Ian Middlebrook

749 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Ian Middlebrook is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Middlebrook has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Ian Middlebrook's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Ian Middlebrook is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Ian Middlebrook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. Ian Middlebrook's co-authors include David B. Roy, Tom Brereton, Richard Fox, James R. Bell, Marc S. Botham, M. S. Warren, Callum J. Macgregor, Sören Nylin, Mark Beaumont and Jon R. Bridle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Applied Ecology and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ian Middlebrook

13 papers receiving 534 citations

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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.

Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

2019 334 citations Callum J. Macgregor, Chris D. Thomas et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Middlebrook United Kingdom	7	210	210	180	82	68	13	546
Guangfu Zhang China	13	191 0.9×	131 0.6×	141 0.8×	81 1.0×	20 0.3×	65	603
Geoff Martin United Kingdom	6	103 0.5×	88 0.4×	52 0.3×	55 0.7×	61 0.9×	11	527
Murphy Westwood United States	10	253 1.2×	83 0.4×	103 0.6×	54 0.7×	133 2.0×	15	526
Antonio G. Valdecasas Spain	14	243 1.2×	85 0.4×	85 0.5×	236 2.9×	76 1.1×	56	692
Noëlie Maurel Germany	14	521 2.5×	141 0.7×	535 3.0×	169 2.1×	76 1.1×	19	986
Margaret A. Rubega United States	20	236 1.1×	104 0.5×	248 1.4×	490 6.0×	89 1.3×	37	851
Rita Rasteiro Portugal	10	80 0.4×	85 0.4×	56 0.3×	70 0.9×	184 2.7×	16	623
Philip J. Bergmann United States	19	318 1.5×	89 0.4×	127 0.7×	194 2.4×	122 1.8×	40	781
Erik R. Olson United States	19	133 0.6×	114 0.5×	78 0.4×	407 5.0×	64 0.9×	77	988
Olivier Guillaume France	12	173 0.8×	104 0.5×	98 0.5×	180 2.2×	110 1.6×	42	520

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Middlebrook

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13 of 13 papers shown

Boyd, Robin J., Marc S. Botham, Emily B. Dennis, et al.. (2025). Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(2). 332–344. 2 indexed citations

Oliver, Tom H., Manuela González‐Suárez, Marc S. Botham, et al.. (2024). Asynchrony in terrestrial insect abundance corresponds with species traits. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10910–e10910. 2 indexed citations

Plummer, Kate E., et al.. (2024). Using butterfly survey data to model habitat associations in urban developments. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(4). 773–783. 5 indexed citations

Botham, Marc S., Michael W. Bruford, John C. Day, et al.. (2021). The influence of chalk grasslands on butterfly phenology and ecology. Ecology and Evolution. 11(21). 14521–14539. 1 indexed citations

Ellis, Sam, David Wainwright, Emily B. Dennis, et al.. (2019). Are habitat changes driving the decline of the UK’s most threatened butterfly: the High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?. Journal of Insect Conservation. 23(2). 351–367. 17 indexed citations

Macgregor, Callum J., Chris D. Thomas, David B. Roy, et al.. (2019). Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4455–4455. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

Middlebrook, Ian, Peter B. Hardy, Marc S. Botham, & Roger L. H. Dennis. (2019). The importance of unique populations for conservation: the case of the great orme’s head grayling butterfly Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae). Journal of Insect Conservation. 23(2). 381–391. 2 indexed citations

Fox, Richard, Colin Harrower, James R. Bell, et al.. (2018). Insect population trends and the IUCN Red List process. Journal of Insect Conservation. 23(2). 269–278. 52 indexed citations

Roy, David B., Z. Randle, Kate Risely, et al.. (2014). Comparison of trends in butterfly populations between monitoring schemes. Journal of Insect Conservation. 19(2). 313–324. 24 indexed citations

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Middlebrook, Ian, et al.. (2013). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme annual report 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Fox, Richard, Tom Brereton, Jim Asher, et al.. (2011). The State of the UK's Butterflies 2011. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 7 indexed citations

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Brereton, Tom, David B. Roy, Ian Middlebrook, Marc S. Botham, & M. S. Warren. (2010). The development of butterfly indicators in the United Kingdom and assessments in 2010. Journal of Insect Conservation. 15(1-2). 139–151. 91 indexed citations

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Botham, Marc S., et al.. (2008). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme annual report 2007. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 7 indexed citations

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