Simon G. Potts

55.8k total citations · 19 hit papers
240 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Simon G. Potts is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon G. Potts has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 121 papers in Insect Science and 95 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Simon G. Potts's work include Plant and animal studies (190 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (102 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers). Simon G. Potts is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (190 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (102 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers). Simon G. Potts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Simon G. Potts's co-authors include Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, William E. Kunin, Peter Neumann, Oliver Schweiger, Claire Kremen, Riccardo Bommarco, Stuart P. M. Roberts, David Kleijn, Josef Settele and Pat Willmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simon G. Potts

235 papers receiving 28.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers 2003 2026 2010 2018 2010 2006 2016 2012 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers
    2010 4.5k citations Simon G. Potts, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer et al. profile →
  2. Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands
    2006 2.3k citations Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Stuart P. M. Roberts et al. profile →
  3. Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being
    2016 1.3k citations Simon G. Potts, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca et al. Nature profile →
  4. Ecological intensification: harnessing ecosystem services for food security
    2012 1.3k citations Riccardo Bommarco, David Kleijn et al. profile →
  5. Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land‐use change
    2007 1.1k citations Marcelo A. Aizen, Barbara Gemmill‐Herren et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  6. Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits
    2010 747 citations Simon G. Potts, Jonathan Storkey et al. profile →
  7. MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
    2008 614 citations Riccardo Bommarco, Simon G. Potts et al. profile →
  8. LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES?
    2003 590 citations Simon G. Potts et al. profile →
  9. Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances
    2010 570 citations Simon G. Potts et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  10. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents
    2015 565 citations Simon G. Potts, Pierre Rasmont et al. profile →
  11. Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices
    2015 513 citations Vesna Gagić, Ígnasi Bartomeus et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  12. Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe
    2010 499 citations Simon G. Potts, Stuart P. M. Roberts et al. profile →
  13. Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects
    2015 459 citations William E. Kunin, Simon G. Potts et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  14. Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri‐environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss – a meta‐analysis
    2013 382 citations Jeroen Scheper, Simon G. Potts et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  15. Ecological Intensification: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice
    2018 373 citations David Kleijn, Riccardo Bommarco et al. profile →
  16. A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities
    2019 345 citations William E. Kunin, Simon G. Potts et al. profile →
  17. A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators
    2014 334 citations Simon G. Potts, Adam J. Vanbergen et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  18. Combined effects of global change pressures on animal-mediated pollination
    2013 314 citations Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Riccardo Bommarco et al. profile →
  19. Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects
    2017 251 citations Simon G. Potts, Eleanor M. Slade et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon G. Potts United Kingdom 73 23.0k 15.6k 10.8k 8.7k 7.9k 240 29.2k
Claire Kremen United States 75 23.6k 1.0× 16.3k 1.0× 12.6k 1.2× 8.5k 1.0× 8.3k 1.1× 173 36.8k
Alexandra‐Maria Klein Germany 59 16.7k 0.7× 11.3k 0.7× 8.2k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 6.3k 0.8× 211 22.8k
Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter Germany 88 26.1k 1.1× 16.7k 1.1× 12.9k 1.2× 8.4k 1.0× 12.8k 1.6× 303 35.9k
Dave Goulson United Kingdom 85 22.8k 1.0× 21.4k 1.4× 8.6k 0.8× 13.1k 1.5× 3.9k 0.5× 329 31.7k
William E. Kunin United Kingdom 54 12.7k 0.6× 6.9k 0.4× 6.2k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 7.5k 1.0× 147 19.0k
Josef Settele Germany 62 12.1k 0.5× 7.4k 0.5× 4.9k 0.5× 5.1k 0.6× 6.1k 0.8× 229 19.7k
Marcelo A. Aizen Argentina 57 14.1k 0.6× 6.8k 0.4× 7.6k 0.7× 4.2k 0.5× 6.4k 0.8× 192 16.9k
Teja Tscharntke Germany 112 31.7k 1.4× 20.2k 1.3× 17.6k 1.6× 8.1k 0.9× 18.1k 2.3× 410 51.4k
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer Netherlands 48 13.1k 0.6× 9.1k 0.6× 5.2k 0.5× 5.8k 0.7× 3.4k 0.4× 102 15.1k
Riccardo Bommarco Sweden 60 9.9k 0.4× 7.4k 0.5× 5.6k 0.5× 3.0k 0.3× 5.1k 0.6× 168 16.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon G. Potts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Basu, Parthiba, Hien T. Ngo, Marcelo A. Aizen, et al.. (2024). Pesticide impacts on insect pollinators: Current knowledge and future research challenges. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176656–176656. 12 indexed citations
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Milne, Alice E., et al.. (2024). Using a multi-scale approach to examine the effects of field margins and landscape features on predatory carabid communities in crop fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 373. 109115–109115. 1 indexed citations
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Sauve, Alix, Kate P. Maia, Daniel Montoya, et al.. (2024). Multi-habitat landscapes are more diverse and stable with improved function. Nature. 633(8028). 114–119. 9 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2024). On‐site floral resources and surrounding landscape characteristics impact pollinator biodiversity at solar parks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 10 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2023). Spatio‐temporal shifts in British wild bees in response to changing climate. Ecology and Evolution. 13(11). e10705–e10705. 2 indexed citations
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Høye, Toke T., Tom August, Mario V. Balzan, et al.. (2023). Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of Biоdiversity (MAMBO). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 5 indexed citations
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Fountain, Michelle T., Greg Deakin, Michael P. D. Garratt, et al.. (2023). Location and Creation of Nest Sites for Ground-Nesting Bees in Apple Orchards. Insects. 14(6). 490–490. 8 indexed citations
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Scheper, Jeroen, Riccardo Bommarco, G.A. de Groot, et al.. (2023). Inconsistent responses of carabid beetles and spiders to land-use intensity and landscape complexity in north-western Europe. Biological Conservation. 283. 110128–110128. 8 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2022). The importance of soil and vegetation characteristics for establishing ground-nesting bee aggregations. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 32. 186–200. 13 indexed citations
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McKerchar, Megan, Simon G. Potts, Michelle T. Fountain, Michael P. D. Garratt, & Duncan B. Westbury. (2020). The potential for wildflower interventions to enhance natural enemies and pollinators in commercial apple orchards is limited by other management practices. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 301. 107034–107034. 38 indexed citations
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Jones, Hannah E., et al.. (2019). Crop rotations in a climate change scenario: short-term effects of crop diversity on resilience and ecosystem service provision under drought. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 285. 106625–106625. 98 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Hien T. Ngo, et al.. (2016). Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being. Nature. 540(7632). 220–229. 1344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bishop, Jacob, Hannah Jones, Donal M. O’Sullivan, & Simon G. Potts. (2016). Elevated temperature drives a shift from selfing to outcrossing in the insect-pollinated legume, faba bean (Vicia faba). Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(8). erw430–erw430. 20 indexed citations
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Gagić, Vesna, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Tomas Jönsson, et al.. (2015). Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1801). 20142620–20142620. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palma, Adriana De, Michael Kuhlmann, Stuart P. M. Roberts, et al.. (2015). Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land‐use pressures in European agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52(6). 1567–1577. 115 indexed citations
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Potts, Simon G., et al.. (2015). Status and trends of European pollinators. Key findings of the STEP project. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 10(2). 139–41. 34 indexed citations
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Wickens, Victoria J., Michael P. D. Garratt, Alison Bailey, & Simon G. Potts. (2013). Cereal aphids and their natural enemies: Responses to landscape composition and agri-environment schemes. CentAUR (University of Reading). 187–192. 1 indexed citations
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Shackelford, Gorm E., Peter Steward, Tim G. Benton, et al.. (2013). Comparison of pollinators and natural enemies: a meta‐analysis of landscape and local effects on abundance and richness in crops. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 88(4). 1002–1021. 186 indexed citations
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Carvalheiro, Luísa G., William E. Kunin, Petr Keil, et al.. (2013). Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW ‐European pollinators and plants. Ecology Letters. 16(7). 870–878. 280 indexed citations
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Wickens, Jennifer B., Stuart P. M. Roberts, Alison Bailey, & Simon G. Potts. (2013). Exploring broad mitigation strategies for pollinators in agroecosystems. CentAUR (University of Reading). 221–225. 2 indexed citations

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