J. Meester

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

J. Meester is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Meester has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in J. Meester's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (20 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). J. Meester is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (20 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). J. Meester collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. J. Meester's co-authors include Henry W. Setzer, D.T. Rowe-Rowe, A. F. Hallett, Neville Pillay, J. A. Cooke, Peter J. Taylor, Philip Taylor, Caitlin M. Baker, Gary N. Bronner and Steven Lawrence Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Mammalogy and Cytogenetic and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

J. Meester

40 papers receiving 700 citations

Hit Papers

The mammals of Africa: an identification manual 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
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. The mammals of Africa: an identification manual
    1971 404 citations J. Meester, Henry W. Setzer Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 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. Meester South Africa 14 541 370 265 196 94 41 841
W. H. Burt United States 10 618 1.1× 319 0.9× 192 0.7× 246 1.3× 95 1.0× 19 1.0k
Dieter Kock Germany 15 468 0.9× 385 1.0× 274 1.0× 209 1.1× 41 0.4× 54 779
Ronald H. Pine United States 16 410 0.8× 405 1.1× 436 1.6× 83 0.4× 50 0.5× 49 732
M. J. Delany United Kingdom 17 611 1.1× 241 0.7× 144 0.5× 124 0.6× 212 2.3× 45 816
Roger A. Anderson United States 18 431 0.8× 779 2.1× 143 0.5× 158 0.8× 219 2.3× 37 1.3k
Donald F. Hoffmeister United States 15 597 1.1× 244 0.7× 119 0.4× 126 0.6× 138 1.5× 59 785
David Schmidly United States 23 870 1.6× 471 1.3× 319 1.2× 369 1.9× 92 1.0× 83 1.3k
Duane A. Schlitter United States 16 477 0.9× 593 1.6× 477 1.8× 266 1.4× 51 0.5× 65 1.0k
Gary N. Bronner South Africa 15 310 0.6× 350 0.9× 236 0.9× 100 0.5× 116 1.2× 39 625
Steve Van Dyck Australia 9 446 0.8× 215 0.6× 223 0.8× 100 0.5× 76 0.8× 24 606

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Meester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Meester

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Taylor, Philip, et al.. (2013). GENETIC VARIATION IN THE AFRICAN VLEI RAT OTOMYS IRRORATUS (MURIDAE: OTOMYINAE). Israel Journal of Zoology. 38. 293–305. 1 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (2013). POST-ZYGOTIC REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THE AFRICAN VLEI RAT OTOMYS IRRORATUS (MURIDAE: OTOMYINAE). Israel Journal of Zoology. 38. 307–313. 1 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1992). The Natal University small mammal speciation project. Israel Journal of Zoology. 38. 424–425. 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Peter J., et al.. (1992). Genetic variation in the African rodent subfamily Otomyinae (Muridae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 60(1). 45–47. 4 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1992). Genetic variation in the African rodent subfamily Otomyinae (Muridae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 59(4). 293–299. 17 indexed citations
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Bronner, Gary N., Steven Lawrence Gordon, & J. Meester. (1988). Otomys irroratus. Mammalian Species. 1–1. 10 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1988). Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834 (currently Parotomys brantsii; Mammalia, Rodentia): proposed conservation of the specific name. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 45. 43–44. 2 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1979). The activity patterns of some southern African Crocidura in captivity. ACTA THERIOLOGICA. 24. 61–68. 8 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1979). Activity Patterns of Myosorex Varius And M. Cafer in Captivity. South African Journal of Zoology. 14(2). 91–93. 5 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1977). A Field Test of Six Types of Live-Trap for African Rodents. Zoologica Africana. 12(1). 215–223. 4 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1977). Note sur les Soricidae (Insectivora) du Nimba libérien. Mammalia. 41(3). 5 indexed citations
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Meester, J., et al.. (1976). Postnatal physical and behavioural development of Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis (A. Smith, 1834). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 13 indexed citations
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Meester, J.. (1976). South African red data book : small mammals. 5 indexed citations
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Meester, J. & Henry W. Setzer. (1971). The mammals of Africa: an identification manual. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hallett, A. F. & J. Meester. (1971). Early Postnatal Development of the South African HamsterMystromys Albicaudatus. Zoologica Africana. 6(2). 221–228. 4 indexed citations
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Meester, J.. (1965). The Origins of the Southern African Mammal Fauna. Zoologica Africana. 1(1). 87–93. 21 indexed citations
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Meester, J.. (1961). A taxonomic revision of Southern AfricanCrocidura(Mammalia: Insectivora). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4(45). 561–571. 6 indexed citations
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Meester, J.. (1958). Variation in the Shrew Genus Myosorex in Southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy. 39(3). 325–325. 12 indexed citations
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Meester, J.. (1954). Fossil shrews of South Africa. 22(3). 271–278. 14 indexed citations

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