Rubén G. Mateo

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rubén G. Mateo is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rubén G. Mateo has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecological Modeling, 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Rubén G. Mateo's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (34 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). Rubén G. Mateo is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (34 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). Rubén G. Mateo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Switzerland and Belgium. Rubén G. Mateo's co-authors include Jesús Muñoz, Antoine Guisan, Ángel M. Felicísimo, Olivier Broennimann, Julien Pottier, Nicolas Salamin, Blaise Petitpierre, Manuela D‘Amen, Loïc Pellissier and Anne Dubuis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rubén G. Mateo

52 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions

2016 866 citations Olivier Broennimann, Blaise Petitpierre et al. Ecography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rubén G. Mateo Spain	24	1.5k	1.0k	916	910	449	55	2.5k
Jan O. Engler Germany	23	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	527 0.6×	818 0.9×	528 1.2×	57	2.4k
Julien Pottier Switzerland	20	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	1.8k 2.0×	390 0.9×	25	3.1k
Petr Keil Czechia	26	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	838 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	326 0.7×	54	2.5k
Bruno Vilela Brazil	15	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	696 0.8×	744 0.8×	450 1.0×	53	2.4k
Manuela D‘Amen Italy	21	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	639 0.7×	935 1.0×	438 1.0×	49	2.4k
Anne Dubuis Switzerland	19	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	1.9k 2.1×	413 0.9×	27	3.3k
Caroline M. Tucker Canada	18	821 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	278 0.6×	27	2.6k
Ignacio Morales‐Castilla Spain	24	929 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	777 0.8×	724 0.8×	358 0.8×	53	2.4k
Joanne Clavel France	13	774 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	897 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	307 0.7×	30	2.8k
Brian L. Anacker United States	24	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	481 1.1×	30	3.2k

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Guisan, Antoine, Mathieu Chevalier, Antoine Adde, et al.. (2025). Spatially nested species distribution models (N‐ SDM ): An effective tool to overcome niche truncation for more robust inference and projections. Journal of Ecology. 113(7). 1588–1605. 6 indexed citations

Adde, Antoine, Olivier Broennimann, Juan Ignacio García‐Viñás, et al.. (2024). Spatially‐nested hierarchical species distribution models to overcome niche truncation in national‐scale studies. Ecography. 2025(3). 8 indexed citations

Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2024). sabinaNSDM : An R package for spatially nested hierarchical species distribution modelling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(10). 1796–1803. 4 indexed citations

Herrera-Feijoo, Robinson J., et al.. (2023). Botanical Collection Patterns and Conservation Categories of the Most Traded Timber Species from the Ecuadorian Amazon: The Role of Protected Areas. Plants. 12(18). 3327–3327. 5 indexed citations

Romo, Helena, Enrique García‐Barros, Robert J. Wilson, Rubén G. Mateo, & Miguel L. Munguira. (2023). Modelling the scope to conserve an endemic‐rich mountain butterfly taxon in a changing climate. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16(4). 451–467. 7 indexed citations

Herrera-Feijoo, Robinson J., et al.. (2023). Modelling Climatically Suitable Areas for Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) and Their Shifts across Neotropics: The Role of Protected Areas. Forests. 14(2). 385–385. 17 indexed citations

Mateo, Rubén G., Gabriel Arellano, Virgilio Gómez‐Rubio, et al.. (2022). Insights on biodiversity drivers to predict species richness in tropical forests at the local scale. Ecological Modelling. 473. 110133–110133. 3 indexed citations

Picó, F. Xavier, et al.. (2022). Unravelling plant diversification: Intraspecific genetic differentiation in hybridizing Anacyclus species in the western Mediterranean Basin. American Journal of Botany. 110(2). e16121–e16121. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Shangzhe, Xin Du, Rubén G. Mateo, et al.. (2021). Genomic analysis of Medicago ruthenica provides insights into its tolerance to abiotic stress and demographic history. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(5). 1641–1657. 24 indexed citations

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Mestanza-Ramón, Carlos, et al.. (2021). Estimation of Current and Future Suitable Areas for Tapirus pinchaque in Ecuador. Sustainability. 13(20). 11486–11486. 5 indexed citations

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Collart, Flavien, Olivier Broennimann, Rubén G. Mateo, et al.. (2020). Bryophytes are predicted to lag behind future climate change despite their high dispersal capacities. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5601–5601. 63 indexed citations

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Fajardo, Javier Antonio Tamayo, Rubén G. Mateo, Pablo Vargas, et al.. (2019). The role of abiotic mechanisms of long‐distance dispersal in the American origin of the Galápagos flora. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(11). 1610–1620. 15 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2019). Looking for an optimal hierarchical approach for ecologically meaningful niche modelling. Ecological Modelling. 409. 108735–108735. 25 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., Aitor Gastón, Olivier Broennimann, et al.. (2019). Hierarchical species distribution models in support of vegetation conservation at the landscape scale. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(2). 386–396. 47 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2018). Optimization of forest sampling strategies for woody plant species distribution modelling at the landscape scale. Forest Ecology and Management. 410. 104–113. 16 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., Karel Mokany, & Antoine Guisan. (2017). Biodiversity Models: What If Unsaturation Is the Rule?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(8). 556–566. 62 indexed citations

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Varela, Sara, Rubén G. Mateo, Raúl García‐Valdés, & Federico Fernández‐González. (2014). Macroecología y ecoinformática: sesgos, errores y predicciones en el modelado de distribuciones. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., Olivier Broennimann, Blaise Petitpierre, et al.. (2014). From climatic niche conservatism to spatial predictions: what can invasive mosses tell us?. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2010). Simethis mattiazzi (Vandelli) Saccardo [(= S. planifolia (G.) Gren.], redescubierta para la flora de Castilla-La Mancha (España). Acta Botanica Malacitana. 148–150. 1 indexed citations

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Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2005). Algunas plantas de interés corológico para la comarca de la Sierra de San Vicente (Toledo, España). Botanica Complutensis. 28(28). 79–83. 2 indexed citations

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