James R. Spotila

10.4k total citations
199 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

James R. Spotila is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Spotila has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 112 papers in Ecology and 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in James R. Spotila's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (124 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (81 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (57 papers). James R. Spotila is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (124 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (81 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (57 papers). James R. Spotila collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Australia. James R. Spotila's co-authors include Frank V. Paladino, Edward A. Standora, Richard D. Reina, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo, J.H. van Wyk, Michael O′Connor, Anthony C. Steyermark, Stephen J. Morreale, Vincent S. Saba and Rotney Piedra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James R. Spotila

191 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James R. Spotila United States 54 5.7k 4.5k 4.3k 1.8k 749 199 8.4k
Justin D. Congdon United States 52 4.4k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 4.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.4× 576 0.8× 132 8.0k
Fredric J. Janzen United States 52 5.6k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 4.4k 1.0× 4.2k 2.3× 720 1.0× 189 9.1k
John B. Iverson United States 39 3.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 500 0.7× 161 5.6k
Gary C. Packard United States 38 3.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 271 0.4× 174 5.6k
John P. Croxall United Kingdom 71 2.9k 0.5× 12.6k 2.8× 4.8k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 881 1.2× 195 14.7k
Sarah Wanless United Kingdom 62 3.0k 0.5× 10.7k 2.4× 4.5k 1.1× 3.4k 1.9× 1.2k 1.6× 311 12.8k
Ronald J. Brooks Canada 46 3.6k 0.6× 3.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 377 0.5× 196 6.6k
Alan B. Bolten United States 53 7.1k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 88 0.1× 172 8.8k
Frances C. James United States 31 2.4k 0.4× 3.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 75 6.3k
Thomas Madsen Australia 51 1.7k 0.3× 3.8k 0.8× 4.1k 1.0× 4.5k 2.5× 832 1.1× 170 8.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James R. Spotila

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. Spotila

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paladino, Frank V., et al.. (2024). Variability in thermal tolerance of clutches from different mothers indicates adaptation potential to climate warming in sea turtles. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17447–e17447. 4 indexed citations
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Qi, Dunwu, et al.. (2020). Free-roaming dogs limit habitat use of giant pandas in nature reserves. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10247–10247. 8 indexed citations
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Price, Edwin R., Paul R. Sotherland, Bryan P. Wallace, James R. Spotila, & Edward M. Dzialowski. (2019). Physiological determinants of the internesting interval in sea turtles: a novel ‘water-limitation’ hypothesis. Biology Letters. 15(6). 20190248–20190248. 13 indexed citations
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Honarvar, Shaya, et al.. (2016). Ecology of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles at Arribadas at Playa La Flor, Nicaragua. Herpetologica. 72(4). 303–308. 4 indexed citations
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Sieg, Annette E., et al.. (2015). Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) thermal ecology and reproductive success along a rainfall cline. SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University). 1 indexed citations
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Avery, Harold W., et al.. (2015). Juvenile invasive red-eared slider turtles negatively impact the growth of native turtles: Implications for global freshwater turtle populations. Biological Conservation. 186. 115–121. 48 indexed citations
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Spotila, James R. & Pilar Santidrián Tomillo. (2015). The Leatherback Turtle: Biology and Conservation. 4 indexed citations
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Robinson, Nathan J., et al.. (2014). Phenology shifts in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) due to changes in sea surface temperature. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 462. 113–120. 29 indexed citations
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Tomillo, Pilar Santidrián, et al.. (2009). Influence of emergence success on the annual reproductive output of leatherback turtles. Marine Biology. 156(10). 2021–2031. 55 indexed citations
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Paladino, Frank V., et al.. (2007). Reassessment of the Leatherback Turtle Nesting Population at Parque Marino Las Baulas Costa Rica: Effects of Conservation Efforts. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 6(1). 9 indexed citations
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Dutra-Clarke, Ana, Charlene J. Williams, Rebecca Dickstein, Norbert F. Käufer, & James R. Spotila. (2001). Inferences on the phylogenetic relationships of Succineidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) based on 18S rRNA gene. Malacologia. 43. 223–236. 7 indexed citations
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Binckley, Christopher A., et al.. (1998). Sex Determination and Sex Ratios of Pacific Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea. Copeia. 1998(2). 291–291. 83 indexed citations
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Roosenburg, Willem M., et al.. (1989). Population response to stress: Population Structure and movement of largemouth bass in a nuclear reactor cooling reservoir. 1 indexed citations
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Easton, Douglas P., et al.. (1987). Heat shock protein induction and induced thermal tolerance are independent in adult salamanders. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 241(2). 263–267. 30 indexed citations
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Spotila, James R., et al.. (1984). Opportunistic behavioral thermoregulation of turtles, Pseudemys scripta, in response to microclimatology of a nuclear reactor cooling reservoir. Herpetologica. 40(3). 299–308. 31 indexed citations
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Spotila, James R., et al.. (1984). LIFE HISTORY OF THE DESERT IGUANA, DIPSOSA UR US DORSALIS. Herpetologica. 40(4). 415–424. 21 indexed citations
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Standora, Edward A., et al.. (1982). Regional endothermy in the sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Journal of Thermal Biology. 7(3). 159–165. 57 indexed citations
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Paladino, Frank V. & James R. Spotila. (1978). The effect of arsenic on the thermal tolerance of newly hatched muskellunge fry (Esox masquinongy). Journal of Thermal Biology. 3(4). 223–227. 23 indexed citations

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