David Aplin

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Aplin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Aplin has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David Aplin's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). David Aplin is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). David Aplin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Belgium. David Aplin's co-authors include Alan C. Gange, V. K. Brown and Vernon H. Heywood and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

David Aplin

8 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties

2002 913 citations David Aplin Biological Conservation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Aplin United Kingdom	5	724	577	486	293	191	10	1.2k
Jun‐Ichirou Suzuki Japan	16	612 0.8×	469 0.8×	425 0.9×	237 0.8×	213 1.1×	40	1.1k
Laura A. Hyatt United States	12	662 0.9×	382 0.7×	353 0.7×	360 1.2×	230 1.2×	18	993
Reïn Kalamees Estonia	18	988 1.4×	778 1.3×	521 1.1×	600 2.0×	183 1.0×	23	1.4k
Gabrielle Vivian‐Smith Australia	16	776 1.1×	430 0.7×	483 1.0×	655 2.2×	154 0.8×	30	1.2k
C. Sydes United Kingdom	11	951 1.3×	589 1.0×	598 1.2×	485 1.7×	234 1.2×	20	1.4k
Karel Fajmon Czechia	18	591 0.8×	479 0.8×	347 0.7×	269 0.9×	247 1.3×	36	1.0k
Helen M. Quested Sweden	12	679 0.9×	408 0.7×	462 1.0×	362 1.2×	242 1.3×	15	1.2k
Tara K. Rajaniemi United States	13	898 1.2×	526 0.9×	531 1.1×	390 1.3×	207 1.1×	20	1.2k
Fernanda Vendramini Argentina	6	745 1.0×	355 0.6×	372 0.8×	330 1.1×	333 1.7×	8	1.1k
Sarah M. Emery United States	20	686 0.9×	781 1.4×	580 1.2×	439 1.5×	240 1.3×	55	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Aplin

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

1.

Aplin, David & Vernon H. Heywood. (2008). Do Seed Lists have a future?. Taxon. 57(3). 709–711. 1 indexed citations

2.

Aplin, David. (2008). Book review. Biological Conservation. 141(8). 2155–2156.

3.

Aplin, David, et al.. (2007). Indices Seminum: Are They Really Worth the Effort?. 93–107. 3 indexed citations

4.

Aplin, David, et al.. (2007). Indices Seminum:. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 93–107. 2 indexed citations

5.

Gange, Alan C., et al.. (2006). Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and intraspecific competition affect size, and size inequality, of Plantago lanceolata L.. Journal of Ecology. 94(2). 285–294. 34 indexed citations

6.

Gange, Alan C., V. K. Brown, & David Aplin. (2005). ECOLOGICAL SPECIFICITY OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE: EVIDENCE FROM FOLIAR- AND SEED-FEEDING INSECTS. Ecology. 86(3). 603–611. 63 indexed citations

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Gange, Alan C., V. K. Brown, & David Aplin. (2003). Multitrophic links between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and insect parasitoids. Ecology Letters. 6(12). 1051–1055. 104 indexed citations

8.

Aplin, David. (2002). Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties. Biological Conservation. 107(2). 260–261. 913 indexed citations breakdown →

9.

Aplin, David. (2001). Mkomazi: The Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savannah. Biological Conservation. 101(2). 259–261. 1 indexed citations

10.

Gange, Alan C., et al.. (1999). A comparison of visualization techniques for recording arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization. New Phytologist. 142(1). 123–132. 51 indexed citations

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