John F. Tooker

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
158 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

John F. Tooker is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Tooker has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Insect Science, 84 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 58 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John F. Tooker's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (82 papers), Plant and animal studies (68 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (50 papers). John F. Tooker is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (82 papers), Plant and animal studies (68 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (50 papers). John F. Tooker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. John F. Tooker's co-authors include Margaret R. Douglas, Christina M. Grozinger, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Anthony D. Vaudo, Lawrence M. Hanks, Harland M. Patch, Gary W. Felton, Michelle Peiffer, David A. Mortensen and Dawn S. Luthe and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John F. Tooker

150 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A framework for evaluating ecosystem services provided by cover crops in agroecosystems
    2013 474 citations Margaret R. Douglas, John F. Tooker et al. profile →
  2. Large-Scale Deployment of Seed Treatments Has Driven Rapid Increase in Use of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Preemptive Pest Management in U.S. Field Crops
    2015 400 citations Margaret R. Douglas, John F. Tooker profile →
  3. Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration
    2015 369 citations John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger et al. profile →
  4. Herbivore exploits orally secreted bacteria to suppress plant defenses
    2013 333 citations Seung Ho Chung, Cristina Rosa et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee ( Bombus impatiens ) foraging strategies and floral preferences
    2016 281 citations John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John F. Tooker United States 45 4.2k 3.2k 2.9k 1.2k 900 158 6.8k
Jonathan G. Lundgren United States 42 3.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 733 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 134 5.6k
Deborah K. Letourneau United States 31 2.2k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 613 0.5× 302 0.3× 65 4.8k
Jane C. Stout Ireland 44 3.1k 0.7× 4.8k 1.5× 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 311 0.3× 134 6.5k
Alan C. Gange United Kingdom 53 2.1k 0.5× 3.1k 1.0× 5.2k 1.8× 291 0.2× 589 0.7× 169 8.2k
A. C. Newton United Kingdom 51 801 0.2× 1.8k 0.6× 6.4k 2.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 224 9.5k
Roy Sanderson United Kingdom 27 1.0k 0.2× 1.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 816 0.7× 196 0.2× 78 3.4k
Tesfaye Wubet Germany 44 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 3.6k 1.2× 219 0.2× 1.1k 1.2× 124 7.0k
Sabrina Gaba France 31 722 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 599 0.5× 159 0.2× 95 3.5k
Hirokazu Toju Japan 33 927 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 363 0.3× 875 1.0× 65 4.3k
Pierre Mineau Canada 36 2.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 829 0.7× 225 0.3× 110 5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Tooker

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All Works

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Rowen, Elizabeth, et al.. (2025). Insecticides may facilitate the escape of weeds from biological control. PeerJ. 13. e18597–e18597.
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Kammerer, Melanie, Aaron L. Iverson, Kevin Li, John F. Tooker, & Christina M. Grozinger. (2024). Seasonal bee communities vary in their responses to resources at local and landscape scales: implication for land managers. Landscape Ecology. 39(5). 5 indexed citations
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Tooker, John F., et al.. (2024). Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 97. 399–439. 5 indexed citations
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Tooker, John F., et al.. (2024). Catalog of Endophytic Insects Associated with Rosinweeds (Silphium L., Heliantheae, Asteraceae) in North America. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2024(1).
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Yip, Eric C., Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, & John F. Tooker. (2024). An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants. Ecology. 106(1). e4486–e4486. 2 indexed citations
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Tooker, John F., et al.. (2023). Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7(5). 4 indexed citations
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Kisiała, Anna, Rosemarie De Clerck-Floate, Donald G. Miller, et al.. (2023). Abscisic Acid: A Potential Secreted Effector Synthesized by Phytophagous Insects for Host-Plant Manipulation. Insects. 14(6). 489–489. 5 indexed citations
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Tooker, John F., et al.. (2023). Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies. Biology Letters. 19(3). 20220513–20220513. 6 indexed citations
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Lower, Sarah E., et al.. (2021). Toxicity of clothianidin to common Eastern North American fireflies. PeerJ. 9. e12495–e12495. 7 indexed citations
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Yip, Eric C., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, John F. Tooker, & Mark C. Mescher. (2020). Sensory co‐evolution: The sex attractant of a gall‐making fly primes plant defences, but female flies recognize resulting changes in host‐plant quality. Journal of Ecology. 109(1). 99–108. 5 indexed citations
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Fairfield, Kathleen M., Peter Bates, Erin Graydon-Baker, et al.. (2020). Development of a Certificate in Healthcare Improvement for Inter-Professional Teams. 2(2).
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Fleischer, Shelby J., et al.. (2020). Parasitoids, Nematodes, and Protists in Populations of Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology. 49(6). 1316–1326. 5 indexed citations
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Walter, Jonathan A., Lawrence W. Sheppard, P. Dilip Venugopal, et al.. (2019). Weather and regional crop composition variation drive spatial synchrony of lepidopteran agricultural pests. Ecological Entomology. 45(3). 573–582. 17 indexed citations
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Douglas, Margaret R. & John F. Tooker. (2016). Meta-analysis reveals that seed-applied neonicotinoids and pyrethroids have similar negative effects on abundance of arthropod natural enemies. PeerJ. 4. e2776–e2776. 87 indexed citations
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Chung, Seung Ho, Cristina Rosa, Erin D. Scully, et al.. (2013). Herbivore exploits orally secreted bacteria to suppress plant defenses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(39). 15728–15733. 333 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Jie, Frédéric Francis, Yingjie Liu, et al.. (2012). E-β-farnesene synergizes the influence of an insecticide to improve control of cabbage aphids in China. Crop Protection. 35. 91–96. 22 indexed citations
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Frost, Christopher J., J. Dean, Mark C. Mescher, et al.. (2012). A petiole-galling insect herbivore decelerates leaf lamina litter decomposition rates. Functional Ecology. 26(3). 628–636. 15 indexed citations
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Tooker, John F. & Lawrence M. Hanks. (2000). Influence of Plant Community Structure on Natural Enemies of Pine Needle Scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Urban Landscapes. Environmental Entomology. 29(6). 1305–1311. 71 indexed citations

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