James R. Ott

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James R. Ott is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Ott has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 26 papers in Insect Science and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in James R. Ott's work include Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (22 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (18 papers). James R. Ott is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (22 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (18 papers). James R. Ott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovakia. James R. Ott's co-authors include Robert F. Denno, Scott P. Egan, Glen R. Hood, Leslie A. Real, Gail Langellotto, Joseph A. Veech, Linyi Zhang, Eric A. Weaver, Marvin Whiteley and Robert McLean and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

James R. Ott

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Interspecific Interactions in Phytophagous Insects: Compe... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 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. Interspecific Interactions in Phytophagous Insects: Competition Reexamined and Resurrected
    1995 576 citations James R. Ott et al. profile →

Peers

James R. Ott
Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg France
Merrill A. Peterson United States
Jan G. Sevenster Netherlands
Joanne K. Itami United States
Mary Ellen Czesak United States
Alessio De Biase Italy
PB McQuillan Australia
Mark G. Wright United States
Juli Carrillo United States
S. R. Leather United Kingdom
Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg France
James R. Ott
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. Ott

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All Works

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Zhang, Linyi, et al.. (2024). A test of trade-offs in dispersal and reproduction within and between a sister species pair of specialist insect herbivores. Oecologia. 204(3). 529–542. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Linyi, Glen R. Hood, James R. Ott, & Scott P. Egan. (2019). Temporal isolation between sympatric host plants cascades across multiple trophic levels of host-associated insects. Biology Letters. 15(12). 20190572–20190572. 15 indexed citations
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Hood, Glen R., et al.. (2019). Cascading reproductive isolation: Plant phenology drives temporal isolation among populations of a host‐specific herbivore. Evolution. 73(3). 554–568. 25 indexed citations
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Egan, Scott P., Glen R. Hood, Ellen O. Martinson, & James R. Ott. (2018). Cynipid gall wasps. Current Biology. 28(24). R1370–R1374. 24 indexed citations
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Schuler, Hannes, et al.. (2018). Diversity and distribution of Wolbachia in relation to geography, host plant affiliation and life cycle of a heterogonic gall wasp. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 37–37. 21 indexed citations
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Hood, Glen R. & James R. Ott. (2017). Independent life history evolution between generations of bivoltine species: a case study of cyclical parthenogenesis. Oecologia. 183(4). 1053–1064. 8 indexed citations
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Gokhman, Vladimir E., James R. Ott, & Scott P. Egan. (2015). Chromosomes of Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881 (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae). Comparative Cytogenetics. 9(2). 221–226. 4 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Richard J., Gustavo de los Campos, Scott P. Egan, & James R. Ott. (2015). Modelling heterogeneity among fitness functions using random regression. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7(1). 70–79. 4 indexed citations
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Ott, James R. & Scott P. Egan. (2013). Interspecific patterns of phenotypic selection do not predict intraspecific patterns. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27(1). 214–219. 2 indexed citations
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Weckerly, Floyd W., et al.. (2012). Reliability of occupancy and binomial mixture models for estimating abundance of Golden-cheeked Warblers (Setophaga chrysoparia). The Auk. 129(1). 105–114. 22 indexed citations
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Egan, Scott P., Glen R. Hood, & James R. Ott. (2011). NATURAL SELECTION ON GALL SIZE: VARIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL HOST PLANTS TO POPULATION-WIDE PATTERNS. Evolution. 65(12). 3543–3557. 17 indexed citations
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Hood, Glen R. & James R. Ott. (2009). Developmental plasticity and reduced susceptibility to natural enemies following host plant defoliation in a specialized herbivore. Oecologia. 162(3). 673–683. 25 indexed citations
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Lucas, Lauren K., Zachariah Gompert, James R. Ott, & Chris C. Nice. (2008). Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Conservation Genetics. 10(5). 1309–1319. 20 indexed citations
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Egan, Scott P. & James R. Ott. (2007). HOST PLANT QUALITY AND LOCAL ADAPTATION DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF A GALL-FORMING HERBIVORE. Ecology. 88(11). 2868–2879. 83 indexed citations
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Whiteley, Marvin, James R. Ott, Eric A. Weaver, & Robert McLean. (2001). Effects of community composition and growth rate on aquifer biofilm bacteria and their susceptibility to betadine disinfection. Environmental Microbiology. 3(1). 43–52. 47 indexed citations
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Ott, James R., et al.. (1998). Heterogony in Belonocnema treatae Mayr (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 100(4). 755–763. 21 indexed citations
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Ott, James R., et al.. (1998). THE EFFECT OF SPIDER-MEDIATED FLOWER ALTERATION ON SEED PRODUCTION IN GOLDEN-EYE PHLOX. The Southwestern Naturalist. 43(4). 430–436. 8 indexed citations
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Ott, James R. & Margarita Lampo. (1991). Body size selection inAcanthoscelides alboscutellatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Oecologia. 87(4). 522–527. 7 indexed citations

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