Mike Dobson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Mike Dobson is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Dobson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Mike Dobson's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (12 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Mike Dobson is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (12 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Mike Dobson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Kenya. Mike Dobson's co-authors include Éric Chauvet, Mark O. Gessner, Alan G. Hildrew, Adiel Magana, Jude M. Mathooko, Yoshinari Kawamura, Amanda L. Wright, Gilles Pinay, Philippe Vervier and Helen Cariss and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Animal Ecology and Oikos.

In The Last Decade

Mike Dobson

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Perspective on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Streams 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 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. A Perspective on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Streams
    1999 515 citations Mark O. Gessner, Éric Chauvet et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mike Dobson United Kingdom 13 1.1k 579 276 154 117 21 1.4k
Russell B. Rader United States 22 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.7× 273 1.0× 154 1.0× 86 0.7× 54 1.7k
Sue A. Perry United States 20 902 0.8× 628 1.1× 249 0.9× 118 0.8× 53 0.5× 60 1.1k
Adrian Pinder Australia 18 1.1k 1.0× 578 1.0× 187 0.7× 140 0.9× 75 0.6× 60 1.4k
Beixin Wang China 18 1.0k 0.9× 528 0.9× 170 0.6× 170 1.1× 62 0.5× 77 1.3k
Cristina Stenert Brazil 20 831 0.7× 547 0.9× 303 1.1× 98 0.6× 71 0.6× 106 1.3k
Javier Alba‐Tercedor Spain 23 1.3k 1.2× 804 1.4× 176 0.6× 310 2.0× 132 1.1× 80 1.7k
Rosemary J. Mackay Canada 22 1.7k 1.5× 1.2k 2.1× 285 1.0× 147 1.0× 56 0.5× 43 1.9k
Margaret A. Wilzbach United States 16 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 291 1.1× 163 1.1× 37 0.3× 36 1.6k
Sally Hladyz Australia 14 1.0k 0.9× 719 1.2× 235 0.9× 193 1.3× 55 0.5× 17 1.5k
Michael A. Bozek United States 23 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 2.0× 214 0.8× 148 1.0× 83 0.7× 59 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Dobson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Dobson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dobson, Mike, Paul Smith, Helen Evans, & J. B. Chatterton. (2016). The Holistic Integrity Test (HIT) - quantified resilience analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 8012–8012. 4 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike, et al.. (2002). Detritivores in Kenyan highland streams: more evidence for the paucity of shredders in the tropics?. Freshwater Biology. 47(5). 909–919. 174 indexed citations
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Laitung, Béryl, James L. Pretty, Éric Chauvet, & Mike Dobson. (2002). Response of aquatic hyphomycete communities to enhanced stream retention in areas impacted by commercial forestry. Freshwater Biology. 47(2). 313–323. 33 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Amanda L. Wright. (2000). Faunal relationships and zoogeographical affinities of mammals in north‐west Africa. Journal of Biogeography. 27(2). 417–424. 46 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike, et al.. (2000). Case Abandonment as a Response to Burial by Potamophylax cingulatus (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) Larvae. Aquatic Insects. 22(2). 99–107. 11 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Helen Cariss. (2000). Improving detritus retention as a management option in streams impacted by forestry. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 27(2). 1090–1094. 3 indexed citations
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Pretty, James L. & Mike Dobson. (2000). A possible strategy for enhancing the stream biota in areas of intensive commercial forestry. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 27(2). 1075–1078. 4 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike. (1999). Aggregation of Potamophylax cingulatus (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) larvae in response to possible food limitation in a southern French stream. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 145(3). 317–329. 11 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Helen Cariss. (1999). Restoration of afforested upland streams—what are we trying to achieve?. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 9(1). 133–139. 10 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Helen Cariss. (1999). Restoration of afforested upland streams—what are we trying to achieve?. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 9(1). 133–139. 3 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Yoshinari Kawamura. (1998). Origin of the Japanese Land Mammal Fauna: Allocation of Extant Species to Historically-based Categories.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 37(5). 385–395. 85 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike, Alan G. Hildrew, Stuart Orton, & S. J. Ormerod. (1995). APPLIED ISSUES Increasing litter retention in moorland streams: ecological and management aspects of a field experiment. Freshwater Biology. 33(2). 325–337. 23 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike, et al.. (1995). Cost-benefit analysis and the environment. The Environmentalist. 15(1). 65–68. 27 indexed citations
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Gessner, Mark O. & Mike Dobson. (1994). Colonization of fresh and dried leaf litter by lotic macroinvertebrates. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 25(3). 1544–1544. 6 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike. (1994). Patterns of distribution in Japanese land mammals. Mammal Review. 24(3). 91–111. 87 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike. (1994). Microhabitat as a determinant of diversity: stream invertebrates colonizing leaf packs. Freshwater Biology. 32(3). 565–572. 60 indexed citations
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Vervier, Philippe, Mike Dobson, & Gilles Pinay. (1993). Role of interaction zones between surface and ground waters in DOC transport and processing: considerations for river restoration. Freshwater Biology. 29(2). 275–284. 63 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike & Alan G. Hildrew. (1992). A Test of Resource Limitation Among Shredding Detritivores in Low Order Streams in Southern England. Journal of Animal Ecology. 61(1). 69–69. 162 indexed citations
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Dobson, Mike, et al.. (1992). Enhancing litter retention in streams. Freshwater Biology. 28(1). 71–79. 45 indexed citations
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