James R. Bell

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James R. Bell is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Bell has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Insect Science and 24 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in James R. Bell's work include Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (23 papers). James R. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (23 papers). James R. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. James R. Bell's co-authors include David A. Bohan, William O. C. Symondson, Gabriel S. Weyman, Emma Shaw, Walter Cullen, C. Philip Wheater, C. R. Shortall, R. Harrington, Chris D. Thomas and Callum J. Macgregor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James R. Bell

79 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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 →
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

2016 310 citations Marco Moretti, André T. C. Dias et al. Functional Ecology profile →

Peers

James R. Bell

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Chris C. Nice United States

Darren M. Evans United Kingdom

Caspar A. Hallmann Netherlands

Olivier Dangles France

Dirk Maes Belgium

Menno Schilthuizen Netherlands

Peter S. Cranston Australia

Gustavo Q. Romero Brazil

Karl Gotthard Sweden

Axel Hochkirch Germany

Chris C. Nice United States

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2.2k ×1.5

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975 ×0.8

882 ×0.8

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1.1k ×1.2

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656 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by James R. Bell

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Fields of papers citing papers by James R. Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. Bell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Milne, Alice E., C. R. Shortall, Björn C. Beckmann, et al.. (2025). Trait mediation explains decadal distributional shifts for a wide range of insect taxa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8131–8131.

Shortall, C. R., James R. Bell, Elizabeth J. Duncan, et al.. (2025). Spatio‐Temporal Variation in Aerial Arthropod Abundance Revealed by Weather Radars. Global Change Biology. 31(10). e70425–e70425.

Bell, James R., et al.. (2024). How aphids fly: Take‐off, free flight and implications for short and long distance migration. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 27(1). 90–99. 3 indexed citations

Cuff, Jordan P., Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, Ian P. Vaughan, et al.. (2024). Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. Oikos. 2025(2). 3 indexed citations

Teakle, Graham R., et al.. (2024). Genome assembly and transcriptomic analysis to elucidate the ability of Nasonovia ribisnigri to break host plant resistance. Insect Molecular Biology. 33(3). 228–245. 1 indexed citations

Cuff, Jordan P., Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, Fredric M. Windsor, et al.. (2024). Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks. Ecological Entomology. 49(3). 418–432. 8 indexed citations

Shortall, C. R., S. M. Cook, Alice L. Mauchline, & James R. Bell. (2023). Long‐term trends in migrating Brassicogethes aeneus in the UK. Pest Management Science. 80(5). 2294–2305. 2 indexed citations

Martay, Blaise, David I. Leech, C. R. Shortall, et al.. (2023). Aerial insect biomass, but not phenological mismatch, is associated with chick survival of an insectivorous bird. Ibis. 165(3). 790–807. 8 indexed citations

Stemkovski, Michael, James R. Bell, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, et al.. (2022). Disorder or a new order: How climate change affects phenological variability. Ecology. 104(1). e3846–e3846. 26 indexed citations

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Finch, Tom, James R. Bell, Robert A. Robinson, & Will J. Peach. (2022). Demography of Common Swifts (Apus apus) breeding in the UK associated with local weather but not aphid biomass. Ibis. 165(2). 420–435. 8 indexed citations

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Cuff, Jordan P., Shawn M. Wilder, Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, et al.. (2021). MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(4). 593–601. 19 indexed citations

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Macgregor, Callum J., J. Williams, James R. Bell, & Chris D. Thomas. (2021). Author Correction: Moth biomass has fluctuated over 50 years in Britain but lacks a clear trend. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(6). 865–883. 13 indexed citations

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Bell, James R., et al.. (2020). Long-term monitoring of insects in agricultural landscapes. OpenAgrar. 3 indexed citations

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Ouvrard, David, et al.. (2020). A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230741–e0230741. 6 indexed citations

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Moretti, Marco, André T. C. Dias, Francesco de Bello, et al.. (2016). Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits. Functional Ecology. 31(3). 558–567. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Feber, Ruth E., Paul J. Johnson, James R. Bell, et al.. (2015). Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135921–e0135921. 25 indexed citations

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Milne, Alice E., James R. Bell, W. D. Hutchison, et al.. (2015). The Effect of Farmers’ Decisions on Pest Control with Bt Crops: A Billion Dollar Game of Strategy. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(12). e1004483–e1004483. 30 indexed citations

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Traugott, Michael, et al.. (2011). Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 102(2). 239–247. 81 indexed citations

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King, R. Andrew, Ian P. Vaughan, James R. Bell, David A. Bohan, & William O. C. Symondson. (2010). Prey choice by carabid beetles feeding on an earthworm community analysed using species- and lineage-specific PCR primers. Molecular Ecology. 19(8). 1721–1732. 86 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Samuel K., et al.. (2005). Detection of secondary predation by PCR analyses of the gut contents of invertebrate generalist predators. Molecular Ecology. 14(14). 4461–4468. 216 indexed citations

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