Allan Watt

13.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
142 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Allan Watt is a scholar working on Ecology, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Watt has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Insect Science and 51 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Allan Watt's work include Forest Insect Ecology and Management (44 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (34 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Allan Watt is often cited by papers focused on Forest Insect Ecology and Management (44 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (34 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Allan Watt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Allan Watt's co-authors include Juliette Young, Nigel E. Stork, Jari Niemelä, T. Hefin Jones, Susan E. Hartley, Stephen M. Redpath, J. B. Whittaker, R. Harrington, V. K. Brown and Jennifer Butterfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Allan Watt

141 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores

2002 2.0k citations Gregory J. Masters, I. D. Hodkinson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

2012 929 citations Juliette Young, Allan Watt et al. profile →
Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest

1998 887 citations Allan Watt et al. profile →
Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time

2010 680 citations Allan Watt et al. profile →
Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review

2007 538 citations Tiiu Kull, Jari Niemelä et al. profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Allan Watt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Watt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Allan Watt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Allan Watt 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 Allan Watt. Allan Watt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science 2024 ·Agricultural and Forest Entomology ·Jordan P. Cuff, Meghan Barrett, (unknown), Charles W. Fox, Allan Watt, (unknown)	4
2	Transformative change for biodiversity requires more inclusive and participatory framing of research agendas 2023 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·Jiska van Dijk, Juliette Young, Marie Vandewalle, Allan Watt, (unknown)	2
3	MICESE: A New Method Used for the Formulation of Key Messages from the Scientific Community for the EU Post 2020 Biodiversity Strategy 2020 ·Sustainability ·Frédéric Gosselin, Antonia Galanaki, Marie Vandewalle, Jiska van Dijk, Liisa Varumo, (unknown), Allan Watt, Juliette Young	2
4	Adding ‘iterativity’ to the credibility, relevance, legitimacy: A novel scheme to highlight dynamic aspects of science–policy interfaces 2015 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Simo Sarkki, Rob Tinch, Jari Niemelä, Ulrich Heink, Kerry A. Waylen, Johannes Timaeus, Juliette Young, Allan Watt, Carsten Neßhöver, Sybille van den Hove	116
5	The effect of parasitism on the population dynamics of the macadamia nutborer Gymnandrosoma aurantianum (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Allan Watt, Derek Cosens	1
6	The effect of parasitism on the population dynamics of the macadamia nutborer Gymnandrosoma aurantianum (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 2008 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·(unknown), Allan Watt, Derek Cosens	2
7	Conflicts between Biodiversity Conservation and Human Activities in the Central and Eastern European Countries 2007 ·AMBIO ·Juliette Young, Caspian Richards, Anke Fischer, L. Halada, Tiiu Kull, (unknown), Urmas Tartes, Y. Uzunov, Allan Watt	78
8	The effect of predators on the abundance of the Macadamia Nutborer ("Ecdytolopha Torticornis") 2006 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Allan Watt, Derek Cosens	2
9	The effect of predators on the abundance of the Macadamia Nutborer (<i>Ecdytolopha torticornis</i>) 2006 ·Agronomía Costarricense ·(unknown), Allan Watt, Derek Cosens	1
10	Consequences for host–parasitoid interactions of grazing‐dependent habitat heterogeneity 2006 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Adam J. Vanbergen, Rosemary S. Hails, Allan Watt, T. Hefin Jones	28
11	Food-plant effects on larval performance do not translate into differences in fitness between populations of Panolis flammea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) 2003 ·Bulletin of Entomological Research ·Adam J. Vanbergen, David J. Hodgson, (unknown), Susan E. Hartley, Allan Watt	7
12	Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores breakdown → 2002 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Gregory J. Masters, I. D. Hodkinson, C. S. Awmack, Т. Martijn Bezemer, V. K. Brown, Jennifer Butterfield, Alan Buse, John Coulson, J. F. FARRAR, J. E. G. Good, R. Harrington, Susan E. Hartley, T. Hefin Jones, Richard L. Lindroth, Malcolm C. Press, (unknown), Allan Watt, J. B. Whittaker	2024
13	Phenotypic variation between naturally co-existing genotypes of a Lepidopteran baculovirus 2001 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·David J. Hodgson, Adam J. Vanbergen, Allan Watt, Rosemary S. Hails, Jenny S. Cory	59
14	Predicted changes in the synchrony of larval emergence and budburst under climatic warming 1992 ·Oecologia ·Roderick C. Dewar, Allan Watt	107
15	Outbreaks of the winter moth on Sitka Spruce in Scotland are not influenced by nutrient deficiencies of trees, tree budburst, or pupal predation 1991 ·Oecologia ·Mark D. Hunter, Allan Watt, (unknown)	28
16	Winter moth on Sitka spruce: synchrony of egg hatch and budburst, and its effect on larval survival 1991 ·Ecological Entomology ·Allan Watt, (unknown)	75
17	The chemical composition of pine foliage in relation to the population dynamics of the pine beauty moth, Panolis flammea, in Scotland 1989 ·Oecologia ·Allan Watt	26
18	The effect of shoot growth stage of Pinus contorta and Pinus sylvestris on the growth and survival of Panolis flammea larvae 1987 ·Oecologia ·Allan Watt	47
19	The performance of the pine beauty moth on water-stressed lodgepole pine plants: a laboratory experiment 1986 ·Oecologia ·Allan Watt	30
20	The effect of quality of food source on macadamia nut damage by <i>Gymnandrosoma aurantianum</i> (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 1969 ·Agronomía Costarricense ·(unknown), Allan Watt, Derek Cosens	1

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