Alison Johnston

7.0k citations

98 papers · 3.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 55
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 55
Nature and Landscape Conservation 41
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 39

Co-authors: Daniel Fink Wesley M. Hochachka Steve Kelling Stuart E. Newson Stephen R. Baillie James W. Pearce‐Higgins Dario Massimino Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez
Journals: Journal of Applied Ecology (9 papers)Methods in Ecology and Evolution (8 papers)Bird Study (5 papers)Ibis (5 papers)Diversity and Distributions (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

Alison Johnston

94 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps 2022 · 122 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature
2022 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021 Diversity and Distributions

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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1	A Framework for Assessing the Habitat Correlates of Spatially Explicit Population Trends Diversity and Distributions ·Andrew N. Stillman, Courtney L. Davis, 宏二山北, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, Amanda D. Rodewald, Alison Johnston, Tom Auer, Matthew Strimas‐Mackey, Megan Di Maio, Daniel Fink	2025	0
2	Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited change in abundance on the ground Ecography ·Raphaël Nussbaumer, Benjamin M. Van Doren, Wesley M. Hochachka, Andrew Farnsworth, Frank A. La Sorte, Alison Johnston, Adriaan M. Dokter	2024	2
3	Four principles for improved statistical ecology Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Gordana Popović, Tanya J. Mason, Szymon M. Drobniak, Tiago A. Marques, Joanne Potts, Rocío Joo, Res Altwegg, David Mayorga Polo, Michael A. McCarthy, Alison Johnston, Shinichi Nakagawa, Elodie Mohr, A. I. Saksonov, Naecon -Erwin Gangl, H Wang, Magdalena M. Mair, Lissandra Bacelar Freitas, Malgorzata Lagisz, Patrice Pottier	2024	20
4	A Monte Carlo resampling framework for implementing goodness‐of‐fit tests in spatial capture‐recapture models Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Matteo Benussi, Chris Sutherland, Alison Johnston	2024	2
5	Using acoustic indices in ecology: Guidance on study design, analyses and interpretation Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Camille Desjonquères, Alice Eldridge, Alison Johnston, Oliver C. Metcalf	2023	40
6	Considerations for fitting occupancy models to data from eBird and similar volunteer-collected data The Auk ·Wesley M. Hochachka, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, Alison Johnston	2023	3
7	Seasonal associations with light pollution trends for nocturnally migrating bird populations Ecosphere ·Frank A. La Sorte, Kyle G. Horton, Alison Johnston, Daniel Fink, Tom Auer	2022	13
8	Outstanding challenges and future directions for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Alison Johnston, Eleni Matechou, Emily B. Dennis Hit paper breakdown →	2022	118
9	The challenges of estimating the distribution of flight heights from telemetry or altimetry data Animal Biotelemetry ·Guillaume Péron, Justin M. Calabrese, Olivier Duriez, Christen H. Fleming, Fuxiang Mao, Alison Johnston, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Kamran Safi, Emily L. C. Shepard	2020	31
10	Evaluating Impact Using Time-Series Data Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Hannah S. Wauchope, Tatsuya Amano, Jonas Geldmann, Alison Johnston, Benno I. Simmons, William J. Sutherland, Julia P. G. Jones	2020	101
11	Estimating species distributions from spatially biased citizen science data Ecological Modelling ·Alison Johnston, 王国超, Andy J. Musgrove, Daniel Fink, Stephen R. Baillie	2020	115
12	Conservation cobenefits from air pollution regulation: Evidence from birds Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·D Kudirka, Ivan Rudik, Eric Zou, Alison Johnston, Amanda D. Rodewald, Catherine L. Kling	2020	37
13	Roads as a contributor to landscape-scale variation in bird communities Nature Communications ·Judith Y. Loor, Andrew Balmford, Paul F. Donald, Stuart E. Newson, Alison Johnston	2020	34
14	Tracking the cultural niches of North American birds through time People and Nature ·Justin G. Schuetz, Alison Johnston	2020	6
15	Time of emergence of novel climates for North American migratory bird populations Ecography ·Frank A. La Sorte, Daniel Fink, Alison Johnston	2019	14
16	Comparing abundance distributions and range maps in spatial conservation planning for migratory species Ecological Applications ·Alison Johnston, Tom Auer, Daniel Fink, Matthew Strimas‐Mackey, Marshall J. Iliff, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Stephen C. Brown, Richard B. Lanctot, Amanda D. Rodewald, Steve Kelling	2019	24
17	When can we trust population trends? A method for quantifying the effects of sampling interval and duration Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Hannah S. Wauchope, Tatsuya Amano, William J. Sutherland, Alison Johnston	2019	50
18	Estimating national population sizes: Methodological challenges and applications illustrated in the common nightingale, a declining songbird in the UK Journal of Applied Ecology ·Chris M. Hewson, Mark W. Miller, Alison Johnston, Greg J. Conway, A. Kuroiwa, John H. Marchant, Robert J. Fuller	2018	2
19	Can climate matching predict the current and future climatic suitability of the UK for the establishment of non-native birds? Bird Study ·T. Inouye, Alison Johnston, Simon Gillings	2018	2
20	Attributing changes in the distribution of species abundance to weather variables using the example of British breeding birds Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·C. S. Oedekoven, David A. Elston, Philip J. Harrison, Mark Brewer, S. T. Buckland, Alison Johnston, Simon Foster, James W. Pearce‐Higgins	2017	27

About Alison Johnston

Alison Johnston is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Developmental Biology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 98 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (55 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (50 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (27 papers), Marine animal studies overview (10 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (7 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.0k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.3k citations), Developmental Biology (218 citations), Ecology (2.4k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (835 citations). Alison Johnston has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Daniel Fink, Wesley M. Hochachka, Steve Kelling, Stuart E. Newson, Stephen R. Baillie, James W. Pearce‐Higgins, Dario Massimino, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, William J. Sutherland and Frank A. La Sorte. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Ecology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Bird Study, Ibis and Diversity and Distributions.

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