Nicky Allsopp

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Nicky Allsopp is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicky Allsopp has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Nicky Allsopp's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (19 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers). Nicky Allsopp is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (19 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers). Nicky Allsopp collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Nicky Allsopp's co-authors include Carla M. D’Antonio, David M. Richardson, Suzanne J. Milton, Marcel Rejmánek, William D. Stock, Igshaan Samuels, M. Timm Hoffman, D. T. Mitchell, R Rohde and Jasper A. Slingsby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New Phytologist and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Nicky Allsopp

50 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Plant invasions – the role of mutualisms

2000 1.1k citations David M. Richardson, Nicky Allsopp et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicky Allsopp South Africa	23	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	641	399	52	2.7k
Enrique J. Chaneton Argentina	32	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 2.0×	218 0.5×	64	3.3k
Anita Díaz United Kingdom	22	966 0.7×	606 0.5×	742 0.7×	799 1.2×	286 0.7×	73	2.6k
Maurice Hoffmann Belgium	26	1.1k 0.8×	629 0.5×	573 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	185 0.5×	127	2.2k
A. R. Watkinson United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.8×	699 0.6×	554 0.5×	824 1.3×	279 0.7×	35	2.4k
Eric Allan Switzerland	26	1.4k 1.1×	940 0.8×	978 0.9×	748 1.2×	122 0.3×	70	2.9k
G. Wilson Fernandes Brazil	27	1.2k 0.9×	663 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	743 1.2×	106 0.3×	68	2.8k
Kevin J. Walker United Kingdom	28	1.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 2.2×	191 0.5×	72	3.4k
Jort Verhulst Netherlands	12	1.1k 0.9×	515 0.4×	951 0.9×	697 1.1×	148 0.4×	17	2.2k
Johan Ahnström Sweden	8	481 0.4×	840 0.7×	714 0.7×	614 1.0×	122 0.3×	11	2.1k
Andreas Y. Troumbis Greece	23	1.1k 0.9×	743 0.6×	798 0.7×	609 1.0×	89 0.2×	72	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicky Allsopp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicky Allsopp

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All Works

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Lu, Mingzhen, William J. Bond, Efrat Sheffer, et al.. (2022). Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 22 indexed citations

Allsopp, Nicky, Jasper A. Slingsby, & Karen J. Esler. (2019). Identifying research questions for the conservation of the Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Science. 115(9/10). 8 indexed citations

Esler, Karen J., et al.. (2017). Fragmentation effects and extinction debt in South African fynbos. South African Journal of Botany. 109. 324–324.

Everson, T. M., et al.. (2012). Landscapes as libraries : a history of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg from 1818 to 2009. 2012(44). 63–80. 1 indexed citations

Schurr, Frank M., Karen J. Esler, Jasper A. Slingsby, & Nicky Allsopp. (2012). Fynbos Proteaceae as model organisms for biodiversity research and conservation : news and views. South African Journal of Science. 108. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Schurr, Frank M., Karen J. Esler, Jasper A. Slingsby, & Nicky Allsopp. (2012). Fynbos Proteaceae as model organisms for biodiversity research and conservation. South African Journal of Science. 108(11/12). 23 indexed citations

Laurent, Catherine, Jacques Baudry, Marielle Berriet-Solliec, et al.. (2009). ¿Porqué interesarse por la noción de “Evidence-based Policy” ?. Tiers-Monde. 200(4). 853–873. 5 indexed citations

Samuels, Igshaan, Nicky Allsopp, & Timm Hoffman. (2008). Mobility Patterns of Livestock Keepers in Semi-Arid Communal Rangelands of Namaqualand, South Africa. Nomadic Peoples. 12(1). 123–148. 23 indexed citations

Everson, T. M., et al.. (2008). The battle over cattle: livestock management in a changing rural landscape.. UKnowledge (University of Kentucky). 1082–1086. 3 indexed citations

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Allsopp, Nicky, et al.. (2007). Rehabilitation of Rangelands in Paulshoek, Namaqualand: Understanding vegetation change using biophysical manipulations. Journal of Arid Environments. 70(4). 755–766. 36 indexed citations

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Cousins, Ben, M. Timm Hoffman, Nicky Allsopp, & R Rohde. (2007). A synthesis of sociological and biological perspectives on sustainable land use in Namaqualand. Journal of Arid Environments. 70(4). 834–846. 33 indexed citations

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Rohde, R, N.M. Moleele, Nicky Allsopp, et al.. (2006). Dynamics of grazing policy and practice: environmental and social impacts in three communal areas of southern Africa. Environmental Science & Policy. 9(3). 302–316. 77 indexed citations

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Hoffman, M. Timm, Rebecca Thomas, Nicky Allsopp, et al.. (2003). Reconciling ecological and human welfare objectives on semi-arid subsistence rangelands.. 1 indexed citations

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Allsopp, Nicky, et al.. (2003). What kinds of knowledge will improve the prospects for successful interventions in communal rangeland systems in South Africa. CentAUR (University of Reading). 2 indexed citations

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Allsopp, Nicky & Patricia M. Holmes. (2001). The impact of alien plant invasion on mycorrhizas in mountain fynbos vegetation. South African Journal of Botany. 67(2). 150–156. 16 indexed citations

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Richardson, David M., Nicky Allsopp, Carla M. D’Antonio, Suzanne J. Milton, & Marcel Rejmánek. (2000). Plant invasions – the role of mutualisms. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75(1). 65–93. 1069 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allsopp, Nicky & William D. Stock. (1992). Density dependent interactions between VA mycorrhizal fungi and even-aged seedlings of two perennial Fabaceae species. Oecologia. 91(2). 281–287. 45 indexed citations

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Stock, William D., O. A. M. Lewis, & Nicky Allsopp. (1988). Soil nitrogen mineralization in a coastal fynbos succession. Plant and Soil. 106(2). 295–298. 12 indexed citations

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Allsopp, Nicky, et al.. (1987). Fungal populations associated with root systems of proteaceous seedlings at a lowland fynbos site in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 53(5). 365–369. 15 indexed citations

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Mitchell, D. T. & Nicky Allsopp. (1984). CHANGES IN THE PHOSPHORUS COMPOSITION OF SEEDS OFHAKEA SERICEA(PROTEACEAE) DURING GERMINATION UNDER LOW PHOSPHORUS CONDITIONS. New Phytologist. 96(2). 239–247. 25 indexed citations

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