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D-Index
32
Citations
4222
World Ranking
8063
National Ranking
790

Calum MacNeil publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Calum MacNeil sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 71 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Calum MacNeil D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Calum MacNeil sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Calum MacNeil is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with a focus on ecology and related subfields such as global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, insect science, and oceanography.

The scientist's work spans various topics, including aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, fish ecology and management studies, forensic entomology and diptera studies, parasite biology and host interactions, sustainability and climate change governance, hydropower impacts, displacement, and environmental impact, as well as ecology and biodiversity studies.

Recent publications by Calum MacNeil include:

  • Strangers in a strange land; freshwater fish introductions, impacts, management and socio-ecological feedbacks in a small island nation - the case of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024, NeoBiota
  • Caspian invaders vs. Ponto-Caspian locals - range expansion of invasive macroinvertebrates from the Volga Basin results in high biological pollution of the Lower Don River, 2020, Management of Biological Invasions
  • Transforming freshwater politics through metaphors: Struggles over ecosystem health, legal personhood, and invasive species in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023, People and Nature
  • Habitat suitability of Aotearoa New Zealand for the recently invaded gold clam (Corbicula fluminea), 2024, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • The social-ecological fabric of freshwater fish management: Accounting for feedback loops in human-fish interactions, 2025, Ecosphere

Coauthors frequently collaborating with MacNeil include Robin Holmes, Edward Challies, K. B. McFarlane, Jason Arnold, and Rose M. Somerville.

Publications are often found in the following journals and venues:

  • Management of Biological Invasions
  • People and Nature
  • NeoBiota
  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Ecosphere

MacNeil's research addresses invasive species biology and environmental governance, particularly within freshwater ecosystems of New Zealand and adjacent regions. Their work illustrates interdisciplinary approaches by integrating ecological data with social-ecological feedbacks and management considerations.

Best Publications

  • Roles of parasites in animal invasions.

    John Prenter;Calum MacNeil;Jaimie T.A Dick;Alison M Dunn

  • THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER GAMMARUS SPP. (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA): PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUP CONCEPT

    Calum Macneil;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • Invader Relative Impact Potential: a new metric to understand and predict the ecological impacts of existing, emerging and future invasive alien species

    Jaimie T.A. Dick;Ciaran Laverty;Jack J. Lennon;Daniel Barrios-O'Neill

  • The dynamics of predation on Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

    Calum Macneil;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora.

    Rebecca S. Terry;Judith E. Smith;Rosie G. Sharpe;Thierry Rigaud

  • The profile of a 'perfect' invader - the case of killer shrimp, Dikerogammarus villosus

    Tomasz Rewicz;Michal Grabowski;Calum MacNeil;Karolina Bącela-Spychalska

  • The dynamics of predation on Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

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  • Sexual cannibalism and mate choice

    John Prenter;Calum MacNeil;Robert W. Elwood

  • The Ponto-Caspian 'killer shrimp', Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), invades the British Isles

    Calum MacNeil;Dirk Platvoet;Jaimie Dick;Nina Fielding

  • Parasite-mediated predation between native and invasive amphipods.

    Calum MacNeil;Jaimie T A Dick;Melanie J Hatcher;Rebecca S Terry

  • Invasion by the amphipod Gammarus pulex alters community composition of native freshwater macroinvertebrates

    David W. Kelly;Roberta J. Bailey;Calum MacNeil;Jaimie T. A. Dick

  • The predatory impact of the freshwater invader Dikerogammarus villosus on native Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda): influences of differential microdistribution and food recources

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  • Potential effects of the invasive 'killer shrimp' (Dikerogammarus villosus) on macroinvertebrate assemblages and biomonitoring indices

    Calum Macneil;Pieter Boets;Koen Lock;Peter L. M. Goethals

  • The validity of the Gammarus : Asellus ratio as an index of organic pollution: abiotic and biotic influences

    Calum MacNeil;Jaimie T.A Dick;Ewan Bigsby;Robert W Elwood

  • Differences in composition of macroinvertebrate communities with invasive and native Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

    D. W. Kelly;J. T. A. Dick;W. I. Montgomery;C. Macneil

  • Predicting the ecological impacts of a new freshwater invader: functional responses and prey selectivity of the 'killer shrimp', Dikerogammarus villosus, compared to the native Gammarus pulex

    Jennifer A. Dodd;Jennifer A. Dodd;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Mhairi E. Alexander;Calum MacNeil

  • Factors influencing the importance of Gammarus spp. (Crustacea : Amphipoda) in riverine salmonid diets

    Calum MacNeil;Robert W. Elwood;Jamie T. A. Dick

  • Parasite altered micro-distribution of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda).

    Calum MacNeil;Nina J. Fielding;Kevin D. Hume;Jaimie T.A. Dick

  • Effects of the acanthocephalan parasite Echinorhynchus truttae on the feeding ecology of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea : Amphipoda)

    Nina J. Fielding;Calum MacNeil;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • Invader-invader interactions in relation to environmental heterogeneity leads to zonation of two invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky) and Gammarus tigrinus Sexton: amphipod pilot species project (AMPIS) report 6

    D. Platvoet;J.T.A. Dick;C. MacNeil;M.C. van Riel

  • The replacement of a native freshwater amphipod by an invader: roles for environmental degradation and intraguild predation

    Calum Macneil;John Prenter;Mark Briffa;Nina J. Fielding

  • Factors influencing the distribution of native and introduced Gammarus spp. in Irish river systems

    Calum Macneil;W. Ian Montgomery;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Alison M. Dunn
Alison M. Dunn University of Leeds
Robert W. Elwood
Robert W. Elwood Queen's University Belfast
Melanie J. Hatcher
Melanie J. Hatcher University of Leeds
Judith E. Smith
Judith E. Smith University of Salford
W. Ian Montgomery
W. Ian Montgomery Queen's University Belfast
David C. Aldridge
David C. Aldridge University of Cambridge
Pieter Boets
Pieter Boets Ghent University
Michał Grabowski
Michał Grabowski University of Łódź
Frances E. Lucy
Frances E. Lucy Institute of Technology Sligo

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