Richard Toft

867 total citations
31 papers, 613 citations indexed

About

Richard Toft is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Toft has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 613 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Insect Science, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Richard Toft's work include Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (11 papers). Richard Toft is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (11 papers). Richard Toft collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Richard Toft's co-authors include Jacqueline R. Beggs, Brian J. Karl, Peter R. Wilson, R. H. Taylor, Richard J. Harris, Peter A. Williams, N. Berme, Philip J. Lester, J. S. Dugdale and Darren Ward and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Biomechanics and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Richard Toft

31 papers receiving 554 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 Toft New Zealand 13 311 291 238 229 159 31 613
Thomas K. Sabu United States 12 264 0.8× 156 0.5× 120 0.5× 158 0.7× 153 1.0× 66 502
Kenneth W. McCravy United States 14 331 1.1× 348 1.2× 228 1.0× 98 0.4× 122 0.8× 40 605
Laia Mestre Germany 13 449 1.4× 250 0.9× 237 1.0× 188 0.8× 167 1.1× 24 684
Josué Raizer Brazil 14 336 1.1× 202 0.7× 94 0.4× 199 0.9× 167 1.1× 43 571
Gianfranco Curletti Italy 9 235 0.8× 202 0.7× 187 0.8× 88 0.4× 163 1.0× 37 408
Adam Powell United Kingdom 7 229 0.7× 137 0.5× 129 0.5× 91 0.4× 129 0.8× 13 469
David B. Weissman United States 15 343 1.1× 123 0.4× 140 0.6× 331 1.4× 93 0.6× 40 638
Josep M. Bas Spain 16 376 1.2× 103 0.4× 237 1.0× 287 1.3× 281 1.8× 35 628
James T. Vogt United States 13 353 1.1× 260 0.9× 108 0.5× 412 1.8× 53 0.3× 54 587
Helena C. Morais Brazil 15 540 1.7× 270 0.9× 122 0.5× 227 1.0× 224 1.4× 39 704

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Toft

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Toft

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Toft

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

All Works

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Lester, Philip J., Jacqueline R. Beggs, Bob Brown, et al.. (2023). The outlook for control of New Zealand’s most abundant, widespread and damaging invertebrate pests: social wasps. 70(4). 56–62. 2 indexed citations
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Phillips, C.B., et al.. (2020). Eradicating the large white butterfly from New Zealand eliminates a threat to endemic Brassicaceae. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0236791–e0236791. 6 indexed citations
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Haywood, John, et al.. (2020). Invasive paper wasps have strong cascading effects on the host plant of monarch butterflies. Ecological Entomology. 46(2). 459–469. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Keith, et al.. (2019). Feasibility of eradicating the large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) from New Zealand: data gathering to inform decisions about the feasibility of eradication.. Figshare. 364–369. 5 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard, et al.. (2018). Invertebrates of an urban old growth forest are different from forest restoration and garden communities. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 43(1). 7 indexed citations
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Edwards, Eric D., et al.. (2017). The efficacy of Vespex® wasp bait to control Vespula species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand. International Journal of Pest Management. 63(3). 266–272. 23 indexed citations
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Beggs, Jacqueline R., et al.. (2016). Flowers, phenology and pollination of the endemic New Zealand greenhood orchid Pterostylis brumalis. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(3). 291–310. 11 indexed citations
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Harper, Grant A., et al.. (2016). Effective distances of wasp (Vespula vulgaris) poisoning using clustered bait stations in beech forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 40(1). 65–71. 14 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard, et al.. (2012). Influence of Toxic Bait Type and Starvation on Worker and Queen Mortality in Laboratory Colonies of Argentine Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 105(4). 1139–1144. 8 indexed citations
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Simcock, Robyn, et al.. (2010). Islands in the sky: Urban biodiversity enhancement in NZ on indigenous living roof landscapes. 3 indexed citations
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Brownbridge, Michael, et al.. (2009). Towards better mitigation technologies for invasive wasps <i>Vespula</i> spp. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference. 62. 395–395. 1 indexed citations
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Stanley, Margaret C., et al.. (2008). Optimizing pitfall sampling for the detection of Argentine ants, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).. Sociobiology. 51(2). 461–472. 12 indexed citations
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Ward, Darren, et al.. (2008). Assessing the risk of invasive ants: a simple and flexible scorecard approach. Insectes Sociaux. 55(4). 360–363. 16 indexed citations
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Harris, Richard J., et al.. (2005). Invasive ant pest risk assessment project for Biosecurity New Zealand. 10 indexed citations
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Harris, Richard J., et al.. (2004). Insect assemblages in a native (kanuka - Kunzea ericoides) and an invasive (gorse - Ulex europaeus) shrubland. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 28. 52 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard & Richard J. Harris. (2004). Can trapping control Asian paper wasp (Polistes chinensis antennalis) populations. 10 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard, et al.. (1998). Reducing predation of orb‐web spiders by controlling common wasps ( Vespula vulgaris ) in a New Zealand beech forest. Ecological Entomology. 23(1). 90–95. 60 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard & Jacqueline R. Beggs. (1995). Seasonality of crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) in South Island beech forest in relation to the abundance ofVespulawasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). New Zealand Entomologist. 18(1). 37–43. 13 indexed citations
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Moller, Henrik, Gregory M. Plunkett, J. A. V. Tilley, Richard Toft, & Jacqueline R. Beggs. (1991). Establishment of the wasp parasitoid, Sphecophaga vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 18(2). 199–208. 17 indexed citations
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Toft, Richard & N. Berme. (1980). A biomechanical analysis of the joints of the thumb. Journal of Biomechanics. 13(4). 353–360. 26 indexed citations

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