Colin R. Townsend

329 total papers · 30.6k total citations
216 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Colin R. Townsend is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin R. Townsend has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Ecology, 129 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 41 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colin R. Townsend's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (121 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (86 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (59 papers). Colin R. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (121 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (86 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (59 papers). Colin R. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Colin R. Townsend's co-authors include Michael Begon, John L. Harper, Alan G. Hildrew, Christoph D. Matthaei, Steward T. A. Pickett, Walter P. Carson, Mike R. Scarsbrook, Jeremy J. Piggott, Ross M. Thompson and Sylvain Dolédec and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Colin R. Townsend

215 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

Ecology: Individuals, Pop... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1987 2005 1994 1997 1989 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Colin R. Townsend 16.1k 12.4k 3.5k 3.2k 3.1k 216 23.7k
Petr Šmilauer 11.3k 0.7× 8.8k 0.7× 3.4k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 5.8k 1.9× 104 25.3k
Luis Maurício Bini 8.4k 0.5× 7.9k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 269 15.5k
James R. Karr 14.9k 0.9× 13.4k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 4.2k 1.3× 1.8k 0.6× 111 22.4k
Robert J. Naiman 22.8k 1.4× 16.3k 1.3× 4.3k 1.2× 7.3k 2.3× 1.7k 0.5× 220 34.0k
Luc De Meester 12.7k 0.8× 6.9k 0.6× 8.3k 2.4× 2.5k 0.8× 3.5k 1.1× 408 23.1k
Klement Tockner 14.9k 0.9× 9.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 5.1k 1.6× 742 0.2× 214 23.7k
Pedro R. Peres‐Neto 8.1k 0.5× 8.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 3.4k 1.1× 110 16.7k
S. J. Ormerod 10.8k 0.7× 7.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 268 16.8k
Diana H. Wall 15.5k 1.0× 8.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 5.4k 1.7× 5.5k 1.8× 194 29.2k
James F. Kitchell 11.4k 0.7× 10.4k 0.8× 5.6k 1.6× 7.0k 2.2× 1.3k 0.4× 171 19.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin R. Townsend

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin R. Townsend

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin R. Townsend

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