Resistance and Genetics3
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy3
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability3
Agricultural pest management studies2
Forest Insect Ecology and Management2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345567Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria8
Kenya2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Rivers State UniversityNG8 papers
International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyKE2 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH2 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science8
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society2
Journal of Entomology Series A General Entomology2
Annals of the Entomological Society of America1
Caryologia1
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land7
14Life below water5
2Zero hunger3

Most cited

Ecology of cotton stainers (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) in southern Ghana
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society15
197538 citationsWorld top 10%
Competition Between Corcyra Cephalonica (Stainton) and Ephestia Cautella (Walker) in Cocoa Beans
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science15
198516 citations
Life history, development and behaviour of Eldana saccharina Walker on sugar-cane in southern Ghana

Insect Pest Spectrum of Stored Palm Kernel and the Damage Caused by Them

1988International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalSenior author5 citations10.1017/s1742758400005105

Biology of Temnoschoita Quadrimaculata Gly. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Oil Palm in Ghana

1986International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1017/s1742758400008845

Alternative Host Plants of Sugar-Cane Stem-Borers in Southern Ghana

1986International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalSenior authorCorresponding12 citations10.1017/s1742758400009802

Competition Between Corcyra Cephalonica (Stainton) and Ephestia Cautella (Walker) in Cocoa Beans

1985International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalSenior author16 citations10.1017/s1742758400009231

Population Dynamics of the Stem-Borer Complex on Sugar-Cane in Southern Ghana

1983International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalSenior author10 citations10.1017/s1742758400003994

The African species of Theganopteryx (Blattaria, Ectobiidae)

1978Systematic EntomologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00385.x

Ecology of cotton stainers (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) in southern Ghana

1975Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyJournalSenior author38 citations10.1111/j.1095-8312.1975.tb00736.x

Structure of the Alimentary and Reproductive Organs of Some Adult Neuroptera

1973Insect Systematics & EvolutionJournalSenior author4 citations10.1163/187631273x00110

Histology and physiology of the mandibular glands in Dictyoptera

1972Journal of Entomology Series A General EntomologyJournalSenior author1 citation10.1111/j.1365-3032.1972.tb00123.x

Chromosomes of Cocoa-Capsids (Heteroptera: Miridae)

1971CaryologiaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/00087114.1971.10796430

Insect Science and Its Application

Insect Systematics & Evolution1

How it can be read

5% free to read

Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Closed 18 · 95%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 19 papers name a funder

Athabasca University1

Insect Science and Its Application