David Pimentel

15.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
111 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

David Pimentel is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pimentel has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Insect Science, 22 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Pimentel's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (9 papers). David Pimentel is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (9 papers). David Pimentel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. David Pimentel's co-authors include Simon A. Levin, C. S. Holling, Robert Costanza, Carl Folke, Célia A. Harvey, K.B. Sinclair, Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo, Daniel Kurz, Michael McNair and Ryan Blair and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

David Pimentel

108 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits

1995 2.0k citations David Pimentel, Célia A. Harvey et al. Science profile →
Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment

1995 1.1k citations Robert Costanza, Carl Folke et al. Science profile →
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment

1995 569 citations Robert Costanza, Carl Folke et al. profile →
Amounts of pesticides reaching target pests: Environmental impacts and ethics

1995 556 citations David Pimentel profile →
Environmental and Economic Costs of Pesticide Use

1992 513 citations David Pimentel et al. BioScience profile →
CRC handbook of pest management in agriculture

1990 356 citations David Pimentel profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by David Pimentel

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Pimentel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pimentel

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	World overpopulation 2012 ·Environment Development and Sustainability ·David Pimentel	15
2	Nuclear War Investigation Related to a Limited Nuclear Battle with Emphasis on Agricultural Impacts in the United States 2012 ·AMBIO ·David Pimentel, Michael Burgess	2
3	Know Your EnemyBioeconomics of Invasive Species: Integrating Ecology, Economics, Policy, and Management. Reuben P. Keller , David M. Lodge , Mark A. Lewis , and Jason F. Shogren , eds. Oxford University Press, New York, 2009. 320 pp. $49.95 (ISBN 9780195367973 paper). 2009 ·BioScience ·David Pimentel	3
4	Energy Analysis of Sugar Beet Production Under Traditional and Intensive Farming Systems and Impacts on Sustainable Agriculture in Morocco 2002 ·Journal of Sustainable Agriculture ·(unknown), (unknown), David Pimentel	44
5	Public Health and Costs of Pesticides 2002 ·(unknown), David Pimentel	14
6	Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply 2001 ·Environment Development and Sustainability ·(unknown), David Pimentel	50
7	Managing Our Environmental Portfolio 2000 ·BioScience ·Robert Costanza, Herman E. Daly, Carl Folke, Paul Hawken, C. S. Holling, Anthony J. McMichael, David Pimentel, David J. Rapport	87
8	The importance of leaf- and litter-feeding invertebrates as sources of animal protein for the Amazonian Amerindians 2000 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Maurizio G. Paoletti, Darna L. Dufour, Hugo Cerda, (unknown), L. Pizzoferrato, David Pimentel	39
9	Techniques for reducing pesticide use : economic and environmental benefits 1997 ·Wiley eBooks ·David Pimentel	85
10	Green revolution agriculture and chemical hazards 1996 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·David Pimentel	145
11	Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits breakdown → 1995 ·Science ·David Pimentel, Célia A. Harvey, Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo, K.B. Sinclair, Daniel Kurz, Michael McNair, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ryan Blair	1969
12	Natural resources and an optimum human population 1994 ·Population and Environment ·David Pimentel, Rebecca M. Harman, (unknown), (unknown), Marcia Pimentel	116
13	Integrated resource management : agroforestry for development 1992 ·VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) ·Charles V. Kidd, David Pimentel	32
14	Alcohol and biogas production from biomass 1990 ·Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences ·Mario Giampietro, David Pimentel	10
15	Food and Natural Resources 1989 ·Elsevier eBooks ·David Pimentel	71
16	Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War 1983 ·Science ·Paul R. Ehrlich, John Harte, Mark A. Harwell, Peter H. Raven, Carl Sagan, George M. Woodwell, Joseph A. Berry, Edward S. Ayensu, Anne H. Ehrlich, Thomas Eisner, Stephen Jay Gould, Herbert D. Grover, Rafael Herrera, Robert M. May, Ernst Mayr, Christopher P. McKay, Harold A. Mooney, Norman Myers, David Pimentel, John M. Teal	115
17	Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Allopatric and Sympatric Populations 1974 ·The American Naturalist ·(unknown), David Pimentel, (unknown)	37
18	Density and Spatial Relationships Between a Wasp Parasite and Its Housefly Host 1965 ·The Canadian Entomologist ·J. L. Madden, David Pimentel	14
19	Introducing Parasites and Predators to Control Native Pests 1963 ·The Canadian Entomologist ·David Pimentel	62
20	Biology of the Indian Mongoose in Puerto Rico 1955 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·David Pimentel	79

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