Laurie Marker

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Laurie Marker is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurie Marker has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Ecology, 41 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Laurie Marker's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (74 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (14 papers). Laurie Marker is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (74 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (14 papers). Laurie Marker collaborates with scholars based in Namibia, United States and United Kingdom. Laurie Marker's co-authors include Amy Dickman, Stephen J. O’Brien, David W. Macdonald, M. G. L. Mills, Linda Munson, James F. Evermann, Melody E. Roelke, Karen A. Terio, L. P. Colly and Andrea K. Newman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Laurie Marker

113 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Basis for Species... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 200 400 600
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. Genetic Basis for Species Vulnerability in the Cheetah
    1985 658 citations Stephen J. O’Brien, Laurie Marker et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Laurie Marker 1.7k 1.0k 594 315 311 121 3.0k
Kristin Nowell 1.6k 1.0× 567 0.5× 238 0.4× 264 0.8× 115 0.4× 13 2.0k
W. Jürgen Streich 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 436 0.7× 388 1.2× 115 0.4× 77 2.9k
Leandro Silveira 2.3k 1.4× 620 0.6× 406 0.7× 381 1.2× 180 0.6× 88 2.9k
John Seidensticker 2.3k 1.4× 939 0.9× 782 1.3× 446 1.4× 68 0.2× 69 3.0k
Francisço Palomares 5.0k 3.0× 1.2k 1.2× 920 1.5× 970 3.1× 236 0.8× 180 6.2k
E. Tom Thorne 1.0k 0.6× 422 0.4× 445 0.7× 307 1.0× 233 0.7× 53 2.9k
Jill G. Pilkington 2.6k 1.6× 2.6k 2.5× 768 1.3× 1.9k 6.0× 260 0.8× 113 5.9k
Jorge Cassinello 754 0.4× 428 0.4× 199 0.3× 304 1.0× 178 0.6× 50 1.4k
Jörns Fickel 670 0.4× 680 0.7× 88 0.1× 202 0.6× 158 0.5× 65 1.5k
R. R. Hofmann 1.6k 0.9× 776 0.7× 251 0.4× 230 0.7× 47 0.2× 43 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Laurie Marker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laurie Marker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurie Marker

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

All Works

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Schmidt‐Küntzel, Anne, Hans Bauer, Niko Balkenhol, et al.. (2025). Combining detection dogs and camera traps improves minimally invasive population monitoring for the cheetah, an elusive and rare large carnivore. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Küntzel, Anne, et al.. (2025). Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12. 1576760–1576760.
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Cristescu, Bogdan, Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Qamar Qureshi, et al.. (2024). Spatial ecology of cheetahs in India: Complexities beyond extrapolation from Africa. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(7). 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Küntzel, Anne, et al.. (2023). Genetic support to uplist an African cheetah subspecies, Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii , imperiled by illegal trade. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(1).
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Koehler, Geoff, Anne Schmidt‐Küntzel, Laurie Marker, & Keith A. Hobson. (2023). Delineating origins of cheetah cubs in the illegal wildlife trade: Improvements based on the use of hair δ18O measurements. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Marker, Laurie, et al.. (2020). Response of wildlife to bush thinning on the north central freehold farmlands of Namibia. Forest Ecology and Management. 473. 118330–118330. 9 indexed citations
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Buyer, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2016). Soil microbial communities following bush removal in a Namibian savanna. SOIL. 2(1). 101–110. 24 indexed citations
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Terrell, Kimberly A., David E. Wildt, Nicola M. Anthony, et al.. (2011). Different patterns of metabolic cryo-damage in domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) spermatozoa. Cryobiology. 64(2). 110–117. 27 indexed citations
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Terrell, Kimberly A., David E. Wildt, Nicola M. Anthony, et al.. (2010). Evidence for Compromised Metabolic Function and Limited Glucose Uptake in Spermatozoa from the Teratospermic Domestic Cat (Felis catus) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)1. Biology of Reproduction. 83(5). 833–841. 21 indexed citations
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Watson, Laurence H., et al.. (2006). Assessing the use of swing gates in game fences as a potential non-lethal predator exclusion technique : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 36(2). 173–181. 1 indexed citations
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Dickman, Amy & Laurie Marker. (2005). Factors affecting leopard (Panthera pardus) spatial ecology, with particular reference to Namibian farmlands : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 35(2). 105–115. 66 indexed citations
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Molia, Sophie, Bruno B. Chomel, R.W. Kasten, et al.. (2004). Prevalence of Bartonella infection in wild African lions (Panthera leo) and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Veterinary Microbiology. 100(1-2). 31–41. 51 indexed citations
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Terio, Karen A., Laurie Marker, E.W. Overström, & Janine L. Brown. (2003). Analysis of ovarian and adrenal activity in Namibian cheetahs. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 33(2). 71–78. 16 indexed citations
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Marker, Laurie, et al.. (2003). Quantifying prey preferences of free-ranging Namibian cheetahs : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 33(1). 43–53. 6 indexed citations
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Marker, Laurie, Jeff R. Muntifering, Amy Dickman, & David W. Macdonald. (2003). Quantifying prey preferences of free-ranging Namibian cheetahs. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 33. 43–53. 62 indexed citations

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