John Acorn

666 total citations
57 papers, 458 citations indexed

About

John Acorn is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, John Acorn has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 458 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in John Acorn's work include Plant and animal studies (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (9 papers). John Acorn is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (9 papers). John Acorn collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. John Acorn's co-authors include Scott E. Nielsen, Federico Riva, George E. Ball, Jaime Pinzón, Felix A. H. Sperling, Carol M. Frost, Corey S. Davis, Julian R. Dupuis, Jian Zhang and W. Scott Persons and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

John Acorn

50 papers receiving 436 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Acorn Canada	12	205	163	150	106	103	57	458
Cristian Dambros Brazil	15	255 1.2×	169 1.0×	162 1.1×	82 0.8×	91 0.9×	49	512
Cássio Alencar Nunes Brazil	12	176 0.9×	211 1.3×	126 0.8×	111 1.0×	74 0.7×	20	439
Mário Boieiro Portugal	12	215 1.0×	146 0.9×	110 0.7×	79 0.7×	104 1.0×	64	430
Julien Touroult France	12	228 1.1×	121 0.7×	192 1.3×	62 0.6×	103 1.0×	50	430
Karin Voigtländer Germany	11	226 1.1×	134 0.8×	133 0.9×	66 0.6×	49 0.5×	32	451
Corinna S. Bazelet South Africa	12	254 1.2×	285 1.7×	153 1.0×	115 1.1×	123 1.2×	29	480
Guillermo Debandi Argentina	11	150 0.7×	114 0.7×	96 0.6×	149 1.4×	105 1.0×	28	359
Brian Patrick New Zealand	10	182 0.9×	165 1.0×	138 0.9×	51 0.5×	98 1.0×	37	389
Antônio Venceslau Aguiar Brazil	7	235 1.1×	305 1.9×	155 1.0×	199 1.9×	82 0.8×	8	543
A. Botes South Africa	7	221 1.1×	288 1.8×	152 1.0×	68 0.6×	108 1.0×	11	504

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Acorn, John, et al.. (2025). Photosynthetic oxygen bubble stream sounds from aquatic macrophytes, and their consequences for acoustic biodiversity inventories and acoustic communication in shallow freshwater settings. PLoS ONE. 20(4). e0317424–e0317424. 1 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2024). Treed field borders net-export over 82,000 more hoverflies per km every week into canola crops than herbaceous field borders, regardless of mass-flowering crop bloom. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 377. 109271–109271. 1 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2024). Genomic integrity of Phyciodes butterfly species in a region of contact (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 8(2). 2 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2024). Shining a light on UV-fluorescent floral nectar after 50 years. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11992–11992. 2 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity measures of a grassland plant-pollinator community are resilient to the introduction of honey bees (Apis mellifera). PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309939–e0309939. 1 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2023). Honey bees (Apis mellifera) modify plant-pollinator network structure, but do not alter wild species’ interactions. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0287332–e0287332. 11 indexed citations

Acorn, John, et al.. (2023). Existing flower preference metrics disagree on best plants for pollinators: which metric to choose?. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16(6). 745–757. 2 indexed citations

Deane, David C., Fangliang He, Clayton T. Lamb, et al.. (2021). Distinguishing effects of area per se and isolation from the sample‐area effect for true islands and habitat fragments. Ecography. 44(7). 1051–1066. 7 indexed citations

Nielsen, Scott E., et al.. (2019). Boreal Sand Hills are Areas of High Diversity for Boreal Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity. 11(2). 22–22. 1 indexed citations

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Acorn, John, et al.. (2017). Decoupling habitat fragmentation from habitat loss: butterfly species mobility obscures fragmentation effects in a naturally fragmented landscape of lake islands. Oecologia. 186(1). 11–27. 35 indexed citations

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Acorn, John, et al.. (2017). Response to Kellner (2017) 'Rebuttal of Martin-Silverstone, E., J.R.N. Glasier, J.H. Acorn, S. Mohr, and P.J. Currie, 2017'. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 4 indexed citations

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Acorn, John. (2017). Entomological citizen science in Canada. The Canadian Entomologist. 149(6). 774–785. 16 indexed citations

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Acorn, John. (2015). Pollination Philosophy and Its Perils. American Entomologist. 61(2). 127–128.

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Acorn, John. (2013). How Many Parts?. American Entomologist. 59(4). 256–256.

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Ball, George E., et al.. (2011). Mandibles and labrum-epipharynx of tiger beetles: basic structure and evolution (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelitae). ZooKeys. 147(147). 39–83. 25 indexed citations

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Acorn, John. (2010). Pins, Poisons, and Psychology. American Entomologist. 56(1). 64–64. 1 indexed citations

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Acorn, John. (2009). The Pokèmon Paradox. American Entomologist. 55(1). 64–64. 3 indexed citations

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Acorn, John. (2007). Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots. 15 indexed citations

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Acorn, John, et al.. (1999). Overwintering survival of the seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) in Edmonton. Blue Jay. 57(2). 2 indexed citations

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Acorn, John & George E. Ball. (1991). The mandibles of some adult ground beetles: structure, function, and the evolution of herbivory (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 69(3). 638–650. 40 indexed citations

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