Doyle McKey

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Doyle McKey is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Doyle McKey has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 67 papers in Plant Science and 46 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Doyle McKey's work include Plant and animal studies (65 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (28 papers). Doyle McKey is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (65 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (28 papers). Doyle McKey collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Doyle McKey's co-authors include Peter G. Waterman, Marianne Élias, Diane W. Davidson, J. Stephen Gartlan, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas, Suresh Kumar Ghimire, Laurence Gaume and Thomas T. Struhsaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Doyle McKey

161 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Adaptive Patterns in Alkaloid Physiology 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 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. Adaptive Patterns in Alkaloid Physiology
    1974 580 citations Doyle McKey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Doyle McKey France 52 3.4k 3.3k 2.1k 1.2k 1.1k 167 7.6k
Ghillean Τ. Prance United States 47 3.1k 0.9× 4.6k 1.4× 953 0.5× 3.4k 2.8× 1.8k 1.6× 297 10.7k
Henrik Balslev Denmark 51 3.4k 1.0× 4.3k 1.3× 573 0.3× 3.6k 3.0× 1.5k 1.3× 329 9.9k
R. Toby Pennington United Kingdom 52 2.8k 0.8× 6.7k 2.0× 1.5k 0.7× 3.5k 2.9× 1.2k 1.1× 161 10.7k
Phyllis D. Coley United States 44 4.2k 1.3× 5.7k 1.7× 818 0.4× 4.7k 3.9× 2.6k 2.3× 95 11.1k
Inara R. Leal Brazil 40 910 0.3× 3.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 2.5k 2.0× 970 0.9× 159 5.6k
David W. Roubik Panama 52 2.8k 0.8× 7.8k 2.4× 4.0k 1.9× 874 0.7× 440 0.4× 170 9.0k
Alwyn H. Gentry United States 37 3.3k 1.0× 5.3k 1.6× 415 0.2× 4.0k 3.3× 1.7k 1.5× 112 10.8k
William J. Baker United Kingdom 45 1.5k 0.5× 4.5k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 735 0.6× 201 6.9k
Beryl B. Simpson United States 39 2.5k 0.7× 3.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 774 0.7× 110 6.2k
Alejandro Casas Mexico 40 2.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 323 0.2× 385 0.3× 603 0.5× 201 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Doyle McKey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Doyle McKey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna, et al.. (2025). Farmers hold diverse and connected values towards crops. PNAS Nexus. 4(12). pgaf390–pgaf390.
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Hmimsa, Younès, et al.. (2024). Social strategies to access land influence crop diversity in northwestern Morocco. People and Nature. 6(2). 687–702. 3 indexed citations
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Violle, Cyrille, et al.. (2023). A feedback loop between management, intraspecific trait variation and harvesting practices. AoB Plants. 15(6). plad077–plad077. 1 indexed citations
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McKey, Doyle. (2022). Soil animals and archaeological site formation processes, with a particular focus on insects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 167. 37–44. 4 indexed citations
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Blatrix, Rumsaïs, et al.. (2021). The symbiosis between Philidris ants and the ant-plant Dischidia major includes fungal and algal associates. Symbiosis. 83(3). 305–315. 4 indexed citations
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McKey, Doyle. (2021). Making the most of grasslands and heathlands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang, Xingtan Zhang, Edward Allen Herre, et al.. (2021). Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 718–718. 41 indexed citations
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Coomes, Oliver T., et al.. (2019). Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River. Geographical Journal. 186(1). 16–30. 3 indexed citations
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McKey, Doyle. (2019). Pre-Columbian human occupation of Amazonia and its influence on current landscapes and biodiversity. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 91(suppl 3). e20190087–e20190087. 6 indexed citations
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Caillon, Sophie, et al.. (2016). Pond fishing in the Congolese cuvette: a story of fishermen, animals, and water spirits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 10 indexed citations
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McKey, Doyle. (2016). Paysages bioculturels et biomimétisme à un niveau écosystémique. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 6. 3 indexed citations
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Rostain, Stéphen, et al.. (2016). Cerritos, tolas, tesos, camellones y otros montículos de las Tierras Bajas de Sudamérica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29(1). 86–113. 9 indexed citations
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Rostain, Stéphen & Doyle McKey. (2015). Les paysages de champs surélevés de Guyane française : un patrimoine bioculturel menacé. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 2 indexed citations
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Roullier, Caroline, Anne Duputié, Laure Benoit, et al.. (2013). Disentangling the Origins of Cultivated Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62707–e62707. 94 indexed citations
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Roullier, Caroline, Laure Benoit, Genoveva Rossel, et al.. (2013). Correction: Disentangling the Origins of Cultivated Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). PLoS ONE. 8(10). 20 indexed citations
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McKey, Doyle, Stéphen Rostain, José Iriarte, et al.. (2010). Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(17). 7823–7828. 139 indexed citations
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Davidson, Diane W. & Doyle McKey. (1993). The evolutionary ecology of symbiotic ant-plant relationships. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2. 13–83. 299 indexed citations

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