Heather Grab

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 654 citations indexed

About

Heather Grab is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Grab has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 654 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Insect Science and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Heather Grab's work include Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Heather Grab is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Heather Grab collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. Heather Grab's co-authors include Katja Poveda, Bryan N. Danforth, Gregory M. Loeb, Eleanor J. Blitzer, Jason Gibbs, Mia Park, Michael G. Branstetter, Katherine R. Urban‐Mead, Julia A. Schnabel and Elizabeth A. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Heather Grab

25 papers receiving 645 citations

Hit Papers

Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenet... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services
    2019 197 citations Heather Grab, Michael G. Branstetter et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather Grab United States 12 498 409 280 182 129 28 654
Sandra Lindström Sweden 13 531 1.1× 418 1.0× 278 1.0× 152 0.8× 118 0.9× 18 652
Alistair J. Campbell Brazil 14 540 1.1× 408 1.0× 312 1.1× 138 0.8× 111 0.9× 23 636
Roddy J. Hale New Zealand 7 672 1.3× 515 1.3× 353 1.3× 269 1.5× 168 1.3× 11 803
Violette Le Féon France 12 680 1.4× 492 1.2× 302 1.1× 266 1.5× 177 1.4× 20 769
Rita Földesi Hungary 11 359 0.7× 234 0.6× 227 0.8× 86 0.5× 137 1.1× 12 467
Palatty Allesh Sinu India 14 319 0.6× 194 0.5× 234 0.8× 131 0.7× 93 0.7× 69 541
Miklós Sárospataki Hungary 12 692 1.4× 702 1.7× 217 0.8× 387 2.1× 144 1.1× 29 941
Mary Gikungu Kenya 12 329 0.7× 255 0.6× 165 0.6× 125 0.7× 80 0.6× 28 453
Duncan J. Coston United Kingdom 6 401 0.8× 344 0.8× 242 0.9× 108 0.6× 94 0.7× 10 497
Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli Brazil 15 555 1.1× 194 0.5× 326 1.2× 185 1.0× 232 1.8× 53 760

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Grab

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Grab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heather Grab. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heather Grab. The network helps show where Heather Grab may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Grab

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2025). Postharvest Drying and Curing Affect Cannabinoid Contents and Microbial Levels in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.). Plants. 14(3). 414–414. 1 indexed citations
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Baltensperger, David D., et al.. (2025). Building a resilient organic hemp industry: Survey and focus groups assess research, extension, and education needs. Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment. 8(1). 1 indexed citations
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Goslee, Sarah, et al.. (2025). Unraveling microclimate effects on pollinator foraging and crop yield in lowbush blueberry. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 392. 109734–109734.
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Poveda, Katja, Daniel S. Karp, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, et al.. (2025). The Importance of Landscape Composition for Pest Control and Crop Yield: A Global Quantitative Synthesis. Ecology Letters. 28(11). e70250–e70250.
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Guenther, James F., et al.. (2024). Non-Invasive Detection of Nitrogen Deficiency in Cannabis sativa Using Hand-Held Raman Spectroscopy. Agronomy. 14(10). 2390–2390. 2 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2024). Herbivore and pollinator body size effects on strawberry fruit quality. PLoS ONE. 19(6). e0305370–e0305370. 1 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2023). Agricultural soil legacy influences multitrophic interactions between crops, their pathogens and pollinators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2011). 20231453–20231453. 2 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2023). Spillover of chalkbrood fungi to native solitary bee species from non‐native congeners. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(6). 1067–1076. 11 indexed citations
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Iverson, Aaron L., et al.. (2023). Commercial Bombus impatiens colonies function as ecological traps for wild queens. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(4). 592–600. 6 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2023). Phenotypic clines in herbivore resistance and reproductive traits in wild plants along an agricultural gradient. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0286050–e0286050. 2 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2022). Effects of Cold Temperature and Acclimation on Cold Tolerance and Cannabinoid Profiles of Cannabis sativa L. (Hemp). Horticulturae. 8(6). 531–531. 13 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, et al.. (2021). Human-Mediated Land Use Change Drives Intraspecific Plant Trait Variation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 592881–592881. 12 indexed citations
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Figueroa, Laura L., et al.. (2021). Functional traits linked to pathogen prevalence in wild bee communities. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7529–7529. 9 indexed citations
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Pérez-Álvarez, Ricardo, et al.. (2021). Landscape composition mediates the relationship between predator body size and pest control. Ecological Applications. 31(6). e02365–e02365. 10 indexed citations
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Eitzer, Brian D., et al.. (2020). Landscape Composition and Fungicide Exposure Influence Host–Pathogen Dynamics in a Solitary Bee. Environmental Entomology. 50(1). 107–116. 10 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, Michael G. Branstetter, Katherine R. Urban‐Mead, et al.. (2019). Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services. Science. 363(6424). 282–284. 197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loeb, Gregory M., et al.. (2017). Responses of Crop Pests and Natural Enemies to Wildflower Borders Depends on Functional Group. Insects. 8(3). 73–73. 20 indexed citations
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Grab, Heather, Eleanor J. Blitzer, Bryan N. Danforth, Gregory M. Loeb, & Katja Poveda. (2017). Temporally dependent pollinator competition and facilitation with mass flowering crops affects yield in co-blooming crops. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45296–45296. 83 indexed citations

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