Gil Nelson

1.5k total citations
27 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

Gil Nelson is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gil Nelson has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecological Modeling, 12 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Gil Nelson's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Research Data Management Practices (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Gil Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Research Data Management Practices (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Gil Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Gil Nelson's co-authors include Shari Ellis, Pamela S. Soltis, Deborah Paul, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Katelin D. Pearson, Austin Mast, Shelley James, Richard B. Primack, Jenn Yost and Amanda S. Gallinat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gil Nelson

24 papers receiving 888 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gil Nelson United States 12 528 369 266 218 212 27 913
Patrick W. Sweeney United States 15 320 0.6× 514 1.4× 178 0.7× 251 1.2× 325 1.5× 32 889
Anna Monfils United States 14 279 0.5× 177 0.5× 259 1.0× 118 0.5× 117 0.6× 46 677
Renato De Giovanni Brazil 11 716 1.4× 328 0.9× 457 1.7× 263 1.2× 124 0.6× 24 1.4k
Markus Döring United States 8 466 0.9× 290 0.8× 470 1.8× 148 0.7× 412 1.9× 22 1.4k
Donald Hobern United States 15 415 0.8× 175 0.5× 294 1.1× 148 0.7× 68 0.3× 40 775
Paul Flemons Australia 9 467 0.9× 204 0.6× 337 1.3× 275 1.3× 88 0.4× 20 902
Ramona Walls United States 17 221 0.4× 210 0.6× 287 1.1× 165 0.8× 257 1.2× 62 1.1k
Siro Masinde Kenya 7 358 0.7× 236 0.6× 255 1.0× 138 0.6× 111 0.5× 12 702
Benjamin Price United Kingdom 17 255 0.5× 348 0.9× 262 1.0× 134 0.6× 97 0.5× 62 843
Frank A. Bisby United Kingdom 14 328 0.6× 406 1.1× 246 0.9× 223 1.0× 327 1.5× 43 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Gil Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gil Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gil Nelson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gil Nelson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gil Nelson 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 Gil Nelson. Gil Nelson 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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Bates, John M., Andrew Bentley, Dori L. Contreras, et al.. (2025). Integrating biological and environmental data to solve key scientific and societal challenges. BioScience. 76(1). 13–20.
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Nelson, Gil, et al.. (2025). Assessing antineoplastic drug contamination in South African oncology pharmacies: Workplace and biological monitoring. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 3222354750–3222354750. 1 indexed citations
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Bentley, Andrew, Barbara M. Thiers, William E. Moser, et al.. (2024). Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals. BioScience. 74(7). 435–439. 1 indexed citations
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Thiers, Barbara M., Trina E. Roberts, Rebecca J. Rundell, et al.. (2024). Duke's herbarium merits continued enhancement, not dissolution. BioScience. 74(8). 507–508. 3 indexed citations
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Beach, James H., et al.. (2023). Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Soltis, Pamela S., et al.. (2023). Advances in plant imaging across scales. Applications in Plant Sciences. 11(5).
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Canhos, Dora Ann Lange, Eduardo A. B. Almeida, Mercedes Bustamante, et al.. (2022). speciesLink: rich data and novel tools for digital assessments of biodiversity. Biota Neotropica. 22(spe). 21 indexed citations
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Hardisty, Alex, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Gil Nelson, et al.. (2022). Digital Extended Specimens: Enabling an Extensible Network of Biodiversity Data Records as Integrated Digital Objects on the Internet. BioScience. 72(10). 978–987. 49 indexed citations
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Marsico, Travis D., Emily L. Gillespie, Ashley B. Morris, et al.. (2020). Small herbaria contribute unique biogeographic records to county, locality, and temporal scales. American Journal of Botany. 107(11). 1577–1587. 30 indexed citations
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Lorieul, Titouan, Katelin D. Pearson, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, et al.. (2019). Toward a large‐scale and deep phenological stage annotation of herbarium specimens: Case studies from temperate, tropical, and equatorial floras. Applications in Plant Sciences. 7(3). e01233–e01233. 47 indexed citations
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Hardisty, Alex, et al.. (2019). ‘openDS’ – A New Standard for Digital Specimens and Other Natural Science Digital Object Types. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 7 indexed citations
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Ellwood, Elizabeth R., Katelin D. Pearson, & Gil Nelson. (2019). Emerging frontiers in phenological research. Applications in Plant Sciences. 7(3). 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil & Deborah Paul. (2019). DiSSCo, iDigBio and the Future of Global Collaboration. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 10 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil, Patrick W. Sweeney, & Edward Gilbert. (2018). Use of globally unique identifiers ( GUID s) to link herbarium specimen records to physical specimens. Applications in Plant Sciences. 6(2). e1027–e1027. 19 indexed citations
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Willis, Charles G., Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2017). Old Plants, New Tricks: Phenological Research Using Herbarium Specimens. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(7). 531–546. 235 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil, et al.. (2014). Trees of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Paul, Deborah, et al.. (2013). Help iDigBio reveal hidden data: iDigBio Augmenting OCR working group needs you. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil, Deborah Paul, Greg Riccardi, & Austin Mast. (2012). Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections. ZooKeys. 209(209). 19–45. 63 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, Gil. (1976). Man-made Lakes and Human Health. BMJ. 1(6024). 1540–1540. 7 indexed citations

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