Miriam Goosem

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Miriam Goosem is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Miriam Goosem has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Miriam Goosem's work include Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (24 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers). Miriam Goosem is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (24 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers). Miriam Goosem collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Malaysia. Miriam Goosem's co-authors include William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance, Sean Sloan, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Stephen M. Turton, Oscar Venter, Andrew Balmford, Nathan Mueller, Ben Phalan and David P. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Miriam Goosem

40 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2014 250 500 750
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. Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests
    2009 853 citations William F. Laurance, Miriam Goosem et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  2. A global strategy for road building
    2014 599 citations William F. Laurance, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Miriam Goosem
Rodney van der Ree Australia
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements Malaysia
Stephen C. Trombulak United States
Kathy MacKinnon United Kingdom
Jagdish Krishnaswamy India
Zuzana Buřivalová United States
Carlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle Brazil
Trina Rytwinski Canada
David Gaveau Indonesia
Joseph Tzanopoulos United Kingdom
Rodney van der Ree Australia
Miriam Goosem
Citations per year, relative to Miriam Goosem Miriam Goosem (= 1×) peers Rodney van der Ree

Countries citing papers authored by Miriam Goosem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Miriam Goosem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miriam Goosem

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Miriam Goosem. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Miriam Goosem 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 Miriam Goosem. Miriam Goosem 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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Palma, Ana C., Miriam Goosem, Pablo R. Stevenson, & Susan G. W. Laurance. (2020). Enhancing Plant Diversity in Secondary Forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3. 7 indexed citations
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Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, Sheema Abdul Aziz, Xingli Giam, et al.. (2018). Not Everyone Wants Roads: Assessing Indigenous People’s Support for Roads in a Globally Important Tiger Conservation Landscape. Human Ecology. 46(6). 909–915. 9 indexed citations
3.
Alamgir, Mohammed, Mason J. Campbell, Sean Sloan, et al.. (2017). Economic, Socio-Political and Environmental Risks of Road Development in the Tropics. Current Biology. 27(20). R1130–R1140. 160 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2016). Forest age and isolation affect the rate of recovery of plant species diversity and community composition in secondary rain forests in tropical Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science. 27(3). 504–514. 43 indexed citations
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Sloan, Sean, Miriam Goosem, & Susan G. W. Laurance. (2015). Tropical forest regeneration following land abandonment is driven by primary rainforest distribution in an old pastoral region. Landscape Ecology. 31(3). 601–618. 63 indexed citations
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Laurance, William F., Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Sean Sloan, et al.. (2014). A global strategy for road building. Nature. 513(7517). 229–232. 599 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, Antony J. Lynam, David Gaveau, et al.. (2014). Where and How Are Roads Endangering Mammals in Southeast Asia's Forests?. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115376–e115376. 150 indexed citations
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Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, et al.. (2013). Small carnivore records from a threatened habitat linkage in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. 10 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2011). Mission Beach Road research: traffic impacts on cassowaries and other fauna and strategies for mitigation.. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 3 indexed citations
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Hoskin, Conrad J. & Miriam Goosem. (2010). Road Impacts on Abundance, Call Traits, and Body Size of Rainforest Frogs in Northeast Australia. Ecology and Society. 15(3). 50 indexed citations
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Laurance, William F., Miriam Goosem, & Susan G. W. Laurance. (2009). Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(12). 659–669. 853 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2008). Effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry on rainforest vegetation and understorey microclimate near a road, powerline and stream. Austral Ecology. 33(4). 503–515. 23 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2008). Noise Disturbance Along Highways: Kuranda Range road upgrade project. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 1 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2008). Rapid assessment of habitat quality in riparian rainforest vegetation. Pacific Conservation Biology. 14(1). 20–33.
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Wilson, Robyn, et al.. (2008). Resilience of arboreal folivores to habitat damage by a severe tropical cyclone. Austral Ecology. 33(4). 573–579. 9 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam. (2007). Fragmentation impacts caused by roads through rainforests. Current Science. 93(11). 1587–1595. 92 indexed citations
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Gillieson, David, et al.. (2007). Assessment of Riparian Rainforest Vegetation Change in Tropical North Queensland for Management and Restoration Purposes. Geographical Research. 45(4). 387–397. 5 indexed citations
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Turton, Stephen M., et al.. (2006). Edge Effects of Linear Canopy Openings on Tropical Rain Forest Understory Microclimate. Biotropica. 39(1). 62–71. 90 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam, et al.. (2001). Efforts to restore habitat connectivity for an upland tropical rainforest fauna: A trial of underpasses below roads. Ecological Management & Restoration. 2(3). 196–202. 32 indexed citations
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Goosem, Miriam & Helene Marsh. (1997). Fragmentation of a Small-mammal Community by a Powerline Corridor through Tropical Rainforest. Wildlife Research. 24(5). 613–629. 59 indexed citations

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