Scott C. Merrill

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Scott C. Merrill is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott C. Merrill has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Insect Science, 17 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Scott C. Merrill's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (16 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (14 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Scott C. Merrill is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (16 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (14 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Scott C. Merrill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. Scott C. Merrill's co-authors include Michelle Tigchelaar, Joshua J. Tewksbury, Curtis Deutsch, Raymond B. Huey, Rosamond L. Naylor, David S. Battisti, Frank B. Peairs, Asim Zia, V. Ernesto Méndez and Gabriela Bucini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Scott C. Merrill

53 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate

2018 827 citations Curtis Deutsch, Joshua J. Tewksbury et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Scott C. Merrill	602	455	335	188	176	56	1.3k
Graham S. Begg	629 1.0×	271 0.6×	210 0.6×	205 1.1×	203 1.2×	45	1.1k
Philippe Tixier	1.1k 1.9×	409 0.9×	577 1.7×	301 1.6×	137 0.8×	113	2.1k
Marco Barzman	523 0.9×	394 0.9×	197 0.6×	112 0.6×	75 0.4×	10	990
A. Chabi‐Olaye	767 1.3×	875 1.9×	220 0.7×	177 0.9×	118 0.7×	38	1.3k
Giovanni Tamburini	590 1.0×	569 1.3×	708 2.1×	201 1.1×	219 1.2×	34	1.5k
B. Graf	640 1.1×	568 1.2×	268 0.8×	163 0.9×	114 0.6×	35	1.1k
Hippolyte Affognon	891 1.5×	1.0k 2.2×	276 0.8×	120 0.6×	86 0.5×	77	2.5k
K. L. Heong	1.0k 1.7×	699 1.5×	509 1.5×	188 1.0×	117 0.7×	141	2.0k
Jimmy Pittchar	906 1.5×	493 1.1×	274 0.8×	92 0.5×	319 1.8×	42	1.6k
Silke Dachbrodt‐Saaydeh	803 1.3×	482 1.1×	179 0.5×	140 0.7×	103 0.6×	18	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott C. Merrill

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Zia, Asim, et al.. (2025). What shapes flood risk perceptions? Comparing public perceptions with FEMA flood hazard maps in the U.S.. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 132. 105941–105941.

Merrill, Scott C., et al.. (2025). “The Great Vermont Floods of 2023”: A Risk and Crisis Communication Assessment. Society & Natural Resources. 39(2). 309–331. 1 indexed citations

Zia, Asim, et al.. (2024). A latent class analysis of biosecurity attitudes and decision-making strategies of swine producers in the United States. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17427–17427. 1 indexed citations

Schattman, Rachel E., Scott C. Merrill, & William F. Tracy. (2024). Shifts in geographic vulnerability of US corn crops under different climate change scenarios: corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria) and Stewart’s Wilt (Pantoea stewartii) bacterium. Environmental Entomology. 53(6). 1102–1110.

Vandame, Rémy, et al.. (2024). Multiple values of beekeeping (with A. mellifera) as an element of diversified, agroecological coffee farms in Chiapas, Mexico. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 39. 1 indexed citations

Niles, Meredith T., Emily H. Belarmino, Jennifer Laurent, et al.. (2024). Home and wild food procurement were associated with improved food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in two rural US states. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2682–2682. 5 indexed citations

Bucini, Gabriela, Eric M. Clark, Scott C. Merrill, et al.. (2023). Connecting livestock disease dynamics to human learning and biosecurity decisions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 1067364–1067364. 2 indexed citations

Shrum, Trisha, Sarah A. Nowak, Scott C. Merrill, et al.. (2022). Pro-environmental attitudes, altruism, and COVID-19 risk management behavior. Journal of Risk Research. 25(11-12). 1356–1371. 2 indexed citations

Merrill, Scott C., Eric M. Clark, Trisha Shrum, et al.. (2022). Effects of message delivery on cross-cultural biosecurity compliance: Insights from experimental simulations. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 984945–984945. 8 indexed citations

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Clark, Eric M., Scott C. Merrill, Gabriela Bucini, et al.. (2021). Emulating Agricultural Disease Management: Comparing Risk Preferences Between Industry Professionals and Online Participants Using Experimental Gaming Simulations and Paired Lottery Choice Surveys. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. 556668–556668. 6 indexed citations

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Mason, Rachel, Josef H. Görres, Joshua W. Faulkner, Luca Doro, & Scott C. Merrill. (2020). Calibrating the APEX Model for Simulations of Environmental and Agronomic Outcomes on Dairy Farms in the Northeast U.S.: A Step-by-Step Example. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 36(3). 281–301. 7 indexed citations

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Mason, Rachel, et al.. (2020). The evolving landscape of agroecological research. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 45(4). 551–591. 36 indexed citations

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Merrill, Scott C., Eric M. Clark, Christopher Koliba, et al.. (2020). Effects of Social Cues on Biosecurity Compliance in Livestock Facilities: Evidence From Experimental Simulations. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. 130–130. 15 indexed citations

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Clark, Eric M., Scott C. Merrill, Gabriela Bucini, et al.. (2020). Using experimental gaming simulations to elicit risk mitigation behavioral strategies for agricultural disease management. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0228983–e0228983. 18 indexed citations

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Deutsch, Curtis, Joshua J. Tewksbury, Michelle Tigchelaar, et al.. (2018). Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate. Science. 361(6405). 916–919. 827 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Alison, et al.. (2018). Modeling carbon storage across a heterogeneous mixed temperate forest: the influence of forest type specificity on regional-scale carbon storage estimates. Landscape Ecology. 33(4). 641–658. 7 indexed citations

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Sellnow, Timothy L., Jason Parker, Deanna D. Sellnow, et al.. (2017). Improving Biosecurity through Instructional Crisis Communication: Lessons Learned from the PEDv Outbreak. Journal of Applied Communications. 101(4). 11 indexed citations

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Merrill, Scott C. & Frank B. Peairs. (2012). Quantifying Russian Wheat Aphid Pest Intensity Across the Great Plains. Environmental Entomology. 41(6). 1505–1515. 8 indexed citations

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Merrill, Scott C., Thomas O. Holtzer, & Frank B. Peairs. (2009). Diuraphis noxiaReproduction and Development With a Comparison of Intrinsic Rates of Increase to Other Important Small Grain Aphids: A Meta-Analysis. Environmental Entomology. 38(4). 1061–1068. 17 indexed citations

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Merrill, Scott C., et al.. (2008). Reproduction and Development of Russian Wheat Aphid Biotype 2 on Crested Wheatgrass, Intermediate Wheatgrass, and Susceptible and Resistant Wheat. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101(2). 541–545. 9 indexed citations

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