Christopher Hassall

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher Hassall is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Hassall has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Ecological Modeling and 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Christopher Hassall's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (15 papers). Christopher Hassall is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (15 papers). Christopher Hassall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Spain. Christopher Hassall's co-authors include David Thompson, Thomas N. Sherratt, Ian F. Harvey, Alison M. Dunn, GRAHAM C. FRENCH, Jeremy Biggs, Matthew J. Hill, Andrew Hull, Paul J. Wood and Jeffrey H. Skevington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Hassall

83 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

2020 264 citations C. Matilda Collins, Manu E. Saunders et al. Insect Conservation and Diversity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Hassall United Kingdom	29	1.5k	892	892	856	700	89	3.1k
Rasmus Ejrnæs Denmark	30	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 2.0×	764 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	902 1.3×	97	4.0k
Athanasios S. Kallimanis Greece	33	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	710 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	103	3.6k
Ian P. Vaughan United Kingdom	32	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.9×	665 0.7×	1.9k 2.2×	449 0.6×	92	4.3k
Kirsten M. Parris Australia	39	2.9k 1.9×	1.6k 1.7×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.8k 2.6×	81	4.7k
Simone Des Roches United States	16	998 0.7×	880 1.0×	436 0.5×	844 1.0×	692 1.0×	27	2.7k
Ute Jacob Germany	26	1.8k 1.2×	936 1.0×	424 0.5×	909 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	43	3.3k
Lisa G. Crozier United States	19	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 2.1×	1.3k 1.4×	731 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	30	3.6k
Marc J. Lajeunesse United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	951 1.1×	469 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	579 0.8×	39	3.6k
Daniel S. Chapman United Kingdom	28	937 0.6×	773 0.9×	668 0.7×	700 0.8×	483 0.7×	73	2.5k
Corina Başnou Spain	19	754 0.5×	821 0.9×	373 0.4×	499 0.6×	824 1.2×	32	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Hassall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Hassall

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Hassall

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Milne, Alice E., C. R. Shortall, Björn C. Beckmann, et al.. (2025). Trait mediation explains decadal distributional shifts for a wide range of insect taxa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8131–8131.

Shortall, C. R., James R. Bell, Elizabeth J. Duncan, et al.. (2025). Spatio‐Temporal Variation in Aerial Arthropod Abundance Revealed by Weather Radars. Global Change Biology. 31(10). e70425–e70425.

Lattuada, Matteo, Altynay Kaidarova, Matthias Prange, et al.. (2025). Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level threatens ecosystem integrity, biodiversity protection, and human infrastructure. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

Wilkes, Martin, et al.. (2025). Revealing hidden sources of uncertainty in biodiversity trend assessments. Ecography. 2025(5). 1 indexed citations

Hassall, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Weather Radars Reveal Environmental Conditions for High Altitude Insect Movement Through the Aerosphere. Remote Sensing. 16(23). 4388–4388.

Collins, C. Matilda, et al.. (2024). Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17(2). 169–181. 8 indexed citations

Hassall, Christopher, et al.. (2024). The Potential Health Benefits of Urban Tree Planting Suggested through Immersive Environments. Land. 13(3). 290–290. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, George, et al.. (2024). The diversity of ignorance and the ignorance of diversity: origins and implications of “shadow diversity” for conservation biology and extinction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. e18–e18.

Billington, Jac, Christopher Hassall, & Matt Craddock. (2024). Camouflage patterning modulates neural signatures of attention and decision-making. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2028). 20240865–20240865. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, William Lloyd, Christopher Hassall, Elizabeth J. Duncan, et al.. (2022). The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual‐polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 8(5). 698–716. 8 indexed citations

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Duncan, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2022). Simulation of the Radar Cross Section of a Noctuid Moth. Remote Sensing. 14(6). 1494–1494. 6 indexed citations

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Billington, Jac, Richard Webster, Thomas N. Sherratt, Richard M. Wilkie, & Christopher Hassall. (2020). The (Under)Use of Eye-Tracking in Evolutionary Ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(6). 495–502. 11 indexed citations

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Miranda, Rafael, Virgilio Hermoso, & Christopher Hassall. (2019). Ecological quality and conservation status of inland waters. Inland Waters. 9(3). 275–277. 7 indexed citations

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Bojko, Jamie, et al.. (2017). Pathogens of Dikerogammarus haemobaphes regulate host activity and survival, but also threaten native amphipod populations in the UK. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 136(1). 63–78. 36 indexed citations

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Hassall, Christopher, et al.. (2017). Effects of the urban heat island on the phenology of Odonata in London, UK. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(7). 1337–1346. 25 indexed citations

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Dunn, Alison M., et al.. (2016). Antagonistic effects of biological invasion and environmental warming on detritus processing in freshwater ecosystems. Oecologia. 183(3). 875–886. 16 indexed citations

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Hassall, Christopher. (2015). Strong geographical variation in wing aspect ratio of a damselfly, Calopteryx maculata (Odonata: Zygoptera). PeerJ. 3. e1219–e1219. 29 indexed citations

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Hassall, Christopher. (2014). The ecology and biodiversity of urban ponds. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 1(2). 187–206. 229 indexed citations

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Hassall, Christopher. (2014). Continental variation in wing pigmentation in Calopteryx damselflies is related to the presence of heterospecifics. PeerJ. 2. e438–e438. 11 indexed citations

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Hassall, Christopher, David Thompson, & Ian F. Harvey. (2008). The impact of climate-induced distributional changes on the validity of biological water quality metrics. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 160(1-4). 451–456. 12 indexed citations

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