Rachel M. Germain

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rachel M. Germain is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel M. Germain has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rachel M. Germain's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Rachel M. Germain is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Rachel M. Germain collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Rachel M. Germain's co-authors include Benjamin Gilbert, Dominique Gravel, Patrick L. Thompson, Diane S. Srivastava, Amy L. Angert, Michel Loreau, Élise Filotas, José M. Montoya, Laura E. Dee and Forest Isbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Rachel M. Germain

33 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 100 200 300
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.

  1. Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research
    2020 301 citations Andrew Gonzalez, Rachel M. Germain et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  2. Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application
    2021 173 citations Michel Loreau, Matthieu Barbier et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachel M. Germain Canada 18 724 544 477 304 251 35 1.3k
Malte Jochum Germany 20 407 0.6× 416 0.8× 698 1.5× 298 1.0× 206 0.8× 30 1.3k
Michel Loreau France 12 559 0.8× 329 0.6× 471 1.0× 412 1.4× 330 1.3× 16 1.2k
Emily Moran United States 14 709 1.0× 431 0.8× 401 0.8× 429 1.4× 322 1.3× 26 1.3k
Tina Heger Germany 17 642 0.9× 457 0.8× 544 1.1× 262 0.9× 205 0.8× 48 1.3k
Rasmus B. Lauridsen United Kingdom 11 488 0.7× 394 0.7× 475 1.0× 180 0.6× 98 0.4× 23 971
Margaret E. K. Evans United States 21 881 1.2× 649 1.2× 384 0.8× 584 1.9× 436 1.7× 38 1.8k
Maria Alice S. Alves Brazil 20 452 0.6× 568 1.0× 721 1.5× 415 1.4× 317 1.3× 110 1.5k
Brandon S. Schamp Canada 20 670 0.9× 597 1.1× 281 0.6× 163 0.5× 166 0.7× 44 1.0k
Severin D. H. Irl Germany 22 722 1.0× 488 0.9× 537 1.1× 290 1.0× 592 2.4× 50 1.4k
Christy A. Brigham United States 10 563 0.8× 326 0.6× 441 0.9× 323 1.1× 158 0.6× 15 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel M. Germain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel M. Germain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grainger, Tess Nahanni, et al.. (2025). The Equilibrium Conundrum. Ecology Letters. 28(11). e70232–e70232.
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Germain, Rachel M., et al.. (2024). Dispersing across habitat boundaries: Uncovering the demographic fates of populations in unsuitable habitat. Ecosphere. 15(3). 1 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Blake Matthews, & Luke J. Harmon. (2024). Niche Theory as an Underutilized Resource for the Study of Adaptive Radiations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 17(1). a041449–a041449. 3 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., et al.. (2024). MacArthur’s Consumer-Resource Model: A Rosetta Stone for Competitive Interactions. The American Naturalist. 205(3). 306–326.
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Germain, Rachel M., et al.. (2024). Landscape use by large grazers in a grassland is restructured by wildfire. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0297290–e0297290. 1 indexed citations
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Rolland, Jonathan, L. Francisco Henao‐Díaz, Michael Doebeli, et al.. (2023). Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(8). 1181–1193. 39 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., et al.. (2022). The strength and direction of local (mal)adaptation depends on neighbour density and the environment. Journal of Ecology. 110(3). 514–525. 5 indexed citations
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Ke, Po‐Ju, et al.. (2021). Writing Accessible Theory in Ecology and Evolution: Insights from Cognitive Load Theory. BioScience. 72(3). 300–313. 9 indexed citations
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Loreau, Michel, Matthieu Barbier, Élise Filotas, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(5). 2333–2354. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gómez‐Llano, Miguel, Rachel M. Germain, Daisuke Kyogoku, Mark A. McPeek, & Adam M. Siepielski. (2021). When Ecology Fails: How Reproductive Interactions Promote Species Coexistence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(7). 610–622. 28 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Andrew, Rachel M. Germain, Diane S. Srivastava, et al.. (2020). Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research. Ecology Letters. 23(4). 757–776. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Germain, Rachel M., Diane S. Srivastava, & Amy L. Angert. (2020). Evolution of an inferior competitor increases resistance to biological invasion. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(3). 419–425. 32 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Simon P. Hart, Martin M. Turcotte, et al.. (2020). On the Origin of Coexisting Species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(4). 284–293. 44 indexed citations
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Guzman, Laura Melissa, Rachel M. Germain, Mary I. O’Connor, et al.. (2018). Towards a multi‐trophic extension of metacommunity ecology. Ecology Letters. 22(1). 19–33. 70 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Sharon Y. Strauss, & Benjamin Gilbert. (2017). Experimental dispersal reveals characteristic scales of biodiversity in a natural landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(17). 4447–4452. 32 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Jennifer L. Williams, Dolph Schluter, & Amy L. Angert. (2017). Moving Character Displacement beyond Characters Using Contemporary Coexistence Theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33(2). 74–84. 61 indexed citations
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Grainger, Tess Nahanni, Rachel M. Germain, Natalie T. Jones, & Benjamin Gilbert. (2016). Predators modify biogeographic constraints on species distributions in an insect metacommunity. Ecology. 98(3). 851–860. 16 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Laura T. Johnson, Stefan Schneider, et al.. (2013). Spatial Variability in Plant Predation Determines the Strength of Stochastic Community Assembly. The American Naturalist. 182(2). 169–179. 47 indexed citations

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