Philip J. Platts

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Philip J. Platts is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip J. Platts has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Philip J. Platts's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers). Philip J. Platts is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers). Philip J. Platts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and United States. Philip J. Platts's co-authors include Rob Marchant, Jon C. Lovett, Neil D. Burgess, Chris D. Thomas, Andrew R. Marshall, Jane K. Hill, Richard Fox, Ary A. Hoffmann, Andrew Balmford and Marion Pfeifer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Philip J. Platts

49 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Climate change vulnerability assessment of species

2018 343 citations Ary A. Hoffmann, Chris D. Thomas et al. profile →
Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

2019 334 citations Callum J. Macgregor, Chris D. Thomas et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip J. Platts United Kingdom	26	828	779	778	763	514	49	2.3k
Xingli Giam United States	30	760 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	577 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	421 0.8×	69	2.7k
Carlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle Brazil	26	926 1.1×	994 1.3×	590 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	497 1.0×	86	2.6k
Andrew R. Marshall United Kingdom	26	761 0.9×	663 0.9×	457 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	464 0.9×	76	2.5k
Justin Gerlach United Kingdom	17	946 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	782 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	705 1.4×	55	2.8k
Nathalie Butt Australia	30	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	602 1.2×	72	3.0k
Jiajia Liu China	23	844 1.0×	917 1.2×	365 0.5×	883 1.2×	451 0.9×	77	2.2k
Mary Rose C. Posa Singapore	12	531 0.6×	488 0.6×	350 0.4×	871 1.1×	393 0.8×	14	1.7k
Michela Pacifici Italy	14	615 0.7×	711 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	525 1.0×	34	2.5k
Samantha L. L. Hill United Kingdom	19	796 1.0×	615 0.8×	535 0.7×	797 1.0×	278 0.5×	35	1.8k
William R. Konstant United States	10	923 1.1×	944 1.2×	660 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	705 1.4×	15	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Philip J. Platts

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip J. Platts

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Philip J. Platts, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2024). Tree demographics and soil charcoal evidence of fire disturbances in an inaccessible forest atop the Mount Lico inselberg, Mozambique. Plants People Planet. 7(1). 229–244. 1 indexed citations

Burgess, Neil D., Lars Dinesen, Roy E. Gereau, et al.. (2024). Nature Forest Reserves in Tanzania and their importance for conservation. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0281408–e0281408. 4 indexed citations

Beale, Colin M., et al.. (2023). Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(3). 385–399. 3 indexed citations

Parr, Catherine L., Philip J. Platts, Colin J. McClean, et al.. (2022). Implications of zero-deforestation palm oil for tropical grassy and dry forest biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(2). 250–263. 9 indexed citations

Shirima, Deo D., Philip J. Platts, Sarah Knight, et al.. (2022). A practice-led assessment of landscape restoration potential in a biodiversity hotspot. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1867). 20210070–20210070. 9 indexed citations

Thorn, Jessica, Philip J. Platts, Deo D. Shirima, et al.. (2022). Indirect impacts of commercial gold mining on adjacent ecosystems. Biological Conservation. 275. 109782–109782. 15 indexed citations

Platts, Philip J., G Palmer, Jane K. Hill, et al.. (2019). Habitat availability explains variation in climate-driven range shifts across multiple taxonomic groups. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15039–15039. 114 indexed citations

Macgregor, Callum J., Chris D. Thomas, David B. Roy, et al.. (2019). Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4455–4455. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

Green, Jonathan, Brendan Fisher, Rhys E. Green, et al.. (2018). Local costs of conservation exceed those borne by the global majority. Global Ecology and Conservation. 14. e00385–e00385. 50 indexed citations

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Capitani, Claudia, Arnout van Soesbergen, Boniface Mbilinyi, et al.. (2018). Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change and Their Multiple Impacts on Natural Capital in Tanzania. Environmental Conservation. 46(1). 17–24. 22 indexed citations

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Platts, Philip J., Marco Andrew Njana, Neil D. Burgess, et al.. (2018). Integrated modelling for economic valuation of the role of forests and woodlands in drinking water provision to two African cities. Ecosystem Services. 32. 50–61. 25 indexed citations

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Carr, Jamie, William R. Branch, Claudia Capitani, et al.. (2016). Tanzania's reptile biodiversity: Distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability. Biological Conservation. 204. 72–82. 26 indexed citations

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Platts, Philip J., et al.. (2015). AFRICLIM 3.0: high-resolution ensemble climate projections for Africa. Figshare. 2 indexed citations

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Shirima, Deo D., Marion Pfeifer, Philip J. Platts, Ørjan Totland, & Stein R. Moe. (2015). Interactions between Canopy Structure and Herbaceous Biomass along Environmental Gradients in Moist Forest and Dry Miombo Woodland of Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142784–e0142784. 18 indexed citations

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Platts, Philip J., et al.. (2014). AFRICLIM : high‐resolution climate projections for ecological applications in A frica. African Journal of Ecology. 53(1). 103–108. 120 indexed citations

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Pfeifer, Marion, Neil D. Burgess, Ruth D. Swetnam, et al.. (2012). Protected Areas: Mixed Success in Conserving East Africa’s Evergreen Forests. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39337–e39337. 96 indexed citations

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Marshall, Andrew R., Philip J. Platts, Roy E. Gereau, et al.. (2012). The genus Acacia (Fabaceae) in East Africa: distribution, diversity and the protected area network. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 145(3). 289–301. 16 indexed citations

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Ahrends, Antje, Neil Burgess, Roy E. Gereau, et al.. (2011). Funding begets biodiversity. Diversity and Distributions. 17(2). 191–200. 60 indexed citations

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Platts, Philip J., Antje Ahrends, Roy E. Gereau, et al.. (2010). Can distribution models help refine inventory‐based estimates of conservation priority? A case study in the Eastern Arc forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Diversity and Distributions. 16(4). 628–642. 45 indexed citations

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Marshall, Andrew R., et al.. (2009). The species–area relationship and confounding variables in a threatened monkey community. American Journal of Primatology. 72(4). 325–336. 55 indexed citations

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