Karen Armstrong

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Karen Armstrong is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Armstrong has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Insect Science, 32 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Karen Armstrong's work include Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (17 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (17 papers). Karen Armstrong is often cited by papers focused on Forest Insect Ecology and Management (18 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (17 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (17 papers). Karen Armstrong collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Karen Armstrong's co-authors include Shelley L. Ball, Laura M. Boykin, Anthony R. Clarke, Rupert A. Collins, S. Raghu, J. R. Milne, David K. Yeates, George Roderick, Robert Cruickshank and Paul De Barro and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karen Armstrong

98 papers receiving 3.1k 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. INVASIVE PHYTOPHAGOUS PESTS ARISING THROUGH A RECENT TROPICAL EVOLUTIONARY RADIATION: TheBactrocera dorsalisComplex of Fruit Flies
    2004 497 citations Anthony R. Clarke, Karen Armstrong et al. profile →

Peers

Karen Armstrong
Hugh D. Loxdale United Kingdom
Ilana Zilber‐Rosenberg Israel
David M. Bird Canada
Fleur Ponton Australia
Tobias Guldberg Frøslev Denmark
Stéphanie Heuskin Belgium
M. Denise Dearing United States
Kailash Chandra India
Yiyuan Li China
Maria Navajas France
Hugh D. Loxdale United Kingdom
Karen Armstrong
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Countries citing papers authored by Karen Armstrong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Armstrong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Armstrong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karen Armstrong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karen Armstrong 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 Karen Armstrong. Karen Armstrong 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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Martoni, Francesco, Simon Bulman, Alexander M. Piper, et al.. (2023). Insect phylogeny structures the bacterial communities in the microbiome of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in Aotearoa New Zealand. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285587–e0285587. 10 indexed citations
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Lankheet, Martin J., et al.. (2023). Tracking the flight and landing behaviour of western flower thrips in response to single and two-colour cues. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14178–14178. 2 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen, et al.. (2022). Colour vision in thrips (Thysanoptera). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1862). 20210282–20210282. 16 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen, et al.. (2018). Integrative medicine and the oncology patient: options and benefits. Supportive Care in Cancer. 26(7). 2267–2273. 19 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen, et al.. (2018). Validation of the Diagnostic Tool for Complexity in Palliative Care—Pilot Study (S727). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 55(2). 670–671. 1 indexed citations
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Martoni, Francesco, Daniel Burckhardt, & Karen Armstrong. (2016). An annotated checklist of the psyllids of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). Zootaxa. 4144(4). 556–74. 20 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen & A. Ruzicka. (2015). Major-Element Geochemistry of Large, Igneous-Textured Inclusions in Ordinary Chondrites. LPI. 1572. 1 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen, et al.. (2014). Lymphedema care for the breast cancer patient: An integrative approach. The Breast. 24(1). 82–85. 7 indexed citations
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Boykin, Laura M., Mark K. Schutze, Matt N. Krosch, et al.. (2014). Multi-gene phylogenetic analysis of south-east Asian pest members of the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae) does not support current taxonomy. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Ting, et al.. (2012). Analysis of crucial factors resulting in microarray hybridization failure. Molecular BioSystems. 8(4). 1325–1338. 8 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen, et al.. (2012). First report of blackleg and soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis in New Zealand. New Disease Reports. 26(1). 15–15. 28 indexed citations
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Brown, Samuel D. J., Karen Armstrong, & Robert Cruickshank. (2012). Molecular phylogenetics of a South Pacific sap beetle species complex (Carpophilus spp., Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64(3). 428–440. 25 indexed citations
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Clark, Patricia C., et al.. (2010). Identification of modifiable chronic kidney disease risk factors by gender in an African-American metabolic syndrome cohort.. PubMed. 37(2). 133–41, 148; quiz 142. 14 indexed citations
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deWaard, Jeremy R, Andrew Mitchell, Melody A. Keena, et al.. (2010). Towards a Global Barcode Library for Lymantria (Lepidoptera: Lymantriinae) Tussock Moths of Biosecurity Concern. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14280–e14280. 88 indexed citations
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Chomič, A., et al.. (2010). Detection and discrimination of members of the family Luteoviridae by real-time PCR and SYBR® GreenER™ melting curve analysis. Journal of Virological Methods. 171(1). 46–52. 9 indexed citations
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Handler, Alfred M., Grażyna Zimowska, & Karen Armstrong. (2008). Highly similar piggyBac elements in Bactrocera that share a common lineage with elements in noctuid moths. Insect Molecular Biology. 17(4). 387–393. 10 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen & Shelley L. Ball. (2005). Correction for Armstrong and Ball, DNA barcodes for biosecurity: invasive species identification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1464). 2373–2373. 4 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Musharaf, et al.. (1996). Genetic relationships in Lens species and parentage determination of their interspecific hybrids using RAPD markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92(8). 1091–1098. 32 indexed citations

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