Scott A. Field

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Field is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Field has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Field's work include Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Scott A. Field is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Scott A. Field collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Israel and United States. Scott A. Field's co-authors include Hugh P. Possingham, Andrew J. Tyre, Jonathan R. Rhodes, Kirsten M. Parris, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Darren Niejalke, Tara G. Martin, Samantha Low‐Choy, Petra Kuhnert and Brendan A. Wintle and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology Letters and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. Field

31 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Zero tolerance ecology: improving ecological inference by modelling the source of zero observations

2005 711 citations Tara G. Martin, Brendan A. Wintle et al. Ecology Letters profile →
IMPROVING PRECISION AND REDUCING BIAS IN BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS: ESTIMATING FALSE‐NEGATIVE ERROR RATES

2003 590 citations Andrew J. Tyre, Brigitte Tenhumberg et al. Ecological Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott A. Field Australia	24	1.6k	1.1k	793	786	582	34	3.0k
Kristian Shawn Omland United States	6	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	780 1.0×	508 0.6×	751 1.3×	9	3.2k
Stephen N. Freeman United Kingdom	29	1.7k 1.0×	932 0.9×	642 0.8×	759 1.0×	386 0.7×	65	2.6k
Simon C. Barry Australia	23	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	511 0.6×	942 1.2×	626 1.1×	45	2.6k
Martin A. Schlaepfer United States	23	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	996 1.3×	679 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	45	3.5k
Ilse Storch Germany	36	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	539 0.7×	826 1.1×	715 1.2×	124	3.6k
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States	34	2.0k 1.2×	995 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	947 1.6×	159	3.6k
Lincoln Fishpool United Kingdom	19	1.3k 0.8×	794 0.7×	511 0.6×	823 1.0×	820 1.4×	52	2.9k
Jacob McC. Overton New Zealand	19	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	874 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	604 1.0×	29	3.0k
Joslin L. Moore Australia	27	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	660 0.8×	917 1.2×	888 1.5×	57	3.4k
Åke Berg Sweden	31	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	930 1.2×	514 0.7×	731 1.3×	67	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott A. Field

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott A. Field

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20 of 20 papers shown

Field, Scott A., et al.. (2006). Species richness and abundance of birds in Mt Lofty Ranges stringybark habitat: year 2000 survey. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 34. 244–257. 1 indexed citations

Joseph, Liana N., et al.. (2006). Presence–Absence versus Abundance Data for Monitoring Threatened Species. Conservation Biology. 20(6). 1679–1687. 166 indexed citations

Westphal, Michael, Scott A. Field, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2006). Optimizing landscape configuration: A case study of woodland birds in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning. 81(1-2). 56–66. 55 indexed citations

Field, Scott A., et al.. (2005). Improving the efficiency of wildlife monitoring by estimating detectability: a case study of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Wildlife Research. 32(3). 253–258. 43 indexed citations

Martin, Tara G., Brendan A. Wintle, Jonathan R. Rhodes, et al.. (2005). Zero tolerance ecology: improving ecological inference by modelling the source of zero observations. Ecology Letters. 8(11). 1235–1246. 711 indexed citations breakdown →

deCarvalho, Tagide, P. J. Watson, & Scott A. Field. (2004). Costs increase as ritualized fighting progresses within and between phases in the sierra dome spider, Neriene litigiosa. Animal Behaviour. 68(3). 473–482. 57 indexed citations

Field, Scott A., Andrew J. Tyre, Niclas Jonzén, Jonathan R. Rhodes, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2004). Minimizing the cost of environmental management decisions by optimizing statistical thresholds. Ecology Letters. 7(8). 669–675. 151 indexed citations

Tyre, Andrew J., Brigitte Tenhumberg, Scott A. Field, et al.. (2003). IMPROVING PRECISION AND REDUCING BIAS IN BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS: ESTIMATING FALSE‐NEGATIVE ERROR RATES. Ecological Applications. 13(6). 1790–1801. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

Westphal, Michael, Scott A. Field, Andrew J. Tyre, David C. Paton, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2003). Effects of landscape pattern on bird species distribution in the Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Landscape Ecology. 18(4). 413–426. 76 indexed citations

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Yuval, Boaz, et al.. (2002). EFFECTS OF POST-TENERAL NUTRITION ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF MALE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE). Florida Entomologist. 85(1). 165–170. 77 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A., Roy Kaspi, & Boaz Yuval. (2002). WHY DO CALLING MEDFLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) CLUSTER? ASSESSING THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR MODELS OF MEDFLY LEK EVOLUTION. Florida Entomologist. 85(1). 63–72. 29 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A., et al.. (2001). Observer error and statistical power: evaluating survey reliability for conservation management. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2. 831–836. 1 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A. & Ian C.W. Hardy. (2000). Butterfly contests: contradictory but not paradoxical. Animal Behaviour. 59(1). F1–F3. 8 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A., Phillip W. Taylor, & Boaz Yuval. (1999). Sources of variability in copula duration of Mediterranean Fruit Flies. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 92(3). 271–276. 23 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A.. (1998). Of souls and skyhooks. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 13(7). 296–296. 1 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A., et al.. (1998). Patch Defence in the Parasitoid Wasp Trissolcus basalis (Insecta: Scelionidae): The Time Structure of Pairwise Contests, and the ‘Waiting Game’. Ethology. 104(10). 821–840. 28 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A., et al.. (1997). The pay‐off from superparasitism in the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis , in relation to patch defence. Ecological Entomology. 22(2). 142–149. 39 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A. & Andrew D. Austin. (1994). Anatomy and mechanics of the telescopic ovipositor system of Scelio latreille (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and related genera. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 23(2). 135–158. 29 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A. & Michael A. Keller. (1993). Alternative mating tactics and female mimicry as post-copulatory mate-guarding behaviour in the parasitic wasp Cotesia rubecula. Animal Behaviour. 46(6). 1183–1189. 33 indexed citations

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Field, Scott A. & Michael A. Keller. (1993). Courtship and intersexual signaling in the parasitic waspCotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. 6(6). 737–750. 54 indexed citations

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