Joanne Isaac

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Joanne Isaac is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joanne Isaac has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Joanne Isaac's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers). Joanne Isaac is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers). Joanne Isaac collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Austria. Joanne Isaac's co-authors include Christopher N. Johnson, Stephen E. Williams, Luke P. Shoo, Gary Langham, Ary A. Hoffmann, Diana O. Fisher, Brett A. Goodman, Jeremy VanDerWal, Yvette M. Williams and Andrew K. Krockenberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Joanne Isaac

26 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnera... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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. Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change
    2008 883 citations Stephen E. Williams, Luke P. Shoo et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joanne Isaac Australia 16 1.4k 799 662 539 537 27 2.1k
Janet L. Gardner Australia 25 1.7k 1.3× 864 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 412 0.8× 509 0.9× 47 2.5k
Lyn C. Branch United States 33 1.7k 1.3× 400 0.5× 462 0.7× 671 1.2× 803 1.5× 83 2.6k
Geoff M. Hilton United Kingdom 34 2.9k 2.1× 667 0.8× 867 1.3× 583 1.1× 863 1.6× 121 3.5k
Jaime E. Jiménez Chile 25 1.5k 1.1× 295 0.4× 469 0.7× 335 0.6× 549 1.0× 100 2.1k
Ignacio Morales‐Castilla Spain 24 1.2k 0.9× 929 1.2× 777 1.2× 548 1.0× 724 1.3× 53 2.4k
Martin Brändle Germany 29 1.1k 0.8× 618 0.8× 942 1.4× 294 0.5× 1.0k 1.9× 60 2.3k
Michael A. Patten United States 32 2.3k 1.7× 760 1.0× 954 1.4× 516 1.0× 915 1.7× 161 3.3k
Chris R. Pavey Australia 28 2.0k 1.5× 600 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 377 0.7× 424 0.8× 123 2.5k
Steven J. Presley United States 30 1.3k 1.0× 780 1.0× 1.3k 1.9× 307 0.6× 762 1.4× 72 2.4k
Camilla Fløjgaard Denmark 19 1.4k 1.0× 925 1.2× 698 1.1× 342 0.6× 758 1.4× 38 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Joanne Isaac

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joanne Isaac

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joanne Isaac

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joanne Isaac. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joanne Isaac 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 Joanne Isaac. Joanne Isaac 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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Ryan, Michael F., et al.. (2025). Thermal drone surveys to detect arboreal fauna: Improving population estimates and threatened species monitoring. Ecological Applications. 35(6). e70091–e70091. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen E., Lorena Falconi, Andrew J. Lowe, et al.. (2017). National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan Terrestrial Biodiversity: update 2017. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, Nicholas L S, Dennis Trewin, Mark Ziembicki, et al.. (2014). State of the Tropics 2014 report. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 22 indexed citations
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Wilson, Barbara A., et al.. (2012). Terrestrial mammals of the Gnangara Groundwater System, Western Australia: history, status, and the possible impacts of a drying climate. Australian Mammalogy. 34(2). 202–216. 12 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen E., Jeremy VanDerWal, Joanne Isaac, et al.. (2010). Distributions, life‐history specialization, and phylogeny of the rain forest vertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics. Ecology. 91(8). 2493–2493. 56 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne. (2010). Now and Zen. Nature. 463(7278). 2–2. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen E., Yvette M. Williams, Jeremy VanDerWal, et al.. (2009). Ecological specialization and population size in a biodiversity hotspot: How rare species avoid extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(supplement_2). 19737–19741. 88 indexed citations
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Goodman, Brett A., et al.. (2009). THE EVOLUTION OF BODY SHAPE IN RESPONSE TO HABITAT: IS REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT REDUCED IN FLAT LIZARDS?. Evolution. 63(5). 1279–1291. 26 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne. (2009). Am I still a postdoc or not?. Nature. 461(7262). 433–433. 1 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne. (2009). The moving blues. Nature. 458(7242). 1207–1207. 1 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne, Jeremy VanDerWal, Christopher N. Johnson, & Stephen E. Williams. (2008). Resistance and resilience: quantifying relative extinction risk in a diverse assemblage of Australian tropical rainforest vertebrates. Diversity and Distributions. 15(2). 280–288. 68 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen E., Luke P. Shoo, Joanne Isaac, Ary A. Hoffmann, & Gary Langham. (2008). Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change. PLoS Biology. 6(12). e325–e325. 883 indexed citations breakdown →
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Isaac, Joanne, Michael H. Parsons, & Brett A. Goodman. (2008). How hot do nest boxes get in the tropics? A study of nest boxes for the endangered mahogany glider. Wildlife Research. 35(5). 441–445. 35 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne, et al.. (2008). Microclimate of daytime den sites in a tropical possum: implications for the conservation of tropical arboreal marsupials. Animal Conservation. 11(4). 281–287. 54 indexed citations
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Goodman, Brett A. & Joanne Isaac. (2008). Convergent body flattening in a clade of tropical rock-using lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 94(2). 399–411. 26 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne. (2005). Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence. Austral Ecology. 30(2). 237–238. 3 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne & Christopher N. Johnson. (2005). Terminal reproductive effort in a marsupial. Biology Letters. 1(3). 271–275. 39 indexed citations
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Isaac, Joanne, et al.. (2004). Automated feeders: new technology for food supplementation experiments with mammals. Wildlife Research. 31(4). 437–441. 12 indexed citations
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