Robert R. Dunn

26.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
306 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Robert R. Dunn is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. Dunn has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Genetics, 112 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 57 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Robert R. Dunn's work include Plant and animal studies (100 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (93 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (57 papers). Robert R. Dunn is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (100 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (93 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (57 papers). Robert R. Dunn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Australia. Robert R. Dunn's co-authors include Nathan J. Sanders, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Noah Fierer, Robert K. Colwell, Steven D. Frank, Aaron D. Gove, Nyeema C. Harris, Jiří Hulcr, Benoît Guénard and Holly Menninger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. Dunn

293 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Quantifying the human cost of global warming

2023 168 citations Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Inclusion in citizen science: The conundrum of rebranding

2021 165 citations Robert R. Dunn et al. Science profile →
Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally

2024 79 citations Jens‐Christian Svenning, Jesse F. Abrams et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert R. Dunn	5.0k	4.0k	3.7k	3.0k	2.8k	306	16.2k
Kate E. Jones	3.9k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	6.0k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	146	18.5k
Stéphane Dray	4.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	6.5k 1.7×	6.0k 2.0×	2.4k 0.9×	90	15.5k
Luc De Meester	3.5k 0.7×	4.8k 1.2×	12.8k 3.4×	7.0k 2.3×	2.1k 0.8×	409	23.3k
Bernd Gruber	4.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	5.4k 1.5×	4.2k 1.4×	3.4k 1.2×	90	13.7k
Richard S. Ostfeld	5.2k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	8.7k 2.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	258	24.4k
Lou Jost	3.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	4.3k 1.2×	4.3k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	45	11.6k
Michael Begon	4.4k 0.9×	4.8k 1.2×	7.4k 2.0×	3.8k 1.3×	862 0.3×	260	20.0k
Richard T. Corlett	4.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	5.7k 1.5×	5.9k 2.0×	2.5k 0.9×	244	14.4k
Peter J. Hudson	3.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	8.0k 2.2×	1.6k 0.5×	692 0.3×	297	21.3k
Peter Convey	6.6k 1.3×	2.3k 0.6×	16.2k 4.4×	2.8k 0.9×	4.3k 1.6×	513	24.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Penick, Clint A., et al.. (2025). Urban heat and latitude: contrasting effects on ant diversity across cities. Urban Ecosystems. 28(4).

Jørgensen, Peter Søgaard, Franziska Klein, Didier Wernli, et al.. (2025). Association between national action and trends in antibiotic resistance: an analysis of 73 countries from 2000 to 2023. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(4). e0004127–e0004127. 2 indexed citations

Lenton, Timothy M., Chi Xu, Jesse F. Abrams, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the human cost of global warming. Nature Sustainability. 6(10). 1237–1247. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

Gibb, Heloise, Tom R. Bishop, Lily Leahy, et al.. (2022). Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: Towards a world‐wide worker economic spectrum for ants. Functional Ecology. 37(1). 13–25. 24 indexed citations

Dunn, Robert R., et al.. (2022). HHV-8-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease, a Diagnostic Challenge in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Fever. Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 10. 1615945270–1615945270. 2 indexed citations

Guénard, Benoît, Robert R. Dunn, Evan P. Economo, et al.. (2022). Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1968). 20211899–20211899. 12 indexed citations

Tonione, Maria A., Ke Bi, Robert R. Dunn, et al.. (2022). Phylogeography and population genetics of a widespread cold‐adapted ant, Prenolepis imparis. Molecular Ecology. 31(18). 4884–4899. 1 indexed citations

Alberdi, Antton, Sandra B. Andersen, Morten T. Limborg, Robert R. Dunn, & M. Thomas P. Gilbert. (2021). Disentangling host–microbiota complexity through hologenomics. Nature Reviews Genetics. 23(5). 281–297. 65 indexed citations

Webster, Tara M., Alexander McFarland, Matthew J. Gebert, et al.. (2021). Structure and Functional Attributes of Bacterial Communities in Premise Plumbing Across the United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(20). 14105–14114. 22 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jacob Agerbo, Martin Nielsen, Sarah S. T. Mak, et al.. (2020). eDNA‐based biomonitoring at an experimental German vineyard to characterize how management regimes shape ecosystem diversity. Environmental DNA. 3(1). 70–82. 16 indexed citations

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Chick, Lacy D., J. LESSARD, Robert R. Dunn, & Nathan J. Sanders. (2020). The Coupled Influence of Thermal Physiology and Biotic Interactions on the Distribution and Density of Ant Species along an Elevational Gradient. Diversity. 12(12). 456–456. 9 indexed citations

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Lucas, Jane M., Anne A. Madden, Clint A. Penick, et al.. (2019). Azteca ants maintain unique microbiomes across functionally distinct nest chambers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1908). 20191026–20191026. 17 indexed citations

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Gebert, Matthew J., Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Angela Oliverio, et al.. (2018). Ecological Analyses of Mycobacteria in Showerhead Biofilms and Their Relevance to Human Health. mBio. 9(5). 107 indexed citations

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Stewart, Fiona A., R. Adriana Hernández‐Aguilar, Matthew A. Bertone, et al.. (2018). Ecology of sleeping: the microbial and arthropod associates of chimpanzee beds. Royal Society Open Science. 5(5). 180382–180382. 6 indexed citations

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Reese, Aspen T., Fátima C. Pereira, Arno Schintlmeister, et al.. (2018). Microbial nitrogen limitation in the mammalian large intestine. Nature Microbiology. 3(12). 1441–1450. 92 indexed citations

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Penick, Clint A., et al.. (2018). External immunity in ant societies: sociality and colony size do not predict investment in antimicrobials. Royal Society Open Science. 5(2). 171332–171332. 15 indexed citations

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Savage, Amy M., Julie Urban, J. H. Pate Skene, et al.. (2016). Diversity and evolution of the primate skin microbiome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1822). 20152586–20152586. 50 indexed citations

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Youngsteadt, Elsa, et al.. (2014). Habitat and species identity, not diversity, predict the extent of refuse consumption by urban arthropods. Global Change Biology. 21(3). 1103–1115. 49 indexed citations

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Dunn, Robert R., T. Jonathan Davies, Nyeema C. Harris, & Michael C. Gavin. (2010). Global drivers of human pathogen richness and prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1694). 2587–2595. 145 indexed citations

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Koh, Lian Pin, Robert R. Dunn, Navjot S. Sodhi, et al.. (2004). Species Coextinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis. Science. 305(5690). 1632–1634. 413 indexed citations

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