Shai Meiri

18.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
219 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Shai Meiri is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shai Meiri has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 114 papers in Ecological Modeling and 112 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Shai Meiri's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (126 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (114 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (77 papers). Shai Meiri is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (126 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (114 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (77 papers). Shai Meiri collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Shai Meiri's co-authors include Tamar Dayan, Daniel Simberloff, Pasquale Raia, Anat Feldman, Maria Novosolov, Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Yuval Itescu, Uri Roll, Gavin H. Thomas and Panayiotis Pafilis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shai Meiri

208 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

On the validity of Bergmann's rule

2003 645 citations Shai Meiri et al. profile →
Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates

2023 107 citations Gopal Murali, Takuya Iwamura‏ et al. Nature profile →
The global biomass of wild mammals

2023 73 citations Ron Sender, Yuval Rosenberg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Shai Meiri

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shai Meiri

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shai Meiri

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Generation length of the world's amphibians and reptiles 2025 ·Ecography ·(unknown), Luca Santini, Victor Cazalis, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Shai Meiri, Uri Roll, (unknown), Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Moreno Di Marco	1
2	Speciation in the Peninsular Indian Flying Lizard (Draco dussumieri) Follows Climatic Transition and Not Physical Barriers 2025 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shai Meiri, (unknown)	0
3	Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events 2025 ·Journal of Zoology ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniela Alarcón‐Ruales, Emma Cohen, (unknown), (unknown), Eran Levin, Kenneth J. Lohmann, Shai Meiri, Gregory A. Lewbart	1
4	Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in tetrapods is driven by varying patterns of sex-specific selection on size 2024 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Alex Slavenko, Natalie Cooper, Shai Meiri, Gopal Murali, Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Gavin H. Thomas	3
5	Seasonal remodeling of visceral organs in the invasive desert gecko Tarentola annularis 2024 ·Integrative Zoology ·(unknown), Shai Meiri, Eran Levin	6
6	Squamate metabolic rates decrease in winter beyond the effect of temperature 2023 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Shai Meiri, Eran Levin	14
7	A practical guide to collections‐based research on ecogeographic rules 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Matan Shelomi, Shai Meiri	3
8	Done but not dusted: Reflections on the first global reptile assessment and priorities for the second 2023 ·Biological Conservation ·Shai Meiri, David G. Chapple, Krystal A. Tolley, Nicola J. Mitchell, (unknown), Neil A. Cox, (unknown), Bruce E. Young, Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano, (unknown), Monika Böhm, Uri Roll	15
9	Foraging mode affects extinction risk of snakes and lizards, but in different ways 2023 ·Conservation Letters ·Simon Baeckens, Shai Meiri, Richard Shine	2
10	Global bioregions of reptiles confirm the consistency of bioregionalization processes across vertebrate clades 2023 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Mattia Falaschi, Silvio Marta, (unknown), Uri Roll, Shai Meiri, Gentile Francesco Ficetola	11
11	Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Gopal Murali, Takuya Iwamura‏, Shai Meiri, Uri Roll	107
12	The global biomass of wild mammals breakdown → 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Ron Sender, Yuval Rosenberg, Yinon M. Bar‐On, Uri Moran, (unknown), Shai Meiri, Uri Roll, Εlad Noor, Ron Milo	73
13	Rensch’s rule—Definitions and statistics 2021 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Shai Meiri, (unknown)	15
14	Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant 2021 ·Vertebrate Zoology ·Daniel Jablonski, Marco Antônio Ribeiro‐Júnior, Shai Meiri, Erez Maza, Oleg V. Kukushkin, (unknown), (unknown), Dušan Jelić, Peter Mikulíček, Dávid Jandzík	7
15	Does nocturnal activity prolong gecko longevity? 2020 ·Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Shai Meiri	3
16	No evidence for the ‘rate‐of‐living’ theory across the tetrapod tree of life 2020 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·(unknown), Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Shai Meiri	32
17	Redrawing Wallace’s Line based on the fauna of Christmas Island, eastern Indian Ocean 2020 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Jason R. Ali, Jonathan C. Aitchison, Shai Meiri	7
18	Biodiversity growth on the volcanic ocean islands and the roles of in situ cladogenesis and immigration: case with the reptiles 2018 ·Ecography ·Jason R. Ali, Shai Meiri	16
19	Ontogeny of Large Birds: Migrants do it Faster 2004 ·Ornithological Applications ·Shai Meiri, Yoram Yom‐Tov	10
20	ONTOGENY OF LARGE BIRDS: MIGRANTS DO IT FASTER 2004 ·Ornithological Applications ·Shai Meiri, Yoram Yom‐Tov	16

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