H. Oldroyd

956 total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

H. Oldroyd is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Oldroyd has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 25 papers in Insect Science and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in H. Oldroyd's work include Diptera species taxonomy and behavior (23 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (18 papers) and Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies (8 papers). H. Oldroyd is often cited by papers focused on Diptera species taxonomy and behavior (23 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (18 papers) and Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies (8 papers). H. Oldroyd collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Israel and South Africa. H. Oldroyd's co-authors include B H Cogan, Patricia W. Freeman, Adrian C. Pont, R. W. Crosskey, Kenneth G. V. Smith, P. R. Davis, E. Grandjean, W. Crewe, Lewis Berner and O. Theodor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Systematic Biology and Florida Entomologist.

In The Last Decade

H. Oldroyd

40 papers receiving 556 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.

Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical region

1980 314 citations R. W. Crosskey, B H Cogan et al. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. Oldroyd United Kingdom	10	463	381	112	110	42	45	691
Mercedes D. Delfinado United States	13	412 0.9×	373 1.0×	83 0.7×	93 0.8×	49 1.2×	41	568
B. Hocking Canada	11	267 0.6×	235 0.6×	136 1.2×	135 1.2×	79 1.9×	28	557
Maurice T. James United States	8	187 0.4×	254 0.7×	55 0.5×	90 0.8×	66 1.6×	41	498
Marina Tyndale-Biscoe Australia	14	325 0.7×	421 1.1×	188 1.7×	91 0.8×	37 0.9×	23	678
Nelson Papavero Brazil	13	402 0.9×	426 1.1×	120 1.1×	110 1.0×	43 1.0×	118	753
O. P. Young United States	9	266 0.6×	259 0.7×	64 0.6×	93 0.8×	24 0.6×	20	430
T. O. Browning Australia	13	177 0.4×	157 0.4×	106 0.9×	126 1.1×	9 0.2×	22	385
Donald L. Baumgartner United States	8	229 0.5×	470 1.2×	90 0.8×	106 1.0×	34 0.8×	10	557
Orrey P. Young United States	11	196 0.4×	165 0.4×	110 1.0×	89 0.8×	15 0.4×	41	384
E. P. Catts United States	11	266 0.6×	959 2.5×	248 2.2×	352 3.2×	22 0.5×	17	1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by H. Oldroyd

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. Oldroyd

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Crosskey, R. W., B H Cogan, Patricia W. Freeman, et al.. (1980). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical region. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oldroyd, H.. (1974). An Introduction To The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) Of Southern Africa. African Invertebrates. 22(1). 1–171. 20 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1970). Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera) 1, Asilidaeof the Congo Basin. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 24. 207–334. 7 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1970). Collecting, preserving and studying insects. 14 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1970). A new genus of Rhinomyzini (Diptera: Tabanidae), the first from South America. Journal of Natural History. 4(2). 249–253. 1 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1968). New Therevidae from Argentina. Journal of Natural History. 2(3). 377–385. 4 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H., et al.. (1967). The world of an insect. 9 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1967). On Comments Concerning the Future of Taxonomic Entomology. Systematic Zoology. 16(3). 274–274. 1 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1966). The wing of Crataerina pallida (Latreille) (Diptera: Mippoboscidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 35(1-2). 23–25. 2 indexed citations

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Theodor, O. & H. Oldroyd. (1965). On a new genus and species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera) and its relationship to Allobosca crassipes Speiser. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 34(7-8). 91–97. 2 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1963). The Tribes and Genera of the African Asilidae (Diptera). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1963). Bibliographical notice. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6(72). 767–767. 1 indexed citations

13.

Oldroyd, H.. (1963). Advances in Entomology. Nature. 199(4889). 108–108. 3 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1957). Subfamilies, chrysopinae, scepsidinae and pangoniinae and a revised classification. 3 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1957). THE GENUS SISYRNODYTES LOEW (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE).. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 26(5-6). 79–88. 1 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1955). Some comments on the species of Chrysops bred and collected at Kumba, British Cameroons.. PubMed. 49(2). 111–4. 1 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1954). Tabanus and related genera. 8 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1954). Diptera : Introduction and Key to Families. 9. 18 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1952). Haematopota and hippocentrum. 2 indexed citations

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Oldroyd, H.. (1952). The Horse-Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region. Vol. I. Haematopota and Hippocentrum.. 7 indexed citations

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