Sam Cushman

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sam Cushman is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Cushman has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Sam Cushman's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Sam Cushman is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Sam Cushman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Sam Cushman's co-authors include Susan G. Stafford, Kevin McGarigal, Erin L. Landguth, Michael K. Schwartz, Gordon Luikart, Melanie A. Murphy, Kevin S. McKelvey, Niko Balkenhol, David O. Wallin and Santiago Saura and has published in prestigious journals such as BioScience, Molecular Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Sam Cushman

15 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research
    2000 1.3k citations Kevin McGarigal, Susan G. Stafford 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
Sam Cushman United States 11 1.5k 751 726 530 399 16 2.4k
Tomas Jönsson Sweden 21 1.1k 0.7× 421 0.6× 909 1.3× 436 0.8× 984 2.5× 48 2.2k
Pavel Kratina United Kingdom 28 1.7k 1.2× 409 0.5× 996 1.4× 597 1.1× 677 1.7× 72 2.9k
Mike S. Fowler United Kingdom 23 1.4k 1.0× 336 0.4× 777 1.1× 629 1.2× 655 1.6× 53 2.4k
Ron W. Summers United Kingdom 32 2.5k 1.7× 327 0.4× 951 1.3× 593 1.1× 687 1.7× 149 3.1k
Guangchun Lei China 27 1.6k 1.1× 307 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 960 1.8× 700 1.8× 112 3.2k
David E. Wooster United States 14 1.3k 0.9× 229 0.3× 975 1.3× 469 0.9× 804 2.0× 27 2.2k
Marta I. Sánchez Spain 27 2.0k 1.4× 276 0.4× 884 1.2× 475 0.9× 314 0.8× 79 2.9k
Leif Christian Stige Norway 31 1.0k 0.7× 265 0.4× 901 1.2× 1.6k 3.0× 388 1.0× 91 3.2k
Tom Philippi United States 20 863 0.6× 377 0.5× 859 1.2× 623 1.2× 870 2.2× 34 2.3k
Maile C. Neel United States 25 1.4k 0.9× 638 0.8× 912 1.3× 966 1.8× 600 1.5× 49 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Cushman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Cushman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Cushman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Cushman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Cushman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Cushman. Sam Cushman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Vucetich, John A., Richard Damania, Sam Cushman, et al.. (2021). A Minimally Nonanthropocentric Economics: What Is It, Is It Necessary, and Can It Avert the Biodiversity Crisis?. BioScience. 71(8). 861–873. 2 indexed citations
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Wan, Ho Yi, et al.. (2021). Land snail microclimate niches identify suitable areas for climate refugia management on a montane landscape. Ecological Indicators. 129. 107885–107885. 1 indexed citations
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Cushman, Sam, Andrea Kortello, Garth Mowat, et al.. (2020). Carnivore Contact: A Species Fracture Zone Delineated Amongst Genetically Structured North American Marten Populations (Martes americana and Martes caurina). Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 735–735. 10 indexed citations
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Rankin, A. M., et al.. (2019). A carnivores’ oasis? An isolated fisher (Pekania pennanti) population provides insight on persistence of a metapopulation. Conservation Genetics. 20(3). 585–596. 5 indexed citations
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Puyravaud, Jean‐Philippe, et al.. (2016). Predicting landscape connectivity for the Asian elephant in its largest remaining subpopulation. Animal Conservation. 20(3). 225–234. 34 indexed citations
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Cushman, Sam, et al.. (2016). All roads lead to Iran: Predicting landscape connectivity of the last stronghold for the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. Animal Conservation. 20(1). 29–41. 43 indexed citations
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Mateo‐Sánchez, María C., Niko Balkenhol, Sam Cushman, et al.. (2015). Estimating effective landscape distances and movement corridors: comparison of habitat and genetic data. Ecosphere. 6(4). 1–16. 98 indexed citations
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Mateo‐Sánchez, María C., Sam Cushman, & Santiago Saura. (2014). Connecting endangered brown bear subpopulations in the Cantabrian Range (north‐western Spain). Animal Conservation. 17(5). 430–440. 49 indexed citations
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Blair, Christopher, Dana E. Weigel, Matthew Balazik, et al.. (2012). A simulation‐based evaluation of methods for inferring linear barriers to gene flow. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(5). 822–833. 118 indexed citations
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Bull, Rowena A., Sam Cushman, Richard D. Mace, et al.. (2011). Why replication is important in landscape genetics: American black bear in the Rocky Mountains. Molecular Ecology. 20(6). 1092–1107. 165 indexed citations
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Landguth, Erin L., Sam Cushman, Michael K. Schwartz, et al.. (2010). Quantifying the lag time to detect barriers in landscape genetics. Molecular Ecology. 19(19). 4179–4191. 394 indexed citations
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Balkenhol, Niko, Félix Gugerli, Sam Cushman, et al.. (2009). Identifying future research needs in landscape genetics: where to from here?. Landscape Ecology. 24(4). 455–463. 151 indexed citations
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McGarigal, Kevin, Susan G. Stafford, & Sam Cushman. (2000). Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research. 1272 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cushman, Sam & David O. Wallin. (2000). Rates and patterns of landscape change in the Central Sikhote-alin Mountains, Russian Far East. Landscape Ecology. 15(7). 643–659. 65 indexed citations

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