Carlos López‐Vaamonde

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Carlos López‐Vaamonde is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos López‐Vaamonde has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 46 papers in Genetics and 42 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Carlos López‐Vaamonde's work include Plant and animal studies (40 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (37 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (33 papers). Carlos López‐Vaamonde is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (40 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (37 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (33 papers). Carlos López‐Vaamonde collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Carlos López‐Vaamonde's co-authors include James M. Cook, Marc Kenis, Alain Roques, Jean–Yves Rasplus, Sylvie Augustin, Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg, Christelle Péré, Matthew J.W. Cock, Josef Settele and Laura Timms and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Carlos López‐Vaamonde

98 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Ecological effects of invasive alien insects 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Ecological effects of invasive alien insects
    2008 532 citations Marc Kenis, Alain Roques et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlos López‐Vaamonde France 27 1.9k 1.5k 1.1k 867 462 100 2.8k
Benoît Facon France 31 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 481 1.0× 52 2.9k
Carole Kerdelhué France 29 1.3k 0.7× 936 0.6× 793 0.7× 951 1.1× 622 1.3× 81 2.4k
Karsten Schönrogge United Kingdom 33 3.1k 1.6× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 616 1.3× 74 4.0k
Éric Lombaert France 24 852 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 829 0.7× 884 1.0× 644 1.4× 39 2.5k
Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner Austria 29 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 619 0.7× 368 0.8× 126 3.3k
Juan C. Corley Argentina 29 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 949 1.1× 407 0.9× 128 2.6k
Benjamin B. Normark United States 33 1.6k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 760 0.9× 758 1.6× 79 3.3k
Nathan E. Rank United States 26 685 0.4× 606 0.4× 562 0.5× 853 1.0× 446 1.0× 47 1.8k
Daegan Inward United Kingdom 17 981 0.5× 536 0.4× 914 0.8× 553 0.6× 286 0.6× 29 1.9k
György Csóka Hungary 24 1.2k 0.6× 902 0.6× 327 0.3× 757 0.9× 216 0.5× 83 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlos López‐Vaamonde

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlos López‐Vaamonde

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos López‐Vaamonde

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Joshi, Mukta, et al.. (2023). Patterns of speciation in a parapatric pair of Saturnia moths as revealed by target capture. Molecular Ecology. 33(1). e17194–e17194. 2 indexed citations
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Bézier, Annie, Béatrice Courtial, Susan Mbedi, et al.. (2023). Persisting roadblocks in arthropod monitoring using non-destructive metabarcoding from collection media of passive traps. PeerJ. 11. e16022–e16022. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chunyan, et al.. (2021). The ecological impact of pest-induced tree dieback on insect biodiversity in Yunnan pine plantations, China. Forest Ecology and Management. 491. 119173–119173. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Xuankun, Ryan A. St Laurent, Chandra Earl, et al.. (2021). Phylogeny of gracillariid leaf‐mining moths: evolution of larval behaviour inferred from phylogenomic and Sanger data. Cladistics. 38(3). 277–300. 20 indexed citations
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Villalta, Irène, Christophe Bouget, Carlos López‐Vaamonde, & Marjolaine Baude. (2021). Phylogenetic, Functional and Taxonomic Responses of Wild Bee Communities Along Urbanisation Gradients. The Science of The Total Environment. 832. 154926–154926. 1 indexed citations
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Villalta, Irène, Mathilde Baude, David Genoud, et al.. (2021). A DNA barcode-based survey of wild urban bees in the Loire Valley, France. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4770–4770. 33 indexed citations
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Takeda, Seiji, et al.. (2018). Inside the horn of plenty: Leaf-mining micromoth manipulates its host plant to obtain unending food provisioning. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209485–e0209485. 14 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, Camiel Doorenweerd, Atsushi Kawakita, et al.. (2018). Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. ZooKeys. 773(773). 109–141. 6 indexed citations
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Kirichenko, Natalia, et al.. (2015). Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Callisto (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in the Alps. ZooKeys. 473(473). 157–176. 23 indexed citations
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Zanette, Lorenzo R. S., et al.. (2014). Bumble bee workers drift to conspecific nests at field scales. Ecological Entomology. 39(3). 347–354. 24 indexed citations
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Lees, David C., Akito Y. Kawahara, Rodolphe Rougerie, et al.. (2013). DNA barcoding reveals a largely unknown fauna of Gracillariidae leaf‐mining moths in the Neotropics. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14(2). 286–296. 45 indexed citations
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Hernández‐López, Antonio, Rodolphe Rougerie, Sylvie Augustin, et al.. (2011). Host tracking or cryptic adaptation? Phylogeography ofPediobius saulius(Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the highly invasive horse‐chestnut leafminer. Evolutionary Applications. 5(3). 256–269. 25 indexed citations
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Navajas, Maria, Alain Migeon, Agustín Estrada‐Peña, et al.. (2010). Mites and ticks (Acari).. 149–192. 16 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, Niklas Wikström, Karl M. Kjer, et al.. (2009). Molecular dating and biogeography of fig-pollinating wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52(3). 715–726. 43 indexed citations
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Valade, Romain, Marc Kenis, Antonio Hernández‐López, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers reveal a Balkan origin for the highly invasive horse‐chestnut leaf miner Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Molecular Ecology. 18(16). 3458–3470. 94 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, et al.. (2004). Social parasitism by male-producing reproductive workers in a eusocial insect. Nature. 430(6999). 557–560. 131 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, Hubert Charles, & James M. Cook. (2003). EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF HOST-PLANT USE IN A GENUS OF LEAF-MINING MOTHS. Evolution. 57(8). 1804–1821. 104 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, Hubert Charles, & James M. Cook. (2003). EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF HOST-PLANT USE IN A GENUS OF LEAF-MINING MOTHS. Evolution. 57(8). 1804–1804. 10 indexed citations
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López‐Vaamonde, Carlos, et al.. (2003). No evidence that reproductive bumblebee workers reduce the production of new queens. Animal Behaviour. 66(3). 577–584. 30 indexed citations

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