Misty Nelson

846 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 604 citations indexed

About

Misty Nelson is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Misty Nelson has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 604 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, 3 papers in Oceanography and 2 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Misty Nelson's work include Underwater Acoustics Research (3 papers), Marine animal studies overview (3 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers). Misty Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Acoustics Research (3 papers), Marine animal studies overview (3 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers). Misty Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Puerto Rico. Misty Nelson's co-authors include Kevin R. Crooks, Graeme Shannon, Megan F. McKenna, Jessica Briggs, Scott McFarland, George Wittemyer, Lisa M. Angeloni, Emma Brown, Kurt M. Fristrup and Barbara Clucas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Diversity and Distributions.

In The Last Decade

Misty Nelson

6 papers receiving 593 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.

  1. A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife
    2015 588 citations Graeme Shannon, Megan F. McKenna et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Misty Nelson United States 3 494 403 213 81 80 6 604
Scott McFarland United States 2 482 1.0× 399 1.0× 207 1.0× 81 1.0× 78 1.0× 2 590
Caitlin R. Kight United Kingdom 7 508 1.0× 393 1.0× 248 1.2× 90 1.1× 74 0.9× 11 646
Emma Brown United States 6 651 1.3× 492 1.2× 254 1.2× 106 1.3× 143 1.8× 7 824
Jessica Briggs United States 7 563 1.1× 472 1.2× 280 1.3× 83 1.0× 91 1.1× 10 773
Larissa Sayuri Moreira Sugai Brazil 11 638 1.3× 617 1.5× 214 1.0× 64 0.8× 166 2.1× 21 944
Rouven Schmidt Germany 15 441 0.9× 516 1.3× 424 2.0× 37 0.5× 99 1.2× 19 749
Nathan J. Kleist United States 7 468 0.9× 388 1.0× 263 1.2× 68 0.8× 77 1.0× 18 571
Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence United Kingdom 8 297 0.6× 278 0.7× 77 0.4× 71 0.9× 73 0.9× 15 469
Jennifer B. Tennessen United States 11 336 0.7× 199 0.5× 190 0.9× 25 0.3× 163 2.0× 16 499
Camille Desjonquères United States 14 422 0.9× 406 1.0× 162 0.8× 34 0.4× 78 1.0× 31 652

Countries citing papers authored by Misty Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Misty Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Misty Nelson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Misty Nelson. The network helps show where Misty Nelson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Misty Nelson

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Furnas, Brett J., et al.. (2022). Drought and coyotes mediate mesopredator response to human disturbance. Ecosphere. 13(10). 1 indexed citations
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Furnas, Brett J., et al.. (2021). Insectivorous bat occupancy is mediated by drought and agricultural land use in a highly modified ecoregion. Diversity and Distributions. 27(7). 1152–1165. 8 indexed citations
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Shannon, Graeme, Megan F. McKenna, Lisa M. Angeloni, et al.. (2015). A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 91(4). 982–1005. 588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mann, David A., James Locascio, Michelle T. Schärer, et al.. (2008). Passive acoustic detection of grouper sound production. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 123(5_Supplement). 3098–3098. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Misty, et al.. (2007). Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the United States eastern seaboard and adjacent Canadian maritimes, 2001-2005. 5 indexed citations
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Nelson, Misty, et al.. (1971). Study and development of acoustic treatment for jet engine tailpipes. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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