Tomás E. Murray

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Tomás E. Murray is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomás E. Murray has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Insect Science and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tomás E. Murray's work include Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (18 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Tomás E. Murray is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (18 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Tomás E. Murray collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Ireland. Tomás E. Murray's co-authors include Robert J. Paxton, Mark J. F. Brown, Úna Fitzpatrick, Panagiotis Theodorou, Josef Settele, Oliver Schweiger, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Michael Kuhlmann, Simon G. Potts and Martin Husemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tomás E. Murray

23 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects

2020 260 citations Panagiotis Theodorou, Rita Radzevičiūtė et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomás E. Murray Germany	19	1.6k	1.3k	944	504	324	24	1.9k
John L. Neff United States	25	1.9k 1.2×	990 0.8×	670 0.7×	947 1.9×	339 1.0×	60	2.1k
Leif L. Richardson United States	23	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	928 1.0×	813 1.6×	415 1.3×	41	2.4k
Gillian C. Lye United Kingdom	15	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	824 0.9×	557 1.1×	246 0.8×	15	1.6k
Sam Tarrant United Kingdom	7	2.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	733 0.8×	1.4k 2.8×	873 2.7×	9	2.7k
Theo Peeters Netherlands	6	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	784 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	718 2.2×	20	2.5k
R.M.J.C. Kleukers Netherlands	9	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	805 0.9×	1.1k 2.1×	799 2.5×	21	2.5k
Claire Brittain United Kingdom	13	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	588 0.6×	689 1.4×	310 1.0×	18	1.8k
Margarita M. López‐Uribe United States	19	1.1k 0.7×	903 0.7×	775 0.8×	277 0.5×	122 0.4×	70	1.3k
Benoît Geslin France	17	952 0.6×	597 0.5×	335 0.4×	454 0.9×	267 0.8×	56	1.1k
Silke Hein Switzerland	14	957 0.6×	602 0.5×	390 0.4×	432 0.9×	376 1.2×	20	1.2k

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Doublet, Vincent, Melissa A. Y. Oddie, Fanny Mondet, et al.. (2024). Shift in virus composition in honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) following worldwide invasion by the parasitic mite and virus vector Varroa destructor. Royal Society Open Science. 11(1). 231529–231529. 22 indexed citations

Theodorou, Panagiotis, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Guillaume Lentendu, et al.. (2020). Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects. Nature Communications. 11(1). 576–576. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

Landaverde‐González, Patricia, Eunice Enríquez, María Ariza, et al.. (2017). Fragmentation in the clouds? The population genetics of the native bee Partamona bilineata (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the cloud forests of Guatemala. Conservation Genetics. 18(3). 631–643. 18 indexed citations

Provan, Jim, Úna Fitzpatrick, Mark J. F. Brown, et al.. (2017). Microsatellite analysis supports the existence of three cryptic species within the bumble bee Bombus lucorum sensu lato. Conservation Genetics. 18(3). 573–584. 14 indexed citations

Theodorou, Panagiotis, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Josef Settele, et al.. (2016). Pollination services enhanced with urbanization despite increasing pollinator parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1833). 20160561–20160561. 92 indexed citations

Theodorou, Panagiotis, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Josef Settele, et al.. (2016). The structure of flower visitor networks in relation to pollination across an agricultural to urban gradient. Functional Ecology. 31(4). 838–847. 118 indexed citations

Landaverde‐González, Patricia, Humberto Moo‐Valle, Tomás E. Murray, et al.. (2016). Sympatric lineage divergence in cryptic Neotropical sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Lasioglossum). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(1). 251–265. 7 indexed citations

Horgan, Finbarr G., et al.. (2015). Population genetic structure of Bombus terrestris in Europe: Isolation and genetic differentiation of Irish and British populations. Molecular Ecology. 24(13). 3257–3268. 27 indexed citations

Maggs, Christine A., et al.. (2013). Genetic evidence for predominantly hydrochoric gene flow in the invasive riparian plant Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam). Annals of Botany. 112(9). 1743–1750. 30 indexed citations

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Williams, Geoffrey R., Cédric Alaux, Cecília Costa, et al.. (2013). Standard methods for maintaining adultApis melliferain cages underin vitrolaboratory conditions. Journal of Apicultural Research. 52(1). 1–36. 289 indexed citations

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Murray, Tomás E., et al.. (2013). Pathogen prevalence in commercially reared bumble bees and evidence of spillover in conspecific populations. Biological Conservation. 159. 269–276. 93 indexed citations

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Horgan, Finbarr G., et al.. (2013). Bumblebee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sample storage for a posteriori molecular studies: Interactions between sample storage and DNA-extraction techniques. European Journal of Entomology. 110(3). 419–425. 7 indexed citations

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Meeus, Ivan, Kevin Maebe, Marina P. Arbetman, et al.. (2013). Genetic Variability of the Neogregarine Apicystis bombi, an Etiological Agent of an Emergent Bumblebee Disease. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e81475–e81475. 30 indexed citations

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Carolan, James C., Tomás E. Murray, Úna Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2012). Colour Patterns Do Not Diagnose Species: Quantitative Evaluation of a DNA Barcoded Cryptic Bumblebee Complex. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29251–e29251. 112 indexed citations

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Murray, Tomás E., Úna Fitzpatrick, Andrew W. Byrne, et al.. (2012). Local‐scale factors structure wild bee communities in protected areas. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49(5). 998–1008. 68 indexed citations

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Murray, Tomás E., et al.. (2010). Landscape effects on extremely fragmented populations of a rare solitary bee, Colletes floralis. Molecular Ecology. 19(22). 4922–4935. 55 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Úna, Tomás E. Murray, Robert J. Paxton, & Mark J. F. Brown. (2007). Building on IUCN Regional Red Lists to Produce Lists of Species of Conservation Priority: a Model with Irish Bees. Conservation Biology. 21(5). 1324–1332. 39 indexed citations

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Murray, Tomás E., Úna Fitzpatrick, Mark J. F. Brown, & Robert J. Paxton. (2007). Cryptic species diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs. Conservation Genetics. 9(3). 653–666. 128 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Úna, et al.. (2007). Rarity and decline in bumblebees – A test of causes and correlates in the Irish fauna. Biological Conservation. 136(2). 185–194. 167 indexed citations

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Paxton, Robert J., et al.. (2004). A new pollinator initiative on the island of Ireland. Bee World. 85(4). 83–84.

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