Stephen Thorpe

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Thorpe is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Thorpe has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Insect Science, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Thorpe's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Stephen Thorpe is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Stephen Thorpe collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada. Stephen Thorpe's co-authors include Donald W. Kirk, Ryan Gilliam, J. W. Graydon, Raphaël K. Didham, Robert M. Ewers, G. Kuschel, Richard A. B. Leschen, Qiao Wang, Jon S. Harding and Thomas F. Krauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Nature Reviews Microbiology and Nature Protocols.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Thorpe

26 papers receiving 963 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.

A review of specific conductivities of potassium hydroxide solutions for various concentrations and temperatures

2006 495 citations Ryan Gilliam, J. W. Graydon et al. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Thorpe New Zealand	11	417	222	195	158	142	28	1.0k
Xu Luo China	24	1.3k 3.2×	1.7k 7.9×	104 0.5×	243 1.5×	21 0.1×	120	2.7k
Nian Li China	12	90 0.2×	129 0.6×	109 0.6×	199 1.3×	13 0.1×	39	1.0k
Wuhui Li China	22	175 0.4×	50 0.2×	63 0.3×	100 0.6×	38 0.3×	78	1.4k
Yajie Song China	20	1.1k 2.6×	274 1.2×	29 0.1×	62 0.4×	21 0.1×	64	2.0k
Huiyuan Liu China	17	477 1.1×	463 2.1×	71 0.4×	16 0.1×	18 0.1×	58	845
Shilong Chen China	27	322 0.8×	584 2.6×	22 0.1×	170 1.1×	11 0.1×	84	2.5k
A. Perrard France	22	300 0.7×	334 1.5×	79 0.4×	153 1.0×	2 0.0×	46	1.9k
Zhiwei Zhong China	15	284 0.7×	209 0.9×	484 2.5×	369 2.3×	1 0.0×	36	1.4k
Shiyu Ma China	14	153 0.4×	211 1.0×	204 1.0×	125 0.8×		26	905

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Thorpe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Thorpe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Thorpe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephen Thorpe. Stephen Thorpe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kratochvíl, Jiří, Jan Christoph Thiele, Dan Loewenthal, et al.. (2025). Best practice mass photometry: a guide to optimal single-molecule mass measurement. Nature Protocols.

Sonn-Segev, Adar, Daniel Cole, Gavin Young, et al.. (2021). Micromirror Total Internal Reflection Microscopy for High-Performance Single Particle Tracking at Interfaces. ACS Photonics. 8(10). 3111–3118. 15 indexed citations

Watts, Corinne, John Innes, Vanessa M. Cave, Danny Thornburrow, & Stephen Thorpe. (2020). Beetle and wētā community responses to mammal eradication on Maungatautari, Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 47(4). 272–290. 4 indexed citations

Hall, Rebecca J, Stephen Thorpe, Gavin H. Thomas, & A. Jamie Wood. (2020). Simulating the evolutionary trajectories of metabolic pathways for insect symbionts in the genus Sodalis. Microbial Genomics. 6(7). 7 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Christopher Reardon, Nicholas Read, et al.. (2020). Attachment and antibiotic response of early-stage biofilms studied using resonant hyperspectral imaging. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 6(1). 57–57. 26 indexed citations

Watts, Charlotte, et al.. (2020). Invertebrate communities in a modified isolated raised bog compared to an intact raised bog in New Zealand. Mires and Peat. 26. 20–20. 2 indexed citations

Kushwah, Manish S. & Stephen Thorpe. (2020). A clearer picture of microbial biogeography. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 18(6). 318–318. 1 indexed citations

Hall, Rebecca J, Michael Bottery, Vicki Springthorpe, et al.. (2019). A Tale of Three Species: Adaptation of Sodalis glossinidius to Tsetse Biology, Wigglesworthia Metabolism, and Host Diet. mBio. 10(1). 17 indexed citations

Hall, Rebecca J, Michael Bottery, Vicki Springthorpe, et al.. (2019). The Sodalis system and flux balance analysis as a tool for investigating insect-microbe interactions and the evolution of symbioses. Access Microbiology. 1(1A).

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Watts, Corinne, et al.. (2015). Invertebrate community turnover following control of an invasive weed. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 9(6). 585–597. 13 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Stephen, et al.. (2014). Are nesting seabirds important determinants of invertebrate community composition on subantarctic Adams Island?. Polar Biology. 37(4). 531–540. 7 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Stephen. (2013). Cheiloneurus flaccus (Walker, 1847) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), new to New Zealand. ZooKeys. 1(1). e958–e958. 1 indexed citations

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Todd, Jacqui H., Louise A. Malone, Brian H. McArdle, et al.. (2011). Invertebrate community richness in New Zealand kiwifruit orchards under organic or integrated pest management. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 141(1-2). 32–38. 20 indexed citations

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Blanchon, Dan, et al.. (2011). Sampling indigenous ground-living beetles in a stand of non-native tree privet (Ligustrum lucidum) in New Zealand raises new management questions. Ecological Management & Restoration. 12(3). 234–236. 9 indexed citations

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Worner, Susan P., Raphaël K. Didham, Jon J. Sullivan, et al.. (2009). The invertebrate fauna of epiphyte mats in the canopy of northern rata (Myrtaceae: Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn.) on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 36(2). 177–202. 6 indexed citations

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Ewers, Robert M., Stephen Thorpe, & Raphaël K. Didham. (2007). SYNERGISTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EDGE AND AREA EFFECTS IN A HEAVILY FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE. Ecology. 88(1). 96–106. 188 indexed citations

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Gilliam, Ryan, J. W. Graydon, Donald W. Kirk, & Stephen Thorpe. (2006). A review of specific conductivities of potassium hydroxide solutions for various concentrations and temperatures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 32(3). 359–364. 495 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thorpe, Stephen. (2004). An investigation of the heat transfer and static pressure on the over-tip casing wall of an axial turbine operating at engine representative flow conditions. (II). Time-resolved results. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 1 indexed citations

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Klimaszewski, Jan, John W. M. Marris, & Stephen Thorpe. (2003). The aleocharine rove beetle fauna of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of two new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 30(2). 115–126. 2 indexed citations

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Leschen, Richard A. B., John F. Lawrence, G. Kuschel, Stephen Thorpe, & Qiao Wang. (2003). Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist. 26(1). 15–28. 40 indexed citations

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