Miguel Franco

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Miguel Franco is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Miguel Franco has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Miguel Franco's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (32 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (9 papers). Miguel Franco is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (32 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (9 papers). Miguel Franco collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. Miguel Franco's co-authors include Jonathan Silvertown, Ana Mendoza, Irene Pisanty, Eric S. Menges, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Peter B. Adler, Jayanti Ray‐Mukherjee, Aldo Compagnoni, Joanna S. Hsu and John L. Harper and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Miguel Franco

55 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Comparative Plant Demography--Relative Importance of Life-Cycle Components to the Finite Rate of Increase in Woody and Herbaceous Perennials

1993 662 citations Jonathan Silvertown, Miguel Franco et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

2013 472 citations Peter B. Adler, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miguel Franco United Kingdom	27	2.3k	1.9k	1.2k	979	588	58	3.5k
Marco Aurélio Pizo Brazil	35	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	804 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	579 1.0×	144	3.7k
José Ramón Obeso Spain	34	2.7k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	716 1.2×	100	4.7k
Ernesto I. Badano Mexico	26	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	864 0.7×	773 0.8×	482 0.8×	91	2.6k
Ramiro O. Bustamante Chile	27	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	715 0.6×	868 0.9×	437 0.7×	117	2.4k
Carol J. West Australia	5	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	891 0.9×	482 0.8×	8	3.2k
Saara J. DeWalt United States	25	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	796 0.7×	592 0.6×	641 1.1×	39	2.8k
Annette Kolb Germany	29	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	983 1.0×	772 1.3×	66	3.3k
Jean H. Burns United States	26	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	651 0.7×	276 0.5×	71	2.5k
Peter Lesica United States	31	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	670 1.1×	119	3.9k
Robert J. Whelan Australia	35	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	806 1.4×	98	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Miguel Franco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Miguel Franco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miguel Franco

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Franco, Miguel, et al.. (2025). Characteristics and Prognostic Markers of Aggressive Subtypes of Thyroid Cancer: A Retrospective Study. Cancer Reports. 8(3). e70131–e70131.

Franco, Miguel, et al.. (2024). Diagnóstico situacional del proceso enseñanza aprendizaje en posgrados de una unidad académica de Medicina. Una aproximación desde la percepción de docentes y profesionales estudiantes. Educación Médica. 25(6). 100954–100954.

Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2023). Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad‐ranged apex predator. Diversity and Distributions. 29(5). 613–628. 8 indexed citations

Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2023). Multi‐scale habitat overlap in two broad‐ranged sympatric Neotropical forest eagles reveals shared environmental space and habitat use. Ibis. 166(1). 95–111.

Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2022). Range-wide habitat use of the Harpy Eagle indicates four major tropical forest gaps in the Key Biodiversity Area network. Ornithological applications. 124(3). 4 indexed citations

Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2022). Reduced range size and Important Bird and Biodiversity Area coverage for the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) predicted from multiple climate change scenarios. Ibis. 164(3). 649–666. 6 indexed citations

Franco, Miguel, et al.. (2022). Improved Physical Function After Cardiac Contractility Modulation Therapy in 10 Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 49(6). 2 indexed citations

Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2020). Geographic range estimates and environmental requirements for the harpy eagle derived from spatial models of current and past distribution. Ecology and Evolution. 11(1). 481–497. 23 indexed citations

McDonald, Jenni L., Stuart Townley, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2019). Demographic amplification is a predictor of invasiveness among plants. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5602–5602. 21 indexed citations

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Verbalis, Joseph G., Howard Ellison, Mary Hobart, et al.. (2016). Tolvaptan and Neurocognitive Function in Mild to Moderate Chronic Hyponatremia: A Randomized Trial (INSIGHT). American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 67(6). 893–901. 42 indexed citations

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Adler, Peter B., Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Aldo Compagnoni, et al.. (2013). Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(2). 740–745. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hanley, Michael E., Miguel Franco, Samuel Pichon, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2008). Breeding system, pollinator choice and variation in pollen quality in British herbaceous plants. Functional Ecology. 22(4). 592–598. 172 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel. (2003). Origine, devenir et contrôle de la matière particulaire dans les élevages de poissons marins en système recyclé. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 2 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel, et al.. (2001). La retención de semillas en el género Mammillaria (Cactaceae). 46(3). 63–67. 6 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel, et al.. (2001). Seedlings Performance of Two Conifer Species in Disturbed Alpine Areas in Central Mexico. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 1 indexed citations

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Silvertown, Jonathan, et al.. (2001). Evolution of senescence in iteroparous perennial plants. Evolutionary ecology research. 3(4). 393–412. 74 indexed citations

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Zuidema, Pieter A. & Miguel Franco. (2001). Integrating vital rate variability into perturbation analysis: an evaluation for matrix population models of six plant species. Journal of Ecology. 89(6). 995–1005. 1 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel & Jonathan Silvertown. (1996). Life history variation in plants: an exploration of the fast-slow continuum hypothesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 351(1345). 1341–1348. 158 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel & John L. Harper. (1988). Competition and the Formation of Spatial Pattern in Spacing Gradients: An Example Using Kochia Scoparia. Journal of Ecology. 76(4). 959–959. 27 indexed citations

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Franco, Miguel. (1986). The influence of neighbours on the growth of modular organisms with an example from trees. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 313(1159). 209–225. 78 indexed citations

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