Richard B. Primack

23.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
256 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Richard B. Primack is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard B. Primack has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 97 papers in Ecological Modeling and 94 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Richard B. Primack's work include Plant and animal studies (104 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (97 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (89 papers). Richard B. Primack is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (104 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (97 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (89 papers). Richard B. Primack collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Richard B. Primack's co-authors include Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing, Caroline A. Polgar, Amanda S. Gallinat, Charles C. Davis, Juan J. Armestó, Mary T. K. Arroyo, Charles G. Willis, Claire McCall, John A. Silander and Janis Antonovics and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Richard B. Primack

252 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Leaf‐out phenology of temperate woody plants: from trees to ecosystems

2011 448 citations Caroline A. Polgar, Richard B. Primack New Phytologist profile →
The history of public participation in ecological research

2012 415 citations Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing, Richard B. Primack et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
Autumn, the neglected season in climate change research

2015 415 citations Richard B. Primack et al. profile →
COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

2020 403 citations Richard B. Primack et al. profile →
Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization

2017 277 citations Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard B. Primack United States	69	8.1k	6.9k	5.0k	4.8k	4.7k	256	16.4k
Jonathan Silvertown United Kingdom	62	7.4k 0.9×	9.9k 1.4×	6.0k 1.2×	5.7k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	145	17.5k
Robert P. Freckleton United Kingdom	68	7.4k 0.9×	6.8k 1.0×	2.9k 0.6×	7.9k 1.7×	2.9k 0.6×	206	19.4k
Holger Kreft Germany	57	6.9k 0.9×	8.0k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	5.3k 1.1×	5.6k 1.2×	224	17.2k
Richard T. Corlett China	63	4.7k 0.6×	5.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.5×	5.7k 1.2×	2.5k 0.5×	244	14.4k
Aaron M. Ellison United States	65	5.4k 0.7×	6.2k 0.9×	4.1k 0.8×	8.5k 1.8×	2.6k 0.6×	291	19.5k
Rodolfo Dirzo United States	58	7.2k 0.9×	9.9k 1.4×	3.9k 0.8×	10.8k 2.3×	4.1k 0.9×	229	24.1k
Jennifer Kent Australia	22	7.4k 0.9×	7.5k 1.1×	3.7k 0.7×	7.5k 1.6×	4.4k 0.9×	82	24.3k
Richard M. Cowling South Africa	85	5.7k 0.7×	11.9k 1.7×	4.3k 0.9×	7.9k 1.7×	3.8k 0.8×	359	23.0k
Richard P. Duncan New Zealand	60	4.5k 0.6×	7.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	6.7k 1.4×	2.5k 0.5×	218	14.9k
Brian Huntley United Kingdom	70	6.0k 0.7×	8.7k 1.3×	2.7k 0.5×	9.0k 1.9×	9.5k 2.0×	221	25.5k

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Forrest, Jessica R. K., et al.. (2024). Phenological mismatch between trees and wildflowers: Reconciling divergent findings in two recent analyses. Journal of Ecology. 112(6). 1184–1199. 6 indexed citations

Miller‐Rushing, Abraham J., Richard B. Primack, & Eric Djomo Nana. (2024). Big scientific conferences return and emphasize the human context of science. Biological Conservation. 293. 110567–110567. 1 indexed citations

Primack, Richard B., et al.. (2023). Wildlife rehabilitation records reveal impacts of anthropogenic activities on wildlife health. Biological Conservation. 286. 110295–110295. 9 indexed citations

Primack, Richard B., E. Marín-Spiotta, Pamela H. Templer, et al.. (2023). Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 21(8). 363–369. 9 indexed citations

Primack, Richard B., et al.. (2023). Grass flowering times determined using herbarium specimens for modeling grass pollen under a warming climate. The Science of The Total Environment. 885. 163824–163824. 9 indexed citations

Heberling, J. Mason, et al.. (2022). Warmer temperatures are linked to widespread phenological mismatch among native and non‐native forest plants. Journal of Ecology. 111(2). 356–371. 23 indexed citations

Stemkovski, Michael, James R. Bell, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, et al.. (2022). Disorder or a new order: How climate change affects phenological variability. Ecology. 104(1). e3846–e3846. 26 indexed citations

Du, Yanjun, Lingfeng Mao, Simon A. Queenborough, et al.. (2020). Macro‐scale variation and environmental predictors of flowering and fruiting phenology in the Chinese angiosperm flora. Journal of Biogeography. 47(11). 2303–2314. 23 indexed citations

Daru, Barnabas H., Daniel Park, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2017). Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization. New Phytologist. 217(2). 939–955. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

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Primack, Richard B., Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing, & Brian Drayton. (2014). Reply to Angelo: Declines in species in Thoreau’s Concord and the Middlesex Fells, Massachusetts, USA. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations

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Polgar, Caroline A. & Richard B. Primack. (2011). Leaf-out Dates Highlight a Changing Climate. Arnoldia.. 68(4). 14–22. 2 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B., et al.. (2009). Changes in Four Rainforest Plots of the Western Ghats, India, 1939-93. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 6 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B. & Hiroyoshi Higuchi. (2007). Climate Change and Cherry Tree Blossom Festivals in Japan. Arnoldia.. 65(2). 14–22. 17 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B., et al.. (2007). Using Photographs to Show the Effects nof Climate Change on Flowering Times. Arnoldia.. 65(1). 2–9. 1 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B.. (1988). Forestry in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, during the Cultural Revolution. Arnoldia.. 48(2). 26–29. 2 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B.. (1983). Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21(3). 317–333. 123 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B.. (1982). Ultraviolet Patterns in Flowers, or Flowers as Viewed by Insects. Arnoldia.. 42(3). 139–146. 12 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B. & David G. Lloyd. (1980). Sexual strategies in plants IV. The distributions of gender in two monomorphic shrub populations. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 18(1). 109–114. 40 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B.. (1979). Reproductive biology of Discaria toumatou (Rhamnaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 17(1). 9–13. 44 indexed citations

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Primack, Richard B.. (1978). Effects of grazing on indigenous shrubs in tussock grassland at Cass, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 16(4). 461–469. 8 indexed citations

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