Eric J. Pedersen

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Pedersen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Pedersen has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Pedersen's work include Marine and fisheries research (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (9 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Eric J. Pedersen is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (9 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Eric J. Pedersen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Eric J. Pedersen's co-authors include Gavin L. Simpson, David L. Miller, Noam Ross, Christopher J. Kucharik, Carly D. Ziter, Monica G. Turner, M. Jake Vander Zanden, Tyler D. Tunney, Eliot J. B. McIntire and Jill F. Johnstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Pedersen

24 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Hierarchical generalized additive models in ecology: an introduction with mgcv

2019 683 citations Eric J. Pedersen, David L. Miller et al. PeerJ profile →
Scale-dependent interactions between tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces reduce daytime urban heat during summer

2019 529 citations Carly D. Ziter, Eric J. Pedersen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Pedersen Canada	13	709	526	454	432	398	28	1.7k
Sarah Chapman Australia	15	617 0.9×	330 0.6×	394 0.9×	479 1.1×	195 0.5×	34	1.4k
Cris Brack Australia	19	1.0k 1.4×	494 0.9×	292 0.6×	655 1.5×	1.0k 2.6×	69	2.0k
Manuel Esperón‐Rodríguez Australia	21	535 0.8×	314 0.6×	374 0.8×	290 0.7×	338 0.8×	63	1.4k
Adison Altamirano Chile	17	575 0.8×	294 0.6×	314 0.7×	132 0.3×	213 0.5×	31	1.2k
Todd R. Lookingbill United States	22	916 1.3×	981 1.9×	165 0.4×	238 0.6×	566 1.4×	43	1.8k
Susanna Nocentini Italy	19	1.2k 1.7×	376 0.7×	142 0.3×	283 0.7×	889 2.2×	79	1.9k
Jakub Nowosad Poland	16	604 0.9×	655 1.2×	182 0.4×	228 0.5×	297 0.7×	48	1.5k
Iain R. Caldwell United States	12	539 0.8×	197 0.4×	660 1.5×	397 0.9×	150 0.4×	14	1.5k
Robert T. Fahey United States	27	1.3k 1.8×	742 1.4×	415 0.9×	508 1.2×	1.3k 3.2×	77	2.4k
Riho Marja Estonia	12	672 0.9×	393 0.7×	183 0.4×	129 0.3×	286 0.7×	27	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric J. Pedersen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric J. Pedersen

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Sharma, Shubhi, Kevin Winner, Laura J. Pollock, et al.. (2025). No species left behind: borrowing strength to map data-deficient species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(7). 699–711.

Eom, Kimin, Stephan Dickert, Gabriela M. Jiga‐Boy, et al.. (2025). It's all connected: Collectivism, climate change, and COVID-19. Acta Psychologica. 258. 105200–105200.

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2025). Spatial coherence of ecosystem indicators across the Scotian Shelf, Canada. Ecological Indicators. 178. 113823–113823.

Michelot, Théo, et al.. (2024). Step selection functions with non‐linear and random effects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(8). 1332–1346. 3 indexed citations

Markowitz, David M., David K. Sherman, Stephan Dickert, et al.. (2024). Ideological diversity of media consumption predicts COVID-19 vaccination. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28948–28948.

Aune, Magnus, Frédéric Cyr, Eric J. Pedersen, et al.. (2024). Taxonomic and functional-trait metrics track recovery of demersal fish and shrimp communities following system collapse. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 1 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2023). Macrogenetics reveals multifaceted influences of environmental variation on vertebrate population genetic diversity across the Americas. Molecular Ecology. 32(16). 4557–4569. 2 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2023). The sspm R package for spatially-explicit surplusproduction population models. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(86). 4724–4724. 1 indexed citations

Koen, Erin L., et al.. (2023). Impacts of anthropogenic land transformation on species-specific habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage between 2000 and 2015: Implications for conservation and ecological restoration. Landscape Ecology. 38(10). 2591–2621. 5 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J., Mariano Koen‐Alonso, & Tyler D. Tunney. (2020). Detecting regime shifts in communities using estimated rates of change. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 77(4). 1546–1555. 21 indexed citations

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Mullowney, Darrell, Krista D. Baker, & Eric J. Pedersen. (2020). Harvesting strategies during a forecasted decline in the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery. Fisheries Research. 232. 105707–105707. 9 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J., David L. Miller, Gavin L. Simpson, & Noam Ross. (2019). Hierarchical generalized additive models in ecology: an introduction with mgcv. PeerJ. 7. e6876–e6876. 683 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ziter, Carly D., Eric J. Pedersen, Christopher J. Kucharik, & Monica G. Turner. (2019). Reply to Drescher: Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to understand and implement climate-resilient strategies in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 26155–26156. 3 indexed citations

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Walsh, Jake R., Eric J. Pedersen, & M. Jake Vander Zanden. (2018). Detecting species at low densities: a new theoretical framework and an empirical test on an invasive zooplankton. Ecosphere. 9(11). 14 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J., Patrick L. Thompson, Marie‐Josée Fortin, et al.. (2017). Signatures of the collapse and incipient recovery of an overexploited marine ecosystem. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7). 170215–170215. 66 indexed citations

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Carpenter, Stephen R., William A. Brock, Gretchen J. A. Hansen, et al.. (2017). Defining a Safe Operating Space for inland recreational fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. 18(6). 1150–1160. 99 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J. & Frédéric Guichard. (2016). At what scales does aggregated dispersal lead to coexistence?. Oikos. 125(11). 1677–1687. 3 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2016). Nonhierarchical Dispersal Promotes Stability and Resilience in a Tritrophic Metacommunity. The American Naturalist. 187(5). E116–E128. 22 indexed citations

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Johnstone, Jill F., et al.. (2010). A sensitive slope: estimating landscape patterns of forest resilience in a changing climate. Ecosphere. 1(6). 1–21. 65 indexed citations

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Sheoran, I. S., Eric J. Pedersen, Andrew R. S. Ross, & V. K. Sawhney. (2009). Dynamics of protein expression during pollen germination in canola (Brassica napus). Planta. 230(4). 779–793. 30 indexed citations

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