Beth Mortimer

854 total citations
35 papers, 598 citations indexed

About

Beth Mortimer is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth Mortimer has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 598 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Beth Mortimer's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (8 papers). Beth Mortimer is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (8 papers). Beth Mortimer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Kenya. Beth Mortimer's co-authors include Fritz Vollrath, Chris Holland, Clive R. Siviour, Juan Guan, David Porter, Graham K. Taylor, James F. C. Windmill, R. Zaera, Zhengzhong Shao and Yu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Beth Mortimer

33 papers receiving 587 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beth Mortimer United Kingdom 14 298 153 151 116 89 35 598
Matthew L. M. Lim Singapore 18 273 0.9× 404 2.6× 556 3.7× 110 0.9× 228 2.6× 23 1.1k
Daniel Dudek United States 10 269 0.9× 167 1.1× 121 0.8× 16 0.1× 60 0.7× 20 1.3k
David Labonte United Kingdom 17 89 0.3× 305 2.0× 223 1.5× 57 0.5× 81 0.9× 47 991
Aaron M. T. Harmer Australia 12 60 0.2× 189 1.2× 288 1.9× 257 2.2× 43 0.5× 23 541
Cong Guo China 25 139 0.5× 77 0.5× 154 1.0× 88 0.8× 27 0.3× 111 1.7k
Tom D. Schultz United States 9 87 0.3× 212 1.4× 418 2.8× 76 0.7× 98 1.1× 11 737
Andrew M. Smith United States 18 169 0.6× 65 0.4× 249 1.6× 98 0.8× 59 0.7× 22 1.0k
Chen‐Pan Liao Taiwan 15 185 0.6× 343 2.2× 295 2.0× 64 0.6× 152 1.7× 51 596
Dominique G. Homberger United States 13 176 0.6× 84 0.5× 87 0.6× 18 0.2× 13 0.1× 39 1.1k
Samuel Zschokke Switzerland 19 167 0.6× 595 3.9× 484 3.2× 129 1.1× 107 1.2× 39 937

Countries citing papers authored by Beth Mortimer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beth Mortimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beth Mortimer

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

All Works

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Yang, Yiyuan, et al.. (2025). Constraints on percussive seismic signals in a noisy environment by European fiddler crabs, Afruca tangeri. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(7).
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Nissen‐Meyer, Tarje, et al.. (2025). Decoding the footsteps of the African savanna: Classifying wildlife using seismic signals and machine learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(4). 819–836. 1 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2024). Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0307520–e0307520. 1 indexed citations
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Chomicki, Guillaume, Gustavo Burin, Lucas Busta, et al.. (2024). Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution. Science. 383(6678). 108–113. 11 indexed citations
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Guadayol, Òscar, Christian M. Schlepütz, Beth Mortimer, et al.. (2024). Mechanical network equivalence between the katydid and mammalian inner ears. PLoS Computational Biology. 20(12). e1012641–e1012641.
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Taylor, Graham K., et al.. (2023). Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(3). 942–981. 11 indexed citations
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Miller, Thomas E., Graham K. Taylor, & Beth Mortimer. (2022). Slit sense organ distribution on the legs of two species of orb-weaving spider (Araneae: Araneidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 67. 101140–101140. 2 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2021). Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour. Die Naturwissenschaften. 108(3). 20–20. 5 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2020). Functional flexibility in a spider's Orb Web. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 23). 8 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2020). On the morphology and evolution of cicadomorphan tymbal organs. Arthropod Structure & Development. 55. 100918–100918. 8 indexed citations
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Miller, Thomas E. & Beth Mortimer. (2020). Control vs. Constraint: Understanding the Mechanisms of Vibration Transmission During Material-Bound Information Transfer. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 10 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2019). On the morphology and possible function of two putative vibroacoustic mechanisms in derbid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 52. 100880–100880. 5 indexed citations
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Cicirello, Alice, et al.. (2019). Planthopper bugs use a fast, cyclic elastic recoil mechanism for effective vibrational communication at small body size. PLoS Biology. 17(3). e3000155–e3000155. 18 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2019). Decoding the locational information in the orb web vibrations ofAraneus diadematusandZygiella x-notata. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(154). 20190201–20190201. 27 indexed citations
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Holbrook, Robert I. & Beth Mortimer. (2018). Vibration sensitivity found inCaenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 15). 5 indexed citations
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Baňař, Petr, et al.. (2017). The pregenital abdomen of Enicocephalomorpha and morphological evidence for different modes of communication at the dawn of heteropteran evolution. Arthropod Structure & Development. 46(6). 843–868. 10 indexed citations
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Guan, Juan, Yu Wang, Beth Mortimer, et al.. (2016). Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. Soft Matter. 12(27). 5926–5936. 50 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, Juan Guan, Chris Holland, David Porter, & Fritz Vollrath. (2014). Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori. Acta Biomaterialia. 11. 247–255. 46 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Beth, et al.. (2012). Ballistic impact to access the high-rate behaviour of individual silk fibres. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 60(10). 1710–1721. 31 indexed citations

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