Derek S. Sikes

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Derek S. Sikes is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek S. Sikes has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 43 papers in Ecology and 29 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Derek S. Sikes's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (28 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). Derek S. Sikes is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (28 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). Derek S. Sikes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Derek S. Sikes's co-authors include Stephen T. Trumbo, Alberto Pantoja, Simon G. Potts, Leif L. Richardson, Lawrence F. Gall, Pierre Rasmont, David L. Wagner, Sheila R. Colla, Jeremy T. Kerr and Oliver Schweiger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Derek S. Sikes

81 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across cont... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents
    2015 565 citations Derek S. Sikes 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
Derek S. Sikes United States 20 921 778 618 565 283 82 1.6k
Alejandro Zaldívar‐Riverón Mexico 23 1.1k 1.2× 898 1.2× 449 0.7× 436 0.8× 127 0.4× 130 1.7k
Darren Ward New Zealand 19 928 1.0× 665 0.9× 616 1.0× 563 1.0× 430 1.5× 90 1.7k
Rosa Ana Sánchez‐Guillén Spain 21 747 0.8× 307 0.4× 669 1.1× 425 0.8× 332 1.2× 53 1.4k
Ivone R. Diniz Brazil 21 1.4k 1.5× 789 1.0× 565 0.9× 484 0.9× 281 1.0× 70 2.0k
Brian V. Brown United States 23 1.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 1.0k 1.7× 398 0.7× 160 0.6× 151 2.0k
PB McQuillan Australia 20 830 0.9× 512 0.7× 334 0.5× 342 0.6× 161 0.6× 80 1.4k
Adolfo Cordero Rivera Spain 24 914 1.0× 391 0.5× 506 0.8× 436 0.8× 209 0.7× 69 1.5k
Daniel González‐Tokman Mexico 18 408 0.4× 470 0.6× 313 0.5× 381 0.7× 116 0.4× 64 1.1k
Harold F. Greeney United States 17 1.2k 1.3× 483 0.6× 453 0.7× 751 1.3× 351 1.2× 139 1.9k
Henri Goulet Canada 21 1.2k 1.3× 921 1.2× 424 0.7× 485 0.9× 62 0.2× 72 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek S. Sikes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek S. Sikes

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All Works

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Eggert, Anne‐Katrin, J. Curtis Creighton, Scott K. Sakaluk, et al.. (2025). Parental care liberates juvenile growth: a common-garden test of the evolutionary benefits of care. Evolution. 80(1). 269–281.
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2024). Patterns of aerial arthropod biomass and diversity from three regions of boreal Alaska. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17(5). 826–855. 1 indexed citations
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Belk, Mark C., J. Curtis Creighton, Rebecca M. Kilner, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae). Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70175–e70175. 16 indexed citations
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Cicero, Carla, Michelle S. Koo, John C. Abbott, et al.. (2024). Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing natural and cultural history collections. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0296478–e0296478. 6 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2024). Wing lengths of three Arctic butterfly species decrease as summers warm in Alaska. Ecography. 2024(5). 2 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2023). Beach-cast and drifting seaweed wrack is an important resource for marine and terrestrial macroinvertebrates in high latitudes. Marine Environmental Research. 187. 105970–105970. 3 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S.. (2019). Diplura and Protura of Canada. ZooKeys. 819(819). 197–203. 4 indexed citations
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Klimaszewski, Jan, Derek S. Sikes, Adam Brunke, & Caroline Bourdon. (2019). Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution. ZooKeys. 848. 57–102. 3 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., Stephen T. Trumbo, & Stewart B. Peck. (2016). Cryptic diversity in the New World burying beetle fauna: Nicrophorus hebes Kirby- new status as a resurrected name (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74(3). 299–309. 18 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S.. (2015). Influences of ungulate carcasses on Coleopteran communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Montana State University ScholarWorks (Montana State University). 1 indexed citations
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Scudder, G. G. E. & Derek S. Sikes. (2014). Alaskan Heteroptera (Hemiptera): new records, associated data, and deletions. Zootaxa. 3852(3). 373–81. 4 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2013). Description of Caurinus tlagu, new species, from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Mecoptera, Boreidae, Caurininae). ZooKeys. 316(316). 35–53. 13 indexed citations
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Shelley, Rowland M. & Derek S. Sikes. (2012). Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a Consolidation of Major References on the Myriapod Fauna of “Lesser” Caribbean Islands. Insecta mundi. 1 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2010). Detection of <I>Francisella tularensis</I> in Alaskan Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and Assessment of a Laboratory Model for Transmission. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47(4). 639–648. 24 indexed citations
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Sikes, Derek S., et al.. (2008). Molecular systematics and biogeography of Nicrophorus in part—The investigator species group (Coleoptera: Silphidae) using mixture model MCMC. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(2). 646–666. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Gordon P., et al.. (2007). Host shift by the burying beetle,Nicrophorus pustulatus, a parasitoid of snake eggs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(6). 2389–2399. 35 indexed citations
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Ivie, Michael A. & Derek S. Sikes. (1995). DESCRIPTION OF MICROMYRMEX ASCLEPIA, NEW SPECIES, WITH A REDEFINITION OF THE GENUS AND LIFE HISTORY NOTES (CURCULIONIDAE: OTIDOCEPHALINA). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49(3). 235–248. 2 indexed citations

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