Colin Clark

24.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
188 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Colin Clark is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Clark has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Colin Clark's work include Marine and fisheries research (27 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers) and Economic theories and models (14 papers). Colin Clark is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (27 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers) and Economic theories and models (14 papers). Colin Clark collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Colin Clark's co-authors include Marc Mangel, Gordon R. Munro, Marc Mangel, John M. Hartwick, J. R. Beddington, Jon M. Conrad, Philip A. Neher, David A. Levy, Berry Wilson and Thomas Caraco and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Colin Clark

175 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical Bioeconomics... 1951 2026 1976 2001 1993 1951 1977 1990 1986 500 1000 1.5k
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. Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources.
    1993 1.5k citations Colin Clark profile →
  2. Urban Population Densities
    1951 660 citations Colin Clark profile →
  3. Mathematical Bio-Economics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources
    1977 648 citations Colin Clark et al. profile →
  4. Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology.
    1990 638 citations Thomas Caraco, Jonathan A. Newman et al. Evolution profile →
  5. The evolutionary advantages of group foraging
    1986 506 citations Colin Clark et al. profile →
  6. Management of Multispecies Fisheries
    1979 481 citations Colin Clark et al. profile →
  7. Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology
    1989 466 citations Marc Mangel, Colin Clark profile →
  8. Towards a Unifield Foraging Theory
    1986 416 citations Marc Mangel, Colin Clark profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Colin Clark 6.0k 4.7k 3.2k 2.9k 2.7k 188 16.1k
Charles Perrings 6.3k 1.0× 3.9k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 3.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 197 17.0k
Joel E. Cohen 2.8k 0.5× 5.4k 1.2× 970 0.3× 3.8k 1.3× 4.4k 1.6× 325 20.7k
Garrett Hardin 4.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 3.7k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 90 22.9k
Graeme S. Cumming 7.9k 1.3× 5.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 2.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 243 16.1k
Ann P. Kinzig 9.8k 1.6× 7.7k 1.6× 2.2k 0.7× 7.3k 2.5× 4.2k 1.5× 97 25.6k
Peter Kareiva 11.2k 1.9× 9.9k 2.1× 3.0k 1.0× 7.9k 2.7× 4.8k 1.7× 210 26.5k
E.J. Milner‐Gulland 7.2k 1.2× 9.9k 2.1× 2.7k 0.8× 4.4k 1.5× 1.7k 0.6× 426 19.6k
Mark A. Burgman 4.4k 0.7× 6.8k 1.5× 1.4k 0.4× 5.6k 1.9× 2.0k 0.7× 240 14.7k
Gary Yohe 5.0k 0.8× 4.3k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 3.1k 1.1× 3.4k 1.3× 143 14.3k
Volker Grimm 6.0k 1.0× 7.1k 1.5× 931 0.3× 6.2k 2.1× 3.9k 1.4× 260 20.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Clark

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Clark

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Clark

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Milton, Suzanne J., et al.. (2024). Population trends in an endemic dwarf succulent over two decades: rainfall, elevation, microsite and landuse effects. Journal of Arid Environments. 223. 105181–105181.
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Zhou, Jie & Colin Clark. (2011). Internationalisation of China's higher education - challenges for sino-foreign joint educational programs and institutions. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin, et al.. (2008). Homicides Committed by Youth Assailants. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 29(3). 219–223. 6 indexed citations
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Öst, Markus, Colin Clark, Mikael Kilpi, & Ron Ydenberg. (2006). Parental Effort and Reproductive Skew in Coalitions of Brood Rearing Female Common Eiders. The American Naturalist. 169(1). 73–86. 20 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin. (2002). The end of the welfare state? Responses to state retrenchment. British Journal of Sociology. 84 indexed citations
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Brodin, Anders, et al.. (2001). The Effect of Dominance on Food Hoarding: A Game Theoretical Model. The American Naturalist. 157(1). 66–75. 20 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin & Robert W. Butler. (1999). Fitness components of avian migration: A dynamic model of Western Sandpiper migration. Evolutionary ecology research. 1(4). 443–457. 54 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin. (1993). Dynamic models of behavior: An extension of life history theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 8(6). 205–209. 38 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Jin & Colin Clark. (1991). Individual adaptations in stochastic environments. Evolutionary Ecology. 5(2). 173–192. 89 indexed citations
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Caraco, Thomas, Jonathan A. Newman, Marc Mangel, & Colin Clark. (1990). Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology.. Evolution. 44(7). 1879–1879. 638 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clark, Colin & David A. Levy. (1988). Diel Vertical Migrations by Juvenile Sockeye Salmon and the Antipredation Window. The American Naturalist. 131(2). 271–290. 426 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin. (1976). Paying for Inflation. Quadrant. 20(2). 31. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin, et al.. (1967). One can Hear Whether a Drum has Finite Area. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 18(2). 236–236. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin. (1967). The Asymptotic Distribution of Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems. SIAM Review. 9(4). 627–646. 42 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin & Charles A. Swanson. (1965). Comparison Theorems for Elliptic Differential Equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 16(5). 886–886. 17 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin & Charles A. Swanson. (1965). Comparison theorems for elliptic differential equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 16(5). 886–890. 21 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin. (1965). The Politics and Economics of Communist China. Diogenes. 13(49). 1–23. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Colin, et al.. (1960). Les conditions du progrès économique. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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