Paul Jepson

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Paul Jepson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Jepson has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Jepson's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (21 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Paul Jepson is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (21 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Paul Jepson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Portugal. Paul Jepson's co-authors include Richard J. Ladle, Robert J. Whittaker, Katherine J. Willis, Miguel B. Araújo, James Watson, Maan Barua, Ricardo A. Correia, Susan M. Canney, Ana C. M. Malhado and Kathleen Buckingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Paul Jepson

84 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect

2005 942 citations Robert J. Whittaker, Miguel B. Araújo et al. Diversity and Distributions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Jepson United Kingdom	34	1.5k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	865	87	4.1k
Diogo Veríssimo United Kingdom	37	1.8k 1.2×	711 0.6×	954 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.8k 2.0×	143	5.3k
Robert J. Smith United Kingdom	39	2.1k 1.4×	994 0.8×	967 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	770 0.9×	108	4.4k
Christopher Wolf United States	27	3.0k 2.0×	1.2k 0.9×	950 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	419 0.5×	59	5.2k
Greg Newman United States	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	626 0.6×	746 0.9×	59	4.0k
Caren B. Cooper United States	35	2.1k 1.4×	793 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	876 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	88	6.0k
Juliette Young United Kingdom	35	2.3k 1.5×	835 0.7×	880 0.7×	2.8k 2.4×	604 0.7×	105	5.9k
Andrew T. Knight United Kingdom	39	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	3.4k 3.0×	712 0.8×	96	6.4k
René van der Wal United Kingdom	45	3.7k 2.4×	1.6k 1.2×	812 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	513 0.6×	178	7.3k
Enrico Di Minin Finland	38	1.9k 1.3×	708 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	88	4.9k
Eleanor J. Sterling United States	31	1.7k 1.1×	697 0.5×	738 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	524 0.6×	92	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Jepson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Jepson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Jepson

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jepson, Paul. (2025). De-extinction beyond species: Restoring ecosystem functionality through large herbivore rewilding. PubMed. 3. e3–e3. 2 indexed citations

Jarić, Ivan, Ricardo A. Correia, Barry W. Brook, et al.. (2020). iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(7). 630–639. 154 indexed citations

Ladle, Richard J., Paul Jepson, Ricardo A. Correia, & Ana C. M. Malhado. (2019). A culturomics approach to quantifying the salience of species on the global internet. People and Nature. 1(4). 524–532. 37 indexed citations

Sandom, Christopher J., David J. Bullock, Adrian Ely, et al.. (2018). Rewilding in the English uplands: Policy and practice. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(2). 266–273. 40 indexed citations

Montgomery, Robert A., et al.. (2017). Examining the Effect of Billboards in Shaping the Great Wolf Debate of the American West. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 22(3). 267–281. 2 indexed citations

Jepson, Paul, et al.. (2017). Exploring public perceptions of solutions to tree diseases in the UK: Implications for policy-makers. Environmental Science & Policy. 76. 70–77. 13 indexed citations

Correia, Ricardo A., Paul Jepson, Ana C. M. Malhado, & Richard J. Ladle. (2017). Culturomic assessment of Brazilian protected areas: Exploring a novel index of protected area visibility. Ecological Indicators. 85. 165–171. 22 indexed citations

Jepson, Paul & Richard J. Ladle. (2015). Nature apps: Waiting for the revolution. AMBIO. 44(8). 827–832. 42 indexed citations

Jennings, Steve, Maan Barua, Ana C. M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle, & Paul Jepson. (2011). The causes and biogeographical significance of species’ rediscovery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul. (2011). Recent ornithological observations from Buru. 6(2). 85–109. 2 indexed citations

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Poulsen, Michael K. & Paul Jepson. (2011). Status of the Salmon-crested Cockatoo and Red Lory on Ambon Island, Maluku. 8. 159–160.

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Barua, Maan, Meredith Root‐Bernstein, Richard J. Ladle, & Paul Jepson. (2011). Defining Flagship Uses is Critical for Flagship Selection: A Critique of the IUCN Climate Change Flagship Fleet. AMBIO. 40(4). 431–435. 46 indexed citations

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Whittaker, Robert J., Miguel B. Araújo, Paul Jepson, et al.. (2005). Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect. Diversity and Distributions. 11(1). 3–23. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jepson, Paul & Richard J. Ladle. (2005). Bird-keeping in Indonesia: conservation impacts and the potential for substitution-based conservation responses. Oryx. 39(4). 442–448. 120 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul & Robert J. Whittaker. (2002). Histories of Protected Areas: Internationalisation of Conservationist Values and their Adoption in the Netherlands Indies (Indonesia).. Environment and History. 8(2). 129–172. 57 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul & Robert J. Whittaker. (2002). Ecoregions in Context: a Critique with Special Reference to Indonesia. Conservation Biology. 16(1). 42–57. 50 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul, et al.. (2001). The conservation status of Tanimbar corella and blue-streaked lory on the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia: results of a rapid contextual survey. Oryx. 35(3). 224–233. 28 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul, et al.. (1997). Birding Indonesia : a bird-watcher's guide to the world's largest archipelago. 9 indexed citations

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Jepson, Paul. (1995). The PHPA/BirdLife International -Indonesia Programme: Goals and Approaches. 7(2). 90–98. 1 indexed citations

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Dekker, R., et al.. (1995). Notes on the Moluccan Megapode Eulipoa wallacei (G.R. Gray, 1860) following the rediscovery of two major nesting grounds. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 69(19). 251–260. 3 indexed citations

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