John Pickering

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John Pickering is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Pickering has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 10 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in John Pickering's work include Plant and animal studies (10 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (4 papers). John Pickering is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (10 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (4 papers). John Pickering collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and United Kingdom. John Pickering's co-authors include Hans J. Bremermann, Robert D. Holt, William W. Hargrove, Wayne M. Getz, Michael C. Orr, Chao‐Dong Zhu, John S. Ascher, Alice C. Hughes, Douglas Chesters and Donald M. Windsor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Current Biology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

John Pickering

24 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution

2020 234 citations Michael C. Orr, Alice C. Hughes et al. Current Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Pickering United States	15	753	600	418	379	354	26	1.6k
Jean‐Baptiste Ferdy France	25	472 0.6×	558 0.9×	291 0.7×	198 0.5×	478 1.4×	47	1.7k
Colleen T. Webb United States	27	455 0.6×	533 0.9×	535 1.3×	445 1.2×	146 0.4×	76	2.3k
Greg Dwyer United States	28	1.1k 1.5×	536 0.9×	868 2.1×	602 1.6×	947 2.7×	62	3.1k
Tad Dallas United States	23	394 0.5×	392 0.7×	807 1.9×	356 0.9×	141 0.4×	74	1.6k
Lori Stevens United States	32	775 1.0×	693 1.2×	341 0.8×	494 1.3×	1.4k 4.0×	86	2.7k
Dennis J. Minchella United States	35	959 1.3×	596 1.0×	2.6k 6.1×	437 1.2×	328 0.9×	96	3.6k
Simon J. Goodman United Kingdom	31	1.4k 1.8×	551 0.9×	1.8k 4.3×	317 0.8×	149 0.4×	102	3.7k
Bret D. Elderd United States	20	266 0.4×	238 0.4×	374 0.9×	126 0.3×	289 0.8×	41	1.1k
Bárbara Hellriegel Switzerland	16	400 0.5×	686 1.1×	203 0.5×	130 0.3×	123 0.3×	20	1.2k
Philip S. Miller United States	20	802 1.1×	309 0.5×	706 1.7×	133 0.4×	90 0.3×	41	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Pickering

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Pickering

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Pickering. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Pickering based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Pickering. John Pickering is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Orr, Michael C., John S. Ascher, & John Pickering. (2025). AI bots threaten online scientific infrastructure. Nature. 641(8064). 852–852.

Lázaro, Amparo, Andreas Müller, Andreas Werner Ebmer, et al.. (2021). Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago. Ecography. 44(9). 1353–1365. 34 indexed citations

Orr, Michael C., Alice C. Hughes, Douglas Chesters, et al.. (2020). Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution. Current Biology. 31(3). 451–458.e4. 234 indexed citations breakdown →

Hanson, Paul, et al.. (2019). First Record of Vanhorniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidae) from Florida. Florida Entomologist. 102(1). 257–257. 4 indexed citations

Mueller, Michael P. & John Pickering. (2010). Bee Hunt! Ecojustice in Practice for Earth's Buzzing Biodiversity. Science Activities. 47(4). 151–159. 1 indexed citations

Pickering, John. (2005). Aetiology of sexually transmitted infections and response to syndromic treatment in southwest Uganda. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 81(6). 488–493. 30 indexed citations

Kaspari, Michael, John Pickering, & Donald M. Windsor. (2001). The reproductive flight phenology of a neotropical ant assemblage. Ecological Entomology. 26(3). 245–257. 47 indexed citations

Kaspari, Michael, John Pickering, John T. Longino, & Donald M. Windsor. (2001). The phenology of a Neotropical ant assemblage: evidence for continuous and overlapping reproduction. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 50(4). 382–390. 51 indexed citations

Pickering, John, et al.. (2000). Species Richness of the Campopleginae and Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North American Old-Growth Forests. Environmental Entomology. 29(3). 460–466. 30 indexed citations

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Pickering, John, et al.. (2000). Sex ratio and virulence in two species of lizard malaria parasites. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 2(2). 171–184. 48 indexed citations

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Pearson, Scott M., et al.. (1992). Wood Stork Use of Wetland Habitats around Cumberland Island, Georgia. Colonial Waterbirds. 15(1). 33–33. 7 indexed citations

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Hargrove, William W. & John Pickering. (1992). Pseudoreplication: a sine qua non for regional ecology. Landscape Ecology. 6(4). 251–258. 213 indexed citations

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Conroy, Michael J., et al.. (1992). Home Range, Movements, and Habitat Use of Coyotes in Southcentral Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management. 56(1). 139–139. 71 indexed citations

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Pickering, John, et al.. (1990). RAIN: A novel approach to computer-aided decision making in agriculture and forestry. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 4(4). 275–285. 3 indexed citations

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Ross, Darrell W., et al.. (1989). MAPPING NANTUCKET PINE TIP MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE) PHENOLOGY IN GEORGIA. Journal of Entomological Science. 24(4). 405–412. 9 indexed citations

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Pickering, John, et al.. (1986). Modeling the incidence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Mathematical Modelling. 7(5-8). 661–688. 31 indexed citations

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Hochberg, Michael, John Pickering, & Wayne M. Getz. (1986). Evaluation of Phenology Models Using Field Data: Case Study for the Pea Aphid,Acyrthosiphon pisum, and the Blue Alfalfa Aphid,Acyrthosiphon kondoi(Homoptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology. 15(2). 227–231. 14 indexed citations

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Holt, Robert D. & John Pickering. (1985). Infectious Disease and Species Coexistence: A Model of Lotka-Volterra Form. The American Naturalist. 126(2). 196–211. 218 indexed citations

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Pickering, John, et al.. (1984). Malaria survey in Anolis lizards of Puerto Rico.. PubMed. 70(1). 162–4. 3 indexed citations

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Pickering, John. (1980). Larval competition and brood sex ratios in the gregarious parasitoid Pachysomoides stupidus. Nature. 283(5744). 291–292. 38 indexed citations

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