Margaret Kosmala

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
23 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Margaret Kosmala is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret Kosmala has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Ecological Modeling and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Margaret Kosmala's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (11 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers). Margaret Kosmala is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (11 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers). Margaret Kosmala collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Margaret Kosmala's co-authors include Alexandra Swanson, Craig Packer, Meredith S. Palmer, Brooke Simmons, Andrea Wiggins, Chris Lintott, Jeff Clune, Mohammad Sadegh Norouzzadeh, Anh‐Tu Nguyen and R. J. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Margaret Kosmala

23 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Automatically identifying, counting, and describing wild animals in camera-trap images with deep learning

2018 682 citations Mohammad Sadegh Norouzzadeh, Anh‐Tu Nguyen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Assessing data quality in citizen science

2016 597 citations Margaret Kosmala, Andrea Wiggins et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery

2018 356 citations Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens et al. Scientific Data profile →
Snapshot Serengeti, high-frequency annotated camera trap images of 40 mammalian species in an African savanna

2015 322 citations Alexandra Swanson, Margaret Kosmala et al. Scientific Data profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margaret Kosmala United States	17	1.7k	1.3k	446	400	343	23	3.0k
Alexandra Swanson United States	16	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	222 0.5×	439 1.1×	343 1.0×	20	3.0k
John R. Squires United States	30	2.0k 1.2×	655 0.5×	698 1.6×	89 0.2×	385 1.1×	102	3.1k
Jennifer A. Miller United States	23	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	1.0k 2.2×	166 0.4×	1.2k 3.4×	57	4.0k
Alycia Crall United States	22	819 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	370 0.8×	625 1.6×	434 1.3×	34	2.6k
Robin Freeman United Kingdom	35	2.3k 1.3×	868 0.7×	920 2.1×	197 0.5×	864 2.5×	115	4.2k
Greg Newman United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	626 1.4×	746 1.9×	1.2k 3.5×	59	4.0k
Daniel Sheldon United States	25	1.3k 0.7×	762 0.6×	398 0.9×	88 0.2×	376 1.1×	86	2.2k
Jorge Ahumada United States	29	2.0k 1.1×	937 0.7×	554 1.2×	599 1.5×	788 2.3×	62	3.7k
Francesca Cagnacci Italy	30	2.8k 1.6×	572 0.5×	453 1.0×	286 0.7×	531 1.5×	101	4.3k
A. Cole Burton Canada	26	2.8k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	571 1.3×	415 1.0×	489 1.4×	63	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Margaret Kosmala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margaret Kosmala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margaret Kosmala

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Kearsley, Elizabeth, Hans Verbeeck, Piet Stoffelen, et al.. (2024). Historical tree phenology data reveal the seasonal rhythms of the Congo Basin rainforest. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). e10136–e10136. 5 indexed citations

Muneza, Arthur, Craig Packer, Jeremy J. Cusack, et al.. (2019). QUANTIFYING THE SEVERITY OF GIRAFFE SKIN DISEASE VIA PHOTOGRAMMETRY ANALYSIS OF CAMERA TRAP DATA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 55(4). 770–770. 14 indexed citations

Richardson, Andrew D., Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, et al.. (2018). Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180028–180028. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

Kosmala, Margaret, Koen Hufkens, & Andrew D. Richardson. (2018). Integrating camera imagery, crowdsourcing, and deep learning to improve high-frequency automated monitoring of snow at continental-to-global scales. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209649–e0209649. 17 indexed citations

Palmer, Meredith S., Alexandra Swanson, Margaret Kosmala, Todd W. Arnold, & Craig Packer. (2018). Evaluating relative abundance indices for terrestrial herbivores from large‐scale camera trap surveys. African Journal of Ecology. 56(4). 791–803. 88 indexed citations

Norouzzadeh, Mohammad Sadegh, Anh‐Tu Nguyen, Margaret Kosmala, et al.. (2018). Automatically identifying, counting, and describing wild animals in camera-trap images with deep learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(25). E5716–E5725. 682 indexed citations breakdown →

Norouzzadeh, Mohammad Sadegh, et al.. (2017). Automatically identifying wild animals in camera trap images with deep learning.. arXiv (Cornell University). 17 indexed citations

Palmer, Meredith S., John Fieberg, Alexandra Swanson, Margaret Kosmala, & Craig Packer. (2017). A ‘dynamic’ landscape of fear: prey responses to spatiotemporal variations in predation risk across the lunar cycle. Ecology Letters. 20(11). 1364–1373. 127 indexed citations

Crall, Alycia, Margaret Kosmala, Rebecca Wing‐yi Cheng, et al.. (2017). Volunteer recruitment and retention in online citizen science projects using marketing strategies: lessons from Season Spotter. Journal of Science Communication. 16(1). A01–A01. 48 indexed citations

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Saunders, Manu E., Meghan A. Duffy, Stephen B. Heard, et al.. (2017). Bringing ecology blogging into the scientific fold: measuring reach and impact of science community blogs. Royal Society Open Science. 4(10). 170957–170957. 8 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alexandra, Todd W. Arnold, Margaret Kosmala, James D. Forester, & Craig Packer. (2016). In the absence of a “landscape of fear”: How lions, hyenas, and cheetahs coexist. Ecology and Evolution. 6(23). 8534–8545. 87 indexed citations

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Kosmala, Margaret, Andrea Wiggins, Alexandra Swanson, & Brooke Simmons. (2016). Assessing data quality in citizen science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14(10). 551–560. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swanson, Alexandra, Margaret Kosmala, Chris Lintott, & Craig Packer. (2016). A generalized approach for producing, quantifying, and validating citizen science data from wildlife images. Conservation Biology. 30(3). 520–531. 194 indexed citations

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Anderson, T. Michael, et al.. (2016). The spatial distribution of African savannah herbivores: species associations and habitat occupancy in a landscape context. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1703). 20150314–20150314. 72 indexed citations

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Kosmala, Margaret, Philip S. Miller, Sam M. Ferreira, et al.. (2016). Estimating wildlife disease dynamics in complex systems using an Approximate Bayesian Computation framework. Ecological Applications. 26(1). 295–308. 14 indexed citations

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Kosmala, Margaret, Alycia Crall, Rebecca Wing‐yi Cheng, et al.. (2016). Season Spotter: Using Citizen Science to Validate and Scale Plant Phenology from Near-Surface Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 8(9). 726–726. 51 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alexandra, Margaret Kosmala, Chris Lintott, et al.. (2015). Snapshot Serengeti, high-frequency annotated camera trap images of 40 mammalian species in an African savanna. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150026–150026. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cusack, Jeremy J., Alexandra Swanson, Tim Coulson, et al.. (2015). Applying a random encounter model to estimate lion density from camera traps in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Wildlife Management. 79(6). 1014–1021. 99 indexed citations

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Packer, Craig, Margaret Kosmala, Hilary S. Cooley, et al.. (2009). Sport Hunting, Predator Control and Conservation of Large Carnivores. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5941–e5941. 169 indexed citations

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Kosmala, Margaret. (2007). Brief historic outline of the preservation and conservation of historic gardens.. 28(28). 211–219. 4 indexed citations

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