Matthew D. Potts

5.1k total citations
90 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Matthew D. Potts is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew D. Potts has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew D. Potts's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (29 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (18 papers). Matthew D. Potts is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (29 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (18 papers). Matthew D. Potts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and United Kingdom. Matthew D. Potts's co-authors include Joshua B. Plotkin, Matthew Scott Luskin, Peter S. Ashton, Nathan Muchhala, James V. LaFrankie, N. Manokaran, Hélène Morlon, Abd Rahman Kassim, Takashi Kohyama and Takuya Kubo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew D. Potts

88 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew D. Potts United States 30 1.5k 1.3k 963 721 402 90 3.5k
Flávio Jorge Ponzoni Brazil 14 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 519 1.3× 62 3.9k
Vincent Calcagno France 18 1.1k 0.8× 767 0.6× 926 1.0× 802 1.1× 455 1.1× 39 3.0k
Nancy E. McIntyre United States 27 961 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 792 1.1× 446 1.1× 93 3.4k
Ainhoa Magrach Spain 21 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 824 1.1× 408 1.0× 49 3.5k
T.A. Groen Netherlands 29 916 0.6× 971 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 565 0.8× 512 1.3× 82 3.4k
Tomáš Václavík Czechia 29 726 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 499 0.7× 484 1.2× 66 3.8k
Luke Gibson China 24 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.7k 1.8× 553 0.8× 143 0.4× 59 4.1k
Tord Snäll Sweden 33 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 852 0.9× 1.6k 2.3× 1.3k 3.1× 102 4.1k
I.M.A. Heitkönig Netherlands 32 973 0.7× 747 0.6× 2.2k 2.3× 403 0.6× 372 0.9× 101 3.4k
Guangchun Lei China 27 1.2k 0.8× 960 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 700 1.0× 343 0.9× 112 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew D. Potts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew D. Potts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew D. Potts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew D. Potts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew D. Potts 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 Matthew D. Potts. Matthew D. Potts 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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Reich, Peter B., Jeffrey R. Vincent, Matthew E. Fagan, et al.. (2025). The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6092–6092.
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Butsic, Van, et al.. (2025). Assessing land use change trajectories following food insecurity shocks in 25 low- and middle-income countries. Global Environmental Change. 92. 102999–102999.
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Kohyama, Takashi, et al.. (2025). A simple competition model can predict rainforest tree diversity, species abundance and ecosystem functions. Journal of Ecology. 113(4). 842–855. 1 indexed citations
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Haya, Barbara, Samuel Lewin Evans, Jacob J. Bukoski, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive review of carbon quantification by improved forest management offset protocols. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 67 indexed citations
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Butsic, Van, et al.. (2023). Using payment for ecosystem services to meet national reforestation commitments: impacts of 20+ years of forestry incentives in Guatemala. Environmental Research Letters. 18(10). 104030–104030. 1 indexed citations
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Nolte, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Little evidence of management change in California’s forest offset program. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 20 indexed citations
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Bukoski, Jacob J., et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Effect Size of Management Actions on Aboveground Carbon Stocks in Forest Plantations. Current Forestry Reports. 9(3). 131–148. 8 indexed citations
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Willemen, Louise, Nichole N. Barger, Ben ten Brink, et al.. (2020). How to halt the global decline of lands. Nature Sustainability. 3(3). 164–166. 44 indexed citations
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Bukoski, Jacob J., Angie Elwin, Richard A. MacKenzie, et al.. (2020). The role of predictive model data in designing mangrove forest carbon programs. Environmental Research Letters. 15(8). 84019–84019. 15 indexed citations
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Kohyama, Takashi, Matthew D. Potts, Kaoru Niiyama, et al.. (2020). Trade‐off between standing biomass and productivity in species‐rich tropical forest: Evidence, explanations and implications. Journal of Ecology. 108(6). 2571–2583. 5 indexed citations
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Potts, Matthew D., et al.. (2019). Consider a broccoli stalk: How the concept of edibility influences quantification of household food waste. Journal of Environmental Management. 256. 109977–109977. 14 indexed citations
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Reaney, Sim, Eleanor B. Mackay, P. M. Haygarth, et al.. (2019). Identifying critical source areas using multiple methods for effective diffuse pollution mitigation. Journal of Environmental Management. 250. 109366–109366. 29 indexed citations
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Potts, Matthew D., et al.. (2018). The role of plant functional traits in understanding forest recovery in wet tropical secondary forests. The Science of The Total Environment. 642. 1252–1262. 25 indexed citations
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Kohyama, Takashi, et al.. (2015). Demographic Properties Shape Tree Size Distribution in a Malaysian Rain Forest. The American Naturalist. 185(3). 367–379. 18 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Christine, et al.. (2013). Insectivorous bat assemblage in the hill dipterocarp forest of Temengor Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia. 63(3). 3 indexed citations
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Rahman, K. Abd, et al.. (2013). EVALUATING DESIGN UNBIASEDNESS OF THE PRE-FELLING INVENTORY IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 25(4). 516–527. 1 indexed citations
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Cosner, Chris, John C. Beier, Robert Stephen Cantrell, et al.. (2009). The effects of human movement on the persistence of vector-borne diseases. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 258(4). 550–560. 171 indexed citations
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Potts, Matthew D., Stuart J. Davies, William H. Bossert, Suxu Tan, & M. N. Nur Supardi. (2004). Habitat heterogeneity and niche structure of trees in two tropical rain forests. Oecologia. 139(3). 446–453. 55 indexed citations
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Wright, G. R., et al.. (2002). Assessing potential environmental contamination from compound 1080 (sodium monofluoroacetate) in bait dust during possum control operations. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 45(1). 57–65. 7 indexed citations
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Plotkin, Joshua B., Matthew D. Potts, Nandi Leslie, et al.. (2000). Species-area Curves, Spatial Aggregation, and Habitat Specialization in Tropical Forests. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 207(1). 81–99. 265 indexed citations

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