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D-Index
38
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5743
World Ranking
6629
National Ranking
677

Steven M. Sait 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 Steven M. Sait sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 92 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven M. Sait 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 Steven M. Sait sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steven M. Sait is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and focuses primarily on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research covers major topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences, and the impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven M. Sait include Susannah M. Sallu, Hemant G. Tripathi, Harriet Elizabeth Smith, Stephen Whitfield, and William E. Kunin, reflecting a pattern of ongoing research partnerships.

Steven M. Sait publishes regularly in journals with a strong focus on sustainable food systems and biology. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature Food, Current Biology, and People and Nature.

Selected recent papers authored by Steven M. Sait include:

  • Global Potato Yields Increase Under Climate Change With Adaptation and CO2 Fertilisation (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Aphid Herbivory Drives Asymmetry in Carbon for Nutrient Exchange between Plants and an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus (2020, Current Biology)
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on Diverse Farm Systems in Tanzania and South Africa (2021, Sustainability)
  • Welcoming Wolves? Governing the Return of Large Carnivores in Traditional Pastoral Landscapes (2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science)
  • Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review (2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)

Best Publications

  • Scale matters: the impact of organic farming on biodiversity at different spatial scales

    Doreen Gabriel;Steven M. Sait;Jenny A. Hodgson;Ulrich Schmutz

  • Microcosm experiments can inform global ecological problems

    Tim G. Benton;Martin Solan;Justin M.J. Travis;Steven M. Sait

  • Food production vs. biodiversity: comparing organic and conventional agriculture

    Doreen Gabriel;Doreen Gabriel;Steven M. Sait;William E. Kunin;Tim G. Benton

  • Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology

    Joanne Cable;Iain Barber;Brian Boag;Amy R. Ellison

  • Are mycorrhizal fungi our sustainable saviours? Considerations for achieving food security

    Thomas J. Thirkell;Michael D. Charters;Ashleigh J. Elliott;Steven M. Sait

  • Comparison of pollinators and natural enemies: a meta-analysis of landscape and local effects on abundance and richness in crops.

    Gorm Shackelford;Peter R. Steward;Tim G. Benton;William E. Kunin

  • Covert infections as a mechanism for long‐term persistence of baculoviruses

    John P. Burden;Clare P. Nixon;Alison E. Hodgkinson;Robert D. Possee

  • The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates

    Doreen Gabriel;Stephen J. Carver;Helen Durham;William E. Kunin

  • The evolution of transmission mode

    Janis Antonovics;Anthony J. Wilson;Mark R. Forbes;Heidi C. Hauffe

  • Vertical transmission of sublethal granulovirus infection in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella.

    J. P. Burden;C. M. Griffiths;J. S. Cory;P. Smith

  • The effects of a sublethal baculovirus infection in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella

    S. M. Sait;M. Begon;D. J. Thompson

  • The impact of specialized enemies on the dimensionality of host dynamics.

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Steven M. Sait;Nils C. Stenseth;David J. Thompson

  • Population dynamics of the Indian meal moth:Demographic stochasticity and delayed regulatory mechanisms.

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Michael Begon;Nils ChR. Stenseth;Wilhelm Falck

  • Guidance framework for testing of genetically modified mosquitoes

    Mark Benedict;Mike Bonsall;Anthony A James;Stephanie James

  • Modelling pulsed releases for sterile insect techniques: fitness costs of sterile and transgenic males and the effects on mosquito dynamics

    Steven M. White;Pejman Rohani;Pejman Rohani;Steven M. Sait

  • Conservation planning in agricultural landscapes: hotspots of conflict between agriculture and nature

    Gorm E. Shackelford;Peter R. Steward;Richard N. German;Steven M. Sait

  • Global Potato Yields Increase Under Climate Change With Adaptation and CO2 Fertilisation

    Stewart A. Jennings;Ann-Kristin Koehler;Kathryn J. Nicklin;Chetan Deva

  • Predator–prey cycles with period shifts between two-and three-species systems

    Michael Begon;Steven M. Sait;Steven M. Sait;David J. Thompson

  • Long-term population dynamics of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella and its granulosis virus

    S. M. Sait;M. Begon;D. J. Thompson

  • The ?Neighbourhood Effect?: A multidisciplinary assessment of the case for farmer co-ordination in agri-environmental programmes

    Lee Ann Sutherland;Doreen Gabriel;Laura Hathaway-Jenkins;Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual

  • Factors affecting host selection in an insect host–parasitoid interaction

    S.M. Sait;M. Begon;D.J. Thompson;J.A. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Begon
Michael Begon University of Liverpool
David J. Thompson
David J. Thompson University of Liverpool
Rosemary S. Hails
Rosemary S. Hails Mansfield University
Tim G. Benton
Tim G. Benton Chatham House
William E. Kunin
William E. Kunin University of Leeds
Pejman Rohani
Pejman Rohani University of Georgia
Robert D. Possee
Robert D. Possee Oxford Brookes University
Amanda Bretman
Amanda Bretman University of Leeds
Peter P. C. Mertens
Peter P. C. Mertens University of Nottingham
Sigrid Stagl
Sigrid Stagl Vienna University of Economics and Business

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