Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (4 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (3 papers). Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (4 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (3 papers). Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester's co-authors include James S. Albert, Georgia Destouni, Kirk O. Winemiller, Roberto Esser dos Reis, Thierry Oberdorff, William J. Ripple, Anne E. Magurran, Jenneke M. Visser, Victor Alberto Tagliacollo. and Leslie A. Real and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecological Applications and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester

15 papers receiving 905 citations

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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.

Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

2020 574 citations James S. Albert, Georgia Destouni et al. AMBIO profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester United States	12	445	392	150	129	110	15	927
Todd M. Swannack United States	15	317 0.7×	180 0.5×	191 1.3×	41 0.3×	56 0.5×	43	642
Cleber J. R. Alho Brazil	23	744 1.7×	525 1.3×	437 2.9×	61 0.5×	127 1.2×	42	1.4k
Blanca Ríos‐Touma Ecuador	18	808 1.8×	534 1.4×	206 1.4×	53 0.4×	180 1.6×	67	1.5k
Thiago Bernardi Vieira Brazil	17	388 0.9×	241 0.6×	110 0.7×	41 0.3×	45 0.4×	87	741
Holly Menninger United States	13	878 2.0×	442 1.1×	151 1.0×	15 0.1×	204 1.9×	18	1.8k
Thomas P. Good United States	18	628 1.4×	376 1.0×	413 2.8×	49 0.4×	61 0.6×	42	1.2k
J. A. B. Bass United Kingdom	18	766 1.7×	421 1.1×	115 0.8×	91 0.7×	166 1.5×	40	1.1k
Joan Lluís Pretus Spain	21	581 1.3×	289 0.7×	277 1.8×	17 0.1×	44 0.4×	54	1.1k
James E. Moore United States	17	552 1.2×	514 1.3×	143 1.0×	70 0.5×	115 1.0×	31	906
José Carlos Báez Spain	18	500 1.1×	414 1.1×	682 4.5×	75 0.6×	22 0.2×	111	1.2k

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15 of 15 papers shown

Albert, James S., Georgia Destouni, Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, et al.. (2020). Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis. AMBIO. 50(1). 85–94. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

Baustian, Melissa M., Ehab Meselhe, Hoonshin Jung, et al.. (2018). Development of an Integrated Biophysical Model to represent morphological and ecological processes in a changing deltaic and coastal ecosystem. Environmental Modelling & Software. 109. 402–419. 45 indexed citations

Jones, Landon R., Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, Paul L. Leberg, & Derek M. Johnson. (2017). Closing the gaps for animal seed dispersal: Separating the effects of habitat loss on dispersal distances and seed aggregation. Ecology and Evolution. 7(14). 5410–5425. 18 indexed citations

Visser, Jenneke M. & Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester. (2017). LaVegMod v2: Modeling Coastal Vegetation Dynamics in Response to Proposed Coastal Restoration and Protection Projects in Louisiana, USA. Sustainability. 9(9). 1625–1625. 22 indexed citations

Albert, James S., Donald R. Schoolmaster, Victor Alberto Tagliacollo., & Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester. (2016). Barrier Displacement on a Neutral Landscape: Toward a Theory of Continental Biogeography. Systematic Biology. 66(2). syw080–syw080. 39 indexed citations

Tagliacollo., Victor Alberto, Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Prosanta Chakrabarty, & James S. Albert. (2015). Coordinated Dispersal and Pre-Isthmian Assembly of the Central American Ichthyofauna. Systematic Biology. 66(2). syv064–syv064. 33 indexed citations

Tagliacollo., Victor Alberto, Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, Cláudio Oliveira, & James S. Albert. (2015). Biogeographical signature of river capture events in Amazonian lowlands. Journal of Biogeography. 42(12). 2349–2362. 47 indexed citations

Teboh-Ewungkem, Miranda I., et al.. (2014). The effect of intermittent preventive treatment on anti-malarial drug resistance spread in areas with population movement. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 428–428. 15 indexed citations

Duke‐Sylvester, Scott M., Roman Biek, & Leslie A. Real. (2013). Molecular evolutionary signatures reveal the role of host ecological dynamics in viral disease emergence and spread. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 368(1614). 20120194–20120194. 5 indexed citations

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Visser, Jenneke M., Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, Jacoby Carter, & Whitney P. Broussard. (2013). A Computer Model to Forecast Wetland Vegetation Changes Resulting from Restoration and Protection in Coastal Louisiana. Journal of Coastal Research. 67. 51–59. 49 indexed citations

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Duke‐Sylvester, Scott M., Luca Bolzoni, & Leslie A. Real. (2010). Strong seasonality produces spatial asynchrony in the outbreak of infectious diseases. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(59). 817–825. 31 indexed citations

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Clayton, Tim, Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, Louis J. Gross, Suzanne Lenhart, & Leslie A. Real. (2009). Optimal control of a rabies epidemic model with a birth pulse. Journal of Biological Dynamics. 4(1). 43–58. 23 indexed citations

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Gross, Louis J., et al.. (2008). TESTING THE ROBUSTNESS OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO UNCERTAINTY: EVERGLADES RESTORATION SCENARIOS. Ecological Applications. 18(3). 711–723. 24 indexed citations

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Duke‐Sylvester, Scott M.. (2006). Applying Landscape-scale Modeling to Everglades Restoration. 1 indexed citations

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DeAngelis, Donald L., Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester, & Louis J. Gross. (2004). Modeling the effects of hydrology on fire, vegetation dynamics, and their interaction in the Florida Everglades. Fact sheet. 0–4. 1 indexed citations

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