Mathew Seymour

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Mathew Seymour is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathew Seymour has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Mathew Seymour's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (14 papers). Mathew Seymour is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (14 papers). Mathew Seymour collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Mathew Seymour's co-authors include Florian Altermatt, Simon Creer, Iliana Bista, Kristy Deiner, Elvira Mächler, Holly M. Bik, Louis Bernatchez, David M. Lodge, Michael E. Pfrender and Anaïs Lacoursière‐Roussel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mathew Seymour

33 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding: Transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

2017 1.2k citations Kristy Deiner, Holly M. Bik et al. profile →
Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability

2018 368 citations Frank Pennekamp, Mikael Pontarp et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Integrative Assessment of Hong Kong Chironomidae (Diptera) Shows High Species Richness Linked to Spatial and Environmental Factors 2026 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mathew Seymour	0
2	Seasonality, Moisture, and Host Community Structure of Haemaphysalis Ticks in a Subtropical Urban Mosaic in Hong Kong, China 2026 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Mathew Seymour, (unknown)	0
3	Production of the Neurotoxin BMAA by Marine Diatoms Drives Its Widespread Occurrence in Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Chao Wang, (unknown), Yixi Su, (unknown), (unknown), Jiahao Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Mathew Seymour, Weiqi Fu	0
4	Environmental DNA reveals coastal fish biodiversity response across the Atlantic-Indian Ocean environmental transition gradient 2025 ·Ecological Indicators ·Mathew Seymour, (unknown), Masaki Miya, Simon Creer, Gary R. Carvalho, Sophie von der Heyden	0
5	The First International eDNA Workshop in Hong Kong: A beginner's guide for the next‐generation eDNA researcher 2024 ·Environmental DNA ·Mathew Seymour, (unknown), Gert‐Jan Jeunen, Micaela Hellström, Matthieu Leray, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chun Ming How, Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yifu Wang, Zhi Wang, (unknown), (unknown)	1
6	Multi-scale influences on Escherichia coli concentrations in shellfish: From catchment to estuary 2024 ·Environmental Pollution ·Shelagh K. Malham, (unknown), Kata Farkas, Cai Ladd, Mathew Seymour, Peter Robins, Davey L. Jones, James E. McDonald, Lewis Le Vay, Laurence Jones	2
7	Extending deep-sea benthic biodiversity inventories with environmental DNA metabarcoding 2023 ·Marine Biology ·(unknown), Mathew Seymour, Lara Atkinson, Sophie von der Heyden	7
8	Arctic char occurrence and abundance using environmental DNA 2023 ·Freshwater Biology ·Mathew Seymour, (unknown)	5
9	Environmental DNA provides higher resolution assessment of riverine biodiversity and ecosystem function via spatio-temporal nestedness and turnover partitioning 2021 ·Communications Biology ·Mathew Seymour, François Edwards, B. J. Cosby, Iliana Bista, Peter Scarlett, Francesca L. Brailsford, Helen Glanville, Mark de Bruyn, Gary R. Carvalho, Simon Creer	60
10	Novel insights into marine fish biodiversity across a pronounced environmental gradient using replicated environmental DNA analyses 2021 ·Environmental DNA ·(unknown), Mathew Seymour, Simon Creer, Sophie von der Heyden	19
11	Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies 2021 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Kristine Bohmann, Vasco Elbrecht, Christian Carøe, Iliana Bista, Florian Leese, Michael Bunce, Douglas W. Yu, Mathew Seymour, Alex J. Dumbrell, Simon Creer	83
12	Author Correction: Environmental DNA size sorting and degradation experiment indicates the state of Daphnia magna mitochondrial and nuclear eDNA is subcellular 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Gary R. Carvalho, Simon Creer, Mathew Seymour	1
13	Executing multi-taxa eDNA ecological assessment via traditional metrics and interactive networks 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Mathew Seymour, François Edwards, B. J. Cosby, Martyn Kelly, Mark de Bruyn, Gary R. Carvalho, Simon Creer	51
14	Rapid progression and future of environmental DNA research 2019 ·Communications Biology ·Mathew Seymour	47
15	Acidity promotes degradation of multi-species environmental DNA in lotic mesocosms 2018 ·Communications Biology ·Mathew Seymour, Isabelle Durance, B. J. Cosby, Emma Ransom-Jones, Kristy Deiner, S. J. Ormerod, John K. Colbourne, (unknown), Gary R. Carvalho, Mark de Bruyn, François Edwards, Bridget A. Emmett, Holly M. Bik, Simon Creer	207
16	Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Frank Pennekamp, Mikael Pontarp, Andrea Tabi, Florian Altermatt, Roman Alther, Yves Choffat, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Pravin Ganesanandamoorthy, Aurélie Garnier, Jason I. Griffiths, Suzanne Greene, Katherine Horgan, Thomas M. Massie, Elvira Mächler, Gian Marco Palamara, Mathew Seymour, Owen L. Petchey	368
17	Optimising the detection of marine taxonomic richness using environmental DNA metabarcoding: the effects of filter material, pore size and extraction method 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kristy Deiner, Jacqueline Lopez, Steve Bourne, Luke E. Holman, Mathew Seymour, Erin K. Grey, (unknown), Yiyuan Li, Mark A. Renshaw, Michael E. Pfrender, Marc Rius, Louis Bernatchez, David M. Lodge	62
18	Dynamic species classification of microorganisms across time, abiotic and biotic environments—A sliding window approach 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Frank Pennekamp, Jason I. Griffiths, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Aurélie Garnier, Mathew Seymour, Florian Altermatt, Owen L. Petchey	18
19	Annual time-series analysis of aqueous eDNA reveals ecologically relevant dynamics of lake ecosystem biodiversity 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Iliana Bista, Gary R. Carvalho, Kerry Walsh, Mathew Seymour, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Delphine Lallias, Martin Christmas, Simon Creer	238
20	Lessons from the macroinvertebrates: species‐genetic diversity correlations highlight important dissimilar relationships 2016 ·Freshwater Biology ·Mathew Seymour, (unknown), Elvira Mächler, Florian Altermatt	13

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