Mike Edwards

6.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
26 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Mike Edwards is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Edwards has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 15 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mike Edwards's work include Plant and animal studies (21 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (14 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Mike Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (21 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (14 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Mike Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and Canada. Mike Edwards's co-authors include Simon G. Potts, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Menno Reemer, William E. Kunin, Ralf Ohlemüller, Theo Peeters, André P. Schaffers, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Josef Settele and Chris D. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Mike Edwards

26 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands

2006 2.3k citations Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Stuart P. M. Roberts et al. Science profile →
Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees

2017 532 citations Ben A. Woodcock, James M. Bullock et al. Science profile →
Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

2019 483 citations Gary D. Powney, Claire Carvell et al. Nature Communications profile →
Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes

2014 321 citations Jeff Ollerton, Hilary E. Erenler et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mike Edwards United Kingdom	18	3.7k	2.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.0k	26	4.4k
Terry Griswold United States	32	4.3k 1.2×	2.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	183	4.7k
Jason Gibbs Canada	35	4.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	102	4.6k
Menno Reemer Netherlands	17	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	54	3.8k
Michał Woyciechowski Poland	31	3.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	94	4.2k
Claire Carvell United Kingdom	26	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	990 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	51	3.5k
Robert L. Minckley United States	27	3.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	53	4.5k
T’ai H. Roulston United States	26	4.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	45	5.0k
John S. Ascher United States	32	3.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	97	4.7k
Pierre Rasmont Belgium	39	4.2k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	684 0.7×	171	4.8k
Sarah S. Greenleaf United States	7	4.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	9	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Edwards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Edwards

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Edwards

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

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Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2023). Spatio‐temporal shifts in British wild bees in response to changing climate. Ecology and Evolution. 13(11). e10705–e10705. 2 indexed citations

Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2023). Climate‐driven phenological shifts in emergence dates of British bees. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10284–e10284. 6 indexed citations

Karamaouna, Filitsa, et al.. (2022). Selected flowering plants as a habitat for pollinators and natural enemies in field margins of a watermelon crop—implications for crop yield. International Journal of Pest Management. 70(4). 920–936. 7 indexed citations

Garratt, Michael P. D., Rory S. O’Connor, Claire Carvell, et al.. (2022). Addressing pollination deficits in orchard crops through habitat management for wild pollinators. Ecological Applications. 33(1). e2743–e2743. 17 indexed citations

Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2022). Climate driven shifts in the synchrony of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) flowering and pollinating bee flight phenology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 329. 109281–109281. 11 indexed citations

Karamaouna, Filitsa, et al.. (2021). Sown Wildflowers Enhance Habitats of Pollinators and Beneficial Arthropods in a Tomato Field Margin. Plants. 10(5). 1003–1003. 14 indexed citations

Carvell, Claire, Nadine Mitschunas, Sarah Hulmes, et al.. (2021). Establishment and management of wildflower areas for insect pollinators in commercial orchards. Basic and Applied Ecology. 58. 2–14. 20 indexed citations

Woodcock, Ben A., Richard F. Pywell, Nicholas A. Macgregor, et al.. (2020). Historical, local and landscape factors determine the success of grassland restoration for arthropods. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 308. 107271–107271. 18 indexed citations

Gray, Kevin, et al.. (2019). Citizen Scientists and University Researchers Assess Post-Hurricane Well Water Contamination in North Carolina Environmental Justice Communities. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Powney, Gary D., Claire Carvell, Mike Edwards, et al.. (2019). Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1018–1018. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodcock, Ben A., James M. Bullock, Richard F. Shore, et al.. (2017). Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees. Science. 356(6345). 1393–1395. 532 indexed citations breakdown →

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Varikou, Kyriaki, et al.. (2016). Comparing the pollination services of honey bees and wild bees in a watermelon field. Scientia Horticulturae. 204. 138–144. 48 indexed citations

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Woodcock, Ben A., James M. Bullock, Morag McCracken, et al.. (2016). Spill-over of pest control and pollination services into arable crops. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 231. 15–23. 106 indexed citations

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Sirohi, Muzafar Hussain, Janet Jackson, Mike Edwards, & Jeff Ollerton. (2015). Diversity and abundance of solitary and primitively eusocial bees in an urban centre: a case study from Northampton (England). Journal of Insect Conservation. 19(3). 487–500. 73 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jeremy A., Mike Edwards, David J. Simcox, et al.. (2015). Recent trends in UK insects that inhabit early successional stages of ecosystems. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115(3). 636–646. 20 indexed citations

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Ollerton, Jeff, Hilary E. Erenler, Mike Edwards, & Robin G M Crockett. (2014). Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes. Science. 346(6215). 1360–1362. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodcock, Ben A., Mike Edwards, John W. Redhead, et al.. (2013). Crop flower visitation by honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees: Behavioural differences and diversity responses to landscape. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 171. 1–8. 120 indexed citations

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Antonovics, Janis & Mike Edwards. (2011). Spatio-temporal dynamics of bumblebee nest parasites (BombussubgenusPsythirusssp.) and their hosts (Bombusspp.). Journal of Animal Ecology. 80(5). 999–1011. 18 indexed citations

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Biesmeijer, Jacobus C., Stuart P. M. Roberts, Menno Reemer, et al.. (2006). Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science. 313(5785). 351–354. 2320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fortin, Marie-Claude, J. L. B. Culley, & Mike Edwards. (1994). Soil Water, Plant Growth, and Yield of Strip‐Intercropped Corn. jpa. 7(1). 63–69. 27 indexed citations

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