Michael L. Rosenzweig

22.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
141 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Rosenzweig is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Rosenzweig has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, 62 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 50 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Rosenzweig's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (53 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Michael L. Rosenzweig is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (53 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Michael L. Rosenzweig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Michael L. Rosenzweig's co-authors include Robert H. MacArthur, Zvika Abramsky, Jerald Winakur, Brian A. Maurer, Nancy G. Slack, Stuart L. Pimm, Yaron Ziv, William M. Schaffer, William A. Mitchell and Michael Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Rosenzweig

137 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

Species Diversity in Space and Time 1963 2026 1984 2005 1995 1971 1963 1981 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Species Diversity in Space and Time
    1995 2.7k citations Michael L. Rosenzweig profile →
  2. Paradox of Enrichment: Destabilization of Exploitation Ecosystems in Ecological Time
    1971 1.5k citations Michael L. Rosenzweig profile →
  3. Graphical Representation and Stability Conditions of Predator-Prey Interactions
    1963 1.4k citations Michael L. Rosenzweig et al. The American Naturalist profile →
  4. A Theory of Habitat Selection
    1981 870 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig Ecology profile →
  5. Don't judge species on their origins
    2011 717 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig et al. profile →
  6. Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Communities: Prediction from Climatological Data
    1968 655 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig The American Naturalist profile →
  7. Habitat Selection and Population Interactions: The Search for Mechanism
    1991 553 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig The American Naturalist profile →
  8. Population Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities: Habitats and Environmental Complexity
    1969 358 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig et al. Ecology profile →
  9. Community Structure in Sympatric Carnivora
    1966 326 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig profile →
  10. The Strategy of Body Size in Mammalian Carnivores
    1968 287 citations Michael L. Rosenzweig profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael L. Rosenzweig United States 55 8.5k 7.4k 5.1k 3.8k 2.9k 141 17.2k
Richard Levins United States 48 8.4k 1.0× 7.2k 1.0× 6.7k 1.3× 4.4k 1.2× 4.1k 1.4× 173 22.8k
Ilkka Hanski Finland 73 10.4k 1.2× 9.3k 1.2× 6.8k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 3.5k 1.2× 173 20.8k
Hal Caswell United States 69 9.4k 1.1× 7.5k 1.0× 5.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 4.4k 1.5× 214 19.5k
Thomas W. Schoener United States 69 13.0k 1.5× 9.4k 1.3× 11.2k 2.2× 5.4k 1.4× 7.4k 2.6× 143 27.0k
Nelson G. Hairston United States 61 7.8k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.1× 187 15.9k
Gary A. Polis United States 45 9.2k 1.1× 5.5k 0.7× 5.6k 1.1× 3.2k 0.8× 3.8k 1.3× 71 16.6k
Charles J. Krebs Canada 78 17.3k 2.0× 8.0k 1.1× 5.8k 1.1× 3.1k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 345 23.5k
Peter Chesson United States 47 6.5k 0.8× 8.9k 1.2× 7.1k 1.4× 3.2k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 117 16.1k
Franck Courchamp France 64 12.8k 1.5× 6.8k 0.9× 5.4k 1.1× 4.8k 1.3× 4.6k 1.6× 216 23.4k
Peter A. Abrams Canada 72 6.9k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 6.8k 1.3× 6.2k 1.6× 3.1k 1.1× 215 17.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael L. Rosenzweig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rhee, June‐Wha, Sitong Chen, Raju Pillai, et al.. (2025). Clonal hematopoiesis and risk of nonmyeloid subsequent malignant neoplasms after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(9). 1925–1933.
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Sanchez, James F., Joycelynne Palmer, Timothy W. Synold, et al.. (2023). Leflunomide Confers Rapid Recovery from COVID-19 and is Coupled with Temporal Immunologic Changes. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 7(1). 9–27. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, William A., et al.. (2018). Influence of manipulated risk of predation in a predator–prey foraging game in a patchy environment: Egret and goldfish in experimental aviaries. Evolutionary ecology research. 19(3). 319–332. 2 indexed citations
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Mitchell, William A., et al.. (2018). A predator–prey foraging game in experimental aviaries: Effects of the number of goldfish and refuge size. Evolutionary ecology research. 19(3). 333–352. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L., et al.. (2012). An ecological telescope to view future terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Evolutionary ecology research. 14(3). 247–268. 9 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L.. (2010). On the size selectivity of extinction in late pleistocene mammals: A mini-forum based on Polishchuk. 12(3). 403–410. 1 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L.. (2001). Optimality - The biologist's tricorder. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 38(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Gorham, Eville, Grace S. Brush, Lisa J. Graumlich, Michael L. Rosenzweig, & Arthur H. Johnson. (2001). The value of paleoecology as an aid to monitoring ecosystems and landscapes, chiefly with reference to North America. Environmental Reviews. 9(2). 99–126. 2 indexed citations
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DeMaria, MaryAnn, et al.. (2000). Characterization of lymphocyte subsets in rhesus macaques during the first year of life. European Journal Of Haematology. 65(4). 245–257. 35 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L., Zvika Abramsky, & Aziz Subach. (1997). Safety in numbers: Sophisticated vigilance by Allenby’s gerbil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(11). 5713–5715. 28 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L. & Elizabeth A. Sandlin. (1997). Species Diversity and Latitudes: Listening to Area's Signal. Oikos. 80(1). 172–172. 102 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L., et al.. (1997). Nested Species-Area Curves and Stochastic Sampling: A New Theory. Oikos. 79(3). 503–503. 88 indexed citations
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Maarel, Eddy van der & Michael L. Rosenzweig. (1995). Species Diversity in Space and Time. Journal of Vegetation Science. 6(4). 603–603. 9 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Michael L. Rosenzweig. (1992). The Untenable Case for Chapter 11. The Yale Law Journal. 101(5). 1043–1043. 164 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L. & Robert McCord. (1991). Incumbent replacement: evidence for long-term evolutionary progress. Paleobiology. 17(3). 202–213. 150 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L., Zvika Abramsky, Burt P. Kotler, & William A. Mitchell. (1985). Can interaction coefficients be determined from cencus data?. Oecologia. 66(2). 194–198. 48 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L. & William M. Schaffer. (1978). Homage to the red queen. II. Coevolutionary response to enrichment of exploitation ecosystems. Theoretical Population Biology. 14(1). 158–163. 29 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L.. (1977). On interpreting the results of perturbation experiments performed by nature. Paleobiology. 3(3). 322–324. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L.. (1973). Habitat Selection Experiments with a Pair of Coexisting Heteromyid Rodent Species. Ecology. 54(1). 111–117. 198 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Michael L.. (1968). Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Communities: Prediction from Climatological Data. The American Naturalist. 102(923). 67–74. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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