Ben Collen

30.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
99 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Ben Collen is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Collen has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, 59 papers in Ecological Modeling and 47 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Ben Collen's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (59 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (47 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers). Ben Collen is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (59 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (47 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers). Ben Collen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Ben Collen's co-authors include Nick J. B. Isaac, Hillary S. Young, Mauro Galetti, Rodolfo Dirzo, Gerardo Ceballos, Jonathan Baillie, Samuel T. Turvey, Carly Waterman, Louise McRae and Monika Böhm and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ben Collen

98 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

2014 2.7k citations Nick J. B. Isaac, Ben Collen et al. profile →
Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation Priorities Based on Threat and Phylogeny

2007 758 citations Nick J. B. Isaac, Samuel T. Turvey et al. PLoS ONE profile →
A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

2008 578 citations Nick Salafsky, Daniel W. Salzer et al. Conservation Biology profile →
Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas

2010 503 citations Ian D. Craigie, Jonathan Baillie et al. Biological Conservation profile →
Global patterns of freshwater species diversity, threat and endemism

2013 466 citations Ben Collen, Jonathan Baillie et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Collen

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Collen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Collen

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world’s fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index 2022 ·Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries ·Rafael Miranda, (unknown), William Darwall, (unknown), Nicholas K. Dulvy, Kent E. Carpenter, Beth Polidoro, Nadia I. Richman, Caroline M. Pollock, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Robin Freeman, Ben Collen, Monika Böhm	24
2	Using decision science to evaluate global biodiversity indices 2020 ·Conservation Biology ·Kate E. Watermeyer, Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita, Payal Bal, Michael J. Burgass, Lucie M. Bland, Ben Collen, Chris Hallam, Luke T. Kelly, Michael A. McCarthy, Tracey J. Regan, Simone Stevenson, Brendan A. Wintle, Emily Nicholson	29
3	Accelerating the monitoring of global biodiversity: Revisiting the sampled approach to generating Red List Indices 2020 ·Conservation Letters ·Sérgio Henriques, Monika Böhm, Ben Collen, Jennifer Luedtke, Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Pedro Cardoso, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Robin Freeman	22
4	Practitioner and scientist perceptions of successful amphibian conservation 2017 ·Conservation Biology ·Helen Meredith, Freya A. V. St. John, Ben Collen, Simon A. Black, Richard A. Griffiths	12
5	Why Huddle? Ecological Drivers of Chick Aggregations in Gentoo Penguins, Pygoscelis papua, across Latitudes 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Ben Collen, (unknown), Tom Hart	10
6	Global Biodiversity Indicators Reflect the Modeled Impacts of Protected Area Policy Change 2015 ·Conservation Letters ·(unknown), Ben Collen, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Ian D. Craigie, Louise McRae, Carlo Rondinini, Emily Nicholson	25
7	Simplification of Caribbean Reef-Fish Assemblages over Decades of Coral Reef Degradation 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Michelle J. Paddack, Ben Collen, D. Ross Robertson, Isabelle M. Côté	67
8	The Population Decline and Extinction of Darwin’s Frogs 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Claudio Azat, Andrés Valenzuela‐Sánchez, Ben Collen, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Alberto Veloso, Andrew A. Cunningham	30
9	First records of Liberian Mongoose Liberiictis kuhni in Sapo National Park, southeast Liberia 2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin A. Hodgkinson, Ben Collen	1
10	Tracking trends in Arctic marine populations 2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Louise McRae, Stefanie Deinet, Michael Gill, Ben Collen	1
11	Spineless: status and trends of the world's invertebrates 2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Ben Collen, Monika Böhm, Ryno Kemp, (unknown)	98
12	The Why, What, and How of Global Biodiversity Indicators Beyond the 2010 Target 2010 ·Conservation Biology ·Julia P. G. Jones, Ben Collen, Giles Atkinson, P. W. J. Baxter, Philip Bubb, Janine Illian, Todd E. Katzner, Aidan Keane, Jonathan Loh, Eve McDonald‐Madden, Emily Nicholson, Henrique M. Pereira, Hugh P. Possingham, Andrew S. Pullin, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, Matthew Sommerville, E.J. Milner‐Gulland	105
13	IUCN Red List index : guidance for national and regional use. Version 1.1 2009 ·IUCN eBooks ·Philip Bubb, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Ben Collen, Valerie Kapos, Caroline M. Pollock, (unknown), Jean‐Christophe Vié, Holly Dublin	5
14	Pragmatism and Practice in Classifying Threats: Reply to Balmford et al. 2009 ·Conservation Biology ·Nick Salafsky, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Daniel W. Salzer, Alison J. Stattersfield, Rachel Neugarten, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Ben Collen, Lawrence L. Master, Sheila O’Connor, David Wilkie	11
15	Odonata enter the biodiversity crisis debate: The first global assessment of an insect group 2009 ·Biological Conservation ·Viola Clausnitzer, Vincent J. Kalkman, Mala Ram, Ben Collen, Jonathan Baillie, Matjaž Bedjanič, William Darwall, Klaas‐Douwe B. Dijkstra, Rory A. Dow, John H. Hawking, Haruki Karube, E.I. Malikova, Dennis R. Paulson, Kai Schütte, Frank Suhling, Reagan Joseph T. Villanueva, Natalia Von Ellenrieder, Keith Wilson	267
16	The Living Planet Index for migratory species: an index of change in population abundance 2008 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Ben Collen, Louise McRae, J. Loh	2
17	Monitoring Change in Vertebrate Abundance: the Living Planet Index 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Ben Collen, Jonathan Loh, Sarah Whitmee, Louise McRae, Rajan Amin, Jonathan Baillie	276
18	Improvements to the Red List Index 2007 ·PLoS ONE ·Stuart H. M. Butchart, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Janice Chanson, Jonathan Baillie, Ben Collen, Suhel Quader, Will R. Turner, Rajan Amin, Simon N. Stuart, Craig Hilton‐Taylor	223
19	Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation Priorities Based on Threat and Phylogeny breakdown → 2007 ·PLoS ONE ·Nick J. B. Isaac, Samuel T. Turvey, Ben Collen, Carly Waterman, Jonathan Baillie	758
20	Biological correlates of description date in carnivores and primates 2004 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Ben Collen, Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman	80

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