Ana Novoa

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ana Novoa is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Novoa has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Ana Novoa's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Plant and animal studies (21 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (15 papers). Ana Novoa is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Plant and animal studies (21 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (15 papers). Ana Novoa collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, South Africa and Spain. Ana Novoa's co-authors include David M. Richardson, Luís González, John R. Wilson, Petr Pyšek, Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz, Johannes J. Le Roux, Jana Fried, Ross T. Shackleton, Lenka Moravcová and Mark P. Robertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ana Novoa

60 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe

2021 178 citations Phillip J. Haubrock, Anna J. Turbelin et al. NeoBiota profile →

Peers

Ana Novoa

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Elizabete Marchante Portugal

Ross T. Shackleton South Africa

Llewellyn C. Foxcroft South Africa

Daniel S. Karp United States

Peter Bichier United States

Francisco Sánchez‐Bayo Australia

Ingo Graß Germany

Rafael Dudeque Zenni Brazil

Damayanti Buchori Indonesia

Mirijam Gaertner South Africa

Elizabete Marchante Portugal

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826 ×0.9

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550 ×0.7

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592 ×0.8

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477 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Ana Novoa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ana Novoa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Novoa

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Canavan, Susan, Johannes J. Le Roux, María L. Castillo, et al.. (2025). iEcology reveals the importance of geography and genetic makeup in the flowering phenology of invasive Carpobrotus taxa. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6(4).

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Jarić, Ivan, et al.. (2025). A call for broadening the altmetrics tent to democratize science outreach. PLoS Biology. 23(2). e3003010–e3003010. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Kailiang, Paolo D’Odorico, Ana Novoa, et al.. (2024). Potential expansion of plants with crassulacean acid metabolism in the Anthropocene. BioScience. 74(7). 478–487. 4 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, et al.. (2024). Let’s talk aliens - Stakeholder perceptions of an alien species differ in time and space. NeoBiota. 93. 117–141. 5 indexed citations

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Guareschi, Simone, Kate L. Mathers, Josie South, et al.. (2024). Framing challenges and polarized issues in invasion science: toward an interdisciplinary agenda. BioScience. 74(12). 825–839. 3 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, et al.. (2024). Culturomics and iEcology provide novel opportunities to study human and social dimensions of alien species introductions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(1). 18–26. 4 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Heidi Hirsch, María L. Castillo, et al.. (2023). Genetic and morphological insights into the Carpobrotus hybrid complex around the world. NeoBiota. 89. 135–160. 5 indexed citations

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Hejda, Martin, et al.. (2023). Impacts of invasive alien species on riparian plant communities in South African savanna. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 39. 4 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Susan Canavan, Deah Lieurance, Daniel Simberloff, & Laura A. Meyerson. (2022). Exploring the performance of Biological Invasions in social media five years after opening its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Biological Invasions. 25(1). 141–152. 1 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, et al.. (2022). Musk’s Twitter takeover jeopardizes culturomics. Nature. 612(7939). 211–211. 3 indexed citations

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Diagne, Christophe, Anna J. Turbelin, Desika Moodley, et al.. (2021). The economic costs of biological invasions in Africa: a growing but neglected threat?. NeoBiota. 67. 11–51. 47 indexed citations

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Kourantidou, Melina, Ross N. Cuthbert, Phillip J. Haubrock, et al.. (2021). Economic costs of invasive alien species in the Mediterranean basin. NeoBiota. 67. 427–458. 53 indexed citations

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Jarić, Ivan, Céline Bellard, Ricardo A. Correia, et al.. (2021). Invasion Culturomics and iEcology. Conservation Biology. 35(2). 447–451. 36 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Jan‐Hendrik Keet, Petr Pyšek, & Johannes J. Le Roux. (2021). The invasive cactus Opuntia stricta creates fertility islands in African savannas and benefits from those created by native trees. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 20748–20748. 11 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, et al.. (2020). Urbanization and Carpobrotus edulis invasion alter the diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities in coastal areas. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(7). 19 indexed citations

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Ellis, Allan G., Ana Novoa, Elizabeth M. Wandrag, et al.. (2019). Cointroductions of Australian acacias and their rhizobial mutualists in the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Biogeography. 46(7). 1519–1531. 16 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Giuseppe Brundu, Michael Day, et al.. (2019). Global Actions for Managing Cactus Invasions. Plants. 8(10). 421–421. 19 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Ross T. Shackleton, Susan Canavan, et al.. (2017). A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species. Journal of Environmental Management. 205. 286–297. 131 indexed citations

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Lumbreras, Emilio Laguna, et al.. (2013). About the binomen Cylindropuntia rosea (Cactaceae) and its invasive individuals recorded in the Valencian Community (Spain). SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University). 40–51. 8 indexed citations

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Novoa, Ana, Luís González, Lenka Moravcová, & Petr Pyšek. (2012). Effects of Soil Characteristics, Allelopathy and Frugivory on Establishment of the Invasive Plant Carpobrotus edulis and a Co-Occuring Native, Malcolmia littorea. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e53166–e53166. 54 indexed citations

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