Robert Puschendorf

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Puschendorf is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Puschendorf has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Ecological Modeling and 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert Puschendorf's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (35 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Robert Puschendorf is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (35 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Robert Puschendorf collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert Puschendorf's co-authors include Bruce E. Young, Enrique La Marca, J. Alan Pounds, Luis A. Coloma, Martín R. Bustamante, Christopher J. Still, Andrés Merino‐Viteri, Santiago R. Ron, Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa and Federico Bolaños and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert Puschendorf

52 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Widespread amphibian exti... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
    2006 1.3k citations Robert Puschendorf et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Puschendorf United Kingdom 20 2.1k 1.4k 952 844 810 59 3.2k
C. Guilherme Becker United States 26 1.7k 0.8× 871 0.6× 639 0.7× 706 0.8× 534 0.7× 67 2.4k
Roberto Ibáñez Panama 26 1.8k 0.9× 810 0.6× 666 0.7× 668 0.8× 681 0.8× 73 2.7k
Robert W. Waller United States 4 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 906 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 766 0.9× 4 3.6k
Erin Muths United States 34 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 828 0.9× 1.7k 2.0× 717 0.9× 132 3.5k
Jaime Bosch Spain 37 3.8k 1.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 1.7k 2.1× 158 5.1k
Thomas R. Raffel United States 32 1.7k 0.8× 741 0.5× 543 0.6× 1.6k 1.9× 925 1.1× 65 3.9k
Jon Bielby United Kingdom 28 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 2.5k 3.0× 1.1k 1.3× 54 4.7k
Janice Chanson United States 9 3.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 2.0k 2.4× 1.0k 1.3× 14 4.8k
Gary M. Fellers United States 30 1.9k 0.9× 928 0.6× 602 0.6× 975 1.2× 841 1.0× 99 3.5k
Enrique La Marca Venezuela 12 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 667 0.7× 661 0.8× 625 0.8× 50 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Puschendorf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Puschendorf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Puschendorf

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All Works

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Puschendorf, Robert, et al.. (2025). Future climate-driven habitat loss and range shift of the Critically Endangered whitefin swellshark (Cephaloscyllium albipinnum). PeerJ. 13. e18787–e18787. 1 indexed citations
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Sutton, Luke J., Jason L. Brown, Trenton W. J. Garner, et al.. (2025). Predicting the invasiveness of alpine newts in the UK. Biological Invasions. 27(3). 99–99. 1 indexed citations
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Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2023). Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad‐ranged apex predator. Diversity and Distributions. 29(5). 613–628. 8 indexed citations
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Nneji, Lotanna M., Josué A. R. Azevedo, Oyetola O. Oyebanji, et al.. (2023). Patterns of species richness and turnover in endemic amphibians of the Guineo‐Congolian rain forest. Diversity and Distributions. 29(8). 1035–1051. 4 indexed citations
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Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2023). Multi‐scale habitat overlap in two broad‐ranged sympatric Neotropical forest eagles reveals shared environmental space and habitat use. Ibis. 166(1). 95–111.
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Palmer, Caroline V., et al.. (2022). Cold water and harmful algal blooms linked to coral reef collapse in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. PeerJ. 10. e14081–e14081. 5 indexed citations
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Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2022). Range-wide habitat use of the Harpy Eagle indicates four major tropical forest gaps in the Key Biodiversity Area network. Ornithological applications. 124(3). 4 indexed citations
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Sutton, Luke J., David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, et al.. (2022). Reduced range size and Important Bird and Biodiversity Area coverage for the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) predicted from multiple climate change scenarios. Ibis. 164(3). 649–666. 6 indexed citations
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Puschendorf, Robert, Andrew J. Crawford, Mairi E. Knight, et al.. (2019). Cryptic diversity and ranavirus infection of a critically endangered Neotropical frog before and after population collapse. Animal Conservation. 22(5). 515–524. 9 indexed citations
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Price, Stephen J., Christopher J. Owen, Robert Puschendorf, et al.. (2019). Effects of historic and projected climate change on the range and impacts of an emerging wildlife disease. Global Change Biology. 25(8). 2648–2660. 51 indexed citations
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Puschendorf, Robert, et al.. (2019). Morphological divergence and reduced ectoparasite prevalence in an introduced population of a Caribbean anole. Journal of Zoology. 308(3). 188–196. 1 indexed citations
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Price, Stephen J., et al.. (2019). Cryptic diversity in Lithobates warszewitschii (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae). ZooKeys. 838. 49–69. 3 indexed citations
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Alanazi, Abdullah D., et al.. (2018). Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Domestic and Wild Mammalians on the Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Entomology. 15(2). 75–82. 8 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ben L. & Robert Puschendorf. (2013). Do pathogens become more virulent as they spread? Evidence from the amphibian declines in Central America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1766). 20131290–20131290. 44 indexed citations
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Puschendorf, Robert. (2013). Environmental refuge from disease-driven amphibian extinctions. 2 indexed citations
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Rowley, Jodi J. L., Robert Puschendorf, & Scott D. Cashins. (2007). Plant consumption in Australian geckos: sap feeding by the Ocellated Velvet Gecko, Oedura monilis. Herpetofauna. 37(1). 8–10. 2 indexed citations

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