Robert J. Smith

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Smith has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Smith's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (25 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers). Robert J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (25 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers). Robert J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert J. Smith's co-authors include Diogo Veríssimo, Matthew J. Walpole, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Douglas C. MacMillan, Hugh P. Possingham, Noah Sitati, Andrew Balmford, Andrew T. Knight, Matthew Linkie and Josie Carwardine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Smith

104 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Targeting Global Protected Area Expansion for Imperiled Biodiversity

2014 431 citations Josie Carwardine, Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Smith United Kingdom	39	2.1k	1.7k	994	967	770	108	4.4k
Finn Danielsen Denmark	32	2.8k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	772 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	523 0.7×	71	6.2k
Lauren Coad United Kingdom	28	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	760 0.8×	687 0.7×	400 0.5×	60	4.2k
Adina M. Merenlender United States	37	2.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	852 0.9×	563 0.7×	96	5.4k
Juliette Young United Kingdom	35	2.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	835 0.8×	880 0.9×	604 0.8×	105	5.9k
Sarah Bekessy Australia	43	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	837 0.9×	507 0.7×	136	5.6k
Andrew T. Knight United Kingdom	39	2.5k 1.2×	3.4k 2.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	712 0.9×	96	6.4k
Enrico Di Minin Finland	38	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	708 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	88	4.9k
Douglas C. MacMillan United Kingdom	38	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	640 0.6×	453 0.5×	838 1.1×	129	4.7k
Aletta Bonn Germany	51	2.5k 1.2×	3.3k 1.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	583 0.8×	130	7.8k
Nick Salafsky United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	752 0.8×	709 0.7×	326 0.4×	46	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert J. Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert J. Smith

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Robert J., et al.. (2025). Twenty-five years of misinterpreting the biodiversity hotspot approach. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(12). 2175–2177.

Plumptre, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Strengths and complementarity of systematic conservation planning and Key Biodiversity Area approaches for spatial planning. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14400–e14400. 3 indexed citations

Humle, Tatyana, et al.. (2024). Elephant pathway use in a human‐dominated landscape. Wildlife Biology. 2025(1). 4 indexed citations

Sykes, Rachel, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Kristian Metcalfe, et al.. (2023). Developing a framework to improve global estimates of conservation area coverage. Oryx. 58(2). 192–201. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Dana F., Gabriel Munoz, Quoc Tuc Dinh, et al.. (2023). Adopt a Lake: Successfully Tracking Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Canadian Surface Waters Through Citizen Science. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 8(1). 66–66. 1 indexed citations

Adams, Colin E., et al.. (2022). Scientific study in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs area, Scotland. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 27(4). 44–52. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Robert J., et al.. (2019). A neglected aspect of human-elephant conflict: fence damage by elephants in the Trans Mara, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 60. 78–87. 4 indexed citations

Shwartz, Assaf, Zoe G. Davies, Nicholas A. Macgregor, et al.. (2017). Scaling up from protected areas in England: The value of establishing large conservation areas. Biological Conservation. 212. 279–287. 18 indexed citations

Brink, Henry, et al.. (2016). Sustainability and Long Term-Tenure: Lion Trophy Hunting in Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162610–e0162610. 13 indexed citations

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Baker, D. James, Andrew James Hartley, Neil D. Burgess, et al.. (2015). Assessing climate change impacts for vertebrate fauna across the West African protected area network using regionally appropriate climate projections. Diversity and Distributions. 21(9). 991–1003. 23 indexed citations

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Veríssimo, Diogo, et al.. (2013). Evaluating Conservation Flagships and Flagship Fleets. Conservation Letters. 7(3). 263–270. 49 indexed citations

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McCreless, Erin, Piero Visconti, Josie Carwardine, Chris Wilcox, & Robert J. Smith. (2013). Cheap and Nasty? The Potential Perils of Using Management Costs to Identify Global Conservation Priorities. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80893–e80893. 21 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Kristian, Clément Garcia, Aurélie Foveau, et al.. (2012). Impacts of data quality on the setting of conservation planning targets using the species–area relationship. Diversity and Distributions. 19(1). 1–13. 38 indexed citations

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Knight, Andrew T., Sahotra Sarkar, Robert J. Smith, Niels Strange, & Kerrie A. Wilson. (2011). Engage the hodgepodge: management factors are essential when prioritizing areas for restoration and conservation action. Diversity and Distributions. 17(6). 1234–1238. 33 indexed citations

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Veríssimo, Diogo, Maan Barua, Paul Jepson, Douglas C. MacMillan, & Robert J. Smith. (2011). Selecting marine invertebrate flagship species: Widening the net. Biological Conservation. 145(1). 4–4. 4 indexed citations

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Shannon, Graeme, Wayne Matthews, Bruce R. Page, Guy Parker, & Robert J. Smith. (2009). The affects of artificial water availability on large herbivore ranging patterns in savanna habitats: a new approach based on modelling elephant path distributions. Diversity and Distributions. 15(5). 776–783. 70 indexed citations

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Linkie, Matthew, et al.. (2008). Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation around a Large Sumatran Protected Area. Conservation Biology. 22(3). 683–690. 50 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert J., Philippe Arnaúd, & Gavin Kelsey. (2004). Identification and properties of imprinted genes and their control elements. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 105(2-4). 335–345. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert J., et al.. (2000). Comparison of reproductive success of in-situ burial versus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 73(3). 148–154. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert J.. (1981). Resolving the Tragedy of the Commons by Creating Private Property Rights in Wildlife. Cato Journal. 1(2). 439–468. 113 indexed citations

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