David Neill

20.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

David Neill is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Neill has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 16 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Neill's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (31 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). David Neill is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (31 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). David Neill collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Peru. David Neill's co-authors include Nigel C. A. Pitman, Walter A. Palacios, Oliver L. Phillips, Carlos Cerón, Simon L. Lewis, Milton Aulestia, Timothy R. Baker, Anthony Di Fiore, Yadvinder Malhi and Timothy J. Killeen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Neill

63 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns inAmazonian forest biomass
    2004 581 citations Timothy R. Baker, Oliver L. Phillips et al. Global Change 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
David Neill Ecuador 23 1.9k 1.3k 1.0k 548 454 71 3.2k
J. W. Ferry Slik Netherlands 28 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 823 0.8× 492 0.9× 650 1.4× 50 2.9k
Rodolfo Vásquez United States 20 2.5k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 888 0.9× 440 0.8× 708 1.6× 54 3.8k
Runguo Zang China 28 1.5k 0.8× 866 0.7× 909 0.9× 682 1.2× 551 1.2× 180 2.6k
Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup Mexico 25 1.2k 0.6× 993 0.8× 863 0.8× 500 0.9× 788 1.7× 80 2.6k
Bruno Fady France 36 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 743 0.7× 1.0k 1.9× 767 1.7× 117 3.7k
Alexandre A. Oliveira Brazil 22 1.4k 0.7× 882 0.7× 746 0.7× 302 0.6× 444 1.0× 50 2.2k
Davi Rodrigo Rossatto Brazil 26 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 894 0.9× 952 1.7× 610 1.3× 106 2.9k
Guillermo Ibarra‐Manríquez Mexico 30 1.8k 1.0× 808 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 708 1.3× 544 1.2× 109 3.1k
Noriyuki Osada Japan 19 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 1.3k 2.4× 663 1.5× 44 3.8k
Stephen S. Mulkey United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 876 0.8× 951 1.7× 537 1.2× 44 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Neill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Neill

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bush, Mark B., David Neill, Bryan G. Valencia, et al.. (2025). Ecological legacies and recent footprints of the Amazon’s Lost City. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7408–7408.
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Clark, John L. & David Neill. (2023). Amanoa condorensis (Phyllanthaceae), a new shrubby species from the Cordillera del Condor in southern Ecuador. PhytoKeys. 227. 89–97. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Jessica C. A., Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Manuel Gloor, et al.. (2022). The Changing Amazon Hydrological Cycle—Inferences From Over 200 Years of Tree‐Ring Oxygen Isotope Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(10). 11 indexed citations
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Åkesson, Christine M., et al.. (2020). Long‐term ecological legacies in western Amazonia. Journal of Ecology. 109(1). 432–446. 35 indexed citations
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Montenegro, Luis Torres, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Nigel C. A. Pitman, et al.. (2019). Sesenta y cuatro nuevos registros para la flora del Perú a través de inventarios biológicos rápidos en la Amazonía peruana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(3). 379–392. 3 indexed citations
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Baker, Jessica C. A., Manuel Gloor, Arnoud Boom, et al.. (2018). Questioning the Influence of Sunspots on Amazon Hydrology: Even a Broken Clock Tells the Right Time Twice a Day. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(3). 1419–1422. 12 indexed citations
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Scalvenzi, Laura, Alessandro Grandini, Massimo Tacchini, et al.. (2017). Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC. (syn. M. fallax (Rich.) DC.) (Myrtaceae) Essential Oil from Amazonian Ecuador: A Chemical Characterization and Bioactivity Profile. Molecules. 22(7). 1163–1163. 36 indexed citations
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Neill, David, et al.. (2017). Flora de Parques y Avenidas de Latacunga. 1(1). 20–31.
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Ulloa, Carmen Ulloa, Darin S. Penneys, David Neill, & Diana Fernández‐Fernández. (2015). A new species of Chalybea (Blakeeae, Melastomataceae) from the Ecuador-Peru border. Phytotaxa. 212(4). 5 indexed citations
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Ulloa, Carmen Ulloa, et al.. (2012). A new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) from the Ecuador-Peru border. PhytoKeys. 12(0). 35–35. 12 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Eric F. Rodríguez, et al.. (2011). Bomarea longipes y Bomarea spissiflora (Alstroemeriaceae) dos nuevos registros para la flora de Perú. Arnaldoa. 18(1). 37–46.
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Baker, Timothy R., Oliver L. Phillips, William F. Laurance, et al.. (2009). Do species traits determine patterns of wood production in Amazonian forests?. Biogeosciences. 6(2). 297–307. 67 indexed citations
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Neill, David, et al.. (2006). Floristic checklist of the Mache-Chindul mountains of northwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 39(3). 561–575. 22 indexed citations
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Neill, David, et al.. (2006). Nuevas adiciones de Angiospermas a la flora del Perú procedentes de la Cordillera del Cóndor y áreas adyacentes. Arnaldoa. 13(2). 318–322. 3 indexed citations
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Baker, Timothy R., Oliver L. Phillips, Yadvinder Malhi, et al.. (2004). Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns inAmazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology. 10(5). 545–562. 581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lewis, Simon L., Oliver L. Phillips, Timothy R. Baker, et al.. (2004). Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 359(1443). 421–436. 232 indexed citations

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