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Matthew J.W. Cock

Matthew J.W. Cock

Matthew J.W. Cock 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 Matthew J.W. Cock sits on this spectrum.

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Matthew J.W. Cock 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 Matthew J.W. Cock sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Matthew J.W. Cock is affiliated with CAB International in the United Kingdom and specializes in research spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their expertise covers several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their research focuses primarily on topics such as Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies, Biological Control of Invasive Species, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect behavior and control techniques, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Matthew J.W. Cock include Michel S. Laguerre, Michael Day, Michael J. Furlong, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, and Yanhui Lu.

Matthew J.W. Cock has published in several scholarly venues, with notable publications appearing in Zootaxa, CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, and Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Citizen science to monitor the establishment and spread of a biological control agent: the case of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) for the control of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) in South and South-East Asia, 2023, CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
  • Publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images provide new evidence on the establishment and spread of a lantana biological control agent, Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), 2025, CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
  • Ecological pest control fortifies agricultural growth in Asia-Pacific economies, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Exotic ladybirds for biological control of herbivorous insects - a review, 2020, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • New World Orphanostigma Guenée, 1854, including a new species from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae), 2024, Zootaxa

Best Publications

  • Invasive alien species: a toolkit of best prevention and management practices

    R. Wittenberg;M. J. W. Cock

  • Ecological effects of invasive alien insects

    Marc Kenis;Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg;Alain Roques;Laura Timms

  • Do new access and benefit sharing procedures under the convention on biological diversity threaten the future of biological control

    Matthew J. W Cock;Joop C. van Lenteren;Jacques Brodeur;Barbara I. P Barratt

  • Molecular methods to detect Spodoptera frugiperda in Ghana, and implications for monitoring the spread of invasive species in developing countries

    Matthew J. W. Cock;Patrick K. Beseh;Alan G. Buddie;Giovanni Cafá

  • A Review of biological control of pests in the commonwealth caribbean and Bermuda up to 1982

    M. J. W. Cock

  • Climate-smart pest management: building resilience of farms and landscapes to changing pest threats

    Luca Heeb;Emma Jenner;Matthew J. W. Cock

  • Classical biological control of insect pests of trees: facts and figures

    Mare Kenis;Brett Phillip Hurley;Ann E. HAjek;Matthew J.W. Cock

  • Exotic biological control agents: A solution or contribution to arthropod invasions?

    Ann E. Hajek;Brett Phillip Hurley;Marc Kenis;Jeffrey R. Garnas

  • Applying molecular-based approaches to classical biological control of weeds

    John F. Gaskin;Marie-Claude Bon;Matthew J.W. Cock;Massimo Cristofaro

  • Shifting paradigms in the history of classical biological control

    George E. Heimpel;Matthew J. W. Cock

  • Host specificity in arthropod biological control, methods for testing and interpretation of the data

    J.C. van Lenteren;M.J.W. Cock;T.S. Hoffmeister;D.P.A. Sands

  • The potential for biological control of invasive alien aquatic weeds in Europe: a review.

    André Gassmann;Matthew J. W. Cock;Richard Shaw;Harry C. Evans

  • Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazzianum)

    P. Pysek;M.J.W. Cock;W. Nentwig;Hans Peter Ravn

  • Potential biological control agents for Mikania micrantha hbk from the Neotropical region

    M. J. W. Cock

  • Can failure be turned into success for biological control of mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha)?

    M. J. W. Cock;C. A. Ellison;H. C. Evans;P. A. C. Ooi

  • Taxonomy, identification, genetic relationships and distribution of large Heracleum species in Europe.

    Š. Jahodová;L. Fröberg;P. Pyšek;D. Geltman

  • Best practices for the prevention and management of invasive alien species.

    R. Wittenberg;M. J. W. Cock;H. A. Mooney;R. N. Mack

  • Exotic ladybirds for biological control of herbivorous insects – a review

    Gabriele Rondoni;Isabel Borges;Jana Collatz;Eric Conti

  • Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes.

    Ryan A. St Laurent;Matthew J. W. Cock

  • Ecological pest control fortifies agricultural growth in Asia-Pacific economies.

    Kris A. G. Wyckhuys;Yanhui Lu;Wenwu Zhou;Matthew J. W. Cock

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Nentwig
Wolfgang Nentwig University of Bern
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
George E. Heimpel
George E. Heimpel University of Minnesota
Jacques Brodeur
Jacques Brodeur University of Montreal
Marc Kenis
Marc Kenis CAB International
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
José Roberto Postali Parra
José Roberto Postali Parra Universidade de São Paulo
Ann E. Hajek
Ann E. Hajek Cornell University
Juan J. Jiménez
Juan J. Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
Annette Otte
Annette Otte University of Giessen

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