Aafke M. Schipper

9.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
118 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Aafke M. Schipper is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Aafke M. Schipper has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 34 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Aafke M. Schipper's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (34 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (25 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers). Aafke M. Schipper is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (34 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (25 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers). Aafke M. Schipper collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Aafke M. Schipper's co-authors include Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Ana Benítez‐López, Johan R. Meijer, Rob Alkemade, Valerio Barbarossa, Henry King, Luca Santini, Daniel J. Ingram, Jasper A.J. Eikelboom and P.A. Verweij and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aafke M. Schipper

112 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global patterns of current and future road infrastructure

2018 501 citations Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Aafke M. Schipper et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations

2017 445 citations Ana Benítez‐López, Aafke M. Schipper et al. profile →
Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide

2020 324 citations Valerio Barbarossa, Rafael Schmitt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes

2021 273 citations Valerio Barbarossa, Henry King et al. profile →
Impacts of nitrogen addition on plant species richness and abundance: A global meta‐analysis

2018 266 citations Aafke M. Schipper, Ana Benítez‐López et al. profile →

Peers

Aafke M. Schipper

ECOLO

GPC

NLC

David G. Angeler Sweden

G.R. de Snoo Netherlands

Brian S. Cade United States

R.S.E.W. Leuven Netherlands

Hai Ren China

João P. Honrado Portugal

Weihua Xu China

Christoph Plutzar Austria

Felix Eigenbrod United Kingdom

Janine Bolliger Switzerland

David G. Angeler Sweden

Aafke M. Schipper

2.5k ×1.1

ECOLO

2.3k ×1.7

GPC

1.6k ×1.2

NLC

340 ×0.4

376 ×0.6

Citations per year, relative to Aafke M. Schipper Aafke M. Schipper (= 1×) peers David G. Angeler

Countries citing papers authored by Aafke M. Schipper

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aafke M. Schipper

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Aafke M. Schipper. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Aafke M. Schipper. The network helps show where Aafke M. Schipper may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aafke M. Schipper

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aafke M. Schipper. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aafke M. Schipper based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aafke M. Schipper. Aafke M. Schipper is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bennun, Leon, Alison Eyres, Koen Kuipers, et al.. (2025). Comparison of three biodiversity metrics to evaluate corporate no net loss achievement under spatial constraints. Journal of Environmental Management. 396. 128158–128158. 1 indexed citations

Hinsberg, A. van, et al.. (2025). Multiple Threshold‐Selection Methods Are Needed to Binarise Species Distribution Model Predictions. Diversity and Distributions. 31(4). 4 indexed citations

Hilbers, Jelle P., et al.. (2025). Zooming In: Assessing the Transferability of SDMs From Large to Small Spatial Extents. Ecology and Evolution. 15(12). e72419–e72419.

Marques, Alexandra, Clara J. Veerkamp, Peter H. Verburg, et al.. (2025). Opportunity cost estimates for spatial conservation prioritisation across terrestrial Europe. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1583–1583. 2 indexed citations

Ambrósio, Geanderson, Jonathan Doelman, Aafke M. Schipper, Elke Stehfest, & Detlef P. van Vuuren. (2024). Global sustainability scenarios lead to regionally different outcomes for terrestrial biodiversity. Environmental Research Letters. 19(10). 104055–104055.

Hilbers, Jelle P., et al.. (2023). Impacts of existing and planned roads on terrestrial mammal habitat in New Guinea. Conservation Biology. 38(1). e14152–e14152. 2 indexed citations

Cazalis, Victor, Luca Santini, Pablo M. Lucas, et al.. (2023). Prioritizing the reassessment of data‐deficient species on the IUCN Red List. Conservation Biology. 37(6). e14139–e14139. 19 indexed citations

Kuipers, Koen, Leo Posthuma, Michiel C. Zijp, et al.. (2023). Threats of land use to the global diversity of vascular plants. Diversity and Distributions. 29(6). 688–697. 13 indexed citations

Kuipers, Koen, Sarah Sim, Jelle P. Hilbers, et al.. (2023). Land use diversification may mitigate on‐site land use impacts on mammal populations and assemblages. Global Change Biology. 29(22). 6234–6247. 5 indexed citations

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Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, & Aafke M. Schipper. (2022). Changes in plant species richness due to land use and nitrogen deposition across the globe. Diversity and Distributions. 28(4). 745–755. 16 indexed citations

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Jonge, Melinda M. J. de, Juan Gallego‐Zamorano, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Aafke M. Schipper, & Ana Benítez‐López. (2022). The impacts of linear infrastructure on terrestrial vertebrate populations: A trait‐based approach. Global Change Biology. 28(24). 7217–7233. 15 indexed citations

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Gotelli, Nicholas J., Faye Moyes, Laura H. Antão, et al.. (2021). Long‐term changes in temperate marine fish assemblages are driven by a small subset of species. Global Change Biology. 28(1). 46–53. 19 indexed citations

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Wilting, Harry C., et al.. (2020). Subnational greenhouse gas and land‐based biodiversity footprints in the European Union. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25(1). 79–94. 36 indexed citations

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Barbarossa, Valerio, Rafael Schmitt, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, et al.. (2020). Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(7). 3648–3655. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Santini, Luca, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Carlo Rondinini, et al.. (2019). Applying habitat and population‐density models to land‐cover time series to inform IUCN Red List assessments. Conservation Biology. 33(5). 1084–1093. 60 indexed citations

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Benítez‐López, Ana, Luca Santini, Aafke M. Schipper, Michela Busana, & Mark A. J. Huijbregts. (2019). Intact but empty forests? Patterns of hunting-induced mammal defaunation in the tropics. PLoS Biology. 17(5). e3000247–e3000247. 174 indexed citations

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Hilbers, Jelle P., Mark A. J. Huijbregts, & Aafke M. Schipper. (2019). Predicting reintroduction costs for wildlife populations under anthropogenic stress. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(1). 192–201. 6 indexed citations

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Hauck, Mara, et al.. (2016). Estimating the Greenhouse Gas Balance of Individual Gas‐Fired and Oil‐Fired Electricity Plants on a Global Scale. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(1). 127–135. 4 indexed citations

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Schipper, Aafke M., Jonathan Belmaker, Laetitia M. Navarro, et al.. (2016). Contrasting changes in the abundance and diversity of North American bird assemblages from 1971 to 2010. Global Change Biology. 22(12). 3948–3959. 75 indexed citations

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Santini, Luca, Jonathan Belmaker, Mark J. Costello, et al.. (2016). Assessing the suitability of diversity metrics to detect biodiversity change. Biological Conservation. 213. 341–350. 116 indexed citations

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