Stephen P. Yanoviak

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen P. Yanoviak is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen P. Yanoviak has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 57 papers in Genetics and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen P. Yanoviak's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (56 papers), Plant and animal studies (44 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (24 papers). Stephen P. Yanoviak is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (56 papers), Plant and animal studies (44 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (24 papers). Stephen P. Yanoviak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Costa Rica. Stephen P. Yanoviak's co-authors include Michael Kaspari, Robert Dudley, Natalie A. Clay, Jane M. Lucas, Evan M. Gora, Adam D. Kay, Jelena Bujan, Nalini M. Nadkarni, Benjamin J. Adams and Robert Dudley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephen P. Yanoviak

95 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward
    2020 264 citations Stephen P. Yanoviak 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
Stephen P. Yanoviak United States 35 2.1k 1.5k 1.0k 833 745 98 3.7k
Donald M. Windsor Panama 33 2.6k 1.3× 984 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 1.5k 2.1× 99 5.0k
Márcio R. Pie Brazil 32 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 782 0.9× 321 0.4× 194 3.5k
William A. Foster United Kingdom 33 2.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 807 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 117 4.4k
Andrew K. Davis United States 30 1.9k 0.9× 758 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 613 0.7× 352 0.5× 147 4.4k
Martin H. Villet South Africa 34 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 945 0.9× 584 0.7× 2.1k 2.8× 184 3.8k
Cino Pertoldi Denmark 34 1.1k 0.5× 2.6k 1.7× 2.6k 2.6× 813 1.0× 437 0.6× 261 5.3k
Kirsty J. Park United Kingdom 35 2.1k 1.0× 718 0.5× 1.6k 1.6× 856 1.0× 893 1.2× 114 3.7k
Philip W. Bateman Australia 35 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.4k 2.4× 637 0.8× 398 0.5× 188 4.7k
H. C. Proctor Canada 31 2.9k 1.4× 586 0.4× 1.5k 1.4× 687 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 213 4.4k
Sylvain Pincebourde France 30 1.1k 0.6× 879 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 590 0.7× 792 1.1× 72 3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen P. Yanoviak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gora, Evan M., et al.. (2025). The influence of lightning on insect and fungal dynamics in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology. 106(1). e4521–e4521. 2 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P., et al.. (2024). Effects of urbanization on cloud-to-ground lightning strike frequency: a global perspective. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(218). 20240257–20240257. 2 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M., et al.. (2023). Lianas increase lightning‐caused disturbance severity in a tropical forest. New Phytologist. 238(5). 1865–1875. 6 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M., et al.. (2022). Tropical tree species differ in damage and mortality from lightning. Nature Plants. 8(9). 1007–1013. 10 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M., et al.. (2020). Pantropical geography of lightning‐caused disturbance and its implications for tropical forests. Global Change Biology. 26(9). 5017–5026. 24 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M., et al.. (2020). A mechanistic and empirically supported lightning risk model for forest trees. Journal of Ecology. 108(5). 1956–1966. 16 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M. & Stephen P. Yanoviak. (2020). Lightning‐caused disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon. Biotropica. 52(5). 813–817. 9 indexed citations
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Bujan, Jelena, Karl A. Roeder, Stephen P. Yanoviak, & Michael Kaspari. (2020). Seasonal plasticity of thermal tolerance in ants. Ecology. 101(6). e03051–e03051. 60 indexed citations
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Adams, Benjamin J., Evan M. Gora, Michiel van Breugel, et al.. (2019). Do lianas shape ant communities in an early successional tropical forest?. Biotropica. 51(6). 885–893. 4 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P., Evan M. Gora, Phillip M. Bitzer, et al.. (2019). Lightning is a major cause of large tree mortality in a lowland neotropical forest. New Phytologist. 225(5). 1936–1944. 50 indexed citations
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Gora, Evan M., Jane M. Lucas, & Stephen P. Yanoviak. (2019). Microbial Composition and Wood Decomposition Rates Vary with Microclimate From the Ground to the Canopy in a Tropical Forest. Ecosystems. 22(6). 1206–1219. 27 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P. & Robert Dudley. (2017). Jumping and the aerial behavior of aquatic mayfly larvae (Myobaetis ellenae, Baetidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 47(4). 370–374. 3 indexed citations
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Gifford, Matthew E., et al.. (2014). Variation in thermal tolerance of North American ants. Journal of Thermal Biology. 48. 65–68. 44 indexed citations
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Dudley, Robert, Michael Kaspari, & Stephen P. Yanoviak. (2011). Lust for Salt in the Western Amazon. Biotropica. 44(1). 6–9. 67 indexed citations
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Kaspari, Michael, Stephen P. Yanoviak, & Robert Dudley. (2008). On the biogeography of salt limitation: A study of ant communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(46). 17848–17851. 117 indexed citations
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Mirabello, Lisa, Joseph H. Vineis, Stephen P. Yanoviak, et al.. (2008). Microsatellite data suggest significant population structure and differentiation within the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America. BMC Ecology. 8(1). 3–3. 46 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P., L. Philip Lounibos, & Scott C. Weaver. (2006). Land Use Affects Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in Phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99(6). 1172–1181. 17 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P., et al.. (2006). DEFORESTATION ALTERS PHYTOTELM HABITAT AVAILABILITY AND MOSQUITO PRODUCTION IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. Ecological Applications. 16(5). 1854–1864. 35 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P. & Robert Dudley. (2006). The role of visual cues in directed aerial descent of Cephalotes atratus workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(9). 1777–1783. 38 indexed citations
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Yanoviak, Stephen P., et al.. (2003). Spider Assemblages in Costa Rican Cloud Forests: Effects of Forest Level and Forest Age. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 38(2). 145–154. 23 indexed citations

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