Lori Lawson Handley

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Lori Lawson Handley is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lori Lawson Handley has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lori Lawson Handley's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (18 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Lori Lawson Handley is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (18 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Lori Lawson Handley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Lori Lawson Handley's co-authors include Nicolas Perrin, Bernd Hänfling, Jianlong Li, Helen E. Roy, Arnaud Estoup, Éric Lombaert, Daniel S. Read, Cathleen E. Thomas, Christoph Hahn and Rosetta C. Blackman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Lori Lawson Handley

47 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex‐biased dispersal

2007 526 citations Lori Lawson Handley, Nicolas Perrin Molecular Ecology profile →
EnvironmentalDNAmetabarcoding of lake fish communities reflects long‐term data from established survey methods

2016 402 citations Bernd Hänfling, Lori Lawson Handley et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lori Lawson Handley United Kingdom	28	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	796	635	47	3.6k
Seppo Rytkönen Finland	25	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	960 0.9×	2.1k 2.6×	289 0.5×	58	4.3k
Peter Arctander Denmark	39	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	879 1.1×	187 0.3×	67	4.4k
Christian Miquel France	29	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	808 0.7×	497 0.6×	284 0.4×	46	3.5k
Bettine Jansen van Vuuren South Africa	29	1.8k 0.9×	559 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	800 1.0×	236 0.4×	134	3.2k
William B. Sherwin Australia	38	2.9k 1.4×	662 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	267 0.4×	92	5.0k
April Wright United States	16	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 2.4×	625 1.0×	33	5.0k
Laura Kvist Finland	23	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.9×	281 0.4×	91	4.4k
Pierre Boursot France	41	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	3.2k 2.9×	1.2k 1.5×	488 0.8×	83	5.1k
Gernot Segelbacher Germany	36	2.1k 1.0×	550 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	998 1.3×	177 0.3×	120	3.8k
Yves Desdevises France	30	1.9k 0.9×	732 0.6×	561 0.5×	488 0.6×	264 0.4×	79	3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lori Lawson Handley

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Altermatt, Florian, Marjorie Couton, Luca Carraro, et al.. (2025). Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1(5). 332–346. 8 indexed citations

Jeffries, Daniel L., Lori Lawson Handley, Dunja K. Lamatsch, et al.. (2024). Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non‐native taxa. Molecular Ecology. 33(19). e17515–e17515. 1 indexed citations

Handley, Lori Lawson, Elizabete Marchante, Tim Adriaens, et al.. (2022). A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species. NeoBiota. 73. 153–175. 14 indexed citations

Harper, Lynsey R., Lori Lawson Handley, Carl D. Sayer, et al.. (2020). Assessing the impact of the threatened crucian carp ( Carassius carassius ) on pond invertebrate diversity: A comparison of conventional and molecular tools. Molecular Ecology. 30(13). 3252–3269. 12 indexed citations

Li, Jianlong, Tristan Hatton‐Ellis, Lori Lawson Handley, et al.. (2019). Ground‐truthing of a fish‐based environmental DNA metabarcoding method for assessing the quality of lakes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(5). 1232–1244. 64 indexed citations

Harper, Lynsey R., Lori Lawson Handley, Carl D. Sayer, et al.. (2018). Development and application of environmental DNA surveillance for the threatened crucian carp ( Carassius carassius ). Freshwater Biology. 64(1). 93–107. 42 indexed citations

Gautier, Mathieu, Jun‐ichi Yamaguchi, Anne Loiseau, et al.. (2018). The Genomic Basis of Color Pattern Polymorphism in the Harlequin Ladybird. Current Biology. 28(20). 3296–3302.e7. 76 indexed citations

Hutchinson, William F., Mark Culling, David Orton, et al.. (2015). The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545. Royal Society Open Science. 2(9). 150199–150199. 21 indexed citations

Tayeh, Ashraf, Arnaud Estoup, Éric Lombaert, et al.. (2014). Cannibalism in invasive, native and biocontrol populations of the harlequin ladybird. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 15–15. 36 indexed citations

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Jeffries, Daniel L., Jason W. Chapman, Helen E. Roy, et al.. (2013). Characteristics and Drivers of High-Altitude Ladybird Flight: Insights from Vertical-Looking Entomological Radar. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82278–e82278. 45 indexed citations

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Handley, Lori Lawson, Arnaud Estoup, Darren M. Evans, et al.. (2011). Ecological genetics of invasive alien species. BioControl. 56(4). 409–428. 230 indexed citations

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Roy, Helen E., Emma Rhule, Susanne Harding, et al.. (2011). Living with the enemy: parasites and pathogens of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis. BioControl. 56(4). 663–679. 42 indexed citations

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Romero, Irene Gallego, Andrea Manica, Jérôme Goudet, Lori Lawson Handley, & François Balloux. (2008). How accurate is the current picture of human genetic variation?. Heredity. 102(2). 120–126. 33 indexed citations

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Handley, Lori Lawson, Keren Byrne, F Santucci, et al.. (2007). Genetic structure of European sheep breeds. Heredity. 99(6). 620–631. 132 indexed citations

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Handley, Lori Lawson & Nicolas Perrin. (2007). Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex‐biased dispersal. Molecular Ecology. 16(8). 1559–1578. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bonab, Maziar Ashrafian, Lori Lawson Handley, & François Balloux. (2006). Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study. Heredity. 98(3). 151–156. 10 indexed citations

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Сазанов, А. А., Anna Sazanova, Michael N Romanov, et al.. (2005). Chromosomal localization of the UBAP2Z and UBAP2W genes in chicken. Animal Genetics. 37(1). 72–73. 8 indexed citations

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Hammond, Robert L., Lori Lawson Handley, Bruce Winney, Michael W. Bruford, & Nicolas Perrin. (2005). Genetic evidence for female-biased dispersal and gene flow in a polygynous primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1585). 479–484. 78 indexed citations

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Handley, Lori Lawson, et al.. (2005). Evolutionary history of the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) inferred from analysis of mtDNA, Y, and X chromosome markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37(3). 832–844. 54 indexed citations

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Handley, Lori Lawson, et al.. (2004). Evolutionary Strata on the Chicken Z Chromosome: Implications for Sex Chromosome Evolution. Genetics. 167(1). 367–376. 166 indexed citations

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