2026 Suzanne Koptur: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	33	5645	5290	1370	1228	119	4480
Ecology and Evolution	34	7614	7364	2559	2452	123	4572

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

5645

5290

1370

1228

119

4480

Ecology and Evolution

7614

7364

2559

2452

123

4572

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

4480

World Ranking

5645

National Ranking

1370

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index

Citations

4572

World Ranking

7614

National Ranking

2559

Overview

Suzanne Koptur is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Molecular Biology; Nature and Landscape Conservation; and Insect Science.

The scientist's research topics include plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies, insect-plant interactions and control, plant toxicity and pharmacological properties, as well as Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Recent scholarly publications by Suzanne Koptur include:

"Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mango" (2021, Insects)
"Weeds Enhance Insect Diversity and Abundance and May Improve Soil Conditions in Mango Cultivation of South Florida" (2023, Insects)
"Chemotaxonomic investigation of Apocynaceae for retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids using HPLC-MS/MS" (2021, Phytochemistry)
"Are Native Palms 'Pollinator Hogs'? A Field Experiment in Pine Rocklands of Southern Florida" (2020, Natural Areas Journal)
"A fishing expedition to discover the pollinators of several subtropical Apocynaceae" (2020, Applications in Plant Sciences)

Collaboration is an important aspect of Suzanne Koptur's work, with frequent co-authors including María Cleopatra Pimienta, Robert J. Marquis, Andrea Salas Primoli, Lea A. Barny, and Julia A. Tasca.

The scientist has published multiple papers in venues such as Natural Areas Journal, Insects, Plants, Castanea, and Phytochemistry, with Natural Areas Journal featuring the most frequent publications.

In addition to articles, Suzanne Koptur has contributed to book literature. Notably, one publication is titled "Caterpillars in the Middle," published by Springer International Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

Extrafloral nectary-mediated interactions between insects and plants

Suzanne Koptur

542
Citations
EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE OF INGA (MIMOSOIDEAE) SAPLINGS BY ANTS

Suzanne Koptur

234
Citations
The diversity, ecology and evolution of extrafloral nectaries: current perspectives and future challenges.

Brigitte Marazzi;Judith L. Bronstein;Suzanne Koptur

206
Citations
Facultative mutualism between weedy vetches bearing extrafloral nectaries and weedy ants in California

Suzanne Koptur

189
Citations
OUTCROSSING AND POLLINATOR LIMITATION OF FRUIT SET: BREEDING SYSTEMS OF NEOTROPICAL INGA TREES (FABACEAE: MIMOSOIDEAE).

Suzanne Koptur

176
Citations
Alternative Defenses against Herbivores in Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) over an Elevational Gradient

Suzanne Koptur

174
Citations
FLORAL VARIATION AND DISTYLY IN GUETTARDA SCABRA (RUBIACEAE)

Jennifer H. Richards;Suzanne Koptur

168
Citations
Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests

J.P. Sah;M.S. Ross;S. Koptur;J.R. Snyder

148
Citations
Phenological studies of shrub and treelet species in tropical cloud forests of Costa Rica

Suzanne Koptur;William A. Haber;Gordon W. Frankie;Herbert G. Baker

140
Citations
Floral and Extrafloral Nectars of Costa Rican Inga trees: A Comparison of their Constituents and Composition1

Suzanne Koptur;Fairchild Tropi

138
Citations
EFFECTS OF FLORIVORY ON THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS: AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD STUDY WITH A PERENNIAL PLANT

Yuria J. Cardel;Suzanne Koptur

119
Citations
Bee Populations, Forest Disturbance, and Africanization in Mexico1

Christine E. Cairns;Christine E. Cairns;Rogel Villanueva‐Gutiérrez;Suzanne Koptur;David B. Bray

116
Citations
Ant protection of the nectaried fern Polypodium plebeium in central Mexico.

Suzanne Koptur;Victor Rico-Gray;Mónica Palacios-Rios

109
Citations
Flowering phenology and floral biology of Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae)

Suzanne Koptur

102
Citations
Interactions among vetches bearing extrafloral nectaries, their biotic protective agents, and herbivores

Suzanne Koptur;John H. Lawton

97
Citations
The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large plant clades: apocynaceae as a case study

Jeff Ollerton;Sigrid Liede-Schumann;Mary E. Endress;Ulrich Meve

94
Citations
Ants Like Flower Nectar

W. A. Haber;G. W. Frankie;H. G. Baker;I. Baker

90
Citations
Breeding system and pollination of a narrowly endemic herb of the Lower Florida Keys: impacts of the urban-wildland interface.

Hong Liu;Suzanne Koptur

90
Citations
When is local the best paradigm? Breeding history influences conservation reintroduction survival and population trajectories in times of extreme climate events

Joyce Maschinski;Samuel J. Wright;Suzanne Koptur;Elena C. Pinto-Torres;Elena C. Pinto-Torres

86
Citations
Plants with extrafloral nectaries and ants in everglades habitats.

Suzanne Koptur

81
Citations
Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects: Nectar as fuel for plant protectors

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78
Citations
Facultative ant-plant interactions : nectar sugar preferences of introduced pest ant species in South Florida

Suzanne Koptur;Ni Truong

65
Citations
FACULTATIVE MUTUALISM BETWEEN WEEDY VETCHES BEARING EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES AND WEEDY

Ants In California;Suzanne Koptur

1
Citations