Ivette Perfecto

20.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
215 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Ivette Perfecto is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivette Perfecto has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 73 papers in Insect Science and 65 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ivette Perfecto's work include Plant and animal studies (74 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (64 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (45 papers). Ivette Perfecto is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (74 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (64 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (45 papers). Ivette Perfecto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Ivette Perfecto's co-authors include John Vandermeer, Stacy M. Philpott, Russell Greenberg, Teja Tscharntke, Thomas Cherico Wanger, Yann Clough, Robert A. Rice, Lorena Soto‐Pinto, Inge Armbrecht and Iris Motzke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ivette Perfecto

210 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification

2012 1.4k citations Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer et al. profile →
Shade Coffee: A Disappearing Refuge for Biodiversity

1996 774 citations Ivette Perfecto et al. profile →
Organic agriculture and the global food supply

2007 595 citations Catherine Badgley, Ivette Perfecto et al. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems profile →
Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes - a review

2011 554 citations Damayanti Buchori, Ivette Perfecto et al. profile →
The agroecological matrix as alternative to the land-sparing/agriculture intensification model

2010 474 citations Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ivette Perfecto United States	55	4.7k	3.6k	3.4k	3.1k	2.7k	215	13.5k
Yann Clough Germany	43	3.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	100	8.8k
Jaboury Ghazoul Switzerland	57	4.2k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	3.6k 1.4×	211	11.6k
Stacy M. Philpott United States	42	3.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	144	6.9k
Olivier Honnay Belgium	64	5.3k 1.1×	5.6k 1.6×	2.8k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	6.7k 2.5×	319	14.0k
Miguel A. Altieri United States	55	3.8k 0.8×	8.0k 2.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	986 0.4×	259	16.7k
Kamaljit S. Bawa United States	65	8.0k 1.7×	4.9k 1.4×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	5.2k 2.0×	179	13.8k
David Kleijn Netherlands	54	7.7k 1.6×	4.8k 1.3×	3.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	5.7k 2.1×	169	14.8k
Jennifer Kent Australia	22	7.4k 1.6×	3.7k 1.1×	6.4k 1.9×	7.5k 2.5×	7.5k 2.8×	82	24.3k
Russell Greenberg United States	47	3.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	4.2k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	179	8.2k
Alexandra‐Maria Klein Germany	59	16.7k 3.5×	8.2k 2.3×	3.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	6.3k 2.4×	211	22.8k

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Vandermeer, John & Ivette Perfecto. (2025). Inherent suboptimality of monocultural crop breeding. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 49(10). 1774–1784. 1 indexed citations

Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2024). Reflections on research agendas in agroecology: In search of a practical guide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Martínez‐Núñez, Carlos, Jacques Avelino, Pedro J. Rey, et al.. (2024). Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development. Nature Sustainability. 8(2). 133–141. 3 indexed citations

Li, Kevin, José Luis Cabrera, Timothy Y. James, et al.. (2024). A simple mechanism for uncrewed aircraft bioaerosol sampling in the lower atmosphere. Landscape Ecology. 39(8).

Perfecto, Ivette, et al.. (2023). Effects of canopy connectivity on the arboreal ant community in coffee shade trees. Biotropica. 55(6). 1106–1113. 3 indexed citations

Perfecto, Ivette, Luis Fernando Chaves, Zachary Hajian‐Forooshani, et al.. (2023). Looking beyond land-use and land-cover change: Zoonoses emerge in the agricultural matrix. One Earth. 6(9). 1131–1142. 5 indexed citations

Shepon, Alon, Tong Wu, Claire Kremen, et al.. (2023). Exploring scenarios for the food system–zoonotic risk interface. The Lancet Planetary Health. 7(4). e329–e335. 12 indexed citations

Anjos, Diego V., Alejandro Tena, Arleu Barbosa Viana‐Júnior, et al.. (2022). The effects of ants on pest control: a meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1981). 20221316–20221316. 47 indexed citations

Collazo, Jaime A., et al.. (2021). Coffee plantations, hurricanes and avian resiliency: insights from occupancy, and local colonization and extinction rates in Puerto Rico. Global Ecology and Conservation. 27. e01579–e01579. 5 indexed citations

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Vandermeer, John, Catherine Badgley, Regina S. Baucom, et al.. (2018). Feeding Prometheus: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Solving the Global Food Crisis. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2. 43 indexed citations

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Marín, Linda, et al.. (2016). Response of ground spiders to local and landscape factors in a Mexican coffee landscape. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 222. 80–92. 16 indexed citations

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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2012). Separación o integración para la conservación de biodiversidad: la ideología detrás del debate "land- sharing" frente a "land-sparing". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21. 180–191. 18 indexed citations

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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2012). Separation or integration of biodiversity conservation: the ideology behind the "land-sharing" versus "land-sparing" debate.. Ecosistemas. 21. 180–191. 10 indexed citations

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Goulart, Fernando Figueiredo, et al.. (2009). Análise agroecológica de dois paradigmas modernos. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 5 indexed citations

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Jha, Shalene, John Vandermeer, & Ivette Perfecto. (2009). Population dynamics of Coccus viridis, a ubiquitous ant-tended agricultural pest, assessed by a new photographic method. Bulletin of insectology. 62(2). 183–189. 5 indexed citations

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Liere, Heidi & Ivette Perfecto. (2008). Cheating on a Mutualism: Indirect Benefits of Ant Attendance to a Coccidophagous Coccinellid. Environmental Entomology. 37(1). 143–149. 63 indexed citations

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Badgley, Catherine & Ivette Perfecto. (2007). Can organic agriculture feed the world?. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 22(2). 80–86. 62 indexed citations

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Vandermeer, John & Ivette Perfecto. (2000). La biodiversidad y el control de plagas en sistemas agroforestales. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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Vandermeer, John & Ivette Perfecto. (2000). Biodiversity and pest control in agroforestry systems.. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (1996). Microclimatic changes and the indirect loss of ant diversity in a tropical agroecosystem. Oecologia. 108(3). 577–582. 155 indexed citations

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