Kelly L. Weinersmith

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kelly L. Weinersmith is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelly L. Weinersmith has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Kelly L. Weinersmith's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (8 papers). Kelly L. Weinersmith is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (8 papers). Kelly L. Weinersmith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kelly L. Weinersmith's co-authors include Andrew Sih, Tomas Brodin, Julien Côté, Sean Fogarty, J. Louise Conrad, Julia B. Saltz, Matthew J. Young, Scott P. Egan, Lynn Ranåker and Maud C. O. Ferrari and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, Ecology Letters and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kelly L. Weinersmith

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Behavioural syndromes in fishes: a review with implications for ecology and fisheries management

2011 395 citations J. Louise Conrad, Kelly L. Weinersmith et al. Journal of Fish Biology profile →

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Colette M. St. Mary United States

Topi K. Lehtonen Finland

Chris K. Elvidge Canada

Albert Ros Switzerland

Katie E. McGhee United States

Elisabet Forsgren Norway

Reehan S. Mirza Canada

Lauren M. Pintor United States

Julia B. Saltz United States

Constantino Macı́as Garcı́a Mexico

Colette M. St. Mary United States

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495 ×1.0

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588 ×1.5

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296 ×1.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelly L. Weinersmith

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2025). Deadly Decomposers: Distinguishing Life History Strategies on the Parasitism‐Saprotrophy Spectrum. Ecology Letters. 28(6). e70135–e70135. 1 indexed citations

Wiegmann, Daniel D., Kelly L. Weinersmith, Jeffrey R. Baylis, Steven P. Newman, & Lisa M. Angeloni. (2024). Null models confirm nest site fidelity by male smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu. BMC Zoology. 9(1). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2023). To Each According to Their Space-Need: Communes in Outer Space. Space Policy. 67. 101592–101592.

Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2023). Experimental Infections with Euhaplorchis californiensis and a Small Cyathocotylid Increase Conspicuous Behaviors in California Killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis). Journal of Parasitology. 109(4). 362–376. 1 indexed citations

Wiegmann, Daniel D., Lisa M. Angeloni, Jeffrey R. Baylis, et al.. (2023). Mark–recapture surveys affect nest site fidelity but not reproductive timing of male Smallmouth Bass. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 44(1). 132–144. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Y. Miles, Andrew A. Forbes, Kirsten M. Prior, et al.. (2022). Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data. Molecular Ecology. 31(16). 4417–4433. 12 indexed citations

Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2020). Arthropod Community Associated With the Asexual Generation of Bassettia pallida (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 113(5). 373–388. 14 indexed citations

Vindas, Marco A., Ida B. Johansen, Lauren E. Nadler, et al.. (2020). Brain-encysting trematodes (Euhaplorchis californiensis) decrease raphe serotonergic activity in California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis). Biology Open. 9(7). 4 indexed citations

Nadler, Lauren E., Erika J. Eliason, Ida B. Johansen, et al.. (2020). A brain‐infecting parasite impacts host metabolism both during exposure and after infection is established. Functional Ecology. 35(1). 105–116. 22 indexed citations

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Nadler, Lauren E., Marco A. Vindas, Ida B. Johansen, et al.. (2020). Regional Distribution of a Brain-Encysting Parasite Provides Insight on Parasite-Induced Host Behavioral Manipulation. Journal of Parasitology. 106(1). 188–188. 6 indexed citations

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Egan, Scott P., et al.. (2019). A keeper of many crypts: a behaviour-manipulating parasite attacks a taxonomically diverse array of oak gall wasp species. Biology Letters. 15(9). 20190428–20190428. 7 indexed citations

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Weinersmith, Kelly L.. (2019). What’s gotten into you?: a review of recent research on parasitoid manipulation of host behavior. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 33. 37–42. 23 indexed citations

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Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2017). Tales from the crypt: a parasitoid manipulates the behaviour of its parasite host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1847). 20162365–20162365. 12 indexed citations

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Barber, Iain, et al.. (2016). Parasitism, personality and cognition in fish. Behavioural Processes. 141(Pt 2). 205–219. 34 indexed citations

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Renick, Violet Compton, Kelly L. Weinersmith, Doris E. Vidal‐Dorsch, & Todd W. Anderson. (2015). Effects of a pesticide and a parasite on neurological, endocrine, and behavioral responses of an estuarine fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 170. 335–343. 28 indexed citations

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Weinersmith, Kelly L. & Zen Faulkes. (2014). Parasitic Manipulation of Hosts' Phenotype, or How to Make a Zombie--An Introduction to the Symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(2). 93–100. 16 indexed citations

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Ferrari, Maud C. O., Lynn Ranåker, Kelly L. Weinersmith, et al.. (2013). Effects of turbidity and an invasive waterweed on predation by introduced largemouth bass. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 97(1). 79–90. 69 indexed citations

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Conrad, J. Louise, Kelly L. Weinersmith, Tomas Brodin, Julia B. Saltz, & Andrew Sih. (2011). Behavioural syndromes in fishes: a review with implications for ecology and fisheries management. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(2). 395–435. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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Côté, Julien, Sean Fogarty, Tomas Brodin, Kelly L. Weinersmith, & Andrew Sih. (2010). Personality-dependent dispersal in the invasive mosquitofish: group composition matters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1712). 1670–1678. 149 indexed citations

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Wiegmann, Daniel D., et al.. (2009). Multi-attribute mate choice decisions and uncertainty in the decision process: a generalized sequential search strategy. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 60(4). 543–572. 24 indexed citations

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