Patrick R. Stephens

5.9k citations

49 papers · 4.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 12
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 12
Paleontology 13
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 13

Co-authors: John J. Wiens T. Jonathan Davies Christy M. McCain John L. Gittleman Lauren B. Buckley Ellen I. Damschen Brian L. Anacker Bradford A. Hawkins
Journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (7 papers)Evolution (4 papers)Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (3 papers)Journal of Animal Ecology (3 papers)Ecography (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Patrick R. Stephens

48 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases 2024 · 49 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 The Lancet Planetary Health
2014 Conservation Biology
2010 Ecology Letters

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1	Global Diversity Patterns are Explained by Diversification Rates and Dispersal at Ancient, Not Shallow, Timescales Systematic Biology ·Patrick R. Stephens, Maxwell J. Farrell, T. Jonathan Davies, John L. Gittleman, Shai Meiri, Johnson Dwomoh Boateng, Uri Roll, John J. Wiens	2025	3
2	Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases The Lancet Planetary Health ·Βασιλική Ντάβλα, Lauren B. Buckley, John M. Drake, P Dhanji, Maxwell J. Farrell, Alyssa‐Lois M. Gehman, Erin A. Mordecai, Patrick R. Stephens, John L. Gittleman, T. Jonathan Davies Hit paper breakdown →	2024	49
3	Evidence of repeated zoonotic pathogen spillover events at ecological boundaries Frontiers in Public Health ·Gabriela Pereira Pinheiro, Mekala Sundaram, John P. Schmidt, John M. Drake, Patrick R. Stephens	2024	2
4	Preliminary Investigation of Schmalhausen’s Law in a Directly Transmitted Pathogen Outbreak System Viruses ·Gabriela Pereira Pinheiro, Mekala Sundaram, Patrick R. Stephens	2023	1
5	Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology Trends in Parasitology ·Mekala Sundaram, Gabriela Pereira Pinheiro, Abhaysinh Deshmukh, Patrick R. Stephens	2023	6
6	Drivers of African Filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) Outbreaks Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ·Patrick R. Stephens, Mekala Sundaram, Susana Ferreira, Nicole L. Gottdenker, Wei Wu, 外雄村上, John P. Schmidt, John M. Drake	2022	11
7	Infectious disease macroecology: parasite diversity and dynamics across the globe Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Shan Huang, Maxwell J. Farrell, Patrick R. Stephens	2021	5
8	The ghost of hosts past: impacts of host extinction on parasite specificity Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Maxwell J. Farrell, Andrew Park, Clayton E. Cressler, Tad Dallas, Shan Huang, Nicole Mideo, Ignacio Morales‐Castilla, T. Jonathan Davies, Patrick R. Stephens	2021	13
9	Characteristics of the 100 largest modern zoonotic disease outbreaks Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Patrick R. Stephens, Nicole L. Gottdenker, 外雄村上, John P. Schmidt, John M. Drake	2021	29
10	Comparing methods for mapping global parasite diversity Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Paula Pappalardo, Ignacio Morales‐Castilla, Andrew Park, Shan Huang, John P. Schmidt, Patrick R. Stephens	2019	21
11	Linking Ecology and Epidemiology to Understand Predictors of Multi-Host Responses to an Emerging Pathogen, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus PLoS ONE ·Stephanie S. Gervasi, Patrick R. Stephens, Jessica Hua, Catherine L. Searle, Hideko Fujihara, Jenny Urbina, Deanna H. Olson, Betsy A. Bancroft, Virginia M. Weis, John I. Hammond, Rick A. Relyea, Andrew R. Blaustein	2017	40
12	Patterns of maximum body size evolution in Cenozoic land mammals: eco-evolutionary processes and abiotic forcing Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Juha Saarinen, Alison G. Boyer, James H. Brown, Daniel P. Costa, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Alistair R. Evans, Mikael Fortelius, John L. Gittleman, Marcus J. Hamilton, Larisa E. Harding, Kari Lintulaakso, S. Kathleen Lyons, Jordan G. Okie, Richard M. Sibly, Patrick R. Stephens, Jessica M. Theodor, Mark D. Uhen, Felisa A. Smith	2014	40
13	Parapatric divergence of sympatric morphs in a salamander: incipient speciation on Long Island? Molecular Ecology ·M. Caitlin Fisher‐Reid, Tag N. Engstrom, Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Patrick R. Stephens, John J. Wiens	2013	47
14	Phylogeny meets ecotoxicology: evolutionary patterns of sensitivity to a common insecticide Evolutionary Applications ·John I. Hammond, Devin K. Jones, Patrick R. Stephens, Rick A. Relyea	2012	62
15	Two sides of the same coin? Rare and pest plants native to the United States and Canada Ecological Applications ·John P. Schmidt, Patrick R. Stephens, John M. Drake	2012	7
16	Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology Ecology Letters ·John J. Wiens, David D. Ackerly, Andrew P. Allen, Brian L. Anacker, Lauren B. Buckley, Howard V. Cornell, Ellen I. Damschen, T. Jonathan Davies, John‐Arvid Grytnes, Susan Harrison, Bradford A. Hawkins, Robert D. Holt, Christy M. McCain, Patrick R. Stephens Hit paper breakdown →	2010	1397
17	EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISMS IN EMYDID TURTLES: ECOLOGICAL DIMORPHISM, RENSCH'S RULE, AND SYMPATRIC DIVERGENCE Evolution ·Patrick R. Stephens, John J. Wiens	2009	86
18	Bridging the gap between community ecology and historical biogeography: niche conservatism and community structure in emydid turtles Molecular Ecology ·Patrick R. Stephens, John J. Wiens	2009	59
19	Testing for evolutionary trade‐offs in a phylogenetic context: ecological diversification and evolution of locomotor performance in emydid turtles Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·Patrick R. Stephens, John J. Wiens	2007	33
20	REPLICATE PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS, HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND PHYLOGENY IN HOLARCTIC TREEFROGS Evolution ·Sarah A. Smith, Patrick R. Stephens, John J. Wiens	2005	11

About Patrick R. Stephens

Patrick R. Stephens is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Modeling and Simulation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 49 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Zoonotic diseases and public health (15 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (8 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.3k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.5k citations), Paleontology (863 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.4k citations) and Ecology (1.4k citations). Patrick R. Stephens has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include John J. Wiens, T. Jonathan Davies, Christy M. McCain, John L. Gittleman, Lauren B. Buckley, Ellen I. Damschen, Brian L. Anacker, Bradford A. Hawkins, Susan Harrison and Howard V. Cornell. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Evolution, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Animal Ecology and Ecography.

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