Richard Comont

1.2k total citations
28 papers, 531 citations indexed

About

Richard Comont is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Comont has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 531 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 11 papers in Ecological Modeling and 10 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Comont's work include Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Richard Comont is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Richard Comont collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Richard Comont's co-authors include Helen E. Roy, Bethan V. Purse, Peter Brown, C. R. Shortall, R. Harrington, Remy Poland, Tim Adriaens, Louis Hautier, Hans Peter Ravn and Thierry Onkelinx and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Ecology and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Richard Comont

28 papers receiving 515 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Comont United Kingdom 11 266 216 182 148 125 28 531
Rebecca R. Smyth United States 12 225 0.8× 185 0.9× 135 0.7× 180 1.2× 144 1.2× 19 521
Katherine E. LeVan United States 10 135 0.5× 235 1.1× 130 0.7× 140 0.9× 80 0.6× 11 446
Emma Pelton United States 8 285 1.1× 372 1.7× 256 1.4× 241 1.6× 121 1.0× 12 704
Kévin Tougeron France 16 491 1.8× 357 1.7× 220 1.2× 93 0.6× 214 1.7× 43 811
Katja C. Seltmann United States 12 254 1.0× 466 2.2× 199 1.1× 201 1.4× 98 0.8× 38 786
Laura L. Fagan New Zealand 11 180 0.7× 260 1.2× 138 0.8× 79 0.5× 107 0.9× 17 575
Álvaro Barragán Ecuador 14 137 0.5× 154 0.7× 95 0.5× 100 0.7× 66 0.5× 26 386
Jennifer M. Zaspel United States 14 159 0.6× 319 1.5× 113 0.6× 172 1.2× 87 0.7× 37 588
Peter Soroye Canada 6 259 1.0× 382 1.8× 125 0.7× 216 1.5× 82 0.7× 11 587
Graham W. Hopkins United Kingdom 7 109 0.4× 187 0.9× 216 1.2× 165 1.1× 73 0.6× 12 480

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Comont

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Comont

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lewis, Owen T., Richard Grenyer, Richard Comont, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Biodiversity Net Gain to address invertebrate declines in England. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(4). 485–493. 1 indexed citations
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Oliver, Tom H., Manuela González‐Suárez, Marc S. Botham, et al.. (2024). Asynchrony in terrestrial insect abundance corresponds with species traits. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10910–e10910. 2 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard, et al.. (2021). A method for low‐cost, low‐impact insect tracking using retroreflective tags. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(11). 2184–2195. 11 indexed citations
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Siljamo, Pilvi, et al.. (2020). Do atmospheric events explain the arrival of an invasive ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) in the UK?. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0219335–e0219335. 4 indexed citations
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Falk, Steven, Richard Comont, Judith Conroy, et al.. (2019). Evaluating the ability of citizen scientists to identify bumblebee (Bombus) species. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218614–e0218614. 58 indexed citations
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Matechou, Eleni, Stephen N. Freeman, & Richard Comont. (2018). Caste-Specific Demography and Phenology in Bumblebees: Modelling BeeWalk Data. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics. 23(4). 427–445. 8 indexed citations
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Siddharthan, Advaith, et al.. (2016). Crowdsourcing Without a Crowd. ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 7(4). 1–20. 20 indexed citations
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Haelewaters, Danny, Richard Comont, Serena Y. Zhao, & Donald H. Pfister. (2014). Hesperomyces virescens (Fungi, Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) attacking Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in its native range. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59(5-6). 528–532. 7 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard, Bethan V. Purse, William E. Kunin, et al.. (2013). Escape from parasitism by the invasive alien ladybird, Harmonia axyridis. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7(4). 334–342. 34 indexed citations
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Roy, Helen E., Tim Adriaens, Nick J. B. Isaac, et al.. (2012). Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of native European ladybirds. Diversity and Distributions. 18(7). 717–725. 217 indexed citations
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Roy, Helen E., et al.. (2012). UK Ladybird Survey: engaging people in recording ladybirds. 1 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard, et al.. (2012). Ladybirds in a changing world: ecological correlates of distribution trends in the British Coccinellidae. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Peter, Richard Comont, Remy Poland, & Helen E. Roy. (2012). Wildlife reports: ladybirds. 1 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard, Helen E. Roy, Owen T. Lewis, et al.. (2012). Using biological traits to explain ladybird distribution patterns. Journal of Biogeography. 39(10). 1772–1781. 30 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard, et al.. (2012). The 13-spot ladybird, Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae) – a larval record from Britain. 1 indexed citations
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Comont, Richard & Helen E. Roy. (2011). The Spread of the Harlequin Ladybird in Britain. Outlooks on Pest Management. 22(4). 152–155. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Edward W., Richard Comont, & Wolfgang Rabitsch. (2011). Alien arthropod predators and parasitoids: interactions with the environment. BioControl. 56(4). 395–407. 14 indexed citations
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Shaw, Mark, Richard Comont, Morag McCracken, et al.. (2010). The third modern British record of Brachymeria tibialis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), reared from Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1 indexed citations
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Roy, Helen E., Helen Hesketh, Morag McCracken, et al.. (2010). Living with the enemy: insects and their pathogens. 1 indexed citations

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