Neil Cumberlidge

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Neil Cumberlidge is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Cumberlidge has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Ecology, 121 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 90 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Neil Cumberlidge's work include Crustacean biology and ecology (134 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (114 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (90 papers). Neil Cumberlidge is often cited by papers focused on Crustacean biology and ecology (134 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (114 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (90 papers). Neil Cumberlidge collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Neil Cumberlidge's co-authors include Savel R. Daniels, Richard von Sternberg, Jonathan Baillie, Ben Collen, Peter K. L. Ng, Darren C. J. Yeo, William Darwall, Caroline M. Pollock, Monika Böhm and R.F. Uglow and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Neil Cumberlidge

165 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Global patterns of freshwater species diversity, threat and endemism

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Cumberlidge United States	25	2.4k	2.0k	1.2k	359	261	178	3.0k
Ken M. Jeffries Canada	25	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	690 0.6×	488 1.4×	87 0.3×	74	2.5k
Jakob Brodersen Switzerland	28	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	574 0.5×	822 2.3×	126 0.5×	80	2.7k
Brooks M. Burr United States	21	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	922 0.8×	324 0.9×	115 0.4×	81	2.7k
Frédéric Santoul France	25	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	345 0.3×	406 1.1×	144 0.6×	80	1.7k
Michael G. Fox Canada	34	1.7k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	896 2.5×	68 0.3×	120	3.1k
Lynda D. Corkum Canada	35	2.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	686 0.6×	593 1.7×	93 0.4×	93	3.5k
Anders Klemetsen Norway	30	2.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 3.1×	61 0.2×	64	3.7k
Graciela G. Nicola Spain	29	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	491 0.4×	408 1.1×	180 0.7×	62	1.9k
Mark C. Belk United States	29	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	637 0.5×	605 1.7×	184 0.7×	140	2.8k
Sandra J. Walde Canada	32	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	313 0.3×	340 0.9×	167 0.6×	65	2.8k

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Shi, Boyang, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomic analysis of brachyuran crabs using transcriptome data reveals possible sources of conflicting phylogenetic relationships within the group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201. 108201–108201.

Jones, Ben, Lesley J. Gray, Sebastian Klaus, et al.. (2024). Ecological speciation in East African freshwater crabs of the genus Arcopotamonautes Bott, 1955 across a lake–river boundary in the Lake Malawi catchment (Potamoidea: Potamonautidae: Potamonatinae). Explore Bristol Research. 3(1).

Clark, Paul F., et al.. (2024). Validation of four species of Sudanonautes (Decapoda: Potamonautidae), from Cameroon, Central Africa. Zootaxa. 5492(1). 140–144.

Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (2023). A checklist and key to the Ivorian freshwater crabs, with the description of a new species of Liberonautes Bott, 1955 (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa. 5278(1). 119–130.

Shi, Boyang, Tianyu Gu, Darren C. J. Yeo, et al.. (2023). Diversification of freshwater crabs on the sky islands in the Hengduan Mountains Region, China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 190. 107955–107955. 7 indexed citations

Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (2023). Vichai cyanapelou gen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea: Deckeniidae: Hydrothelphusinae), a new genus and new species of freshwater crab from northern Madagascar. Journal of Natural History. 57(5-8). 463–474. 3 indexed citations

Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (2021). Disentangling the Sudanonautes granulatus (Balss, 1929) species complex (Potamoidea: Potamonautidae), with the description of two new freshwater crabs from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Zootaxa. 4948(2). zootaxa.4948.2.3–zootaxa.4948.2.3. 2 indexed citations

Hochkirch, Axel, Michael J. Samways, Justin Gerlach, et al.. (2020). A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity. Conservation Biology. 35(2). 502–509. 115 indexed citations

Cumberlidge, Neil, David Rollinson, Jozef Vercruysse, et al.. (2018). Paragonimusand paragonimiasis in West and Central Africa: unresolved questions. Parasitology. 145(13). 1748–1757. 18 indexed citations

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Rintelen, Thomas von, et al.. (2017). New data on the taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of the rediscovered <br />Louisea edeaensis (Bott, 1969) (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae), an endangered freshwater crab from Cameroon. Zootaxa. 4231(2). zootaxa.4231.2.9–zootaxa.4231.2.9. 10 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil. (2015). Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa. 3973(1). 119–38. 1 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil & Kirstin S. Meyer. (2011). The freshwater crabs of Lake Kivu (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae). Journal of Natural History. 45(29-30). 1835–1857. 6 indexed citations

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Darwall, William, Robert A. Holland, Kevin G. Smith, et al.. (2011). Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species. Conservation Letters. 4(6). 474–482. 146 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil, Peter K. L. Ng, Darren C. J. Yeo, et al.. (2011). Diversity, endemism and conservation of the freshwater crabs of China (Brachyura: Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae). Integrative Zoology. 6(1). 45–55. 35 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (2003). Les Crustacés Décapodes du Nimba et de sa région. 190. 211–229. 4 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil. (1998). The African and Madagascan freshwater crabs in the Zoologische Staatssammlungc Munich lCrustaceac Decapodac Brachyurac Potamoidear. 21. 193–214. 21 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil. (1995). Redescription of Sudanonautes floweri (De Man, 1901) (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from Nigeria and Central Africa. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 61(2). 111–119. 6 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (1992). A new genus and species of freshwater crab from Cameroon, West Africa (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. 58(2). 149–156. 13 indexed citations

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Sachs, R. & Neil Cumberlidge. (1991). "Metacercarial Load of Fresh-water Crabs Liberonautes Latidactylus in an Endemic Paragonimiasis Focus in Liberia, West Africa". 78(2). 161–165. 4 indexed citations

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Cumberlidge, Neil, et al.. (1991). First record of the spiny river crab, Liberonautes chaperi (A. Milne-Edwards 1887), as second intermediate host of Paragonimus uterobilateralis in Liberia. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 85(4). 471–472. 7 indexed citations

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