Roel van Klink

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Roel van Klink is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roel van Klink has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Roel van Klink's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Roel van Klink is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Roel van Klink collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. Roel van Klink's co-authors include Jonathan M. Chase, Diana E. Bowler, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Ann B. Swengel, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Han Olff, Fons van der Plas, C. G. E. van Noordwijk, Christian Smit and Jort Verhulst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Roel van Klink

44 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances

2020 697 citations Roel van Klink, Diana E. Bowler et al. Science profile →
Rewilding complex ecosystems

2019 408 citations Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira et al. Science profile →
Disproportionate declines of formerly abundant species underlie insect loss

2023 75 citations Roel van Klink, Diana E. Bowler et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roel van Klink Germany	22	1.2k	1.0k	924	588	580	47	2.4k
James S. Pryke South Africa	27	1.4k 1.1×	991 1.0×	960 1.0×	620 1.1×	577 1.0×	143	2.5k
Nadja K. Simons Germany	16	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	682 0.7×	422 0.7×	530 0.9×	32	2.1k
Thomas Fartmann Germany	30	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	958 1.0×	515 0.9×	988 1.7×	134	2.6k
Aveliina Helm Estonia	26	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	917 1.6×	711 1.2×	60	3.3k
Luc Barbaro France	29	1.4k 1.1×	981 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	875 1.5×	587 1.0×	62	2.7k
Elizabeth Nichols United States	19	1.6k 1.3×	878 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	724 1.2×	339 0.6×	31	2.9k
Caterina Penone Switzerland	18	900 0.7×	975 1.0×	848 0.9×	607 1.0×	744 1.3×	30	2.4k
Nicholas Mirotchnick Canada	7	1.9k 1.5×	989 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	815 1.4×	627 1.1×	8	3.0k
Carolina Murcia United States	16	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	318 0.5×	29	3.3k
Monika Schwager Germany	12	1.6k 1.3×	852 0.8×	1.7k 1.9×	873 1.5×	816 1.4×	16	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Roel van Klink

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roel van Klink

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Ghosh, Shyamolina, Blake Matthews, Sarah R. Supp, et al.. (2025). Synchrony and Tail‐Dependent Synchrony Have Different Effects on Stability of Terrestrial and Freshwater Communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(3).

Klink, Roel van, Irina Herzon, Gregor Hagedorn, et al.. (2025). Characterizing the Global Polycrisis: A Systematic Review of Recent Literature. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 50(1). 159–183.

Chowdhury, Shawan, Diana E. Bowler, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2025). Widespread Decline of Ground Beetles in Germany. Diversity and Distributions. 31(11).

Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2024). Towards a toolkit for global insect biodiversity monitoring. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1904). 20230101–20230101. 17 indexed citations

Klink, Roel van. (2024). Delivering on a promise: futureproofing automated insect monitoring methods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1904). 20230105–20230105. 5 indexed citations

Jones, Mirkka M., Øystein H. Opedal, Otso Ovaskainen, et al.. (2023). Habitat area and local habitat conditions outweigh fragmentation effects on insect communities in vineyards. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 6 indexed citations

Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2023). Disproportionate declines of formerly abundant species underlie insect loss. Nature. 628(8007). 359–364. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Callaghan, Corey T., Luís Borda‐de‐Água, Roel van Klink, Roberto Rozzi, & Henrique M. Pereira. (2023). Unveiling global species abundance distributions. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(10). 1600–1609. 26 indexed citations

Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2020). Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances. Science. 368(6489). 417–420. 697 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2020). Rewilding with large herbivores: Positive direct and delayed effects of carrion on plant and arthropod communities. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0226946–e0226946. 35 indexed citations

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Perino, Andrea, Henrique M. Pereira, Laetitia M. Navarro, et al.. (2019). Rewilding complex ecosystems. Science. 364(6438). 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meyer, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Drastische Biomasseverluste bei Zikaden verschiedener Grasländer in Deutschland innerhalb von sechs Jahrzehnten. 0028-0615. 93(4). 141–145. 2 indexed citations

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Klink, Roel van, Myles H. M. Menz, Hannes Baur, et al.. (2019). Larval and phenological traits predict insect community response to mowing regime manipulations. Ecological Applications. 29(4). e01900–e01900. 28 indexed citations

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Hallmann, Caspar A., Theo Zeegers, Roel van Klink, et al.. (2018). Analysis of insect monitoring data from De Kaaistoep and Drenthe. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5 indexed citations

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Bowler, Diana E., Peter Haase, Christian Hof, et al.. (2017). Supplementary material from "Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures". Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Plas, Fons van der, Roel van Klink, Peter Manning, Han Olff, & Markus Fischer. (2017). Sensitivity of functional diversity metrics to sampling intensity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(9). 1072–1080. 19 indexed citations

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Fichtner, Andreas, et al.. (2017). Livestock grazing disrupts plant–insect interactions on salt marshes. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11(2). 152–161. 3 indexed citations

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Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2016). De slijkgrascicade Prokelisia marginata: een Amerikaanse spoorcicade in Nederland (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Delphacidae). Entomologische berichten. 76(6). 218–225. 2 indexed citations

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Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2015). Effects of livestock grazing of coastal salt marshes on spiders and insects.. Entomologische berichten. 75(5). 188–199. 2 indexed citations

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Klink, Roel van, et al.. (2012). Kevers en hun potentie voor onderzoek in het terpengebied. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 23(23). 111–118. 1 indexed citations

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