Dan Cohen

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Dan Cohen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Cohen has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Dan Cohen's work include Plant and animal studies (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (8 papers). Dan Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (8 papers). Dan Cohen collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Slovakia. Dan Cohen's co-authors include Simon A. Levin, Ziva Ra’anan, Alan Hastings, Amir Sagi, Yoh Iwasa, Jeffrey Lipton, Hod Lipson, Ariel Novoplansky, Tsvi Sachs and Ilan Eshel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Bioinformatics and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Dan Cohen

52 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Optimizing reproduction in a randomly varying environment 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1984 250 500 750 1000
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. Optimizing reproduction in a randomly varying environment
    1966 1.1k citations Dan Cohen Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →
  2. Dispersal strategies in patchy environments
    1984 399 citations Simon A. Levin, Dan Cohen et al. Theoretical Population Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan Cohen Israel 29 1.7k 1.6k 1.4k 1.1k 959 52 4.7k
A. Cameron United Kingdom 37 1.9k 1.1× 2.6k 1.6× 2.9k 2.1× 522 0.5× 797 0.8× 132 10.1k
Márk Novák United States 25 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 257 0.2× 522 0.5× 76 3.8k
Robert W. Poole United States 22 926 0.5× 658 0.4× 799 0.6× 466 0.4× 555 0.6× 112 3.2k
Calvin Dytham United Kingdom 40 2.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.5× 2.6k 1.8× 1.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 94 6.7k
David J. Hodgson United Kingdom 47 2.1k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 3.0k 2.2× 699 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 177 8.0k
Ilik J. Saccheri United Kingdom 30 1.8k 1.1× 936 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 454 0.4× 2.5k 2.6× 56 4.5k
Michael J. Crawley United States 7 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 2.2k 1.6× 1.0k 0.9× 724 0.8× 10 5.9k
Anne‐Béatrice Dufour France 18 1.8k 1.0× 2.2k 1.4× 2.6k 1.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 33 7.3k
Jon R. Bridle United Kingdom 27 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 501 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 76 3.8k
Josh R. Auld United States 21 1.8k 1.0× 783 0.5× 997 0.7× 572 0.5× 988 1.0× 35 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Cohen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Cohen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Cohen

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

All Works

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Cohen, Dan & A.J.M. Loonen. (2012). Are immediate‐ and extended‐release drugs interchangeable?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 127(1). 78–80. 3 indexed citations
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Tauber, Eran, Dan Cohen, Michael D. Greenfield, & M. P. Pener. (2001). DUET SINGING AND FEMALE CHOICE IN THE BUSHCRICKET PHANEROPTERA NANA. Behaviour. 138(4). 411–430. 23 indexed citations
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Shifman, Sagiv & Dan Cohen. (2001). THE EFFECT OF ANTICIPATED LEARNING ON THE CHOICE OF FOOD SOURCES IN THE FISH GAMBUSIA AFFINIS. Behaviour. 138(3). 287–298. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan & Marc Mangel. (1999). Investing for survival of rare severe stresses in heterogeneous environments. Evolutionary ecology research. 1(8). 987–1002. 5 indexed citations
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Novoplansky, Ariel, Dan Cohen, & Tsvi Sachs. (1994). Responses of an Annual Plant to Temporal Changes in Light Environment: An Interplay between Plasticity and Determination. Oikos. 69(3). 437–437. 32 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan & Simon A. Levin. (1991). Dispersal in patchy environments: The effects of temporal and spatial structure. Theoretical Population Biology. 39(1). 63–99. 155 indexed citations
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Novoplansky, Ariel, Dan Cohen, & Tsvi Sachs. (1990). How portulaca seedlings avoid their neighbours. Oecologia. 82(4). 490–493. 101 indexed citations
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Sagi, Amir, Dan Cohen, & Yoram Milner. (1990). Effect of androgenic gland ablation on morphotypic differentiation and sexual characteristics of male freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 77(1). 15–22. 107 indexed citations
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Sagi, Amir, Ziva Ra’anan, Dan Cohen, & Yohanan Wax. (1986). Production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in monosex populations: Yield characteristics under intensive monoculture conditions in cages. Aquaculture. 51(3-4). 265–275. 107 indexed citations
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Ra’anan, Ziva & Dan Cohen. (1984). THE EFFECT OF GROUP INTERACTIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIZE DISTRIBUTION INMACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII(DE MAN) JUVENILE POPULATIONS. Biological Bulletin. 166(1). 22–31. 29 indexed citations
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Levin, Simon A., Dan Cohen, & Alan Hastings. (1984). Dispersal strategies in patchy environments. Theoretical Population Biology. 26(2). 165–191. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen, Dan & Ziva Ra’anan. (1983). The production of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Israel. Aquaculture. 35. 57–71. 47 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan, Ilana Yron, N.B. Grover, & David Weiss. (1976). CHEMOIMMUNOTHERAPY OF SYNGENEIC MOUSE MAMMARY CARCINOMAS EMPLOYING METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 277(1). 195–208. 6 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan & Ilan Eshel. (1976). On the founder effect and the evolution of altruistic traits. Theoretical Population Biology. 10(3). 276–302. 113 indexed citations
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Parnas, H. & Dan Cohen. (1976). The optimal strategy for the metabolism of reserve materials in micro-organisms. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 56(1). 19–55. 28 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan, et al.. (1970). Computer simulation of biological pattern generation by purely local interactions: Lobed and smooth boundaries. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 1(2). 117–123. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan. (1970). A Theoretical Model for the Optimal Timing of Diapause. The American Naturalist. 104(938). 389–400. 100 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan. (1968). A General Model of Optimal Reproduction in a Randomly Varying Environment. Journal of Ecology. 56(1). 219–219. 119 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan. (1966). Optimizing reproduction in a randomly varying environment. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 12(1). 119–129. 1084 indexed citations breakdown →

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