Sandra Quijas

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Sandra Quijas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Quijas has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Sandra Quijas's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 papers). Sandra Quijas is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 papers). Sandra Quijas collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Colombia and United Kingdom. Sandra Quijas's co-authors include Patricia Balvanera, Bernhard Schmid, Kaitlin Kimmel, Forest Isbell, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Claire Kremen, Nico Eisenhauer, Paul R. Adler, H. Wayne Polley and Dario Fornara and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Quijas

18 papers receiving 925 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

2017 401 citations Forest Isbell, Paul R. Adler et al. Journal of Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Quijas Mexico	12	329	292	271	208	163	22	944
Jo Smith United Kingdom	19	308 0.9×	281 1.0×	257 0.9×	348 1.7×	231 1.4×	49	1.1k
Maurizia Sigura Italy	17	349 1.1×	219 0.8×	219 0.8×	214 1.0×	257 1.6×	43	906
Anastasia Pantera Greece	17	597 1.8×	274 0.9×	238 0.9×	255 1.2×	151 0.9×	36	1.3k
Ulrich Stachow Germany	12	449 1.4×	222 0.8×	201 0.7×	167 0.8×	290 1.8×	24	1.1k
Michael Glemnitz Germany	15	346 1.1×	189 0.6×	110 0.4×	114 0.5×	210 1.3×	47	833
Heidi Liere United States	18	277 0.8×	438 1.5×	136 0.5×	366 1.8×	136 0.8×	35	1.1k
Shem Kuyah Kenya	21	708 2.2×	296 1.0×	704 2.6×	281 1.4×	184 1.1×	49	1.6k
Yunhui Liu China	22	402 1.2×	306 1.0×	434 1.6×	469 2.3×	317 1.9×	74	1.4k
Ken Norris United Kingdom	17	249 0.8×	238 0.8×	166 0.6×	222 1.1×	370 2.3×	38	967
Alain Olivier Canada	17	238 0.7×	432 1.5×	168 0.6×	206 1.0×	82 0.5×	64	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Quijas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandra Quijas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Quijas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandra Quijas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandra Quijas 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 Sandra Quijas. Sandra Quijas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2025). Water Demand Management Models in Agriculture: A Literature Review. 8(3).

Romero‐Duque, Luz Piedad, et al.. (2023). Understanding the sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services in urban parks: a Colombian study case. Urban Ecosystems. 27(1). 289–303. 7 indexed citations

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Diversidad florística y estructural de la vegetación riparia a lo largo de un gradiente urbano-natural del río Pitillal, Jalisco, México. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(Supl.1).

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Energy Efficiency Indicators for Hotel Buildings. Sustainability. 13(4). 1754–1754. 20 indexed citations

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of ecosystem services of Islas Marietas National Park, Mexico, an insular marine protected area. Ecosystem Services. 46. 101214–101214. 12 indexed citations

Romero‐Duque, Luz Piedad, et al.. (2020). Ecosystem services in urban ecological infrastructure of Latin America and the Caribbean: How do they contribute to urban planning?. The Science of The Total Environment. 728. 138780–138780. 52 indexed citations

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2019). Análisis cienciométrico de los estudios sobre las comunidades de lagartijas (Reptilia: Squamata) y los atributos del hábitat. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(6). 58–67.

Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2019). Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and beneficiaries of tropical dry forests of Latin America: Review and new perspectives. Ecosystem Services. 36. 100909–100909. 26 indexed citations

Quijas, Sandra, Alice Boit, Kirsten Thonicke, et al.. (2018). Modelling carbon stock and carbon sequestration ecosystem services for policy design: a comprehensive approach using a dynamic vegetation model. Ecosystems and People. 15(1). 42–60. 13 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Zaragoza, Fabián A., et al.. (2018). Diversidad taxonómica de lagartijas (Squamata: Lacertilia) asociada a cuatro tipos de vegetación de la sierra El Cuale, Jalisco, México. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ). 34. 1–12. 4 indexed citations

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Isbell, Forest, Paul R. Adler, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2017). Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems. Journal of Ecology. 105(4). 871–879. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martinez‐Harms, María José, Sandra Quijas, Adina M. Merenlender, & Patricia Balvanera. (2016). Enhancing ecosystem services maps combining field and environmental data. Ecosystem Services. 22. 32–40. 32 indexed citations

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Quijas, Sandra, et al.. (2015). Scientific literature on arthropods associated with corpses: an observational study. Acta Universitaria. 25(6). 20–29. 1 indexed citations

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Quijas, Sandra, Louise E. Jackson, Manuel Maass, et al.. (2012). Plant diversity and generation of ecosystem services at the landscape scale: expert knowledge assessment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49(4). 929–940. 49 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia, Alicia Castillo, Elena Lazos Chavero, et al.. (2011). MARCOS CONCEPTUALES INTERDISCIPLINARIOS PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LOS SERVICIOS ECOSISTÉMICOS EN AMÉRICA LATINA. 7 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia, Sandra Quijas, & Alfredo Pèrez‐Jimènez. (2010). Distribution Patterns of Tropical Dry Forest Trees Along a Mesoscale Water Availability Gradient. Biotropica. 43(4). 414–422. 61 indexed citations

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Quijas, Sandra, Bernhard Schmid, & Patricia Balvanera. (2010). Plant diversity enhances provision of ecosystem services: A new synthesis. Basic and Applied Ecology. 11(7). 582–593. 166 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia, et al.. (2009). Las selvas secas. Ciencias (México, D.F.). 18–24. 5 indexed citations

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Jaffé, Rodolfo, et al.. (2006). CAUTION, WEBS IN THE WAY! POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF SILK STABILIMENTA IN GASTERACANTHA CANCRIFORMIS (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE). Journal of Arachnology. 34(2). 448–455. 22 indexed citations

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Valverde, Teresa, Sandra Quijas, Manuela López‐Villavicencio, & Silvia Castillo. (2004). Population dynamics of Mammillaria magnimamma Haworth. (Cactaceae) in a lava-field in central Mexico. Plant Ecology. 170(2). 167–184. 62 indexed citations

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