Heidi M. Appel

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Heidi M. Appel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi M. Appel has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Insect Science and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Heidi M. Appel's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (24 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (19 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Heidi M. Appel is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (24 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (19 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Heidi M. Appel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Heidi M. Appel's co-authors include Jack C. Schultz, Reginald B. Cocroft, Inga Mewis, Ramesh Raina, Michael M. Martin, Thomas M. Arnold, Abigail P. Ferrieri, Christopher J. Frost, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes and Mark C. Mescher and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Heidi M. Appel

51 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Phenolics in ecological interactions: The importance of o... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 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. Phenolics in ecological interactions: The importance of oxidation
    1993 564 citations Heidi M. Appel Journal of Chemical Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heidi M. Appel United States 27 2.4k 1.4k 1.1k 965 457 54 3.8k
Sybille B. Unsicker Germany 34 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.5× 973 1.0× 653 1.4× 72 4.0k
Arthur R. Zangerl United States 32 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 678 0.7× 446 1.0× 68 3.4k
Raymond V. Barbehenn United States 28 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 626 0.6× 700 0.7× 613 1.3× 56 2.7k
Don Cipollini United States 38 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 578 0.6× 1.1k 2.4× 98 4.2k
Michael J. Stout United States 38 4.0k 1.7× 3.4k 2.5× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 457 1.0× 142 5.6k
James D. Blande Finland 35 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 452 0.5× 503 1.1× 103 3.7k
Jorge A. Zavala Argentina 28 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 807 0.8× 311 0.7× 64 3.6k
Meredith C. Schuman Germany 28 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 807 0.8× 874 0.9× 242 0.5× 77 2.7k
Luís J. Corcuera Chile 38 3.0k 1.3× 709 0.5× 771 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 722 1.6× 133 4.3k
Robert R. Junker Germany 34 1.8k 0.7× 767 0.6× 2.1k 2.0× 696 0.7× 259 0.6× 106 3.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi M. Appel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cocroft, Reginald B., et al.. (2025). Plant response to touch vs. insect feeding vibrations. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 19(2).
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Hart, Joy L., et al.. (2023). Simul Fortior: The Rise of an Honors Collaborative to Address Grand Challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2).
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Pekas, Apostolos, Valerio Mazzoni, Heidi M. Appel, Reginald B. Cocroft, & Marcel Dicke. (2023). Plant protection and biotremology: fundamental and applied aspects. Trends in Plant Science. 29(1). 32–39. 8 indexed citations
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Body, Mélanie, et al.. (2020). Leaf vibrations produced by chewing provide a consistent acoustic target for plant recognition of herbivores. Oecologia. 194(1-2). 1–13. 22 indexed citations
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Penna, Mario, et al.. (2019). Chemical Responses of Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) Induced by Vibrational Signals of a Generalist Herbivore. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 45(8). 708–714. 20 indexed citations
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Ferrieri, Abigail P., Heidi M. Appel, & Jack C. Schultz. (2015). Plant Vascular Architecture Determines the Pattern of Herbivore-Induced Systemic Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123899–e0123899. 18 indexed citations
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Appel, Heidi M. & Reginald B. Cocroft. (2014). Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insect herbivore chewing. Oecologia. 175(4). 1257–1266. 189 indexed citations
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Ferrieri, Abigail P., Beverly J. Agtuca, Heidi M. Appel, Richard A. Ferrieri, & Jack C. Schultz. (2012). Temporal Changes in Allocation and Partitioning of New Carbon as 11C Elicited by Simulated Herbivory Suggest that Roots Shape Aboveground Responses in Arabidopsis    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 161(2). 692–704. 56 indexed citations
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Appel, Heidi M., et al.. (2012). PhenoPhyte: a flexible affordable method to quantify 2D phenotypes from imagery. Plant Methods. 8(1). 45–45. 54 indexed citations
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Ferrieri, Abigail P., Heidi M. Appel, Richard A. Ferrieri, & Jack C. Schultz. (2012). Novel application of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose to study plant defenses. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 39(8). 1152–1160. 28 indexed citations
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Acharya, Biswa R., Surabhi Raina, Shahina B. Maqbool, et al.. (2007). Overexpression of CRK13, an Arabidopsis cysteine‐rich receptor‐like kinase, results in enhanced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. The Plant Journal. 50(3). 488–499. 131 indexed citations
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Frost, Christopher J., Heidi M. Appel, John E. Carlson, et al.. (2007). Within‐plant signalling via volatiles overcomes vascular constraints on systemic signalling and primes responses against herbivores. Ecology Letters. 10(6). 490–498. 281 indexed citations
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Jagadeeswaran, Guru, Surabhi Raina, Biswa R. Acharya, et al.. (2007). Arabidopsis GH3‐LIKE DEFENSE GENE 1 is required for accumulation of salicylic acid, activation of defense responses and resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. The Plant Journal. 51(2). 234–246. 111 indexed citations
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Walls, Ramona, Heidi M. Appel, Martin L. Cipollini, & Jack C. Schultz. (2005). Fertility, Root Reserves and the Cost of Inducible Defenses in the Perennial Plant Solanum carolinense. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31(10). 2263–2288. 30 indexed citations
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Appel, Heidi M., et al.. (2001). LIMITATIONS OF FOLIN ASSAYS OF FOLIAR PHENOLICS IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 27(4). 761–778. 127 indexed citations
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Appel, Heidi M. & Anthony Joern. (1998). Gut physicochemistry of grassland grasshoppers. Journal of Insect Physiology. 44(7-8). 693–700. 6 indexed citations
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Schultz, Jack C., et al.. (1997). Impact of dietary allelochemicals on gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) caterpillars: importance of midgut alkalinity. Journal of Insect Physiology. 43(12). 1169–1175. 25 indexed citations
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Appel, Heidi M. & Michael M. Martin. (1990). Gut redox conditions in herbivorous lepidopteran larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16(12). 3277–3290. 86 indexed citations
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