Jon Flanders

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 864 citations indexed

About

Jon Flanders is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Flanders has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 864 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 12 papers in Ecological Modeling and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jon Flanders's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Jon Flanders is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). Jon Flanders collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Jon Flanders's co-authors include Winifred F. Frick, Tigga Kingston, Stephen J. Rossiter, Shuyi Zhang, Gareth Jones, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Jim Zook, Daniel S. Karp, Luke O. Frishkoff and Leithen K. M’Gonigle and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology Letters and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jon Flanders

21 papers receiving 845 citations

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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.

A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation

2019 381 citations Winifred F. Frick, Tigga Kingston et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jon Flanders United Kingdom	12	615	422	350	180	110	22	864
Peter Kaňuch Slovakia	17	545 0.9×	420 1.0×	193 0.6×	190 1.1×	40 0.4×	87	781
Antonio Guillén-Servent Mexico	13	527 0.9×	297 0.7×	239 0.7×	122 0.7×	57 0.5×	34	710
L. Gerardo Herrera M. Mexico	20	787 1.3×	829 2.0×	116 0.3×	91 0.5×	132 1.2×	72	1.2k
Chelmala Srinivasulu India	12	382 0.6×	306 0.7×	231 0.7×	217 1.2×	67 0.6×	114	716
José Juan Flores‐Martínez Mexico	15	402 0.7×	318 0.8×	133 0.4×	80 0.4×	79 0.7×	42	592
Martim Melo Portugal	16	295 0.5×	462 1.1×	172 0.5×	301 1.7×	114 1.0×	53	1.1k
Keping Sun China	18	696 1.1×	393 0.9×	168 0.5×	283 1.6×	165 1.5×	86	1.0k
Iain Mackie United Kingdom	13	579 0.9×	362 0.9×	239 0.7×	143 0.8×	78 0.7×	19	765
Maklarin Lakim Malaysia	19	310 0.5×	410 1.0×	112 0.3×	202 1.1×	56 0.5×	49	892
E. M. Barratt United Kingdom	13	647 1.1×	699 1.7×	228 0.7×	528 2.9×	44 0.4×	13	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jon Flanders

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akre, Karin L., et al.. (2025). Co‐Benefits From Species‐Level Conservation Contribute to Multilateral Environmental Agreement Targets. Conservation Letters. 18(1). 1 indexed citations

Flanders, Jon, Winifred F. Frick, Julius Nziza, et al.. (2022). Rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli) and other new records of bat species in Rwanda. ZooKeys. 10. e83546–e83546. 1 indexed citations

Simmons, Nancy B., et al.. (2021). A New Dichromatic Species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Museum Novitates. 2020(3963). 6 indexed citations

Frick, Winifred F., Tigga Kingston, & Jon Flanders. (2019). A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1469(1). 5–25. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

Dávalos, Liliana M., et al.. (2018). A coalescent-based estimator of genetic drift, and acoustic divergence in the Pteronotus parnellii species complex. Heredity. 122(4). 417–427. 4 indexed citations

Fan, Xiaoli, et al.. (2017). Advertisement calls of Guenther’s frog Hylarana guentheri (Anura: Ranidae) during the breeding season. Bioacoustics. 28(2). 129–139. 4 indexed citations

Flanders, Jon. (2016). Bats: A World of Science and Mystery. By M. Brock Fenton and Nancy B. Simmons. A Peter N. Névraumont Book. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $35.00. 303 p.; ill.; index of bat names and index. ISBN: 978-0-226-06512-0 (hc); 978-0-226-06526-7 (eb). 2014.. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 91(1). 108–108. 1 indexed citations

Frishkoff, Luke O., Daniel S. Karp, Jon Flanders, et al.. (2016). Climate change and habitat conversion favour the same species. Ecology Letters. 19(9). 1081–1090. 122 indexed citations

Flanders, Jon, Miho Inoue‐Murayama, Stephen J. Rossiter, & David A. Hill. (2016). Female philopatry and limited male-biased dispersal in the Ussuri tube-nosed bat, Murina ussuriensis. Journal of Mammalogy. 97(2). 545–553. 12 indexed citations

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Fang, Yin‐Ping, et al.. (2014). Comparative rangewide phylogeography of four endemic Taiwanese bat species. Molecular Ecology. 23(14). 3566–3586. 22 indexed citations

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Yohe, Laurel R., et al.. (2014). Unveiling the Impact of Human Influence on Species Distributions in Vietnam: A Case Study Using Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Tropical Conservation Science. 7(3). 586–596. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Libiao, et al.. (2013). Dispersal, Mating Events and Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the Lesser Flat-Headed Bats. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54428–e54428. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guangjian, et al.. (2012). Dextrocardia in Short-Nosed Fruit Bats (Cynopterus sphinx) and Their Relative Heart Masses. Acta Chiropterologica. 14(2). 497–497.

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Zhao, Xudong, Huaying Sun, Zhanhui Tang, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the sleep architecture in two species of fruit bat. Behavioural Brain Research. 208(2). 497–501. 14 indexed citations

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Flanders, Jon, Wei Li, Stephen J. Rossiter, & Shuyi Zhang. (2010). Identifying the effects of the Pleistocene on the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, in East Asia using ecological niche modelling and phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Biogeography. 38(3). 439–452. 58 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinping, Stephen J. Rossiter, Jon Flanders, et al.. (2010). Contrasting Genetic Structure in Two Co-Distributed Species of Old World Fruit Bat. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13903–e13903. 24 indexed citations

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Wei, Li, et al.. (2010). Phylogeography of the Japanese pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus abramus, in China: the impact of ancient and recent events on population genetic structure. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99(3). 582–594. 17 indexed citations

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Flanders, Jon & Gareth Jones. (2009). Roost Use, Ranging Behavior, and Diet of Greater Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus Ferrumequinum) Using a Transitional Roost. Journal of Mammalogy. 90(4). 888–896. 36 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huabin, Dong Xu, Yingying Zhou, Jon Flanders, & Shuyi Zhang. (2009). Evolution of opsin genes reveals a functional role of vision in the echolocating little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 37(3). 154–161. 21 indexed citations

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Flanders, Jon, Gareth Jones, Petr Benda, et al.. (2008). Phylogeography of the greater horseshoe bat,Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: contrasting results from mitochondrial and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology. 18(2). 306–318. 106 indexed citations

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