Rolf A. Ims

21.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
311 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

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Rolf A. Ims is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf A. Ims has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Ecology, 82 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Rolf A. Ims's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (129 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (110 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (78 papers). Rolf A. Ims is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (129 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (110 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (78 papers). Rolf A. Ims collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and France. Rolf A. Ims's co-authors include Nigel G. Yoccoz, Harry P. Andreassen, Atle Mysterud, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Jon Aars, Eva Fuglei, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Xavier Lambin, Snorre B. Hagen and John A. Wiens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rolf A. Ims

306 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

Ecological Mechanisms and Landscape Ecology

1993 801 citations Rolf A. Ims et al. profile →
Spatial population dynamics: analyzing patterns and processes of population synchrony

1999 607 citations Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Rolf A. Ims et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rolf A. Ims	10.8k	4.3k	3.8k	2.3k	2.1k	311	14.8k
Atle Mysterud	15.0k 1.4×	4.5k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.9×	1.4k 0.6×	326	20.3k
Eric Post	9.6k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	5.2k 2.2×	3.2k 1.5×	133	17.7k
Nigel G. Yoccoz	16.5k 1.5×	6.4k 1.5×	4.9k 1.3×	4.0k 1.7×	2.1k 1.0×	352	23.7k
Stan Boutin	16.4k 1.5×	4.7k 1.1×	6.1k 1.6×	3.3k 1.5×	499 0.2×	383	21.0k
Charles J. Krebs	17.3k 1.6×	8.0k 1.9×	5.8k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	780 0.4×	345	23.5k
Bernt‐Erik Sæther	11.8k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	4.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	577 0.3×	309	16.4k
Christopher N. Johnson	8.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	634 0.3×	250	12.2k
Daniel F. Doak	7.7k 0.7×	5.7k 1.3×	3.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.5×	506 0.2×	144	12.9k
A. R. E. Sinclair	13.3k 1.2×	6.0k 1.4×	3.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	328 0.2×	175	17.5k
H.H.T. Prins	9.2k 0.9×	5.4k 1.3×	2.9k 0.8×	4.3k 1.9×	669 0.3×	407	16.8k

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Jepsen, Jane Uhd, Per Arneberg, Rolf A. Ims, et al.. (2024). Panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition as a platform for adaptive and knowledge driven management. Environmental Management. 74(5). 1020–1036. 1 indexed citations

Henden, John‐André, et al.. (2024). Trail cameras can greatly inflate nest predation rates. Journal of Wildlife Management. 89(1). 1 indexed citations

Ims, Rolf A., et al.. (2024). Effects of resource availability and interspecific interactions on Arctic and red foxes' winter use of ungulate carrion in the Fennoscandian low‐Arctic tundra. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). e11150–e11150. 2 indexed citations

Soininen, Eeva M., Magnus Magnusson, Jane Uhd Jepsen, et al.. (2024). Macroecological patterns of rodent population dynamics shaped by bioclimatic gradients. Ecography. 2025(5).

Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, et al.. (2022). A pioneering pest: the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra. Arctic Science. 8(2). 450–470. 6 indexed citations

Mellard, Jarad P., Sandra Hamel, John‐André Henden, et al.. (2021). Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web. Ecology and Evolution. 11(11). 6742–6765. 7 indexed citations

Jepsen, Jane Uhd, Per Arneberg, Rolf A. Ims, Anna Siwertsson, & Nigel G. Yoccoz. (2019). Test av fagsystemet for økologisk tilstand. Erfaringer fra pilotprosjekter for arktisk tundra og arktisk del av Barentshavet. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo).

Pokrovsky, Ivan, Dorothée Ehrich, Rolf A. Ims, et al.. (2019). Nest association between two predators as a behavioral response to the low density of rodents. The Auk. 137(1). 5 indexed citations

Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Nigel G. Yoccoz, et al.. (2019). Spatial synchrony in sub‐arctic geometrid moth outbreaks reflects dispersal in larval and adult life cycle stages. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(8). 1134–1145. 25 indexed citations

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Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, et al.. (2018). Can novel pest outbreaks drive ecosystem transitions in northern‐boreal birch forest?. Journal of Ecology. 107(3). 1141–1153. 24 indexed citations

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Sokolov, Aleksandr, Natalia Sokolova, Rolf A. Ims, Ludovic Brucker, & Dorothée Ehrich. (2016). Emergent Rainy Winter Warm Spells May Promote Boreal Predator Expansion into the Arctic. ARCTIC. 69(2). 47 indexed citations

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Jansson, Roland, Christer Nilsson, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, et al.. (2015). Future changes in the supply of goods and services from natural ecosystems: prospects for the European north. Ecology and Society. 20(3). 29 indexed citations

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Soininen, Eeva M., Dorothée Ehrich, Nicolas Lecomte, et al.. (2014). Sources of variation in small rodent trophic niche: new insights from DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 50(3). 361–381. 21 indexed citations

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Ims, Rolf A., Inger Greve Alsos, Eva Fuglei, Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, & Nigel G. Yoccoz. (2014). An assessment of MOSJ: the state of the terrestrial environment in Svalbard. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 5 indexed citations

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Ravolainen, Virve, Kari Anne Bråthen, Rolf A. Ims, Nigel G. Yoccoz, & Eeva M. Soininen. (2013). Shrub patch configuration at the landscape scale is related to diversity of adjacent herbaceous vegetation. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 6(2). 257–268. 15 indexed citations

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Ravolainen, Virve, et al.. (2013). Relative roles of different-sized herbivores and plant-plant interactions in tall shrub tundra vegetation. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13460. 1 indexed citations

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Jepsen, Jane Uhd, Snorre B. Hagen, Kjell Arild Høgda, et al.. (2009). Monitoring the spatio-temporal dynamics of geometrid moth outbreaks in birch forest using MODIS-NDVI data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113(9). 1939–1947. 92 indexed citations

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Yoccoz, Nigel G., et al.. (2004). Spatial population dynamics of small mammals: some methodological and practical issues. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 27(1). 427–435. 15 indexed citations

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Gliwicz, Joanna & Rolf A. Ims. (2000). Dispersal in the bank vole. Polish Journal of Ecology. 48. 51–61. 16 indexed citations

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Yoccoz, Nigel G., et al.. (2000). The influence of experimental soil acidification and liming on concentrations of some basic and trace metals in scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles. Polish Journal of Ecology. 48(1). 63–72. 12 indexed citations

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