Iain Douglas‐Hamilton

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Iain Douglas‐Hamilton is a scholar working on Ecology, Social Psychology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, 34 papers in Social Psychology and 25 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Iain Douglas‐Hamilton's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (87 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (34 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (25 papers). Iain Douglas‐Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (87 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (34 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (25 papers). Iain Douglas‐Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Iain Douglas‐Hamilton's co-authors include George Wittemyer, Fritz Vollrath, Wayne M. Getz, Henrik B. Rasmussen, Lucy King, Patrick Omondi, Thure E. Cerling, Julian Blanc, Thiemo Krink and Jake Wall and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Iain Douglas‐Hamilton

114 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants

2014 266 citations George Wittemyer, Joseph M. Northrup 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
Iain Douglas‐Hamilton Kenya	39	4.0k	1.4k	969	914	829	116	5.1k
Adrian Treves United States	43	5.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	118	7.1k
Sarah M. Durant United Kingdom	35	3.0k 0.8×	736 0.5×	550 0.6×	753 0.8×	883 1.1×	95	4.2k
M. G. L. Mills South Africa	40	3.3k 0.8×	827 0.6×	521 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	828 1.0×	77	4.3k
Andrew J. Loveridge United Kingdom	41	4.5k 1.1×	682 0.5×	933 1.0×	952 1.0×	732 0.9×	136	5.2k
George B. Schaller United States	35	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	548 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	101	5.9k
George Wittemyer United States	43	5.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	161	7.7k
Matthew Linkie United Kingdom	31	3.4k 0.9×	966 0.7×	489 0.5×	602 0.7×	507 0.6×	72	4.3k
K. Ullas Karanth India	34	5.6k 1.4×	789 0.6×	866 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	643 0.8×	57	6.0k
Luke Hunter United States	38	4.1k 1.0×	690 0.5×	852 0.9×	957 1.0×	545 0.7×	104	4.6k
Todd K. Fuller United States	40	6.9k 1.7×	675 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	177	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Iain Douglas‐Hamilton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain Douglas‐Hamilton

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Fristrup, Kurt M., Joyce H. Poole, Petter Granli, et al.. (2024). African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(7). 1353–1364. 20 indexed citations

King, Lucy, et al.. (2024). Impact of drought and development on the effectiveness of beehive fences as elephant deterrents over 9 years in Kenya. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(11). 3 indexed citations

Poole, Joyce H., et al.. (2024). Female African elephant rumbles differ between populations and sympatric social groups. Royal Society Open Science. 11(9). 241264–241264. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Janine L., et al.. (2022). Social support correlates with glucocorticoid concentrations in wild African elephant orphans. Communications Biology. 5(1). 630–630. 8 indexed citations

King, Lucy, et al.. (2022). Outcome of an elephant translocation from Isiolo to Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Pachyderm. 63. 91–98. 3 indexed citations

Goldenberg, Shifra Z., Ian Craig, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, et al.. (2022). Social integration of translocated wildlife: a case study of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in northern Kenya. Mammalian Biology. 102(4). 1299–1314. 8 indexed citations

Webb, Colleen T., et al.. (2021). Poaching of African elephants indirectly decreases population growth through lowered orphan survival. Current Biology. 31(18). 4156–4162.e5. 22 indexed citations

Bastille‐Rousseau, Guillaume, et al.. (2019). Landscape‐scale habitat response of African elephants shows strong selection for foraging opportunities in a human dominated ecosystem. Ecography. 43(1). 149–160. 32 indexed citations

Bastille‐Rousseau, Guillaume, Jake Wall, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, & George Wittemyer. (2018). Optimizing the positioning of wildlife crossing structures using GPS telemetry. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(4). 2055–2063. 21 indexed citations

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Bastille‐Rousseau, Guillaume, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, Stephen Blake, Joseph M. Northrup, & George Wittemyer. (2018). Applying network theory to animal movements to identify properties of landscape space use. Ecological Applications. 28(3). 854–864. 34 indexed citations

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King, Lucy, et al.. (2016). Preliminary indications of the effect of infrastructure development on ecosystem connectivity in Tsavo National Parks, Kenya. Pachyderm. 57. 109–111. 5 indexed citations

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Cawoy, Valérie, Christine Cocquyt, Gilles Dauby, et al.. (2014). Biodiversity Conservation and Management. Tropical Ecology. 67–96. 1 indexed citations

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Bouché, Philippe, Iain Douglas‐Hamilton, George Wittemyer, et al.. (2011). Will Elephants Soon Disappear from West African Savannahs?. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20619–e20619. 92 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain, et al.. (2009). Drought threatens Mali elephants. Pachyderm. 45. 129–130. 1 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain, Shivani Bhalla, George Wittemyer, & Fritz Vollrath. (2006). Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 100(1-2). 87–102. 143 indexed citations

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Cerling, Thure E., George Wittemyer, Henrik B. Rasmussen, et al.. (2006). Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(2). 371–373. 158 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain, Thiemo Krink, & Fritz Vollrath. (2005). Movements and corridors of African elephants in relation to protected areas. Die Naturwissenschaften. 92(4). 158–163. 179 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain. (1984). Trends in key African elephant populations. Pachyderm. 4. 7–9. 6 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain. (1984). Elephant and rhino population trends in Selous, Tanzania. Pachyderm. 4. 18–18. 2 indexed citations

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Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain, et al.. (1981). Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 8 indexed citations

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