GREG HUGHES

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

GREG HUGHES is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, GREG HUGHES has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 11 papers in Ecological Modeling and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in GREG HUGHES's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). GREG HUGHES is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). GREG HUGHES collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. GREG HUGHES's co-authors include Guy F. Midgley, Wilfried Thuiller, Lee Hannah, Mathieu Rouget, David M. Richardson, Petr Pyšek, Miguel B. Araújo, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Richard G. Pearson and Sandy J. Andelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Conservation Biology and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

GREG HUGHES

13 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Niche‐based modelling as a tool for predicting the risk of alien plant invasions at a global scale

2005 749 citations Wilfried Thuiller, David M. Richardson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Protected area needs in a changing climate

2007 584 citations Lee Hannah, Guy F. Midgley et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
GREG HUGHES South Africa	13	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	793	658	13	2.9k
Mattia Brambilla Italy	33	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	819 1.0×	683 1.0×	145	3.1k
Mike P. Austin Australia	14	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	649 0.8×	770 1.2×	17	3.3k
Tzung‐Su Ding Taiwan	17	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	748 0.9×	616 0.9×	43	2.8k
Christine N. Meynard France	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	984 1.2×	702 1.1×	54	3.5k
Sergi Herrando Spain	25	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	614 0.8×	869 1.3×	64	2.4k
Julien Renaud France	28	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	919 1.2×	720 1.1×	64	2.9k
Paolo Pedrini Italy	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.8×	789 1.0×	519 0.8×	101	3.1k
Gunnar Keppel Australia	28	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	818 1.2×	98	3.3k
Rachel M. Quinn United Kingdom	13	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	853 1.1×	486 0.7×	15	2.7k
Manuela D‘Amen Italy	21	1.5k 0.8×	935 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	639 0.8×	653 1.0×	49	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by GREG HUGHES

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of GREG HUGHES

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13 of 13 papers shown

Jones, J. Iwan, John F. Murphy, Steven Anthony, et al.. (2016). Do agri‐environment schemes result in improved water quality?. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(2). 537–546. 46 indexed citations

Cardenas, L. M., Richard Gooday, Lawrence H. Brown, et al.. (2013). Towards an improved inventory of N2O from agriculture: Model evaluation of N2O emission factors and N fraction leached from different sources in UK agriculture. Atmospheric Environment. 79. 340–348. 22 indexed citations

Foden, Wendy, Guy F. Midgley, GREG HUGHES, et al.. (2007). A changing climate is eroding the geographical range of the Namib Desert tree Aloe through population declines and dispersal lags. Diversity and Distributions. 13(5). 645–653. 143 indexed citations

Hannah, Lee, Guy F. Midgley, Sandy J. Andelman, et al.. (2007). Protected area needs in a changing climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(3). 131–138. 584 indexed citations breakdown →

Midgley, Guy F., GREG HUGHES, Wilfried Thuiller, & Anthony G. Rebelo. (2006). Migration rate limitations on climate change‐induced range shifts in Cape Proteaceae. Diversity and Distributions. 12(5). 555–562. 149 indexed citations

Broennimann, Olivier, Wilfried Thuiller, GREG HUGHES, et al.. (2006). Do geographic distribution, niche property and life form explain plants' vulnerability to global change?. Global Change Biology. 12(6). 1079–1093. 249 indexed citations

Thuiller, Wilfried, Olivier Broennimann, GREG HUGHES, et al.. (2006). Vulnerability of African mammals to anthropogenic climate change under conservative land transformation assumptions. Global Change Biology. 12(3). 424–440. 260 indexed citations

Thuiller, Wilfried, Guy F. Midgley, GREG HUGHES, et al.. (2006). Endemic species and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change in Namibia. Global Change Biology. 12(5). 759–776. 130 indexed citations

Thuiller, Wilfried, David M. Richardson, Petr Pyšek, et al.. (2005). Niche‐based modelling as a tool for predicting the risk of alien plant invasions at a global scale. Global Change Biology. 11(12). 2234–2250. 749 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, Paul, Lee Hannah, Sandy J. Andelman, et al.. (2005). Planning for Climate Change: Identifying Minimum‐Dispersal Corridors for the Cape Proteaceae. Conservation Biology. 19(4). 1063–1074. 238 indexed citations

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Bomhard, Bastian, David M. Richardson, John S. Donaldson, et al.. (2005). Potential impacts of future land use and climate change on the Red List status of the Proteaceae in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Global Change Biology. 11(9). 1452–1468. 114 indexed citations

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Hannah, Lee, Guy F. Midgley, GREG HUGHES, & Bastian Bomhard. (2005). The View from the Cape: Extinction Risk, Protected Areas, and Climate Change. BioScience. 55(3). 231–231. 139 indexed citations

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Simmons, Robert E., et al.. (2004). Climate change and birds: perspectives and prospects from southern Africa. Ostrich. 75(4). 295–308. 74 indexed citations

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