Russell A. Mittermeier

58.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
181 papers, 34.4k citations indexed

About

Russell A. Mittermeier is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell A. Mittermeier has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 34.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Social Psychology, 70 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 57 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Russell A. Mittermeier's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (76 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (50 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers). Russell A. Mittermeier is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (76 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (50 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers). Russell A. Mittermeier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Russell A. Mittermeier's co-authors include Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, Jennifer Kent, Anthony B. Rylands, Thomas M. Brooks, William R. Konstant, John G. Fleagle, John D. Pilgrim and Silvio Olivieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Russell A. Mittermeier

178 papers receiving 32.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

2000 22.5k citations Russell A. Mittermeier et al. profile →
Habitat Loss and Extinction in the Hotspots of Biodiversity

2002 1.4k citations Thomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier et al. profile →
Biodiversity Hotspots and Major Tropical Wilderness Areas: Approaches to Setting Conservation Priorities

1998 918 citations Russell A. Mittermeier et al. profile →
Ecology and behavior of neotropical primates

1981 844 citations Russell A. Mittermeier profile →
Wilderness and biodiversity conservation

2003 616 citations Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas M. Brooks et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2018 533 citations Russell A. Mittermeier et al. profile →
Co-occurrence of linguistic and biological diversity in biodiversity hotspots and high biodiversity wilderness areas

2012 277 citations Russell A. Mittermeier et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Russell A. Mittermeier United States	52	12.4k	10.7k	10.4k	10.2k	6.0k	181	34.4k
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca Brazil	35	12.4k 1.0×	10.3k 1.0×	11.7k 1.1×	10.4k 1.0×	7.1k 1.2×	76	34.2k
Cristina G. Mittermeier United States	8	11.1k 0.9×	9.1k 0.9×	10.1k 1.0×	8.9k 0.9×	6.0k 1.0×	11	30.1k
Georgina M. Mace United Kingdom	85	16.7k 1.3×	7.6k 0.7×	12.4k 1.2×	13.2k 1.3×	9.4k 1.6×	186	42.3k
Norman Myers United Kingdom	40	10.0k 0.8×	8.9k 0.8×	9.8k 0.9×	9.5k 0.9×	5.5k 0.9×	114	32.0k
Carlos A. Peres United Kingdom	100	15.5k 1.2×	7.2k 0.7×	12.5k 1.2×	10.4k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	542	33.3k
Anne E. Magurran United Kingdom	74	14.7k 1.2×	13.0k 1.2×	15.3k 1.5×	8.1k 0.8×	4.3k 0.7×	241	34.9k
Robert K. Colwell United States	66	16.5k 1.3×	13.2k 1.2×	15.7k 1.5×	6.2k 0.6×	9.3k 1.5×	136	37.2k
Andy Purvis United Kingdom	74	10.3k 0.8×	7.9k 0.7×	6.8k 0.7×	4.1k 0.4×	5.3k 0.9×	196	23.6k
Stuart L. Pimm United States	86	14.7k 1.2×	7.6k 0.7×	10.8k 1.0×	8.4k 0.8×	6.4k 1.1×	280	29.7k
Robert J. Hijmans United States	51	13.1k 1.1×	10.1k 0.9×	11.2k 1.1×	8.0k 0.8×	15.6k 2.6×	136	39.3k

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Linder, Joshua M., Drew T. Cronin, Nelson Ting, et al.. (2024). To conserve African tropical forests, invest in the protection of its most endangered group of monkeys, red colobus. Conservation Letters. 17(3). 3 indexed citations

Reuter, Kim E., Russell A. Mittermeier, Elizabeth A. Williamson, et al.. (2022). Impact and Lessons Learned from A Half-Century of Primate Conservation Action Planning. Diversity. 14(9). 751–751. 5 indexed citations

Reuter, Kim E., Marni LaFleur, Leandro Jerusalinsky, et al.. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primate Research and Conservation. Animals. 12(9). 1214–1214. 7 indexed citations

Ge, Deyan, Yanhua Qu, Tao Deng, et al.. (2022). New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions. 28(12). 2448–2458. 2 indexed citations

Vogt, Richard C., Rafael de Fraga, Róbson Waldemar Ávila, et al.. (2022). Four in One: Cryptic Diversity in Geoffroy’s Side-Necked Turtle Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger 1812) (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) in Brazil. Diversity. 14(5). 360–360. 7 indexed citations

Mackey, Brendan, Cyril Kormos, Heather Keith, et al.. (2020). Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 25(5). 763–787. 93 indexed citations

Shekelle, Myron, Colin P. Groves, Ibnu Maryanto, & Russell A. Mittermeier. (2017). Two new tarsier species (Tarsiidae, Primates) and the biogeography of Sulawesi, Indonesia. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 15 indexed citations

Mittermeier, Russell A.. (2009). Handbook of the mammals of the world: Carnivores. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 8(4). 277–80. 64 indexed citations

Bode, Michael, Kerrie A. Wilson, Thomas M. Brooks, et al.. (2008). Cost-effective global conservation spending is robust to taxonomic group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(17). 6498–6501. 130 indexed citations

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Wildt, David E., David E. Wildt, Russell A. Mittermeier, et al.. (2006). Giant Pandas. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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Rylands, Anthony B., Horácio Schneider, Alfredo Langguth, et al.. (2000). An assessment of the diversity of New World primates. Neotropical Primates. 8(2). 61–93. 199 indexed citations

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Roosmalen, M. G. M. van, et al.. (2000). Two new species of marmoset, genus <i>Callithrix</i> Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from the Tapajós/Madeira interfluvium, south central Amazonia, Brazil. Neotropical Primates. 8(1). 2–18. 29 indexed citations

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Williams, Ernest E. & Russell A. Mittermeier. (1991). A Peruvian phenacosaur (Squamata: Iguania). 492. 1–16. 4 indexed citations

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Mittermeier, Russell A.. (1987). Monkey in Peril: rescuing Brazil's muriqui. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 171(3). 387–395. 1 indexed citations

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Marsh, Clive & Russell A. Mittermeier. (1987). Primate conservation in the tropical rain forest. 177 indexed citations

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Mittermeier, Russell A., et al.. (1985). Notes on the distribution and conservation status of the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis). UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 1 indexed citations

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Rhodin, Anders G. J., et al.. (1984). PLATEMYS MACROCEPHALA, A NEW SPECIES OF CHELID TURTLE FROM CENTRAL BOLIVIA AND THE PANTANAL REGION OF BRAZIL. Herpetologica. 40(1). 38–46. 21 indexed citations

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Mittermeier, Russell A., et al.. (1983). The black‐tailed marmoset (Callithrix argentata melanura) recorded from paraguay. American Journal of Primatology. 4(2). 159–163. 7 indexed citations

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Mittermeier, Russell A. & William R. Konstant. (1982). Species conservation priorities in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia : proceedings of a symposium held at the 58th Meeting of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, October 4, 1982, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IUCN eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Rhodin, Anders G. J. & Russell A. Mittermeier. (1976). Chelodina parkeri, a new species of chelid turtle from New Guinea, with a discussion of Chelodina siebenrocki Werner, 1901. 147(11). 464–488. 19 indexed citations

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