John Vandermeer

30.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
299 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

John Vandermeer is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Vandermeer has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 69 papers in Genetics and 59 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John Vandermeer's work include Plant and animal studies (80 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (43 papers). John Vandermeer is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (80 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (43 papers). John Vandermeer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Netherlands. John Vandermeer's co-authors include Ivette Perfecto, David A. Wardle, Pablo Inchausti, Bernhard Schmid, John J. Ewel, Heikki Setälä, John H. Lawton, David M. Lodge, David U. Hooper and Amy J. Symstad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Vandermeer

291 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING:... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2005 2012 2012 1989 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Vandermeer United States 61 6.9k 6.1k 6.0k 5.9k 4.5k 299 21.1k
Tim G. Benton United Kingdom 63 7.1k 1.0× 6.0k 1.0× 10.1k 1.7× 11.8k 2.0× 3.1k 0.7× 195 27.0k
James M. Bullock United Kingdom 75 8.8k 1.3× 6.9k 1.1× 6.0k 1.0× 7.2k 1.2× 5.0k 1.1× 307 21.6k
Andy Jarvis Colombia 45 6.1k 0.9× 5.7k 0.9× 6.7k 1.1× 7.1k 1.2× 4.8k 1.1× 108 24.9k
David U. Hooper United States 31 13.0k 1.9× 8.4k 1.4× 6.7k 1.1× 11.0k 1.9× 4.4k 1.0× 41 27.0k
Rodolfo Dirzo United States 58 9.9k 1.4× 5.6k 0.9× 7.2k 1.2× 10.8k 1.8× 3.9k 0.9× 229 24.1k
Taylor H. Ricketts United States 57 7.4k 1.1× 12.6k 2.0× 7.1k 1.2× 8.1k 1.4× 3.6k 0.8× 126 27.6k
Andy Hector United Kingdom 50 14.1k 2.0× 8.3k 1.4× 7.2k 1.2× 9.1k 1.5× 5.1k 1.1× 105 26.1k
Bradley J. Cardinale United States 57 9.8k 1.4× 6.3k 1.0× 5.5k 0.9× 9.4k 1.6× 3.0k 0.7× 132 23.5k
Diana H. Wall United States 69 8.1k 1.2× 5.4k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 15.5k 2.6× 6.0k 1.3× 194 29.4k
Henrik G. Smith Sweden 72 5.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 10.2k 1.7× 5.2k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 297 16.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Vandermeer

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Vandermeer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Vandermeer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vandermeer, John & Ivette Perfecto. (2025). Inherent suboptimality of monocultural crop breeding. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 49(10). 1774–1784. 1 indexed citations
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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2024). Reflections on research agendas in agroecology: In search of a practical guide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Perfecto, Ivette, Luis Fernando Chaves, Zachary Hajian‐Forooshani, et al.. (2023). Looking beyond land-use and land-cover change: Zoonoses emerge in the agricultural matrix. One Earth. 6(9). 1131–1142. 5 indexed citations
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Collazo, Jaime A., et al.. (2021). Coffee plantations, hurricanes and avian resiliency: insights from occupancy, and local colonization and extinction rates in Puerto Rico. Global Ecology and Conservation. 27. e01579–e01579. 5 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John, Catherine Badgley, Regina S. Baucom, et al.. (2018). Feeding Prometheus: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Solving the Global Food Crisis. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2. 43 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John, et al.. (2014). La recuperación del bosque continúa en la RAAS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38–46.
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Page, Scott E. & John Vandermeer. (2013). Inequality and innovativeness. Economics bulletin. 33(1). 1–59. 1 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Stephen R. Carpenter, Timothy M. Lenton, et al.. (2012). Anticipating Critical Transitions. Science. 338(6105). 344–348. 1433 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2012). Separation or integration of biodiversity conservation: the ideology behind the "land-sharing" versus "land-sparing" debate.. Ecosistemas. 21. 180–191. 10 indexed citations
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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2012). Separación o integración para la conservación de biodiversidad: la ideología detrás del debate "land- sharing" frente a "land-sparing". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21. 180–191. 18 indexed citations
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Jha, Shalene, John Vandermeer, & Ivette Perfecto. (2009). Population dynamics of Coccus viridis, a ubiquitous ant-tended agricultural pest, assessed by a new photographic method. Bulletin of insectology. 62(2). 183–189. 5 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John & Aaron A. King. (2009). Consequential classes of resources: Subtle global bifurcation with dramatic ecological consequences in a simple population model. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 263(2). 237–241. 6 indexed citations
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Koelle, Katia & John Vandermeer. (2004). Dispersal‐induced desynchronization: from metapopulations to metacommunities. Ecology Letters. 8(2). 167–175. 76 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John. (2004). Coupled Oscillations in Food Webs: Balancing Competition and Mutualism in Simple Ecological Models. The American Naturalist. 163(6). 857–867. 57 indexed citations
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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (2002). Quality of Agroecological Matrix in a Tropical Montane Landscape: Ants in Coffee Plantations in Southern Mexico. Conservation Biology. 16(1). 174–182. 259 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John & Ivette Perfecto. (2000). Biodiversity and pest control in agroforestry systems.. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Perfecto, Ivette & John Vandermeer. (1996). Microclimatic changes and the indirect loss of ant diversity in a tropical agroecosystem. Oecologia. 108(3). 577–582. 155 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John. (1990). Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 38(1). 7–20. 2 indexed citations
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Levins, Richard, John Vandermeer, C. Ronald Carroll, & Peter Rosset. (1990). The agroecosystem embedded in a complex ecological community.. 29(2). 341–362. 13 indexed citations
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Vandermeer, John. (1983). Una teoria de siembra intercalada en plantaciones jovenes. 117–123. 1 indexed citations

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