Steven R. Sims

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Steven R. Sims is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven R. Sims has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Insect Science, 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven R. Sims's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (11 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (9 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (8 papers). Steven R. Sims is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (11 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (9 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (8 papers). Steven R. Sims collaborates with scholars based in United States. Steven R. Sims's co-authors include Terry B. Stone, Roy L. Fuchs, John T. Greenplate, David A. Fischhoff, Frederick J. Perlak, Toni A. Armstrong, Larry R. Holden, Arthur G. Appel, Joel E. Ream and Pamela G. Marrone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Steven R. Sims

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Insect Resistant Cotton Plants

1990 422 citations Frederick J. Perlak, Toni A. Armstrong et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Shoji Sonoda Japan

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Lawrent L. Buschman United States

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Zhudong Liu China

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Felice Driver Australia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven R. Sims

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Sims, Steven R.. (2017). Speyeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Conservation. Insects. 8(2). 45–45. 14 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R. & Arthur M. Shapiro. (2016). Reproductive Strategies and Life History Evolution of Some CaliforniaSpeyeria(Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 70(2). 114–120. 4 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R. & Arthur G. Appel. (2012). Efficacy of Commercial Baits and New Active Ingredients Against Firebrats and Silverfish (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 105(4). 1385–1391. 5 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R., et al.. (2011). The Female Pharyngeal Voice and Theories of Low Vocal Fold Damping. Journal of Singing. 68(1). 23. 7 indexed citations

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Appel, Arthur G., et al.. (2010). Topical Toxicity of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 103(2). 448–459. 62 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R. & Arthur G. Appel. (2007). Linear Alcohol Ethoxylates: Insecticidal and Synergistic Effects on German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattellidae) and Other Insects. Journal of Economic Entomology. 100(3). 871–879. 15 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R. & Arthur G. Appel. (2007). Linear Alcohol Ethoxylates: Insecticidal and Synergistic Effects on German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattellidae) and Other Insects. Journal of Economic Entomology. 100(3). 871–879. 16 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R.. (2007). Diapause dynamics, seasonal phenology, and pupal color dimorphism of Papilio polyxenes in southern Florida, USA. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 123(3). 239–245. 8 indexed citations

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Appel, Arthur G., et al.. (2005). Toxicity of granular ant bait formulations against cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae and Blattidae). Sociobiology. 46(1). 65–72. 2 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R., et al.. (1996). Field Evaluation of Transgenic Corn Containing a Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner Insecticidal Protein Gene Against Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Entomological Science. 31(3). 340–346. 19 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R., et al.. (1996). Analysis of Expressed Proteins in Fiber Fractions from Insect‐Protected and Glyphosate‐Tolerant Cotton Varieties. Crop Science. 36(5). 1212–1216. 15 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R. & Larry R. Holden. (1996). Insect Bioassay for Determining Soil Degradation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) Protein in Corn Tissue. Environmental Entomology. 25(3). 659–664. 105 indexed citations

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Stone, Terry B. & Steven R. Sims. (1993). Geographic Susceptibility of Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis. Journal of Economic Entomology. 86(4). 989–994. 89 indexed citations

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Perlak, Frederick J., Toni A. Armstrong, Roy L. Fuchs, et al.. (1990). Insect Resistant Cotton Plants. Nature Biotechnology. 8(10). 939–943. 422 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delannay, Xavier, Roy L. Fuchs, Steven R. Sims, et al.. (1989). Field Performance of Transgenic Tomato Plants Expressing the Bacillus Thuringiensis Var. Kurstaki Insect Control Protein. Nature Biotechnology. 7(12). 1265–1269. 102 indexed citations

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Stone, Terry B., Steven R. Sims, & Pamela G. Marrone. (1989). Selection of tobacco budworm for resistance to a genetically engineered Pseudomonas fluorescens containing the δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 53(2). 228–234. 80 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R.. (1982). Larval Diapause in the Eastern Tree-Hole Mosquito, Aedes triseriatus1: Latitudinal Variation in Induction and Intensity. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 75(2). 195–200. 12 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R.. (1979). Aspects of Mating Frequency and Reproductive Maturity in Papilio zelicaon. The American Midland Naturalist. 102(1). 36–36. 78 indexed citations

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Brittnacher, John, Steven R. Sims, & Francisco J. Ayala. (1978). Genetic Differentiation Between Species of the Genus Speyeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Evolution. 32(1). 199–199. 20 indexed citations

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Sims, Steven R.. (1978). A Red-eyed Mutant of Papilio zelicaon (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 71(5). 771–772. 1 indexed citations

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