2026 Claire Kremen: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	101	264	249	17	15	222	77334

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Volvo Environment Prize For research and action reconciling food production and biodiversity conservation.
2007 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
2007 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Claire Kremen is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans extensive areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. They have contributed notably to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Insect Science.

Their work encompasses a range of topics, including:

Plant and animal studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Insect and Pesticide Research
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Kremen has published multiple papers in various well-regarded scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Science
SSRN Electronic Journal
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored are:

"Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield" (2020, Science Advances)
"The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis" (2020, Ecology Letters)
"Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat" (2020, Conservation Letters)
"Functional connectivity of the world's protected areas" (2022, Science)
"Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape" (2021, New Phytologist)

Among frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated multiple times are:

Amber R. Sciligo
Lucas A. Garibaldi
David J. Gonthier
Daniel S. Karp
Elissa M. Olimpi

Claire Kremen has been recognized with several awards throughout their career, including:

Volvo Environment Prize in 2020 for research and action reconciling food production and biodiversity conservation
Hellman Fellow in 2007
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2007

Best Publications

Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops

Alexandra Maria Klein;Bernard E. Vaissière;James H. Cane;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

8498
Citations
Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers.

Simon Geoffrey Potts;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Claire Kremen;Peter Neumann

7258
Citations
Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

Lucas A Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Rachael Winfree;Marcelo A Aizen

2999
Citations
Crop pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification

Claire Kremen;Neal M. Williams;Robbin W. Thorp

2425
Citations
Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

Teja Tscharntke;Jason M. Tylianakis;Tatyana A. Rand;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham

2283
Citations
Ecosystem services and dis-services to agriculture

Wei Zhang;Taylor H. Ricketts;Claire Kremen;Karen Carney

2026
Citations
Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size.

Sarah S. Greenleaf;Neal M. Williams;Rachael Winfree;Claire Kremen

2001
Citations
Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology?

Claire Kremen

1943
Citations
Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change.

Claire Kremen;Neal M. Williams;Marcelo A. Aizen;Barbara Gemmill-Herren

1832
Citations
Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?

Taylor H. Ricketts;James Regetz;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Saul A. Cunningham

1651
Citations
Systems integration for global sustainability

Jianguo Liu;Harold A. Mooney;Vanessa Hull;Steven J. Davis

1416
Citations
A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

Christina M. Kennedy;Eric Lonsdorf;Maile C. Neel;Neal M. Williams

1365
Citations
Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs

Claire Kremen;Albie Miles

1325
Citations
Terrestrial Arthropod Assemblages: Their Use in Conservation Planning

C. Kremen;R. K. Colwell;T. L. Erwin;D. D. Murphy

1229
Citations
A meta-analysis of crop pest and natural enemy response to landscape complexity.

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Megan E. O’Rourke;Eleanor J. Blitzer;Claire Kremen

1134
Citations
Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

Lucas A. Garibaldi;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Claire Kremen;Juan M. Morales

1111
Citations
Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

David Kleijn;Rachael Winfree;Ignasi Bartomeus;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro

1064
Citations
Diversification practices reduce organic to conventional yield gap

Lauren C. Ponisio;Leithen K. M'Gonigle;Leithen K. M'Gonigle;Kevi C. Mace;Jenny Palomino

1055
Citations
Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people

C. Kremen;A. M. Merenlender

1026
Citations
Assessing the Indicator Properties of Species Assemblages for Natural Areas Monitoring

Claire Kremen

990
Citations
The area requirements of an ecosystem service: crop pollination by native bee communities in California

Claire Kremen;Neal M. Williams;Robert L. Bugg;John P. Fay

987
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal M. Williams University of California, Davis

Rachael Winfree Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Alexandra-Maria Klein University of Freiburg

Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás

Taylor H. Ricketts University of Vermont

Daniel S. Karp University of California, Davis

Simon G. Potts University of Reading

Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg

Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

External Links

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