Chris Ray

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Chris Ray is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Ray has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Ecological Modeling and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Chris Ray's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (21 papers). Chris Ray is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (21 papers). Chris Ray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Chris Ray's co-authors include Michael E. Gilpin, Martha F. Hoopes, Ilkka Hanski, Sharon K. Collinge, Jennifer L. Wilkening, Erik A. Beever, Alan Hastings, Philip W. Mote, Peter F. Brussard and Dennis D. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chris Ray

78 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Metapopulation Biology: Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution.

1997 1.6k citations Chris Ray, Martha F. Hoopes et al. Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Ray United States	29	2.6k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	81	4.6k
Robbie A. McDonald United Kingdom	46	4.4k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	647 0.6×	998 0.9×	207	7.0k
Robert Parmenter United States	32	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	744 0.6×	615 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	79	5.1k
Monica Papeş United States	27	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	751 0.7×	3.0k 2.7×	1.0k 0.9×	92	4.9k
Andrés Lira‐Noriega Mexico	26	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	977 0.8×	2.7k 2.4×	1.2k 1.1×	110	4.7k
Patrick R. Stephens United States	28	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	860 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	49	4.0k
Narayani Barve United States	21	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	689 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	1.0k 0.9×	47	4.0k
Dennis L. Murray Canada	48	5.1k 2.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	212	6.8k
Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero Mexico	36	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	417 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	138	4.6k
Graham P. Wallis New Zealand	48	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	664 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	115	5.3k
Maurício Lima Chile	35	4.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	619 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	115	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Ray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Ray

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Ray

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ray, Chris, et al.. (2024). Population Trends of the Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) Wintering in California. Journal of Raptor Research. 58(3).

Saracco, James F., et al.. (2022). Minimum capture-recapture rates and years of banding station operations to obtain reliable adult annual survival estimates. Journal of Field Ornithology. 93(1). 1 indexed citations

Ray, Chris, et al.. (2022). Stress-associated metabolites vary with both season and habitat across populations of a climate sentinel species. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 54(1). 603–623. 3 indexed citations

Foley, Patrick, et al.. (2017). Rodent–Pika Parasite Spillover in Western North America. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(5). 1251–1257. 5 indexed citations

He, Kai, Mukesh Kumar Chalise, Chris Ray, et al.. (2016). Multilocus approaches reveal underestimated species diversity and inter-specific gene flow in pikas (Ochotona) from southwestern China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107. 239–245. 30 indexed citations

Wilkening, Jennifer L., et al.. (2015). Alpine biodiversity and assisted migration: the case of the American pika ( Ochotona princeps ). Biodiversity. 16(4). 224–236. 13 indexed citations

Ray, Chris, et al.. (2013). Connecting Long Term Ecological Research to the Classroom: A Partnership Between ScienceLIVE and Niwot Ridge LTER. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Wilkening, Jennifer L., Chris Ray, & Karen L. Sweazea. (2013). Stress hormone concentration in Rocky Mountain populations of the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Conservation Physiology. 1(1). cot027–cot027. 11 indexed citations

Cassin‐Sackett, Loren, Ryan Jones, Kimberly M. Ballare, et al.. (2011). Connectivity of prairie dog colonies in an altered landscape: inferences from analysis of microsatellite DNA variation. Conservation Genetics. 13(2). 407–418. 25 indexed citations

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Ray, Chris, et al.. (2011). On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Ecology. 92(9). 1730–1735. 88 indexed citations

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Cully, Jack F., Tammi L. Johnson, Sharon K. Collinge, & Chris Ray. (2010). Disease Limits Populations: Plague and Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(1). 7–15. 50 indexed citations

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Brinkerhoff, R. Jory, et al.. (2010). Rodent and Flea Abundance Fail to Predict a Plague Epizootic in Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(1). 47–52. 17 indexed citations

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Collinge, Sharon K. & Chris Ray. (2009). Transient patterns in the assembly of vernal pool plant communities. Ecology. 90(12). 3313–3323. 64 indexed citations

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Bai, Ying, Michael Kosoy, Andrew Martin, et al.. (2008). Characterization of Bartonella Strains Isolated from Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs ( Cynomys ludovicianus ). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(1). 1–6. 46 indexed citations

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Brinkerhoff, R. Jory, Sharon K. Collinge, Ying Bai, & Chris Ray. (2008). Are Carnivores Universally Good Sentinels of Plague?. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9(5). 491–497. 17 indexed citations

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Bai, Ying, Michael Kosoy, Chris Ray, R. Jory Brinkerhoff, & Sharon K. Collinge. (2008). Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Bartonella Infection in Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). Microbial Ecology. 56(2). 373–382. 26 indexed citations

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Snäll, Tord, Robert B. O’Hara, Chris Ray, & Sharon K. Collinge. (2007). Climate‐Driven Spatial Dynamics of Plague among Prairie Dog Colonies. The American Naturalist. 171(2). 238–248. 73 indexed citations

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Ray, Chris. (2006). Soundscapes and the rural: a conceptual review from a British perspective. 1 indexed citations

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Ray, Chris & Neil Ward. (2006). The Futures of rural policy: the significance of rural futures studies. 4 indexed citations

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Ray, Chris & Martha F. Hoopes. (1997). A Step Toward Synthesizing Metapopulation Biology. Ecology. 78(7). 2270–2271. 2 indexed citations

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