Alan Channing

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alan Channing is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Channing has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 47 papers in Ecological Modeling and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alan Channing's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (78 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (47 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (26 papers). Alan Channing is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (78 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (47 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (26 papers). Alan Channing collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and United States. Alan Channing's co-authors include Robert C. Drewes, Rafael O. de Sá, Célio F. B. Haddad, Raoul H. Bain, Ward C. Wheeler, John D. Lynch, Stephen C. Donnellan, Ronald A. Nussbaum, Jonathan A. Campbell and Boris L. Blotto and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Evolution and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Alan Channing

89 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE
    2006 1.7k citations Alan Channing, Robert C. Drewes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Channing South Africa 19 2.4k 938 915 788 559 92 2.8k
Robert C. Drewes United States 24 2.6k 1.1× 864 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 807 1.0× 614 1.1× 59 3.3k
Rafael O. de Sá United States 20 2.6k 1.1× 839 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 741 0.9× 727 1.3× 95 2.9k
Raoul H. Bain United States 15 2.0k 0.8× 734 0.8× 731 0.8× 656 0.8× 468 0.8× 20 2.2k
Paul E. Moler United States 19 1.8k 0.8× 569 0.6× 718 0.8× 634 0.8× 709 1.3× 51 2.4k
Gabriela Parra‐Olea Mexico 27 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 808 0.9× 670 0.9× 626 1.1× 113 2.7k
Franco Andreone Italy 27 2.5k 1.0× 966 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 776 1.0× 540 1.0× 194 3.0k
Jonathan A. Campbell United States 23 3.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 851 1.5× 115 4.1k
Boris L. Blotto Argentina 11 1.9k 0.8× 598 0.6× 757 0.8× 511 0.6× 495 0.9× 18 2.1k
Jörn Köhler Germany 23 2.2k 0.9× 955 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 847 1.1× 341 0.6× 119 2.8k
Franky Bossuyt Belgium 30 3.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.8× 746 1.3× 60 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Channing

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Channing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Channing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Channing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Channing 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 Alan Channing. Alan Channing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Preez, Louis Du, Edward C. Netherlands, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, & Alan Channing. (2024). A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838). African Journal of Herpetology. 73(1). 61–89. 1 indexed citations
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Preez, Louis Du, et al.. (2024). Unique breeding biology of the recently described Beytell's bullfrog Pyxicephalus beytelli. African Journal of Ecology. 62(3). 1 indexed citations
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Willems, Frank F. & Alan Channing. (2023). The status of Tomopterna pulchra Boulenger, 1896 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae). Zootaxa. 5374(3). 361–389.
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Liedtke, H. Christoph, Lucinda P. Lawson, Michele Menegon, et al.. (2022). Thirty years of amphibian surveys in the Ukagurus Mountains of Tanzania reveal new species, yet others are in decline. African Journal of Herpetology. 71(2). 119–138. 4 indexed citations
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Rödel, Mark‐Oliver, et al.. (2022). The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa. 5174(5). 596–599. 1 indexed citations
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Weldon, Ché, Alan Channing, Gerald Misinzo, & Andrew A. Cunningham. (2020). Disease driven extinction in the wild of the Kihansi spray toad, Nectophrynoides asperginis. African Journal of Herpetology. 69(2). 151–164. 15 indexed citations
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Anderson, Pippin, et al.. (2020). The role of cultural norms in shaping attitudes towards amphibians in Cape Town, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0219331–e0219331. 9 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan, et al.. (2018). A new grass frog with rupicolous tadpoles from northern Zambia (Anura: Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa. 4462(3). 349–366. 3 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan, J. Maximilian Dehling, Stefan Lötters, & Raffael Ernst. (2016). Species boundaries and taxonomy of the African river frogs (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae: Amietia). Zootaxa. 4155(1). 1–76. 29 indexed citations
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Conradie, Werner, Karen Siu-Ting, Krystal A. Tolley, et al.. (2016). The phylogenetic position and diversity of the enigmatic mongrel frog Nothophryne Poynton, 1963 (Amphibia, Anura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99. 89–102. 20 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan, Annika Hillers, Stefan Lötters, et al.. (2013). Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa. 3620(3). 301–50. 34 indexed citations
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Schick, S., et al.. (2010). Systematics of ’Little Brown Frogs’ from East Africa: Recognition of Phrynobatrachus scheffleri and description of a new species from the Kakamega Forest, Kenya (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). 46. 8 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan, et al.. (2004). A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Anura : Ranidae) from Tanzania. African Zoology. 39(1). 19–23. 7 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan, et al.. (2002). Description of a new cryptic species of African sand frog, Tomopterna damarensis (Anura: Ranidae), from Namibia. African Journal of Herpetology. 51(2). 129–134. 8 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, Ania M., Alan Channing, & Robert C. Drewes. (1998). 06. A review of the taxonomy of the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex. Herpetological Journal. 8(1). 29–34. 6 indexed citations
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Altig, Ronald & Alan Channing. (1993). Hypothesis: functional significance of colour and pattern of anuran tadpoles. Herpetological Journal. 3(2). 73–75. 4 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan. (1993). A new grass frog from Namibia. African Zoology. 28(3). 142–145. 1 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan. (1991). An illustrated key to the frogs of Namibia. 17(2). 227–232. 2 indexed citations
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Channing, Alan. (1979). Ecological and systematic relationships of Rana and Strongylopus in southern Natal.. African Invertebrates. 5 indexed citations

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