Neil Carter

7.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
106 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Neil Carter is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Carter has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Neil Carter's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (15 papers). Neil Carter is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (15 papers). Neil Carter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Neil Carter's co-authors include John D. C. Linnell, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Justin S. Brashares, Jianguo Liu, Rudolf Κlein, Patricia Day, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, Narendra Man Babu Pradhan, Shawn J. Riley and Alexander K. Killion and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neil Carter

98 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality

2018 832 citations Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Neil Carter et al. Science profile →
Halting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?

1996 620 citations Neil Carter profile →
Co-Adaptation Is Key to Coexisting with Large Carnivores

2016 404 citations Neil Carter et al. profile →
Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial scales

2012 308 citations Neil Carter, Jhamak Bahadur Karki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

2020 180 citations Kurt M. Fristrup, Brett Seymoure et al. profile →
Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict

2023 113 citations Briana Abrahms, Neil Carter et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Carter United States	32	3.2k	1.2k	719	627	599	106	5.1k
Nils Bunnefeld United Kingdom	37	3.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	845 1.2×	574 0.9×	384 0.6×	113	5.1k
Thomas M. Newsome Australia	35	3.8k 1.2×	987 0.8×	890 1.2×	693 1.1×	603 1.0×	109	6.2k
Christopher Wolf United States	27	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	950 1.3×	534 0.9×	419 0.7×	59	5.2k
Guillaume Chapron Sweden	35	2.9k 0.9×	681 0.5×	716 1.0×	580 0.9×	495 0.8×	74	4.1k
Lisa Naughton‐Treves United States	36	3.4k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	422 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	1.2k 1.9×	60	5.9k
Tara L. Teel United States	29	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	486 0.7×	919 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	61	4.0k
Jeremy T. Bruskotter United States	34	2.2k 0.7×	693 0.6×	433 0.6×	769 1.2×	995 1.7×	94	3.6k
Douglas C. MacMillan United Kingdom	38	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	453 0.6×	879 1.4×	838 1.4×	129	4.7k
Elizabeth L. Bennett United States	28	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	455 0.6×	613 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	68	5.0k
Juliette Young United Kingdom	35	2.3k 0.7×	2.8k 2.2×	880 1.2×	1.3k 2.0×	604 1.0×	105	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Carter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Carter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Carter

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All Works

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Bruskotter, Jeremy T., et al.. (2025). Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions. Science Advances. 11(34). eadu8945–eadu8945.

Salerno, Jonathan, Rekha R. Warrier, Stewart W. Breck, et al.. (2025). Beneficial Spillover Effects of Antipredation Interventions Support Human–Carnivore Coexistence. Conservation Letters. 18(2). 1 indexed citations

Carter, Neil, et al.. (2024). Energetics‐based connectivity mapping reveals new conservation opportunities for the endangered tiger in Nepal. Animal Conservation. 27(5). 639–647. 2 indexed citations

Bennitt, Emily, Kai Zhu, Hattie L. A. Bartlam‐Brooks, et al.. (2024). Dynamic primary resources, not just wild prey availability, underpin lion depredation of livestock in a savanna ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution. 14(9). e70208–e70208. 2 indexed citations

Carter, Neil, et al.. (2024). Analysis of 20 years of turtle exports from the US reveals mixed effects of CITES and a need for better monitoring. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(4). 4 indexed citations

Carter, Neil & Enrico Di Minin. (2024). Carnivores as engines for sustainable development. 3(12). e0000151–e0000151.

Schmitz, Oswald J., et al.. (2024). Predictions & perceptions: A social-ecological analysis of human-carnivore conflict in Botswana. Biological Conservation. 294. 110615–110615. 1 indexed citations

Belant, Jerrold L., Egil Dröge, Kristoffer T. Everatt, et al.. (2023). Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance. Communications Biology. 6(1). 986–986. 9 indexed citations

Williamson, Matthew A., Lael Parrott, Neil Carter, & Adam T. Ford. (2023). Implementation resistance and the human dimensions of connectivity planning. People and Nature. 5(6). 1922–1936. 6 indexed citations

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Gore, Meredith L., et al.. (2023). Media portrayal of the illegal trade in wildlife: The case of turtles in the US and implications for conservation. People and Nature. 5(2). 758–773. 11 indexed citations

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Abrahms, Briana, Neil Carter, T. J. Clark, et al.. (2023). Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict. Nature Climate Change. 13(3). 224–234. 113 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ditmer, Mark A., Clinton D. Francis, Jesse R. Barber, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Vertebrate Species to Light and Noise Pollution: Expert Surveys Illuminate the Impacts on Specialist Species. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(3). 1202–1215. 10 indexed citations

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Keys, Patrick, Elizabeth A. Barnes, & Neil Carter. (2021). A machine-learning approach to human footprint index estimation with applications to sustainable development. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44061–44061. 32 indexed citations

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An, Li, Eve Bohnett, Rebecca L. Lewison, et al.. (2021). Sex-Specific Habitat Suitability Modeling for Panthera tigris in Chitwan National Park, Nepal: Broader Conservation Implications. Sustainability. 13(24). 13885–13885. 4 indexed citations

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Yirga, Gidey, et al.. (2021). Public health and economic benefits of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta in a peri‐urban system. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(12). 2892–2902. 17 indexed citations

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Carter, Neil. (2020). Cycling and the British: A modern history. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 1 indexed citations

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Gaynor, Kaitlyn M., et al.. (2018). The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science. 360(6394). 1232–1235. 832 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carter, Neil. (2018). Achieving the Promise of Integration in Social-Ecological Research: A Review and Prospectus. Scholar Works (Boise State University). 49 indexed citations

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Carter, Neil, et al.. (2012). Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(38). 15360–15365. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carter, Neil & Meg Huby. (2005). Ethical investment and ecological citizenship. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 42(6). 958–68.

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