Colin J. McClean

15.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Colin J. McClean is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin J. McClean has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Colin J. McClean's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). Colin J. McClean is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). Colin J. McClean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Colin J. McClean's co-authors include Jaime Márquez, Pedro J. Leitão, Sven Lautenbach, Carsten M. Buchmann, Gabriel Carré, Gudrun Carl, Bernd Gruber, Carsten F. Dormann, Patrick E. Osborne and Andrew K. Skidmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Colin J. McClean

74 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit 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.

Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance

2012 7.5k citations Colin J. McClean et al. profile →
Marine Biodiversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Tropical Reefs

2002 1.2k citations Callum M. Roberts, Colin J. McClean et al. profile →
Model‐based uncertainty in species range prediction

2006 746 citations Colin J. McClean et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin J. McClean United Kingdom	28	5.4k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	1.9k	77	11.5k
Gudrun Carl Germany	9	4.7k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	12	10.9k
Patrick E. Osborne United Kingdom	27	4.9k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	3.4k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	97	10.5k
Björn Reineking Germany	33	5.9k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	4.9k 1.5×	3.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.4×	93	13.6k
Brendan A. Wintle Australia	59	6.8k 1.3×	4.9k 1.5×	4.7k 1.4×	4.2k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	179	12.6k
Gary Yohe United States	38	4.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	5.0k 1.6×	3.4k 1.8×	143	14.3k
Damaris Zurell Germany	29	4.8k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	66	10.1k
Pedro J. Leitão Germany	25	4.2k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	57	9.5k
Roger Bivand Norway	29	3.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	84	11.3k
Joshua J. Lawler United States	53	6.7k 1.3×	4.8k 1.4×	4.8k 1.5×	5.4k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	134	15.0k
Florian Jeltsch Germany	47	4.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	5.3k 1.6×	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	202	10.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin J. McClean

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Colin J. McClean's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Colin J. McClean with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Colin J. McClean more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Colin J. McClean

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Colin J. McClean. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Colin J. McClean. The network helps show where Colin J. McClean may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin J. McClean

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

McClean, Colin J., et al.. (2025). Do green and blue spaces in the residential neighbourhood have an effect on multimorbidity? A comparative, observational study of 48,589 UK Biobank participants. Wellbeing Space and Society. 8. 100244–100244.

Sakai, Marco, et al.. (2024). Analysis of future water demands in Al-Madinah (1990–2030) based on the modified IPAT model and sheared socio-economic pathways scenarios. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 10(6).

Touza, Julia, et al.. (2023). When Space and Time Matter in Environmental Injustice: A Bayesian Analysis of the Association between Socio-economic Disadvantage and Air Pollution in Greater Mexico City. Environmental Management. 73(3). 657–667.

Parr, Catherine L., Philip J. Platts, Colin J. McClean, et al.. (2022). Implications of zero-deforestation palm oil for tropical grassy and dry forest biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(2). 250–263. 9 indexed citations

McClean, Colin J., et al.. (2022). Limited impacts of climatic conditions on commercial oil palm yields in Malaysian plantations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 6 indexed citations

Osuka, Kennedy, et al.. (2022). Depth and habitat are important drivers of abundance for predatory reef fish off Pemba Island, Tanzania. Marine Environmental Research. 175. 105587–105587. 8 indexed citations

Osuka, Kennedy, Colin J. McClean, Bryce D. Stewart, et al.. (2020). Characteristics of shallow and mesophotic environments of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: Implications for management and conservation. Ocean & Coastal Management. 200. 105463–105463. 15 indexed citations

Banin, Lindsay F., Suzan Benedick, Daniel S. Chapman, et al.. (2020). Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations. Biological Conservation. 248. 108631–108631. 14 indexed citations

Carlson, Kimberly M., Jenny A. Hodgson, Colin J. McClean, et al.. (2019). Testing the benefits of conservation set‐asides for improved habitat connectivity in tropical agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(10). 2274–2285. 28 indexed citations

10.

O’Leary, Bethan C., et al.. (2018). Evidence gaps and biodiversity threats facing the marine environment of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(2). 363–383. 9 indexed citations

11.

Arnold, Kathryn E., et al.. (2016). A national level assessment of metal contamination in bats. Environmental Pollution. 214. 847–858. 33 indexed citations

12.

Arnold, Kathryn E., et al.. (2012). A spatially-based modeling framework for assessing the risks of soil-associated metals to bats. Environmental Pollution. 173. 110–116. 17 indexed citations

13.

Arnold, Kathryn E., et al.. (2011). Predicting the threats of chemicals to wildlife: What are the challenges?. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 7(3). 499–501. 7 indexed citations

14.

Fox, Naomi J., Piran C. L. White, Colin J. McClean, et al.. (2011). Predicting Impacts of Climate Change on Fasciola hepatica Risk. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16126–e16126. 195 indexed citations

15.

Platts, Philip J., Antje Ahrends, Roy E. Gereau, et al.. (2010). Can distribution models help refine inventory‐based estimates of conservation priority? A case study in the Eastern Arc forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Diversity and Distributions. 16(4). 628–642. 45 indexed citations

16.

Mian, Ishaq Ahmad, et al.. (2009). Spatial and temporal trends in nitrate concentrations in the River Derwent, North Yorkshire, and its need for NVZ status. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(4). 702–712. 23 indexed citations

17.

McClean, Colin J., Nathalie Doswald, Wolfgang Küper, et al.. (2006). Potential impacts of climate change on Sub‐Saharan African plant priority area selection. Diversity and Distributions. 12(6). 645–655. 14 indexed citations

18.

McClean, Colin J., Jon C. Lovett, Wolfgang Küper, et al.. (2005). African plant diversity and climate change. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 92(2). 139–152. 96 indexed citations

19.

Aydınalp, Cumhur, Malcolm S. Cresser, & Colin J. McClean. (2004). CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL SOILS UNDER OLIVE TREES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

20.

Cherrill, Andrew, Colin J. McClean, N. D. Boatman, et al.. (2000). Lack of precision in mapping upland habitats and preliminary conservation assessments.. Aspects of applied biology. 167–172. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact