Shelley L. Ball

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Shelley L. Ball is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Shelley L. Ball has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Shelley L. Ball's work include Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (7 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (5 papers). Shelley L. Ball is often cited by papers focused on Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (7 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (5 papers). Shelley L. Ball collaborates with scholars based in Canada, New Zealand and United States. Shelley L. Ball's co-authors include Paul D. N. Hebert, Jeremy R deWaard, Alina Cywinska, Karen Armstrong, Robert L. Baker, Steven K. Burian, J. M. Webb, Marı́a Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo, K.L. McLean and A. Chomič and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shelley L. Ball

16 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

Biological identifications through DNA barcodes 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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.

  1. Biological identifications through DNA barcodes
    2003 9.9k citations Paul D. N. Hebert, Alina Cywinska et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shelley L. Ball Canada 13 4.7k 4.2k 3.3k 3.2k 2.4k 16 11.0k
Alina Cywinska Canada 8 4.4k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 8 10.3k
Alex C. C. Wilson United States 39 4.8k 1.0× 2.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 5.3k 1.6× 2.4k 1.0× 73 11.2k
Jeremy R deWaard Canada 26 5.7k 1.2× 5.4k 1.3× 4.7k 1.4× 4.8k 1.5× 2.9k 1.2× 52 14.4k
Shane Sturrock United Kingdom 8 6.6k 1.4× 3.9k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 3.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 10 15.3k
Sujeevan Ratnasingham Canada 21 5.5k 1.2× 5.9k 1.4× 4.3k 1.3× 4.4k 1.4× 2.7k 1.1× 38 13.5k
Peter Meintjes New Zealand 3 6.4k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 3.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 4 15.1k
Steven Stones-Havas United States 5 6.3k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 6 15.0k
Mark Clement United States 16 2.6k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 4.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.4× 89 10.2k
Chris Duran Australia 13 6.6k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 3.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 15 15.6k
Mehrdad Hajibabaei Canada 50 6.6k 1.4× 6.5k 1.6× 2.7k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 122 12.1k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Braithwaite, M., Peter R. Johnston, Shelley L. Ball, et al.. (2016). Trichoderma down under: species diversity and occurrence of Trichoderma in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology. 46(1). 11–30. 21 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Karen Armstrong. (2008). Rapid, One-Step DNA Extraction for Insect Pest Identification by Using DNA Barcodes. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101(2). 523–532. 23 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Karen Armstrong. (2008). Rapid, One-Step DNA Extraction for Insect Pest Identification by Using DNA Barcodes. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101(2). 523–532. 23 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Karen Armstrong. (2007). Using DNA barcodes to investigate the taxonomy of the New Zealand sooty beech scale insect. Lincoln University Research Archive (Lincoln University). 8 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Karen Armstrong. (2006). DNA barcodes for insect pest identification: a test case with tussock moths (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36(2). 337–350. 130 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen & Shelley L. Ball. (2005). Correction for Armstrong and Ball, DNA barcodes for biosecurity: invasive species identification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1464). 2373–2373. 4 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L., Paul D. N. Hebert, Steven K. Burian, & J. M. Webb. (2005). Biological identifications of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) using DNA barcodes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 24(3). 508–508. 12 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L., Paul D. N. Hebert, Steven K. Burian, & J. M. Webb. (2005). Biological identifications of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) using DNA barcodes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 24(3). 508–524. 246 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Karen & Shelley L. Ball. (2005). DNA barcodes for biosecurity: invasive species identification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1462). 1813–1823. 450 indexed citations
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Hebert, Paul D. N., Alina Cywinska, Shelley L. Ball, & Jeremy R deWaard. (2003). Biological identifications through DNA barcodes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(1512). 313–321. 9870 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ball, Shelley L.. (2002). Population variation and ecological correlates of tychoparthenogenesis in the mayfly, Stenonema femoratum. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 75(1). 101–123. 16 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L.. (2001). Tychoparthenogenesis and mixed mating in natural populations of the mayfly Stenonema femoratum. Heredity. 87(3). 373–380. 12 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Robert L. Baker. (1996). Predator‐‐Induced Life History Changes: Antipredator Behavior Costs or Facultative Life History Shifts?. Ecology. 77(4). 1116–1124. 150 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Robert L. Baker. (1996). PREDATOR-INDUCED LIFE HISTORY CHANGES:. 6 indexed citations
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Baker, Robert L. & Shelley L. Ball. (1995). Microhabitat selection by larval Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae): effects of predators, food, cover and light. Freshwater Biology. 34(1). 101–106. 29 indexed citations
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Ball, Shelley L. & Robert L. Baker. (1995). The non‐lethal effects of predators and the influence of food availability on life history of adultChironomus tentans(Diptera: Chironomidae). Freshwater Biology. 34(1). 1–12. 34 indexed citations

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