Simon Pierce

10.1k total citations
77 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Pierce is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Pierce has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 46 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 37 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Pierce's work include Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers). Simon Pierce is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers). Simon Pierce collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Simon Pierce's co-authors include Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, J. Philip Grime, Roberta M. Ceriani, Guido Brusa, Alessandra Luzzaro, Marco Caccianiga, I. Vagge, Howard Griffiths, Klaus Winter and Alberto Vianelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Simon Pierce

75 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Pierce Italy 30 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 516 513 77 2.6k
Guillermo Ibarra‐Manríquez Mexico 30 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 708 0.7× 808 1.6× 544 1.1× 109 3.1k
Runguo Zang China 28 1.5k 1.0× 909 0.7× 682 0.6× 866 1.7× 551 1.1× 180 2.6k
Yi Jin China 20 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 695 0.7× 383 0.7× 398 0.8× 52 2.5k
Fernando Roberto Martins Brazil 31 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 861 0.8× 452 0.9× 603 1.2× 122 3.0k
Bill Shipley Canada 14 1.5k 1.0× 969 0.7× 804 0.8× 702 1.4× 498 1.0× 16 2.3k
Sandrine Godefroid Belgium 28 1.4k 0.9× 985 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 664 1.3× 660 1.3× 73 2.6k
Saara J. DeWalt United States 25 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 796 0.8× 641 1.2× 592 1.2× 39 2.8k
Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes Brazil 22 1.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 538 0.5× 583 1.1× 759 1.5× 88 3.2k
Leoš Klimeš Czechia 27 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 369 0.7× 763 1.5× 53 2.7k
Kristjan Zobel Estonia 28 1.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 408 0.8× 806 1.6× 60 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Pierce

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Pierce

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Ruiling, Mark van Kleunen, Simon Pierce, et al.. (2025). Grime's CSR theory revisited: A whole‐plant view of vascular plant functioning across contrasting environments. Journal of Ecology. 113(10). 3019–3036. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Kun, Petr Pyšek, Milan Chytrý, et al.. (2024). Stage dependence of Elton’s biotic resistance hypothesis of biological invasions. Nature Plants. 10(10). 1484–1492. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Wen‐Yong, Jan Čuda, Hana Skálová, et al.. (2024). Climate and genome size shape the intraspecific variation in ecological adaptive strategies of a cosmopolitan grass species. Functional Ecology. 38(9). 2054–2066. 7 indexed citations
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Negreiros, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Glomalin mediation of plant functional traits unveiled in an extreme ecosystem. Flora. 305. 152337–152337. 4 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon. (2023). Life’s Mechanism. Life. 13(8). 1750–1750. 1 indexed citations
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Montagna, Matteo, et al.. (2022). Endemism in recently diverged angiosperms is associated with polyploidy. Plant Ecology. 223(4). 479–492. 5 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, Dario Maffi, Franco Faoro, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, & Alberto Spada. (2022). The leaf anatomical trade-offs associated with plant ecological strategy variation. Plant Ecology. 223(10-12). 1233–1246. 14 indexed citations
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Guo, Kun, Petr Pyšek, Milan Chytrý, et al.. (2022). Ruderals naturalize, competitors invade: Varying roles of plant adaptive strategies along the invasion continuum. Functional Ecology. 36(10). 2469–2479. 25 indexed citations
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Fratte, Michele Dalle, et al.. (2021). The association of leaf sulfur content with the leaf economics spectrum and plant adaptive strategies. Functional Plant Biology. 48(9). 924–935. 15 indexed citations
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Negreiros, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Role of environmental filtering and functional traits for species coexistence in a harsh tropical montane ecosystem. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133(2). 546–560. 10 indexed citations
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Vecchio, Silvia Del, Simon Pierce, Edy Fantinato, & Gabriella Buffa. (2019). Increasing the germination percentage of a declining native orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum) by pollen transfer and outbreeding between populations. Plant Biology. 21(5). 935–941. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Wen‐Yong, Mark van Kleunen, Simon Pierce, et al.. (2019). Domestic gardens play a dominant role in selecting alien species with adaptive strategies that facilitate naturalization. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(5). 628–639. 64 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, Alberto Spada, Elisabetta Caporali, Roberta M. Ceriani, & Gabriella Buffa. (2018). Enzymatic scarification of Anacamptis morio (Orchidaceae) seed facilitates lignin degradation, water uptake and germination. Plant Biology. 21(3). 409–414. 20 indexed citations
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Cerabolini, Bruno Enrico Leone, et al.. (2014). Why are many anthropogenic agroecosystems particularly species-rich?. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 150(3). 550–557. 37 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, Andrea Ferrario, Roberta M. Ceriani, et al.. (2013). Pea seed extracts stimulate germination of the terrestrial orchid Ophrys apifera Huds. during a habitat restoration project. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 149(1). 54–60. 4 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, Andrea Ferrario, & Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini. (2010). Outbreeding and asymbiotic germination in the conservation of the endangered Italian endemic orchid Ophrys benacensis. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 144(1). 121–127. 12 indexed citations
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Ceriani, Roberta M., Simon Pierce, & Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini. (2008). Are morpho-functional traits reliable indicators of inherent relative growth rate for prealpine calcareous grassland species?. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 142(1). 60–65. 9 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, et al.. (2007). The leaf economics spectrum of Poaceae reflects variation in survival strategies. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 141(3). 337–343. 34 indexed citations
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Pierce, Simon, et al.. (2003). Farmers, farms and physiology: an integrated approach to Striga research. 1017–1022. 1 indexed citations

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