James C. Russell

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
278 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

James C. Russell is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James C. Russell has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Ecology, 57 papers in Genetics and 51 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James C. Russell's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (104 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (78 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (27 papers). James C. Russell is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (104 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (78 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (27 papers). James C. Russell collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and United States. James C. Russell's co-authors include Spencer D. Proctor, R.M. Amy, Mick N. Clout, Peter J. Dolphin, Sandra E. Graham, Nick D. Holmes, Christoph Kueffer, Matthieu Le Corre, Sandra Kelly and David R. Towns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James C. Russell

266 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Island Biodiversity in the Anthropocene 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. Island Biodiversity in the Anthropocene
    2019 168 citations James C. Russell et al. profile →

Peers

James C. Russell
John S. Millar United States
Peter J. Wood United Kingdom
Nicholas Smith Australia
Stan L. Lindstedt United States
Anders Albrechtsen Denmark
Charles C. Schwartz United States
David Scheel United States
Michael O′Connor United States
Warren W. Burggren United States
Ana Isabel Martı́n Spain
John S. Millar United States
James C. Russell
Citations per year, relative to James C. Russell James C. Russell (= 1×) peers John S. Millar

Countries citing papers authored by James C. Russell

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Fields of papers citing papers by James C. Russell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James C. Russell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James C. Russell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James C. Russell 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 James C. Russell. James C. Russell 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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Steibl, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). Rainfall increases conformity and strength of species–area relationships. Ecography. 2025(12).
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Castiglia, Riccardo, et al.. (2025). VKORC1 mutations in house mice in the Auckland Region (Aotearoa/New Zealand). New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
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Moinet, Marie, Carlos Roberto Abrahão, David A. Wilkinson, et al.. (2024). Density matters: How population dynamics of house mice (Mus musculus) inform the epidemiology of Leptospira. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(9). 2194–2206. 3 indexed citations
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Steibl, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Atolls are globally important sites for tropical seabirds. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(10). 1907–1915. 9 indexed citations
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Russell, James C., et al.. (2024). Outcomes of community-led urban rat control on avifauna. Biological Invasions. 26(11). 3639–3655.
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Campbell, Matthew, Rebecca Hamilton, Satria Bijaksana, et al.. (2024). A 1 Ma sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) record of catchment vegetation changes and the developmental history of tropical Lake Towuti (Sulawesi, Indonesia). Geobiology. 22(3). e12599–e12599. 4 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Danish A., Sergei Petrovskii, Michael B. Bonsall, et al.. (2023). Simulating capture efficiency of pitfall traps based on sampling strategy and the movement of ground‐dwelling arthropods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(11). 2827–2843. 4 indexed citations
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Elliott, Graeme, et al.. (2022). Eradication confirmation of mice from Antipodes Island and subsequent terrestrial bird recovery. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 1 indexed citations
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Horn, Stephen, et al.. (2022). Eradication confirmation of mice from Antipodes Island and subsequent terrestrial bird recovery. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 6 indexed citations
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Russell, James C., et al.. (2022). Social capital in the context of volunteer conservation initiatives. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(9). 5 indexed citations
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Bodey, Thomas W., et al.. (2021). Terrestrial vertebrate survey of Motukawanui. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 48(2). 174–184. 3 indexed citations
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Murphy, Elaine, et al.. (2020). Island invasion and reinvasion: Informing invasive species management with genetic measures of connectivity. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(11). 2258–2270. 11 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Edith A., Eric D. Edwards, Wokje Abrahamse, et al.. (2020). Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews. Environmental Communication. 14(7). 904–918. 44 indexed citations
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Noorbakhsh, Javad, Min Jin Ha, James C. Russell, & Jeffrey H. Chuang. (2019). Treating Cancer as an Invasive Species. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(1). 20–26. 7 indexed citations
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Russell, James C., et al.. (2019). A survey of environmental and pest management attitudes on inhabited hauraki gulf islands. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 1 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Heiko U., et al.. (2018). Conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes in Oceania: opportunities and challenges. Pacific Conservation Biology. 24(4). 409–416. 5 indexed citations
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Russell, James C., et al.. (2017). Terrestrial fauna survey of Slipper Island (Whakahau). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 45(1). 73–82. 3 indexed citations
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Robins, Judith, Shelly L. Miller, James C. Russell, Grant A. Harper, & Rachel M. Fewster. (2016). Where did the rats of Big South Cape Island come from?. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 40(2). 229–234. 13 indexed citations
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Pinet, P., et al.. (2009). Barau's Petrel Pterodroma Baraui: History, Biology and Conservation of an Endangered Endemic Petrel. Marine ornithology. 37(2). 16 indexed citations

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