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.
Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores
20022.0k citationsGregory J. Masters, I. D. Hodkinson et al.Global Change Biologyprofile →
The role of weeds in supporting biological diversity within crop fields*
2003678 citationsE. J. P. Marshall, V. K. Brown et al.profile →
The management of lowland neutral grasslands in Britain: effects of agricultural practices on birds and their food resources
This map shows the geographic impact of V. K. Brown's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by V. K. Brown with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites V. K. Brown more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by V. K. Brown. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by V. K. Brown. The network helps show where V. K. Brown may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. K. Brown
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of V. K. Brown.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of V. K. Brown 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
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Mortimer, S. R., Andrew Edwards, Clare Lawson, et al.. (2007). Efficacy of methods for using seed of local provenance to enhance grassland diversity.. CentAUR (University of Reading). 39–48.1 indexed citations
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Kirton, L. G. & V. K. Brown. (2003). The taxonomic status of pest species of Coptotermes in Southeast Asia: resolving the paradox in the pest status of the termites, Coptotermes gestroi, C. havilandi and C. travians (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).. Sociobiology. 42(1). 43–63.57 indexed citations
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Lutman, P. J. W., N. D. Boatman, V. K. Brown, & E. J. P. Marshall. (2003). Weeds: their impact and value in arable ecosystems. CentAUR (University of Reading). 219–226.1 indexed citations
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Willis, J. C., et al.. (2003). Comparison of slug population dynamics at five sites in the UK. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository).1 indexed citations
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Boatman, N. D., et al.. (2003). A risk assessment framework for determining the effects of pesticides on farmland biodiversity.. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository). 239–244.2 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Sérvio Pontes & V. K. Brown. (2002). Tree species monodominance or species-rich savannas? The influence of abiotic factors in designing plant communities of the Brazilian cerrado and Pantanal Matogrossense: a review.. 8(1). 31–45.6 indexed citations
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Masters, Gregory J., I. D. Hodkinson, C. S. Awmack, et al.. (2002). Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores. Global Change Biology. 8(1). 1–16.2024 indexed citations breakdown →
Schaffner, Urs, David Kleijn, V. K. Brown, & Heinz Müller‐Schärer. (2001). Veratrum album L. in montane grasslands: a model system for implementing biological control in land management practices of high biodiversity habitats. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 22(1).18 indexed citations
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Thompson, K., J. P. Grime, S. H. Hillier, et al.. (2000). Predicting the response of limestone grassland to climate change.. Aspects of applied biology. 329–336.5 indexed citations
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Kirton, L. G., et al.. (1999). The pest status of the termite Coptotermes curvignathus in Acacia mangium plantations: incidence, mode of attack and inherent predisposing factors.. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 11(4). 822–831.9 indexed citations
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Kirton, L. G., et al.. (1999). Do forest-floor wood residues in plantations increase the incidence of termite attack? - testing current theory. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 11(1). 218–239.4 indexed citations
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Olff, Han, V. K. Brown, & R.H. Drent. (1999). Herbivores : between plants and predators : the 38th symposium of the British Ecological Society in cooperation with the Netherlands Ecological Society held at the Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1997.1 indexed citations
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Kirton, L. G., et al.. (1998). A new method of trapping subterranean termites of the genus Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) for field and laboratory experimental studies.. Sociobiology. 32(3). 451–458.3 indexed citations
15.
Brussaard, L., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, David E. Bignell, et al.. (1997). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil. AMBIO. 26(8). 563–570.411 indexed citations
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Brown, V. K., John H. Lawton, & P. J. Grubb. (1991). Herbivory and the evolution of leaf size and shape. Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 333(1267). 265–272.29 indexed citations
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Gange, Alan C. & V. K. Brown. (1991). Culturing root aphids using hydroponics.. Entomologist s Gazette. 42(3). 165–169.3 indexed citations
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