Scott Atkinson

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Scott Atkinson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Atkinson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Scott Atkinson's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Scott Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Scott Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Scott Atkinson's co-authors include James Watson, James R. Allan, Oscar Venter, Hugh P. Possingham, Moreno Di Marco, Laura J. Sonter, Joe Lane, Jamison Ervin, Anne Virnig and Andrew J. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Scott Atkinson

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems

2020 207 citations Brooke Williams, Oscar Venter et al. profile →
The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

2022 127 citations James R. Allan, Hugh P. Possingham et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Atkinson United States	17	597	546	229	219	189	26	1.3k
James R. Oakleaf United States	15	558 0.9×	530 1.0×	222 1.0×	190 0.9×	187 1.0×	24	1.3k
Matthew A. Williamson United States	21	495 0.8×	534 1.0×	217 0.9×	312 1.4×	137 0.7×	56	1.2k
Sandra Luque France	22	645 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	226 1.0×	302 1.4×	200 1.1×	49	1.7k
Laurenţiu Rozyłowicz Romania	25	466 0.8×	570 1.0×	238 1.0×	214 1.0×	205 1.1×	59	1.3k
Jean‐Christophe Foltête France	27	1.2k 2.0×	936 1.7×	208 0.9×	216 1.0×	140 0.7×	65	1.9k
James R. Rouquette United Kingdom	12	369 0.6×	551 1.0×	158 0.7×	260 1.2×	100 0.5×	17	1.2k
Brooke Williams Australia	16	511 0.9×	607 1.1×	224 1.0×	223 1.0×	175 0.9×	29	1.1k
Rachel Neugarten United States	12	451 0.8×	574 1.1×	227 1.0×	259 1.2×	168 0.9×	18	1.1k
Bastian Bertzky Italy	16	707 1.2×	694 1.3×	286 1.2×	283 1.3×	188 1.0×	29	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Atkinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Atkinson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Atkinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Atkinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Atkinson 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 Scott Atkinson. Scott Atkinson 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

Lange, Emiel de, et al.. (2023). A global conservation basic income to safeguard biodiversity. Nature Sustainability. 6(8). 1016–1023. 12 indexed citations

Venter, Oscar, et al.. (2023). An operational approach to near real time global high resolution mapping of the terrestrial Human Footprint. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 7 indexed citations

Allan, James R., Hugh P. Possingham, Scott Atkinson, et al.. (2022). The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science. 376(6597). 1094–1101. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Negret, Pablo José, Scott Atkinson, Bradley K. Woodworth, et al.. (2022). Language barriers in global bird conservation. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0267151–e0267151. 4 indexed citations

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, April E. Reside, et al.. (2022). Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity. Conservation Biology. 37(3). e14040–e14040. 16 indexed citations

Pillay, Rajeev, James Watson, Andrew J. Hansen, et al.. (2022). Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(12). 1840–1849. 19 indexed citations

Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Scott Atkinson, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2021). Minimizing cross-realm threats from land-use change: A national-scale conservation framework connecting land, freshwater and marine systems. Biological Conservation. 254. 108954–108954. 31 indexed citations

Hansen, Andrew J., Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, et al.. (2020). A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(10). 1377–1384. 60 indexed citations

McGowan, Jennifer, Linda J. Beaumont, Robert J. Smith, et al.. (2020). Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum. Nature Communications. 11(1). 994–994. 160 indexed citations

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Watson, James, Joe Lane, Laura J. Sonter, et al.. (2020). Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas. Global Change Biology. 26(5). 3040–3051. 192 indexed citations

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Ward, Michelle, Jonathan R. Rhodes, James Watson, et al.. (2019). Use of surrogate species to cost‐effectively prioritize conservation actions. Conservation Biology. 34(3). 600–610. 50 indexed citations

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Allan, James R., James Watson, Moreno Di Marco, et al.. (2019). Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates. PLoS Biology. 17(3). e3000158–e3000158. 109 indexed citations

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Hansen, Andrew J., Kevin Barnett, Patrick Jantz, et al.. (2019). Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps. Scientific Data. 6(1). 232–232. 48 indexed citations

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Wenger, Amelia, Christopher A. Rawson, Shaun K. Wilson, et al.. (2018). Management strategies to minimize the dredging impacts of coastal development on fish and fisheries. Conservation Letters. 11(5). 26 indexed citations

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Saunders, Megan I., Scott Atkinson, Carissa J. Klein, Tony Weber, & Hugh P. Possingham. (2017). Increased sediment loads cause non-linear decreases in seagrass suitable habitat extent. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187284–e0187284. 30 indexed citations

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Saunders, Megan I., Michael Bode, Scott Atkinson, et al.. (2017). Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems. PLoS Biology. 15(9). e2001886–e2001886. 35 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Scott, Stacy D. Jupiter, Vanessa M. Adams, et al.. (2016). Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151992–e0151992. 48 indexed citations

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Pomeroy, Robert S., et al.. (2015). Status and Priority Capacity Needs for Local Compliance and Community-Supported Enforcement of Marine Resource Rules and Regulations in the Coral Triangle Region. Coastal Management. 43(3). 301–328. 21 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Scharrón, Carlos E., et al.. (2014). Quantification and modeling of foot trail surface erosion in a dry sub‐tropical setting. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 39(13). 1764–1777. 20 indexed citations

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Repka, Michael X., Raymond T. Kraker, Roy W. Beck, et al.. (2010). A Pilot Study of levodopa as treatment for residual amblyopia in children 8 to 17 years old. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 14(1). e6–e7. 1 indexed citations

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