Brian J. Smith

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Brian J. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian J. Smith has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Brian J. Smith's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (12 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (9 papers). Brian J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (12 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (9 papers). Brian J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Brian J. Smith's co-authors include Kristen M. Hart, John Fieberg, Johannes Signer, Tal Avgar, Frank J. Mazzotti, Leo F. Boron, Werner Fenchel, Margaret E. Hunter, Robert N. Reed and Michael S. Cherkiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Brian J. Smith

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses

2021 173 citations John Fieberg, Johannes Signer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian J. Smith United States	20	880	327	235	192	185	55	1.3k
Frithjof Lutscher Canada	28	702 0.8×	666 2.0×	405 1.7×	159 0.8×	231 1.2×	107	2.9k
James G. Sanderson United States	17	737 0.8×	390 1.2×	115 0.5×	41 0.2×	381 2.1×	50	1.3k
Shandelle M. Henson United States	22	553 0.6×	375 1.1×	346 1.5×	37 0.2×	105 0.6×	75	1.8k
David J. Murrell United Kingdom	21	811 0.9×	1.1k 3.3×	379 1.6×	161 0.8×	201 1.1×	53	2.1k
Joan Saldaña Spain	16	402 0.5×	266 0.8×	239 1.0×	34 0.2×	47 0.3×	40	1.2k
Arnaud Béchet France	24	1.2k 1.3×	412 1.3×	351 1.5×	93 0.5×	275 1.5×	90	1.8k
James Umbanhowar United States	19	367 0.4×	624 1.9×	184 0.8×	139 0.7×	51 0.3×	27	1.9k
Elizabeth E. Holmes United States	25	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 3.1×	814 3.5×	111 0.6×	261 1.4×	41	2.6k
Peter Turchin United States	11	1.2k 1.4×	759 2.3×	325 1.4×	272 1.4×	172 0.9×	16	2.3k
Bob W. Kooi Netherlands	33	763 0.9×	388 1.2×	517 2.2×	273 1.4×	186 1.0×	133	3.5k

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Smith, Brian J., et al.. (2024). Recreation specialization: Resource selection functions as a predictive tool for protected area recreation management. Applied Geography. 167. 103276–103276.

Smith, Brian J., et al.. (2024). Forecasting animal distribution through individual habitat selection: insights for population inference and transferable predictions. Ecography. 2024(11). 3 indexed citations

Signer, Johannes, John Fieberg, Björn Reineking, et al.. (2023). Simulating animal space use from fitted integrated Step‐Selection Functions ( iSSF ). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). 43–50. 11 indexed citations

Cherkiss, Michael S., et al.. (2021). Stable isotopes used to infer trophic position of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Dry Tortugas National Park, Gulf of Mexico, United States. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 48. 102011–102011. 2 indexed citations

Whitney, Nicholas M., Connor F. White, Brian J. Smith, et al.. (2021). Accelerometry to study fine-scale activity of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the wild. Animal Biotelemetry. 9(1). 10 indexed citations

Roberts, Kelsey E., Brian J. Smith, Derek A. Burkholder, & Kristen M. Hart. (2021). Evaluating the use of marine protected areas by endangered species: A habitat selection approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 27 indexed citations

Hart, Kristen M., Jacquelyn C. Guzy, & Brian J. Smith. (2021). Drivers of realized satellite tracking duration in marine turtles. Movement Ecology. 9(1). 1–1. 28 indexed citations

Smith, Brian J., Matthew Boone, Peter C. Frederick, et al.. (2020). Analysis of movement recursions to detect reproductive events and estimate their fate in central place foragers. Movement Ecology. 8(1). 24–24. 25 indexed citations

Hart, Kristen M., et al.. (2020). The Importance of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Foraging Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J., Kristen M. Hart, Frank J. Mazzotti, Mathieu Basille, & Christina M. Romagosa. (2018). Evaluating GPS biologging technology for studying spatial ecology of large constricting snakes. Animal Biotelemetry. 6(1). 20 indexed citations

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Hunter, Margaret E., Sara J. Oyler‐McCance, Robert M. Dorazio, et al.. (2015). Environmental DNA (eDNA) Sampling Improves Occurrence and Detection Estimates of Invasive Burmese Pythons. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0121655–e0121655. 175 indexed citations

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Hart, Kristen M., Michael S. Cherkiss, Brian J. Smith, et al.. (2015). Home range, habitat use, and movement patterns of non-native Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Animal Biotelemetry. 3(1). 36 indexed citations

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Collier, Kevin J., et al.. (2009). Ecological values of Hamilton urban streams (North Island, New Zealand): constraints and opportunities for restoration. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 33(2). 177–189. 13 indexed citations

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Yerkes, Kirk L., et al.. (2002). Development and testing of a planar, silicon mini-capillary pumped loop. AIP conference proceedings. 608. 81–87. 9 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J., et al.. (1990). Case 2739. Helicarion Férussac, 1821 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation, and proposed designation of Helixarion cuvieri Férussac 1821 as the type species. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 47. 258–262. 1 indexed citations

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Desseyn, H.O., et al.. (1984). The solid state vibrational spectra of pentacarbonyl-pyridine-molybdenum(0) complexes. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy. 40(5). 467–474. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J.. (1979). Notes on two species of rhytidid snails from Lizard Island, North Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum. 32(12). 421–434. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J.. (1978). Further Notes on the Clavagellidae, with Speculation on the Process of Tube Growth. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 4(1-2). 77–79. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J.. (1973). Products of decompositions of 𝐸ⁿ. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 184(0). 31–41. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Brian J.. (1970). Notes on the Anatomy of Victaphanta Atramentaria (Shuttleworth) and V. Compacta (Cox and Hedley), and the Designation of a Neotype for V. Atramentaria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2(1). 13–21. 3 indexed citations

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