Laura Timms

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 769 citations indexed

About

Laura Timms is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Timms has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 769 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Laura Timms's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers), Plant and animal studies (4 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Laura Timms is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers), Plant and animal studies (4 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Laura Timms collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and Germany. Laura Timms's co-authors include Alain Roques, Carlos López‐Vaamonde, Marc Kenis, Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg, Josef Settele, Christelle Péré, Sylvie Augustin, Matthew J.W. Cock, Christopher M. Buddle and Sandy M. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecography.

In The Last Decade

Laura Timms

11 papers receiving 733 citations

Hit Papers

Ecological effects of invasive alien insects 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Ecological effects of invasive alien insects
    2008 532 citations Marc Kenis, Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg et al. Biological Invasions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Timms Canada 8 430 390 363 166 163 11 769
George H. Boettner United States 15 478 1.1× 455 1.2× 329 0.9× 146 0.9× 241 1.5× 27 880
Shin‐ya Ohba Japan 18 275 0.6× 278 0.7× 397 1.1× 162 1.0× 110 0.7× 71 861
Marianna Szűcs United States 13 262 0.6× 254 0.7× 308 0.8× 292 1.8× 181 1.1× 26 724
Christelle Péré Switzerland 7 466 1.1× 418 1.1× 470 1.3× 159 1.0× 258 1.6× 10 858
Marc A. A. Pollet Belgium 15 387 0.9× 263 0.7× 538 1.5× 135 0.8× 99 0.6× 99 753
Matthew P. Hill Australia 17 479 1.1× 373 1.0× 293 0.8× 138 0.8× 185 1.1× 28 936
Michal Knapp Czechia 18 409 1.0× 271 0.7× 342 0.9× 139 0.8× 264 1.6× 49 794
Daniel H. Slone United States 17 461 1.1× 345 0.9× 188 0.5× 122 0.7× 148 0.9× 45 786
John S. Strazanac United States 16 347 0.8× 430 1.1× 354 1.0× 192 1.2× 195 1.2× 30 718
Paul D. Krushelnycky United States 19 334 0.8× 201 0.5× 547 1.5× 471 2.8× 133 0.8× 42 863

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Timms

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Timms

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Laura Timms. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Laura Timms. The network helps show where Laura Timms may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Timms

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Filazzola, Alessandro, Marc T. J. Johnson, Kimberly L. Barrett, et al.. (2024). The great urban shift: Climate change is predicted to drive mass species turnover in cities. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0299217–e0299217. 3 indexed citations
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Lukito, Steve, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of pilot community art-based workshops designed for Ukrainian refugee children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1260189–1260189. 2 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura. (2020). Why people analytics is the HR professional’s secret weapon. Strategic HR Review. 19(2). 85–87. 2 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura, et al.. (2015). Extending understanding of latitudinal patterns in parasitoid wasp diversity. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 9(1). 74–86. 26 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura, et al.. (2013). Vertical heterogeneity in predation pressure in a temperate forest canopy. PeerJ. 1. e138–e138. 29 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura, Andrew M. R. Bennett, Christopher M. Buddle, & Terry A. Wheeler. (2013). Assessing five decades of change in a high Arctic parasitoid community. Ecography. 36(11). 1227–1235. 13 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura, Joseph J. Bowden, Keith S. Summerville, & Christopher M. Buddle. (2012). Does species‐level resolution matter? Taxonomic sufficiency in terrestrial arthropod biodiversity studies. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 6(4). 453–462. 87 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura, Steven C. Walker, & Sandy M. Smith. (2011). Establishment and dominance of an introduced herbivore has limited impact on native host-parasitoid food webs. Biological Invasions. 14(1). 229–244. 10 indexed citations
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Timms, Laura & Sandy M. Smith. (2011). Effects of gypsy moth establishment and dominance in native caterpillar communities of northern oak forests. The Canadian Entomologist. 143(5). 479–503. 12 indexed citations
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Kenis, Marc, Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg, Alain Roques, et al.. (2008). Ecological effects of invasive alien insects. Biological Invasions. 11(1). 21–45. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Timms, Laura, Sandy M. Smith, & Peter de Groot. (2006). Patterns in the within‐tree distribution of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire) in young, green‐ash plantations of south‐western Ontario, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 8(4). 313–321. 53 indexed citations

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