Matthew Grainger

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Matthew Grainger is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Grainger has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Matthew Grainger's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). Matthew Grainger is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). Matthew Grainger collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Thailand. Matthew Grainger's co-authors include Neal Haddaway, Charles T. Gray, Gavin Stewart, Philip J.K. McGowan, Matteo Vittuari, Simone Piras, Marco Setti, Rudi J. van Aarde, Rudi van Aarde and Erlend B. Nilsen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Grainger

52 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Grainger Norway 19 327 180 172 140 129 62 1.2k
Nicola Randall United Kingdom 16 204 0.6× 269 1.5× 106 0.6× 46 0.3× 162 1.3× 43 1.2k
Katy James United Kingdom 12 146 0.4× 185 1.0× 62 0.4× 86 0.6× 149 1.2× 17 1.1k
Paul Whaley United Kingdom 14 142 0.4× 173 1.0× 50 0.3× 36 0.3× 59 0.5× 33 1.9k
Melinda Laituri United States 18 237 0.7× 293 1.6× 212 1.2× 23 0.2× 90 0.7× 60 1.1k
Bailey K. Fosdick United States 15 208 0.6× 206 1.1× 30 0.2× 31 0.2× 41 0.3× 44 1.8k
Thomas Buettner United States 7 164 0.5× 199 1.1× 31 0.2× 34 0.2× 41 0.3× 16 1.2k
Hana Ševčíková United States 13 170 0.5× 237 1.3× 32 0.2× 34 0.2× 49 0.4× 43 1.7k
Eeva Furman Finland 15 225 0.7× 572 3.2× 28 0.2× 52 0.4× 66 0.5× 38 1.3k
Yi Fan United States 7 190 0.6× 258 1.4× 36 0.2× 20 0.1× 139 1.1× 9 1.2k
Thomas Spoorenberg United States 12 160 0.5× 170 0.9× 28 0.2× 31 0.2× 40 0.3× 41 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Grainger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Grainger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Grainger

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

All Works

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Silva, Inês, et al.. (2025). Predicting risk to bat species from wind turbine collision in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14452–e14452.
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Manley‐Harris, Merilyn, Matthew Grainger, L. Peters, & Shelly McNeil. (2025). Composition and bioactivity of propolis derived from New Zealand native forest. Fitoterapia. 181. 106412–106412. 1 indexed citations
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Khalil, Hanan, Vivian Welch, Matthew Grainger, & Fiona Campbell. (2025). Methodology for mapping reviews, evidence maps, and gap maps. Research Synthesis Methods. 16(5). 786–796.
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Flemyng, Ella, Biljana Macura, Gerald Gartlehner, et al.. (2025). Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 indexed citations
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Pick, Joel L., Kevin R. Bairos‐Novak, Antica Čulina, et al.. (2023). Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36(10). 1347–1356. 17 indexed citations
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Hudgins, Emma J., Eric R. Scott, Brandon P.M. Edwards, et al.. (2023). Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(6). 1364–1380. 13 indexed citations
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Howson, Peter, Yara Shennan‐Farpón, Nicholas B. Allen, et al.. (2023). Existing evidence on the use of participatory scenarios in ecological restoration: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 27–27. 7 indexed citations
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Cooke, Steven J., Carly N. Cook, Vivian M. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Environmental evidence in action: on the science and practice of evidence synthesis and evidence-based decision-making. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 10–10. 14 indexed citations
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Grainger, Matthew, et al.. (2023). How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 15–15. 4 indexed citations
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Boyd, Robin J., Gary D. Powney, Fiona Burns, et al.. (2022). ROBITT : A tool for assessing the risk‐of‐bias in studies of temporal trends in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). 1497–1507. 34 indexed citations
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Reed, Mark S., Dylan M. Young, Nigel G. Taylor, et al.. (2022). Peatland core domain sets: building consensus on what should be measured in research and monitoring. Mires and Peat. 28. 26–26. 6 indexed citations
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Silva, Inês, et al.. (2021). Limitations and gaps in global bat wing morphology trait data. Mammal Review. 52(2). 165–176. 8 indexed citations
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Haddaway, Neal, Charles T. Gray, & Matthew Grainger. (2021). Novel tools and methods for designing and wrangling multifunctional, machine-readable evidence synthesis databases. Environmental Evidence. 10(1). 5 indexed citations
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Grainger, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Living with human encroachment: Status and distribution of Green Peafowl in northern stronghold of Thailand. Global Ecology and Conservation. 28. e01674–e01674. 10 indexed citations
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Aramyan, L.H., Matthew Grainger, Simone Piras, et al.. (2020). Food waste reduction in supply chains through innovations: a review. Measuring Business Excellence. 25(4). 475–492. 37 indexed citations
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Haddaway, Neal, et al.. (2019). EviAtlas: a tool for visualising evidence synthesis databases. Environmental Evidence. 8(1). 53 indexed citations
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Grainger, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Lower levels of human disturbance correspond with longer-term persistence of Endangered Green Peafowl Pavo muticus populations. Bird Conservation International. 30(2). 210–219. 6 indexed citations
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