Lewis Berner

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Lewis Berner is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lewis Berner has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lewis Berner's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (16 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (10 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (9 papers). Lewis Berner is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (16 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (10 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (9 papers). Lewis Berner collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lewis Berner's co-authors include Glenn B. Wiggins, Robert W. Pennak, Archie Carr, Kenneth W. Cummins, Richard W. Merritt, George F. Edmunds, Steven Jensen, Janice G. Peters, Frank N. Young and D. M. Lehmkuhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Annals of the Entomological Society of America and The American Midland Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Lewis Berner

35 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera) 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 1979 250 500 750
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. Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera)
    1977 752 citations Lewis Berner, Glenn B. Wiggins Florida Entomologist profile →
  2. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States
    1979 573 citations Lewis Berner, Robert W. Pennak Florida Entomologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lewis Berner United States 15 1.7k 1.2k 598 308 286 39 2.4k
Glenn B. Wiggins Canada 19 2.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 787 1.3× 510 1.7× 202 0.7× 61 2.6k
Ronald W. Davies Canada 26 1.7k 1.0× 984 0.8× 435 0.7× 146 0.5× 247 0.9× 163 2.7k
T. T. Macan United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.7× 753 0.6× 277 0.5× 103 0.3× 399 1.4× 57 1.8k
L. C. V. Pinder United Kingdom 18 1.9k 1.1× 821 0.7× 369 0.6× 144 0.5× 397 1.4× 45 2.6k
Clifford S. Crawford United States 22 1.2k 0.7× 726 0.6× 511 0.9× 376 1.2× 148 0.5× 64 2.2k
H.B.N. Hynes Canada 4 2.3k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 260 0.4× 58 0.2× 592 2.1× 7 2.9k
C. H. Fernando Canada 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 363 0.6× 123 0.4× 1.7k 5.8× 192 3.6k
Athol McLachlan United Kingdom 17 1.1k 0.6× 526 0.4× 527 0.9× 240 0.8× 162 0.6× 33 1.8k
Boris C. Kondratieff United States 24 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 710 1.2× 428 1.4× 159 0.6× 193 2.8k
Joseph A. Arruda United States 8 898 0.5× 799 0.7× 476 0.8× 229 0.7× 310 1.1× 16 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lewis Berner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lewis Berner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berner, Lewis & Oliver S. Flint. (1983). Trichoptera of the Area Platense. Florida Entomologist. 66(4). 554–554. 14 indexed citations
2.
Berner, Lewis. (1983). The mayfly Siphlonurus phyllis McDunnough (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae): its discovery in Minnesota. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations
3.
Berner, Lewis & Robert W. Pennak. (1979). Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. Florida Entomologist. 62(3). 287–287. 573 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Berner, Lewis, Richard W. Merritt, & Kenneth W. Cummins. (1979). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Florida Entomologist. 62(1). 75–75. 204 indexed citations
5.
Berner, Lewis. (1977). Distributional Patterns of Southeastern Mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 22(1). 1–56. 6 indexed citations
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Peters, Janice G., et al.. (1977). The Mayflies of North and Central America. Florida Entomologist. 60(1). 64–64. 228 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis & Glenn B. Wiggins. (1977). Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera). Florida Entomologist. 60(4). 300–300. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berner, Lewis. (1975). The Mayfly Family Leptophlebiidae in the Southeastern United States. Florida Entomologist. 58(3). 137–137. 6 indexed citations
9.
Berner, Lewis, et al.. (1962). Butterflies of the American Tropics. The Genus Anaea Lepidoptera Nymphalidae. Florida Entomologist. 45(1). 10–10. 11 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis. (1959). A Tabular Summary of the Biology of North American Mayfly Nymphs (Ephemeroptera). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 4(1). 1–59. 6 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis & H. Oldroyd. (1959). Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects. Florida Entomologist. 42(2). 92–92. 5 indexed citations
12.
Edmunds, George F., et al.. (1958). North American Mayflies of the Family Oligoneuriidae1. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 51(4). 375–382. 7 indexed citations
13.
Berner, Lewis & Frank N. Young. (1955). The Water Beetles of Florida. Florida Entomologist. 38(1). 33–33. 43 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis, Archie Carr, & Coleman J. Goin. (1955). Guide to the Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fresh-Water Fishes of Florida. Florida Entomologist. 38(4). 167–167. 14 indexed citations
15.
Berner, Lewis. (1955). Mosquitoes of the Shire River System, Nyasaland1. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 48(4). 214–218. 4 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis, et al.. (1954). Entomological Nomenclature and Literature. Florida Entomologist. 37(1). 17–17.
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Berner, Lewis, et al.. (1954). Insect Fact and Folklore. Florida Entomologist. 37(3). 155–155. 13 indexed citations
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Berner, Lewis. (1954). XIX.—Phoretic association between a species of Simulium and a mayfly nymph, with a description of the nymph. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(74). 116–121. 9 indexed citations
19.
Berner, Lewis, et al.. (1953). Insects: Their Secret World. Florida Entomologist. 36(3). 124–124.
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Berner, Lewis, et al.. (1953). How to Know the Spiders. Pictured-Keys for Determing the More Common Spiders, with Suggestions for Collecting and Studying Them. Florida Entomologist. 36(3). 98–98. 1 indexed citations

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