Christopher Wolf

9.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
59 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Christopher Wolf is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Wolf has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Christopher Wolf's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (9 papers). Christopher Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (9 papers). Christopher Wolf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher Wolf's co-authors include William J. Ripple, Thomas M. Newsome, Brad Griffith, Taal Levi, Matthew G. Betts, Christine E. M. Reed, Stanley A. Temple, Rodolfo Dirzo, Mauro Galetti and Peter A. Lindsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Wolf

59 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

  1. Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores
    2015 779 citations William J. Ripple, Thomas M. Newsome et al. profile →
  2. Avian and Mammalian Translocations: Update and Reanalysis of 1987 Survey Data
    1996 527 citations Christopher Wolf et al. profile →
  3. Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes
    2017 415 citations Matthew G. Betts, Christopher Wolf et al. Nature profile →
  4. Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals
    2016 404 citations William J. Ripple, Matthew G. Betts et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →
  5. World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency
    2019 325 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) profile →
  6. Range contractions of the world's large carnivores
    2017 295 citations Christopher Wolf, William J. Ripple Royal Society Open Science profile →
  7. World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021
    2021 283 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
  8. The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
    2023 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
  9. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
    2024 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Wolf United States 27 3.0k 1.2k 1.2k 950 578 59 5.2k
Nils Bunnefeld United Kingdom 37 3.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 950 0.8× 845 0.9× 791 1.4× 113 5.1k
Peter Leimgruber United States 39 3.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 875 0.7× 910 1.0× 586 1.0× 125 4.8k
Neil Carter United States 32 3.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 519 0.4× 719 0.8× 527 0.9× 106 5.1k
Thomas M. Newsome Australia 35 3.8k 1.3× 987 0.8× 928 0.8× 890 0.9× 516 0.9× 109 6.2k
Tatsuya Amano United Kingdom 42 2.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.8k 1.8× 976 1.7× 138 6.0k
Eve McDonald‐Madden Australia 36 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 538 0.9× 95 4.8k
Hawthorne L. Beyer Australia 37 3.8k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 658 0.7× 546 0.9× 65 5.2k
Göran Ericsson Sweden 37 3.6k 1.2× 880 0.7× 770 0.6× 558 0.6× 468 0.8× 131 4.9k
Peter A. Lindsey South Africa 36 3.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 715 0.6× 663 0.7× 336 0.6× 76 4.7k
Alice C. Hughes China 34 1.9k 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 963 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 2.2× 179 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Wolf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Wolf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Wolf

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ripple, William J., et al.. (2025). The strength of the Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction. Global Ecology and Conservation. 58. e03428–e03428. 4 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., Christopher Wolf, Michael Mann, et al.. (2025). The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink. BioScience. 75(12). 1016–1027. 1 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., et al.. (2024). Trophic cascades and climate change. Food Webs. 41. e00362–e00362. 3 indexed citations
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Pereira, Cássio Cardoso, Daniel Negreiros, Stephannie Fernandes, et al.. (2024). Scientists’ warning: six key points where biodiversity can improve climate change mitigation. BioScience. 74(5). 315–318. 10 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., Christopher Wolf, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jillian W. Gregg, & Manfred Lenzen. (2024). An environmental and socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril. Environmental Research Letters. 19(2). 21001–21001. 8 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., Christopher Wolf, Jillian W. Gregg, et al.. (2023). The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory. BioScience. 73(12). 841–850. 98 indexed citations breakdown →
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Betts, Matthew G., Marion Pfeifer, Christopher Wolf, et al.. (2023). Climate-driven variation in dispersal ability predicts responses to forest fragmentation in birds. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(7). 1079–1091. 29 indexed citations
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Jiang, Guangshun, Arnaud Lyet, David J. Patterson, et al.. (2023). Restoring Asia’s roar: Opportunities for tiger recovery across the historic range. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 10 indexed citations
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Law, B. E., Logan T. Berner, Christopher Wolf, et al.. (2023). Southern Alaska's Forest Landscape Integrity, Habitat, and Carbon Are Critical for Meeting Climate and Conservation Goals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 4 indexed citations
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Wolf, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Glimmers of hope in large carnivore recoveries. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10005–10005. 28 indexed citations
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Wolf, Christopher, et al.. (2021). A forest loss report card for the world’s protected areas. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(4). 520–529. 101 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., et al.. (2019). World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peters, Robert, William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, et al.. (2018). Nature Divided, Scientists United: US–Mexico Border Wall Threatens Biodiversity and Binational Conservation. BioScience. 68(10). 740–743. 50 indexed citations
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Betts, Matthew G., Christopher Wolf, William J. Ripple, et al.. (2017). Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes. Nature. 547(7664). 441–444. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wolf, Christopher, Márk Novák, & Alix I. Gitelman. (2017). Bayesian characterization of uncertainty in species interaction strengths. Oecologia. 184(2). 327–339. 8 indexed citations
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Wolf, Christopher & M.W. Degner. (2017). The Development and applications of a novel PWM spectral analysis technique. 29. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Christopher & William J. Ripple. (2017). Range contractions of the world's large carnivores. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7). 170052–170052. 295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wolf, Christopher & William J. Ripple. (2016). Prey depletion as a threat to the world's large carnivores. Royal Society Open Science. 3(8). 160252–160252. 205 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., James A. Estes, Oswald J. Schmitz, et al.. (2016). What is a Trophic Cascade?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 31(11). 842–849. 218 indexed citations
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Maynard, Leigh J., et al.. (2005). Can Futures and Options Markets Hold the Milk Price Safety Net? Policy Conflicts and Market Failures in Dairy Hedging. Review of Agricultural Economics. 27(2). 273–286. 16 indexed citations

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