Kaitlin Kimmel

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kaitlin Kimmel is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitlin Kimmel has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 4 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Kaitlin Kimmel's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Kaitlin Kimmel is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Kaitlin Kimmel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Kaitlin Kimmel's co-authors include David Tilman, Michael Clark, David Williams, Craig Packer, Stephen Polasky, Forest Isbell, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Nico Eisenhauer, Paul R. Adler and Dario Fornara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Kaitlin Kimmel

10 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Future threats to biodive... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2017 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. Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention
    2017 858 citations David Tilman, Michael Clark et al. Nature profile →
  2. Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems
    2017 401 citations Forest Isbell, Paul R. Adler et al. Journal of Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaitlin Kimmel United States 7 598 380 367 276 252 10 1.4k
Gorm E. Shackelford United Kingdom 14 410 0.7× 287 0.8× 254 0.7× 260 0.9× 235 0.9× 24 1.2k
Anne D. Bjorkman Canada 16 573 1.0× 405 1.1× 317 0.9× 505 1.8× 203 0.8× 28 1.8k
Rebecca Spake United Kingdom 23 410 0.7× 650 1.7× 434 1.2× 207 0.8× 247 1.0× 37 1.6k
Sebastian Klimek Germany 19 450 0.8× 489 1.3× 702 1.9× 431 1.6× 191 0.8× 34 1.5k
Rui Borralho Portugal 13 753 1.3× 375 1.0× 585 1.6× 254 0.9× 206 0.8× 19 1.5k
Iris Motzke Germany 9 460 0.8× 590 1.6× 309 0.8× 417 1.5× 111 0.4× 12 1.6k
Helen R. P. Phillips Germany 18 513 0.9× 494 1.3× 507 1.4× 199 0.7× 289 1.1× 39 1.5k
Miguel N. Bugalho Portugal 25 755 1.3× 911 2.4× 767 2.1× 379 1.4× 149 0.6× 66 2.0k
Anna C. Treydte Germany 22 669 1.1× 413 1.1× 562 1.5× 195 0.7× 108 0.4× 103 1.5k
P. V. Grice United Kingdom 14 859 1.4× 252 0.7× 589 1.6× 502 1.8× 189 0.8× 26 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaitlin Kimmel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaitlin Kimmel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kaitlin Kimmel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kaitlin Kimmel. The network helps show where Kaitlin Kimmel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaitlin Kimmel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaitlin Kimmel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaitlin Kimmel 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 Kaitlin Kimmel. Kaitlin Kimmel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Ohlert, Timothy, Kaitlin Kimmel, Meghan L. Avolio, et al.. (2024). The impact of trait number and correlation on functional diversity metrics in real-world ecosystems. PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0306342–e0306342. 2 indexed citations
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Kimmel, Kaitlin, Meghan L. Avolio, & Paul J. Ferraro. (2023). Empirical evidence of widespread exaggeration bias and selective reporting in ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(9). 1525–1536. 34 indexed citations
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Ohlert, Timothy, Kaitlin Kimmel, Meghan L. Avolio, et al.. (2022). Exploring the impact of trait number and type on functional diversity metrics in real-world ecosystems. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0272791–e0272791. 6 indexed citations
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Kimmel, Kaitlin, Michael Clark, & David Tilman. (2022). Impact of multiple small and persistent threats on extinction risk. Conservation Biology. 36(5). e13901–e13901. 12 indexed citations
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Kimmel, Kaitlin, Laura E. Dee, Meghan L. Avolio, & Paul J. Ferraro. (2021). Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(12). 1141–1152. 54 indexed citations
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Kimmel, Kaitlin, George N. Furey, Sarah E. Hobbie, et al.. (2020). Diversity‐dependent soil acidification under nitrogen enrichment constrains biomass productivity. Global Change Biology. 26(11). 6594–6603. 43 indexed citations
7.
Kimmel, Kaitlin, Laura E. Dee, David Tilman, et al.. (2019). Chronic fertilization and irrigation gradually and increasingly restructure grassland communities. Ecosphere. 10(3). 7 indexed citations
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Vogel, Anja, Peter Manning, Marc W. Cadotte, et al.. (2019). Chapter Three - Lost in trait space: species-poor communities are inflexible in properties that drive ecosystem functioning. 61. 91–131. 2 indexed citations
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Isbell, Forest, Paul R. Adler, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2017). Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems. Journal of Ecology. 105(4). 871–879. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Tilman, David, Michael Clark, David Williams, et al.. (2017). Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention. Nature. 546(7656). 73–81. 858 indexed citations breakdown →

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