Eric Duffey

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Eric Duffey is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Duffey has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Eric Duffey's work include Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (20 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (14 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (12 papers). Eric Duffey is often cited by papers focused on Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (20 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (14 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (12 papers). Eric Duffey collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Eric Duffey's co-authors include Charles Elton, J. D. Lockie, M. G. Morris, John Sheail, T.C.E. Wells, D. A. Wells, Lena K. Ward, P. S. Lloyd, Nicholas Polunin and Bruce Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Eric Duffey

127 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Handbook of the birds of the world, vol. 2. New world vultures to guineafowl

1996 426 citations Eric Duffey Biological Conservation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Duffey United States	42	3.3k	1.9k	1.8k	1.1k	935	134	6.2k
Frances C. James United States	31	3.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	934 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	75	6.3k
Gordon H. Orians United States	43	5.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.5×	4.1k 2.2×	735 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	110	8.3k
J. L. Cloudsley‐Thompson United Kingdom	34	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	874 0.9×	218	5.0k
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood United Kingdom	39	4.4k 1.3×	3.1k 1.7×	2.3k 1.3×	709 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	100	7.3k
Russell Greenberg United States	47	4.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	3.5k 1.9×	800 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	179	8.2k
Earl D. McCoy United States	31	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	612 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	134	5.3k
John Terborgh United States	33	3.1k 0.9×	3.5k 1.9×	2.1k 1.2×	477 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	61	6.4k
Jay R. Malcolm Canada	37	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	758 0.7×	1.9k 2.1×	92	6.1k
Edward F. Connor United States	34	3.0k 0.9×	3.3k 1.8×	2.8k 1.5×	602 0.6×	784 0.8×	81	6.2k
Astrid Kodric‐Brown United States	35	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	4.0k 2.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	62	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Duffey

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Duffey, Eric. (1994). The black robin. Saving the world's most endangered bird. Biological Conservation. 69(1). 121–122. 3 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1994). Habitat management for invertebrates: A practical handbook. Biological Conservation. 67(1). 89–89. 61 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1993). A review of factors influencing the distribution of spiders with special reference to Britain. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1993). Global biodiversity: Status of the earth's living resources. Biological Conservation. 66(2). 145–145. 306 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1993). Handbook of the birds of the world, vol. 1. Biological Conservation. 66(3). 250–250. 223 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1989). Plants of Dhofar: The Southern Region of Oman. Traditional, Economic and Medicinal uses. Biological Conservation. 48(3). 241–242. 33 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1989). The flow country. The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland. Biological Conservation. 49(3). 234–234. 113 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1989). Chambers science and technology dictionary. Biological Conservation. 47(4). 322–322. 4 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1988). Biology and management of the cervidae. Biological Conservation. 46(4). 326–326. 381 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1987). Dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Northern Europe. Biological Conservation. 42(4). 313–313. 2 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1987). The natural history of squirrels. Biological Conservation. 41(3). 235–235. 179 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1987). International Zoo Yearbook 24/25. Biological Conservation. 41(3). 236–236. 5 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1986). RSNC Guide to butterflies of the British isles. Biological Conservation. 38(3). 288–288. 17 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1978). Ecological strategies in spiders including some characteristics of species in pioneer and mature habitats. 51 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1975). The effects of human trampling on the fauna of grassland litter. Biological Conservation. 7(4). 255–274. 52 indexed citations

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Wickens, G. E., Eric Duffey, M. G. Morris, et al.. (1975). Grassland Ecology and Wildlife Management. Kew Bulletin. 30(3). 581–581. 28 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric, et al.. (1971). The scientific management of animal and plant communities for conservation : the 11th symposium of the British Ecological Society, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 7-9 July 1970. 4 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1971). Handbuch für landschaftspflege und naturschutz. Biological Conservation. 3(2). 161–162. 3 indexed citations

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Duffey, Eric. (1970). Conservation of nature. Collins eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Parker, John R. & Eric Duffey. (1963). Notes on the genus Maro O.P.-C. (Araneae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6(65). 257–263. 2 indexed citations

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