David C. Aldridge

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

David C. Aldridge is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Aldridge has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Ecology, 46 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David C. Aldridge's work include Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (119 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers). David C. Aldridge is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (119 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers). David C. Aldridge collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. David C. Aldridge's co-authors include Dafne Eerkes‐Medrano, Richard C. Thompson, W. B. Turner, Belinda Gallardo, Alexandra Zieritz, Ronaldo Sousa, David F. Willer, Geoff D. Moggridge, Jorge L. Gutiérrez and Paul Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David C. Aldridge

187 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Microplastics in fre... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2015 1983 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs
    2015 2.0k citations David C. Aldridge et al. profile →
  2. Fungal metabolites II
    1983 396 citations W. B. Turner, David C. Aldridge profile →

Peers

David C. Aldridge
Val H. Smith United States
Helena Freitas Portugal
Robert L. Sinsabaugh United States
Shuijin Hu United States
Cory C. Cleveland United States
L. Brussaard Netherlands
Matthew D. Wallenstein United States
Wolfgang Wanek Austria
Michael S. Bank United States
Rainer Georg Joergensen Germany
Val H. Smith United States
David C. Aldridge
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Aldridge

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dennis, Michelle M., Camilla Della Torre, Diane L. Waller, et al.. (2025). Sampling mass mortality events to enable diagnoses: A protocol using freshwater mussels. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(2). 250–268.
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Halabowski, Dariusz, Ronaldo Sousa, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, et al.. (2024). Off the conservation radar: the hidden story of Europe's tiny pea clams (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). Biodiversity and Conservation. 33(13). 3567–3581. 2 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., et al.. (2024). Freshwater Mussel (Unio pictorum) Shells Reveal Hydrological and Environmental Change From 1300 BC to the Present Day. Global Change Biology. 30(10). e17532–e17532. 2 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., et al.. (2024). Declines in Freshwater Mussels and Loss of Mussel–Invertebrate Interactions in the Subtropical Waterbodies of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(11).
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Brian, Joshua I. & David C. Aldridge. (2023). Enigmatic freshwater mussel declines could be explained by the biodiversity‐disease relationship. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(9). 1771–1777. 4 indexed citations
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Willer, David F. & David C. Aldridge. (2023). Enhancing domestic consumption to deliver food security in a volatile world. Global Sustainability. 6. 6 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., et al.. (2023). Barriers and drivers to increasing sustainable bivalve seafood consumption in a mass market economy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 1257–1269. 7 indexed citations
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Waller, Diane L., David C. Aldridge, Renata Claudi, et al.. (2023). Review and Development of Best Practices for Toxicity Tests with Dreissenid Mussels. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 42(8). 1649–1666. 7 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., et al.. (2022). Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(1). 112–123. 18 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., Yulia V. Bespalaya, Ivan N. Bolotov, et al.. (2022). Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities. Global Change Biology. 29(3). 575–589. 67 indexed citations
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Brian, Joshua I. & David C. Aldridge. (2021). Abundance data applied to a novel model invertebrate host shed new light on parasite community assembly in nature. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(5). 1096–1108. 23 indexed citations
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Reynolds, S.A. & David C. Aldridge. (2021). Global impacts of invasive species on the tipping points of shallow lakes. Global Change Biology. 27(23). 6129–6138. 23 indexed citations
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Sutherland, William J., Catherine Rhodes, Philip A. Martin, et al.. (2020). A solution scan of societal options to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and spread. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Froufe, Elsa, André Gomes‐dos‐Santos, Arthur E. Bogan, et al.. (2020). Complete mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater mussels Amblema plicata (Say, 1817), Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834), and Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857) (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 2959–2961. 1 indexed citations
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Reynolds, S.A., Matthew P. Davey, & David C. Aldridge. (2019). Harnessing Synthetic Ecology for commercial algae production. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9756–9756. 2 indexed citations
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Froufe, Elsa, Ivan N. Bolotov, David C. Aldridge, et al.. (2019). Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution. Heredity. 124(1). 182–196. 38 indexed citations
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Aldridge, David C., et al.. (1999). Musiktherapie in der Medizin : Forschungsstrategien und praktische Erfahrungen. 9 indexed citations
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Turner, W. B. & David C. Aldridge. (1983). Fungal metabolites II. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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