V. K. Brown

19.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
187 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

V. K. Brown is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, V. K. Brown has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 103 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 63 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in V. K. Brown's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (106 papers), Plant and animal studies (82 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (26 papers). V. K. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (106 papers), Plant and animal studies (82 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (26 papers). V. K. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. V. K. Brown's co-authors include Alan C. Gange, C. W. D. Gibson, T. R. E. Southwood, Gregory J. Masters, G. J. Masters, P. M. Reader, J. R. B. Tallowin, Ivo Hodek, David Hammond and Т. Martijn Bezemer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

V. K. Brown

187 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Herbivory in global climate change research... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2002 2003 2001 2000 1979 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. K. Brown United Kingdom 61 6.7k 6.4k 5.5k 4.8k 3.5k 187 14.4k
John L. Maron United States 62 8.4k 1.2× 6.9k 1.1× 5.8k 1.1× 5.4k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 141 14.6k
Hans de Kroon Netherlands 65 7.7k 1.1× 6.1k 0.9× 6.9k 1.3× 4.6k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 171 16.5k
Vojtĕch Jaros̆ı́k Czechia 52 7.4k 1.1× 5.5k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 4.9k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 82 13.4k
Marcel Rejmánek United States 52 11.3k 1.7× 8.6k 1.3× 8.4k 1.5× 6.2k 1.3× 3.6k 1.0× 167 19.6k
Evan Siemann United States 47 6.1k 0.9× 4.9k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 4.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 191 11.9k
Thomas G. Whitham United States 77 8.6k 1.3× 8.2k 1.3× 6.3k 1.1× 6.3k 1.3× 4.7k 1.3× 284 18.9k
Richard F. Pywell United Kingdom 50 4.4k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 220 10.4k
Richard N. Mack United States 49 7.1k 1.1× 4.8k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 6.5k 1.4× 2.6k 0.7× 109 14.5k
Olivier Honnay Belgium 64 6.7k 1.0× 5.3k 0.8× 5.6k 1.0× 3.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 319 14.0k
Wolfgang W. Weisser Germany 72 7.5k 1.1× 8.3k 1.3× 5.5k 1.0× 5.2k 1.1× 6.2k 1.8× 400 18.9k

Countries citing papers authored by V. K. Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by V. K. Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. K. Brown

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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 →
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Borges, Paulo A. V. & V. K. Brown. (2001). Phytophagous insects and web‐building spiders in relation to pasture vegetation complexity. Ecography. 24(1). 68–82. 56 indexed citations
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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
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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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Southwood, T. R. E., et al.. (1988). Some ecological characteristics of the primary trophic level of a secondary succession. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 234(1274). 11–44. 11 indexed citations
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Brown, V. K., et al.. (1974). Improved technique for rearing overwintering cockroach nymphs. Entomologist s Gazette. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, V. K.. (1973). ASPECTS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THREE SPECIES OF ECTOBIUS (DICTYOPTERA: BLATTIDAE). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 16(2). 213–222. 10 indexed citations

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