Daniel Simberloff

78.2k total citations · 21 hit papers
382 papers, 52.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel Simberloff is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Simberloff has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 52.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Ecology, 159 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 128 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Simberloff's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (139 papers), Plant and animal studies (114 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (80 papers). Daniel Simberloff is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (139 papers), Plant and animal studies (114 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (80 papers). Daniel Simberloff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Argentina. Daniel Simberloff's co-authors include Betsy Von Holle, Tamar Dayan, W. M. Lonsdale, Richard N. Mack, Judith M. Rhymer, Mick N. Clout, Fakhri A. Bazzaz, Harry C. Evans, Edward F. Connor and Peter Stiling 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

Daniel Simberloff

367 papers receiving 46.9k citations

Hit Papers

BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY,... 1969 2026 1988 2007 2000 2001 2012 1996 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL
    2000 4.9k citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  2. Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change
    2001 2.8k citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  3. Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward
    2012 2.3k citations Daniel Simberloff, Franck Courchamp et al. profile →
  4. EXTINCTION BY HYBRIDIZATION AND INTROGRESSION
    1996 1.9k citations Judith M. Rhymer, Daniel Simberloff Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →
  5. Climate Change and Forest Disturbances
    2001 1.7k citations Daniel Simberloff et al. BioScience profile →
  6. Positive Interactions of Nonindigenous Species: Invasional Meltdown?
    1999 1.7k citations Daniel Simberloff et al. Biological Invasions profile →
  7. Impact: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Invaders
    1999 1.4k citations Daniel Simberloff et al. Biological Invasions profile →
  8. The Role of Propagule Pressure in Biological Invasions
    2009 1.2k citations Daniel Simberloff profile →
  9. Flagships, umbrellas, and keystones: Is single-species management passé in the landscape era?
    1998 1.1k citations Daniel Simberloff profile →
  10. Threatened Birds of the World
    2001 904 citations Daniel Simberloff The Auk profile →
  11. The Dialectical Biologist
    1987 885 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  12. The Assembly of Species Communities: Chance or Competition?
    1979 873 citations Edward F. Connor, Daniel Simberloff profile →
  13. Conservation biology: The science of scarcity and diversity
    1987 813 citations Daniel Simberloff profile →
  14. Explicit Calculation of the Rarefaction Diversity Measurement and the Determination of Sufficient Sample Size
    1975 806 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  15. Eradication revisited: dealing with exotic species
    2000 660 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  16. The Guild Concept and the Structure of Ecological Communities
    1991 635 citations Daniel Simberloff, Tamar Dayan Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →
  17. THE CONTRIBUTION OF POPULATION AND COMMUNITY BIOLOGY TO CONSERVATION SCIENCE
    1988 582 citations Daniel Simberloff Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →
  18. How Risky is Biological Control?
    1996 515 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  19. Experimental Zoogeography of Islands: The Colonization of Empty Islands
    1969 495 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →
  20. Stochastic Models of Phylogeny and the Evolution of Diversity
    1973 428 citations David M. Raup, Stephen Jay Gould et al. profile →
  21. Island Biogeography Theory and Conservation Practice
    1976 412 citations Daniel Simberloff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Simberloff United States 102 25.7k 22.1k 14.9k 10.7k 8.5k 382 52.5k
Pierre Legendre Canada 92 32.8k 1.3× 29.7k 1.3× 15.0k 1.0× 15.0k 1.4× 9.7k 1.1× 411 71.4k
John H. Lawton United Kingdom 101 21.6k 0.8× 21.1k 1.0× 18.0k 1.2× 9.2k 0.9× 7.4k 0.9× 280 47.8k
Robert K. Colwell United States 66 16.5k 0.6× 15.7k 0.7× 13.2k 0.9× 6.2k 0.6× 5.0k 0.6× 136 37.2k
Robert D. Holt United States 96 21.2k 0.8× 17.1k 0.8× 15.0k 1.0× 7.4k 0.7× 4.5k 0.5× 300 45.3k
James H. Brown United States 114 34.5k 1.3× 22.7k 1.0× 16.0k 1.1× 12.9k 1.2× 5.0k 0.6× 394 62.7k
Michel Loreau France 88 20.9k 0.8× 24.6k 1.1× 14.5k 1.0× 14.2k 1.3× 6.6k 0.8× 289 49.5k
Paul D. N. Hebert Canada 107 28.0k 1.1× 12.3k 0.6× 19.8k 1.3× 5.2k 0.5× 6.0k 0.7× 571 68.4k
Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom 150 36.5k 1.4× 29.6k 1.3× 20.6k 1.4× 27.8k 2.6× 9.1k 1.1× 745 85.1k
Anne E. Magurran United Kingdom 74 14.7k 0.6× 15.3k 0.7× 13.0k 0.9× 8.1k 0.8× 3.7k 0.4× 241 34.9k
David A. Wardle Sweden 103 23.1k 0.9× 25.4k 1.1× 15.3k 1.0× 13.8k 1.3× 17.1k 2.0× 414 61.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Simberloff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simberloff, Daniel, Alejandro Bortolus, James T. Carlton, et al.. (2024). Systematic and persistent bias against invasion science: Framing conservation scientists. BioScience. 74(5). 312–314. 4 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel & Laura A. Meyerson. (2024). Yet another call for the end of invasion biology. Biological Invasions. 26(11). 3975–3978.
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Boardman, Leigh, Julie L. Lockwood, Michael J. Angilletta, et al.. (2022). The Future of Invasion Science Needs Physiology. BioScience. 72(12). 1204–1219. 10 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel, et al.. (2019). History of Protected Areas in Argentina: A Seesaw of Shifting Priorities and Policies in a Developing Country. Environment and History. 27(4). 515–548. 2 indexed citations
5.
Stone, Lewi, Daniel Simberloff, & Yael Artzy‐Randrup. (2019). Network motifs and their origins. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(4). e1006749–e1006749. 53 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel. (2019). New Zealand as a leader in conservation practice and invasion management. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 49(3). 259–280. 14 indexed citations
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Chiarucci, Alessandro, Simone Fattorini, Bruno Foggi, et al.. (2017). Plant recording across two centuries reveals dramatic changes in species diversity of a Mediterranean archipelago. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5415–5415. 53 indexed citations
8.
Simberloff, Daniel. (2013). Biological invasions: Much progress plus several controversies. 9(1). 7–16. 15 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel. (2012). Charles Elton: Pioneer Conservation Biologist. Environment and History. 18(2). 183–202. 3 indexed citations
10.
Beckage, Brian, Louis J. Gross, William Platt, William Godsoe, & Daniel Simberloff. (2012). perspective: Individual variation and weak neutrality as determinants of forest diversity. Frontiers of Biogeography. 3(4). 5 indexed citations
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Relva, María Andrea, Daniel Simberloff, Ramiro O. Bustamante, et al.. (2010). Introduced conifer invasions in South America: an update. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Pascal, Michel, Bertrand Richer de Forges, Hervé Le Guyader, & Daniel Simberloff. (2008). Mining and Other Threats to the New Caledonia Biodiversity Hotspot. Conservation Biology. 22(2). 498–499. 73 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel. (2007). Extinction & Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. The Auk. 124(3). 1101–1101. 24 indexed citations
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Simberloff, Daniel. (2001). Biological invasions—How are they affecting us, and what can we do about them?. Western North American Naturalist. 61(3). 7. 66 indexed citations
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Rhymer, Judith M. & Daniel Simberloff. (1996). EXTINCTION BY HYBRIDIZATION AND INTROGRESSION. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 27(1). 83–109. 1850 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dayan, Tamar, Daniel Simberloff, Eitan Tchernov, & Yoram Yom‐Tov. (1991). Calibrating the paleothermometer: climate, communities, and the evolution of size. Paleobiology. 17(2). 189–199. 79 indexed citations
17.
Simberloff, Daniel. (1990). Hypotheses, errors, and statistical assumptions. Herpetologica. 46(3). 351–357. 20 indexed citations
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Connor, Edward F. & Daniel Simberloff. (1986). Competition, Scientific Method, and Null Models in Ecology. 74(2). 155–162. 79 indexed citations
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Gould, Stephen Jay, David M. Raup, J. John Sepkoski, Thomas J. M. Schöpf, & Daniel Simberloff. (1977). The shape of evolution: a comparison of real and random clades. Paleobiology. 3(1). 23–40. 237 indexed citations
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Schöpf, Thomas J. M., David M. Raup, Stephen Jay Gould, & Daniel Simberloff. (1975). Genomic versus morphologic rates of evolution: influence of morphologic complexity. Paleobiology. 1(1). 63–70. 101 indexed citations

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