M. Alex Smith
Impact in
- Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
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- Plant and animal studies
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
Papers in
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- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny 55
- Plant and animal studies 26
- Ecology 49
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management 41
- Co-authors
- Paul D. N. Hebert (20 shared papers)David M. Green (2 shared papers)Daniel H. Janzen (51 shared papers)Winnie Hallwachs (50 shared papers)Brian L. Fisher (3 shared papers)James B. Whitfield (14 shared papers)Josephine Rodriguez (6 shared papers)Norman E. Woodley (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- ZooKeys (20 papers)Molecular Ecology Resources (4 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Zootaxa (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
M. Alex Smith
96 papers receiving 4.7k citations
M. Alex Smith's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 99
- Ecological Modeling 786
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.5k
- Insect Science 1.5k
- Ecology 2.0k
- Genetics 1.6k
Countries citing papers authored by M. Alex Smith
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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Alex Smith
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 104 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Dispersal and the metapopulation paradigm in amphibian ecology and conservation: are all amphibian populations metapopulations? Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 753 |
| 2 | Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 478 |
| 3 | DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 471 |
| 4 | 2006 | 442 | |
| 5 | 2005 | 385 | |
| 6 | 2007 | 326 | |
| 7 | 2007 | 147 | |
| 8 | 2008 | 116 | |
| 9 | 2014 | 100 | |
| 10 | 2012 | 98 | |
| 11 | 2011 | 97 | |
| 12 | 2012 | 91 | |
| 13 | CO1 DNA barcoding amphibians: take the chance, meet the challenge | 2007 | 89 |
| 14 | 2006 | 88 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 83 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 82 | |
| 17 | 2014 | 77 | |
| 18 | 2011 | 77 | |
| 19 | 2010 | 69 | |
| 20 | British tortricoid moths. Tortricidae: Olethreutinae. | 1979 | 64 |
About M. Alex Smith
M. Alex Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Insect Science, Genetics and Ecological Modeling, having authored 104 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (55 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (41 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (26 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (21 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (786 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.5k citations), Insect Science (1.5k citations), Ecology (2.0k citations) and Genetics (1.6k citations). M. Alex Smith has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Paul D. N. Hebert, David M. Green, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Brian L. Fisher, James B. Whitfield, Josephine Rodriguez, Norman E. Woodley, N.A. Poyarkov and José Fernández-Triana. Their work appears in journals such as ZooKeys, Molecular Ecology Resources, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Zootaxa.
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