Ben G. Holt

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ben G. Holt is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben G. Holt has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 10 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Ben G. Holt's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Ben G. Holt is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Ben G. Holt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Ben G. Holt's co-authors include Carsten Rahbek, Michael K. Borregaard, Jon Fjeldså, David Nogués‐Bravo, Robert J. Whittaker, Knud A. Jønsson, Robert K. Colwell, Jean‐Philippe Lessard, Pierre‐Henri Fabre and Naia Morueta‐Holme and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ben G. Holt

23 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

2012 968 citations Ben G. Holt, Jean‐Philippe Lessard et al. Science profile →
Humboldt’s enigma: What causes global patterns of mountain biodiversity?

2019 624 citations Carsten Rahbek, Michael K. Borregaard et al. Science profile →
Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes

2019 484 citations Carsten Rahbek, Michael K. Borregaard et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben G. Holt United Kingdom	16	1.1k	991	985	967	547	24	2.7k
James Rosindell United Kingdom	23	1.4k 1.3×	968 1.0×	716 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	571 1.0×	49	2.9k
Alex L. Pigot United Kingdom	25	1.1k 1.1×	803 0.8×	881 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	433 0.8×	42	2.6k
Matheus S. Lima‐Ribeiro Brazil	26	636 0.6×	715 0.7×	835 0.8×	504 0.5×	573 1.0×	93	1.9k
Juliano Sarmento Cabral Germany	26	1.4k 1.4×	870 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	408 0.7×	57	3.1k
Brian L. Anacker United States	24	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	481 0.9×	30	3.2k
Albert B. Phillimore United Kingdom	34	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	1.3k 2.4×	55	3.6k
Dan F. Rosauer Australia	26	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	622 1.1×	43	3.3k
Katja Schiffers Germany	22	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	468 0.9×	40	3.1k
Jürgen Haffer United States	18	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	597 0.6×	861 0.9×	886 1.6×	49	2.9k
Marco Isaia Italy	31	501 0.5×	766 0.8×	599 0.6×	756 0.8×	848 1.6×	137	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Holt, Ben G., Felix G. Marx, Susanne A. Fritz, Jean‐Philippe Lessard, & Carsten Rahbek. (2020). Evolutionary diversification in the marine realm: a global case study with marine mammals. Frontiers of Biogeography. 12(3). 11 indexed citations

Daru, Barnabas H., et al.. (2019). Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(6). 757–766. 56 indexed citations

Rahbek, Carsten, Michael K. Borregaard, Alexandre Antonelli, et al.. (2019). Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes. Science. 365(6458). 1114–1119. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

Rahbek, Carsten, Michael K. Borregaard, Robert K. Colwell, et al.. (2019). Humboldt’s enigma: What causes global patterns of mountain biodiversity?. Science. 365(6458). 1108–1113. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

Holt, Ben G., Gabriel C. Costa, Caterina Penone, et al.. (2017). Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals. Journal of Biogeography. 45(1). 225–237. 15 indexed citations

Daru, Barnabas H., Ben G. Holt, J. LESSARD, Kowiyou Yessoufou, & T. Jonathan Davies. (2016). Phylogenetic regionalization of marine plants reveals close evolutionary affinities among disjunct temperate assemblages. Biological Conservation. 213. 351–356. 19 indexed citations

Kennedy, Jonathan D., Michael K. Borregaard, Knud A. Jønsson, et al.. (2016). Does the colonization of new biogeographic regions influence the diversification and accumulation of clade richness among the Corvides (Aves: Passeriformes)?. Evolution. 71(1). 38–50. 26 indexed citations

Jønsson, Knud A. & Ben G. Holt. (2015). Islands contribute disproportionately high amounts of evolutionary diversity in passerine birds. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8538–8538. 25 indexed citations

Jønsson, Knud A., Pierre‐Henri Fabre, Jonathan D. Kennedy, et al.. (2015). A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94(Pt A). 87–94. 66 indexed citations

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Jønsson, Knud A., Martin Irestedt, Les Christidis, et al.. (2014). Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala ). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1777). 20131727–20131727. 58 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G. & Knud A. Jønsson. (2014). Reconciling Hierarchical Taxonomy with Molecular Phylogenies. Systematic Biology. 63(6). 1010–1017. 34 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G., et al.. (2013). Comparing diversity data collected using a protocol designed for volunteers with results from a professional alternative. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4(4). 383–392. 53 indexed citations

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Carstensen, Daniel, Jean‐Philippe Lessard, Ben G. Holt, Michael K. Borregaard, & Carsten Rahbek. (2013). Introducing the biogeographic species pool. Ecography. 36(12). 1310–1318. 102 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G., Jean‐Philippe Lessard, Michael K. Borregaard, et al.. (2012). An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World. Science. 339(6115). 74–78. 968 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holt, Ben G., Isabelle M. Côté, & Brent C. Emerson. (2010). Signatures of speciation? Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19(4). 432–441. 13 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G., et al.. (2007). Stable isotope analysis of the Hypoplectrus species complex reveals no evidence for dietary niche divergence. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 357. 283–289. 23 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G.. (1983). Small geothermal power plants. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 45. 1 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G., et al.. (1974). Investment and operating costs of binary cycle geothermal power plants. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 292–300. 2 indexed citations

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Holt, Ben G., et al.. (1973). Geothermal power generation using the binary cycle. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Holt, Ben G., et al.. (1973). Advanced Binary Cycles foe Geothermal Power Generation. Energy Sources. 1(1). 73–94. 4 indexed citations

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