Josef Settele

40.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
229 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Josef Settele is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef Settele has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 89 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 50 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Josef Settele's work include Plant and animal studies (107 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers). Josef Settele is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (107 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers). Josef Settele collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Philippines. Josef Settele's co-authors include Simon G. Potts, Bernard Vaissière, Jean‐Michel Salles, Nicola Gallai, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Oliver Schweiger, William E. Kunin and Klaus Henle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Josef Settele

219 papers receiving 18.9k citations

Hit Papers

Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Pl... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2008 2016 2003 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands
    2006 2.3k citations Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Simon G. Potts et al. profile →
  2. Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline
    2008 2.0k citations Josef Settele et al. profile →
  3. Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being
    2016 1.3k citations Simon G. Potts, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca et al. Nature profile →
  4. Predictors of Species Sensitivity to Fragmentation
    2003 793 citations Josef Settele et al. profile →
  5. Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates
    2014 690 citations Josef Settele, Martin Wiemers et al. profile →
  6. MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
    2008 614 citations Riccardo Bommarco, Simon G. Potts et al. profile →
  7. Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale
    2012 563 citations Chris van Swaay, Mikko Kuussaari et al. profile →
  8. Ecological effects of invasive alien insects
    2008 532 citations Josef Settele et al. profile →
  9. Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe
    2010 499 citations Simon G. Potts, Peter Neumann et al. profile →
  10. The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss
    2022 450 citations Nicolas Titeux, Martin Wiemers et al. profile →
  11. Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects
    2020 260 citations Josef Settele, Oliver Schweiger et al. profile →
  12. Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination
    2017 251 citations Adam J. Vanbergen, Josef Settele et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  13. Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate
    2022 110 citations Hien T. Ngo, Josef Settele et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josef Settele Germany 62 12.1k 7.4k 6.1k 5.1k 4.9k 229 19.7k
William E. Kunin United Kingdom 54 12.7k 1.1× 6.9k 0.9× 7.5k 1.2× 4.4k 0.9× 6.2k 1.3× 147 19.0k
Alexandra‐Maria Klein Germany 59 16.7k 1.4× 11.3k 1.5× 6.3k 1.0× 5.5k 1.1× 8.2k 1.7× 211 22.8k
Henrik G. Smith Sweden 72 10.2k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.8× 297 16.2k
Wolfgang W. Weisser Germany 72 8.3k 0.7× 6.2k 0.8× 7.5k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 5.5k 1.1× 400 18.9k
Riccardo Bommarco Sweden 60 9.9k 0.8× 7.4k 1.0× 5.1k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 5.6k 1.1× 168 16.1k
Simon G. Potts United Kingdom 73 23.0k 1.9× 15.6k 2.1× 7.9k 1.3× 8.7k 1.7× 10.8k 2.2× 240 29.2k
David Kleijn Netherlands 54 7.7k 0.6× 4.6k 0.6× 5.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.3× 4.8k 1.0× 169 14.8k
Claire Kremen United States 75 23.6k 1.9× 16.3k 2.2× 8.3k 1.4× 8.5k 1.7× 12.6k 2.6× 173 36.8k
Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter Germany 88 26.1k 2.2× 16.7k 2.2× 12.8k 2.1× 8.4k 1.6× 12.9k 2.6× 303 35.9k
David B. Roy United Kingdom 67 8.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.4× 10.8k 1.8× 3.1k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 200 23.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef Settele

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Josef Settele. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Josef Settele 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 Josef Settele. Josef Settele is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harpke, Alexander, Elisabeth Kühn, Thomas Schmitt, Josef Settele, & Martin Musche. (2025). The Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany. Nature Conservation. 59. 315–334.
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Schweiger, Oliver, Josef Settele, Martin Wiemers, et al.. (2024). Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(10). 2 indexed citations
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Høye, Toke T., Tom August, Mario V. Balzan, et al.. (2023). Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of Biоdiversity (MAMBO). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 5 indexed citations
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Evans, Luke C., Yolanda Melero, Reto Schmucki, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms underpinning community stability along a latitudinal gradient: Insights from a niche‐based approach. Global Change Biology. 29(12). 3271–3284. 5 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Christian Albert, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2023). Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(10). 12 indexed citations
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Horgan, Finbarr G., et al.. (2023). Escaping the Lock-in to Pesticide Use: Do Vietnamese Farmers Respond to Flower Strips as a Restoration Practice or Pest Management Action?. Sustainability. 15(16). 12508–12508. 3 indexed citations
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Dossa, Gerbert Sylvestre, et al.. (2022). Combined Effects of Soil Silicon and Host Plant Resistance on Planthoppers, Blast and Bacterial Blight in Tropical Rice. Insects. 13(7). 604–604. 5 indexed citations
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Dominik, Christophe, Ralf Seppelt, Finbarr G. Horgan, Josef Settele, & Tomáš Václavík. (2022). Landscape heterogeneity filters functional traits of rice arthropods in tropical agroecosystems. Ecological Applications. 32(3). e2560–e2560. 12 indexed citations
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Proesmans, Willem, Matthias Albrecht, Anna Gajda, et al.. (2021). Pathways for Novel Epidemiology: Plant–Pollinator–Pathogen Networks and Global Change. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(7). 623–636. 52 indexed citations
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Boyd, Emily, Richard Nunes, Wiebren J. Boonstra, et al.. (2020). Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems. Global Sustainability. 3. 39 indexed citations
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Dapporto, Leonardo, Enrique García‐Barros, Martin Wiemers, et al.. (2020). A new comprehensive trait database of European and Maghreb butterflies, Papilionoidea. Scientific Data. 7(1). 351–351. 62 indexed citations
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Ramal, Angelee Fame, James M. Villegas, Carmencita C. Bernal, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the parasitism of insect herbivores through diversification of habitat in Philippine rice fields. Paddy and Water Environment. 16(2). 379–390. 17 indexed citations
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Titeux, Nicolas, Dirk Maes, Toon Van Daele, et al.. (2017). The need for large‐scale distribution data to estimate regional changes in species richness under future climate change. Diversity and Distributions. 23(12). 1393–1407. 36 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Hien T. Ngo, et al.. (2016). Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being. Nature. 540(7632). 220–229. 1344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidt, Anja, Harald Auge, Roland Brandl, et al.. (2015). Small-scale variability in the contribution of invertebrates to litter decomposition in tropical rice fields. Basic and Applied Ecology. 16(8). 674–680. 22 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Anja, G. S. Arida, Harald Auge, et al.. (2015). Effects of Residue Management on Decomposition in Irrigated Rice Fields Are Not Related to Changes in the Decomposer Community. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0134402–e0134402. 21 indexed citations
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Spangenberg, Joachim H., et al.. (2014). Escaping the lock-in of continuous insecticide spraying in rice: Developing an integrated ecological and socio-political DPSIR analysis. Ecological Modelling. 295. 188–195. 50 indexed citations
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Öckinger, Erik, Oliver Schweiger, Thomas O. Crist, et al.. (2010). Life‐history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross‐continental synthesis. Ecology Letters. 13(8). 969–979. 356 indexed citations

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