J. Alan Pounds

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

J. Alan Pounds is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Alan Pounds has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecological Modeling, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in J. Alan Pounds's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). J. Alan Pounds is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). J. Alan Pounds collaborates with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Ecuador. J. Alan Pounds's co-authors include Stephen H. Schneider, Kimberly R. Hall, Terry L. Root, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Jeff Price, John H. Campbell, Martha L. Crump, Robert Puschendorf, Bruce E. Young and Enrique La Marca and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The American Naturalist and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

J. Alan Pounds

23 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants 1999 2026 2008 2017 2003 2006 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants
    2003 3.6k citations Terry L. Root, Jeff Price et al. Nature profile →
  2. Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
    2006 1.3k citations J. Alan Pounds, Martín R. Bustamante et al. Nature profile →
  3. Biological response to climate change on a tropical mountain
    1999 1.0k citations J. Alan Pounds, John H. Campbell et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Alan Pounds United States 16 3.4k 3.2k 2.7k 2.2k 2.2k 23 7.1k
Albert S. van Jaarsveld South Africa 25 3.6k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.8k 0.8× 36 8.0k
Eric Wikramanayake United States 24 2.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 4.0k 1.5× 2.7k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 46 8.6k
Terry L. Root United States 22 3.6k 1.1× 2.9k 0.9× 3.9k 1.4× 2.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 43 8.4k
Miguel A. Ortega‐Huerta Mexico 15 4.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 3.2k 1.2× 2.9k 1.3× 1.9k 0.9× 24 7.2k
Michel Bakkenes Netherlands 20 4.1k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 30 8.4k
Prashant Hedao United States 5 1.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 5 6.5k
Thomas F. Allnutt United States 10 1.8k 0.5× 2.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 15 6.9k
Yvonne C. Collingham United Kingdom 26 5.5k 1.6× 2.2k 0.7× 4.3k 1.6× 4.4k 1.9× 2.5k 1.1× 36 9.3k
Mar Cabeza Finland 43 3.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.9× 3.7k 1.4× 3.5k 1.6× 1.8k 0.8× 111 8.0k
Peter B. Pearman Switzerland 36 3.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 2.8k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 68 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by J. Alan Pounds

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of J. Alan Pounds's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by J. Alan Pounds with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites J. Alan Pounds more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by J. Alan Pounds

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by J. Alan Pounds. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by J. Alan Pounds. The network helps show where J. Alan Pounds may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Alan Pounds

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. Alan Pounds. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. Alan Pounds 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 J. Alan Pounds. J. Alan Pounds 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
1.
Pounds, J. Alan, et al.. (2009). Amphibian mystery misread. Nature. 462(7269). 38–39. 7 indexed citations
2.
Pounds, J. Alan & Luis A. Coloma. (2008). Beware the lone killer. Nature Climate Change. 1(805). 57–59. 10 indexed citations
3.
Pounds, J. Alan, Martín R. Bustamante, Luis A. Coloma, et al.. (2006). Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature. 439(7073). 161–167. 1339 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Root, Terry L., Jeff Price, Kimberly R. Hall, et al.. (2005). The impact of climatic change on wild animals and plants: a meta-analysis. 191. 5 indexed citations
5.
Marca, Enrique La, Karen R. Lips, Stefan Lötters, et al.. (2005). Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus)1. Biotropica. 37(2). 190–201. 262 indexed citations
6.
Root, Terry L., Jeff Price, Kimberly R. Hall, et al.. (2003). Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants. Nature. 421(6918). 57–60. 3577 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Pounds, J. Alan, et al.. (1999). Biological response to climate change on a tropical mountain. Nature. 398(6728). 611–615. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Pounds, J. Alan, et al.. (1997). Tests of Null Models for Amphibian Declines on a Tropical Mountain. Conservation Biology. 11(6). 1307–1322. 151 indexed citations
9.
Pounds, J. Alan & Martha L. Crump. (1994). Amphibian Declines and Climate Disturbance: The Case of the Golden Toad and the Harlequin Frog. Conservation Biology. 8(1). 72–85. 334 indexed citations
10.
Villa, Jaime, et al.. (1990). An Annotated List and Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Monteverde, Costa Rica. Copeia. 1990(1). 259–259. 9 indexed citations
11.
Crump, Martha L. & J. Alan Pounds. (1989). Temporal Variation in the Dispersion of a Tropical Anuran. Copeia. 1989(1). 209–209. 19 indexed citations
12.
Pounds, J. Alan. (1988). Ecomorphology, Locomotion, and Microhabitat Structure: Patterns in a Tropical Mainland Anolis Community. Ecological Monographs. 58(4). 299–320. 157 indexed citations
13.
Pounds, J. Alan & Martha L. Crump. (1987). Harlequin Frogs Along a Tropical Montane Stream: Aggregation and the Risk of Predation by Frog-Eating Flies. Biotropica. 19(4). 306–306. 26 indexed citations
14.
Pounds, J. Alan, et al.. (1983). Allometric Growth of the Hind Limbs of Some Terrestrial Iguanid Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist. 110(1). 201–201. 23 indexed citations
15.
Pounds, J. Alan & James F. Jackson. (1983). Utilization of Perch Sites by Sex and Size Classes of Sceloporus undulatus undulatus. Journal of Herpetology. 17(3). 287–287. 15 indexed citations
16.
Pounds, J. Alan & James F. Jackson. (1982). Gene Flow and Differentiation: The Isolated Populations of Checkerspot Butterflies in Colorado. The American Naturalist. 120(2). 280–281. 3 indexed citations
17.
Pounds, J. Alan & James F. Jackson. (1981). RIVERINE BARRIERS TO GENE FLOW AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF FENCE LIZARD POPULATIONS. Evolution. 35(3). 516–528. 20 indexed citations
18.
Jackson, James F. & J. Alan Pounds. (1980). Of Differential Head-Body Pigmentation in Snakes. Journal of Herpetology. 14(3). 307–307. 1 indexed citations
19.
Jackson, John F. & J. Alan Pounds. (1979). Comments on Assessing the Dedifferentiating Effect of Gene Flow. Systematic Biology. 28(1). 78–85. 27 indexed citations
20.
Jackson, James F. & J. Alan Pounds. (1979). Comments on Assessing the Dedifferentiating Effect of Gene Flow. Systematic Zoology. 28(1). 78–78. 24 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Albert S. van Jaarsveld Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eric Wikramanayake Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Terry L. Root Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Miguel A. Ortega‐Huerta Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michel Bakkenes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Prashant Hedao Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Thomas F. Allnutt Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yvonne C. Collingham Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mar Cabeza Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter B. Pearman
Rankless by CCL
2026