Charles H. Nilon

9.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
48 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Charles H. Nilon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles H. Nilon has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Charles H. Nilon's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Charles H. Nilon is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Charles H. Nilon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Charles H. Nilon's co-authors include Steward T. A. Pickett, J. Morgan Grove, Mary L. Cadenasso, Rich Pouyat, Paige S. Warren, Wayne C. Zipperer, Myla F. J. Aronson, Susannah B. Lerman, Mark A. Goddard and Robert Costanza and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Charles H. Nilon

46 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Urban Ecological Systems: Linking Terrestrial Ecological, Physical, and Socioeconomic Components of Metropolitan Areas

2001 1.1k citations Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso et al. profile →
Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

2017 854 citations Myla F. J. Aronson, Christopher A. Lepczyk et al. profile →
Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

2010 781 citations Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

2016 312 citations Myla F. J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon et al. profile →
Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

2022 130 citations Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Myla F. J. Aronson et al. Urban Ecosystems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles H. Nilon United States	24	2.9k	2.1k	1.6k	1.1k	854	48	5.2k
Amy K. Hahs Australia	30	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	959 1.1×	58	4.5k
Paige S. Warren United States	27	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	887 1.0×	68	6.7k
Zoe G. Davies United Kingdom	41	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	837 1.0×	103	6.0k
Philippe Clergeau France	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	536 0.6×	102	4.9k
Christopher A. Lepczyk United States	33	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	660 0.8×	121	5.3k
Wayne C. Zipperer United States	28	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	824 1.0×	67	5.3k
Mark J. McDonnell Australia	39	3.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	2.4k 2.2×	1.2k 1.4×	61	7.1k
D. Johan Kotze Finland	38	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	110	5.9k
Myla F. J. Aronson United States	24	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	800 0.9×	50	3.6k
Mark A. Goddard United Kingdom	17	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	921 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.8×	24	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles H. Nilon

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Dushkova, Diana, Maria Ignatieva, Norbert Müller, & Charles H. Nilon. (2025). Editorial for special issue “Integrating Biodiversity in the Urban Planning and Design Processes”. Urban Ecosystems. 28(2). 1 indexed citations

Lee, KangJae Jerry, Myla F. J. Aronson, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, et al.. (2024). Limitations of existing park quality instruments and suggestions for future research. Landscape and Urban Planning. 249. 105127–105127. 5 indexed citations

Stanis, Sonja A. Wilhelm, et al.. (2024). Residents’ Perceptions of Urban Greenspace in a Shrinking City: Ecosystem Services and Environmental Justice. Land. 13(10). 1554–1554. 4 indexed citations

Winkler, Richelle, Dexter H. Locke, Peleg Kremer, et al.. (2024). Unequal access to social, environmental and health amenities in US urban parks. Nature Cities. 1(12). 861–870. 8 indexed citations

Dushkova, Diana, et al.. (2024). Urban biodiversity and design in time of (post)pandemics: research perspectives from URBIO international network. Urban Ecosystems. 27(5). 1767–1779. 6 indexed citations

Nilon, Charles H. & Myla F. J. Aronson. (2023). Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity. Roger Williams University - Digital Commons (Roger Williams University). 16 indexed citations

Rega‐Brodsky, Christine C., Myla F. J. Aronson, Max R. Piana, et al.. (2022). Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions. Urban Ecosystems. 25(4). 1083–1096. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

Pickett, Steward T. A., Mary L. Cadenasso, Matthew E. Baker, et al.. (2019). Theoretical Perspectives of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Conceptual Evolution in a Social–Ecological Research Project. BioScience. 70(4). 297–314. 24 indexed citations

Sorte, Frank A. La, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Myla F. J. Aronson, et al.. (2018). The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization. Diversity and Distributions. 24(7). 928–938. 108 indexed citations

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Matisziw, Timothy C., Charles H. Nilon, Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis, et al.. (2016). The right space at the right time: The relationship between children’s physical activity and land use/land cover. Landscape and Urban Planning. 151. 21–32. 25 indexed citations

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Parker, Tommy S. & Charles H. Nilon. (2012). Urban landscape characteristics correlated with the synurbization of wildlife. Landscape and Urban Planning. 106(4). 316–325. 50 indexed citations

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Pickett, Steward T. A., Grace S. Brush, Alexander J. Felson, et al.. (2012). Understanding and Working With Urban Biodiversity: The Baltimore Ecosystem Study. 1(4). 68–68. 3 indexed citations

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Shochat, Eyal, Susannah B. Lerman, John M. Anderies, et al.. (2010). Invasion, Competition, and Biodiversity Loss in Urban Ecosystems. BioScience. 60(3). 199–208. 406 indexed citations

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Pickett, Steward T. A., Mary L. Cadenasso, J. Morgan Grove, et al.. (2010). Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress. Journal of Environmental Management. 92(3). 331–362. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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Middendorf, George & Charles H. Nilon. (2007). ESA and Environmental Justice. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 88(2). 160–165. 3 indexed citations

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Nilon, Charles H., et al.. (1999). Editorial: Understanding urban ecosystems: A new frontier for science and education. Urban Ecosystems. 3(1). 3–4. 12 indexed citations

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Nilon, Charles H. & Richard Pais. (1997). Terrestrial vertebrates in urban ecosystems: developing hypotheses for the Gwynns Falls Watershed in Baltimore, Maryland. Urban Ecosystems. 1(4). 247–257. 28 indexed citations

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Nilon, Charles H., et al.. (1995). Effects of wildland development on forest bird communities. Landscape and Urban Planning. 32(2). 81–92. 41 indexed citations

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Nilon, Charles H.. (1984). The Science Fiction of Samuel R. Delany and the Limits of Technology. Black American Literature Forum. 18(2). 62–62. 2 indexed citations

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Nilon, Charles H.. (1970). Bibliography of bibliographies in American literature. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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