Simon A. Levin

104.2k total citations · 37 hit papers
602 papers, 67.8k citations indexed

About

Simon A. Levin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon A. Levin has authored 602 papers receiving a total of 67.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 122 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 114 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Simon A. Levin's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (102 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (102 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (83 papers). Simon A. Levin is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (102 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (102 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (83 papers). Simon A. Levin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Simon A. Levin's co-authors include Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Robert T. Paine, Bryan T. Grenfell, Akira Ōkubo, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Rick Durrett, A. Carla Staver, Iain D. Couzin, Sally Archibald and Sumanth Gandra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon A. Levin

583 papers receiving 63.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Problem of Pattern and Scale in Ecology: The Rob... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1992 2015 2018 2005 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. The Problem of Pattern and Scale in Ecology: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture
    1992 5.1k citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  2. Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals
    2015 2.7k citations Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Bryan T. Grenfell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015
    2018 2.3k citations Eili Klein, Thomas P. Van Boeckel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move
    2005 1.9k citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  5. Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data
    2014 1.7k citations Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Sumanth Gandra et al. profile →
  6. Anticipating Critical Transitions
    2012 1.4k citations Simon A. Levin et al. Science profile →
  7. Lectu re Notes in Biomathematics
    1983 1.2k citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  8. Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment
    1995 1.1k citations Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta et al. Science profile →
  9. Ecosystems and the Biosphere as Complex Adaptive Systems
    1998 1.0k citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  10. Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities
    2013 1.0k citations Malin L. Pinsky, Boris Worm et al. Science profile →
  11. Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives
    2001 1.0k citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  12. The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States
    2011 953 citations Simon A. Levin et al. Science profile →
  13. Intertidal Landscapes: Disturbance and the Dynamics of Pattern
    1981 924 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  14. Dispersion and Population Interactions
    1974 879 citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  15. Towards a general theory of adaptive walks on rugged landscapes
    1987 850 citations Simon A. Levin et al. Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →
  16. The Importance of Being Discrete (and Spatial)
    1994 762 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  17. The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value
    2000 746 citations Gretchen C. Daily, Kenneth J. Arrow et al. Science profile →
  18. Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton
    2004 724 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  19. Disturbance, Patch Formation, and Community Structure
    1974 683 citations Simon A. Levin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  20. Influence of nonlinear incidence rates upon the behavior of SIRS epidemiological models
    1986 680 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  21. Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
    2012 677 citations Guy Ziv, Eric Baran et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  22. The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective
    2003 625 citations Simon A. Levin, Helene C. Muller‐Landau et al. profile →
  23. Dynamical behavior of epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence rates
    1987 620 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  24. Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment
    1995 569 citations Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta et al. profile →
  25. Ecology for bankers
    2008 539 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  26. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications
    2012 528 citations Simon A. Levin, Anne‐Sophie Crépin et al. profile →
  27. Fragile Dominion: Complexity and the Commons
    1999 528 citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  28. Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals
    2017 526 citations Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Bryan T. Grenfell et al. Science profile →
  29. Are We Consuming Too Much?
    2004 513 citations Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta et al. The Journal of Economic Perspectives profile →
  30. Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind
    2002 506 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  31. Does aquaculture add resilience to the global food system?
    2014 506 citations Carl Folke, Kenneth J. Arrow et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  32. Niche, Habitat, and Ecotope
    1973 498 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  33. Community Equilibria and Stability, and an Extension of the Competitive Exclusion Principle
    1970 472 citations Simon A. Levin profile →
  34. Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter
    2013 415 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  35. Dispersal strategies in patchy environments
    1984 399 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  36. Some mathematical questions in biology
    1970 330 citations Simon A. Levin et al. profile →
  37. Looming Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
    2009 255 citations Brian Walker, Scott Barrett et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon A. Levin United States 117 16.6k 16.6k 13.5k 10.5k 8.8k 602 67.8k
Benjamin M. Bolker United States 55 11.6k 0.7× 21.5k 1.3× 16.2k 1.2× 9.2k 0.9× 18.1k 2.1× 154 83.4k
Robert M. May United Kingdom 136 10.2k 0.6× 18.7k 1.1× 12.2k 0.9× 22.3k 2.1× 13.0k 1.5× 476 82.1k
Trevor Hastie United States 107 10.5k 0.6× 13.7k 0.8× 8.8k 0.7× 11.3k 1.1× 4.1k 0.5× 301 179.6k
C. S. Holling United States 55 19.3k 1.2× 11.6k 0.7× 8.3k 0.6× 4.1k 0.4× 5.6k 0.6× 107 51.7k
Nils Chr. Stenseth Norway 102 14.5k 0.9× 25.5k 1.5× 11.9k 0.9× 7.9k 0.8× 7.2k 0.8× 776 44.4k
Douglas M. Bates United States 37 11.6k 0.7× 19.8k 1.2× 15.5k 1.1× 8.0k 0.8× 16.4k 1.9× 87 100.0k
Andrew P. Dobson United States 84 6.5k 0.4× 15.0k 0.9× 4.5k 0.3× 6.1k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 263 36.0k
Andrew Gelman United States 74 6.7k 0.4× 9.2k 0.6× 6.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 368 76.8k
Marten Scheffer Netherlands 106 25.9k 1.6× 18.7k 1.1× 11.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.2× 4.2k 0.5× 308 58.2k
Stephen R. Carpenter United States 119 38.2k 2.3× 31.4k 1.9× 20.5k 1.5× 2.3k 0.2× 6.8k 0.8× 398 96.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Taylor, Washington, et al.. (2023). On the limits to invasion prediction using coexistence outcomes. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 577. 111674–111674. 3 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Maximilian, et al.. (2023). Fundamental bound on epidemic overshoot in the SIR model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(209). 20230322–20230322. 5 indexed citations
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Santos, Fernando P., Francisco C. Santos, Jorge M. Pacheco, & Simon A. Levin. (2021). Social Network Interventions to Prevent Reciprocity-driven Polarization. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1643–1645. 4 indexed citations
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Fahimipour, Ashkaan K., et al.. (2021). . arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations
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Morris, Dylan H., Velislava Petrova, Edyth Parker, et al.. (2020). Asynchrony between virus diversity and antibody selection limits influenza virus evolution. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations
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Klein, Eili, Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Elena Martínez, et al.. (2018). Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(15). E3463–E3470. 2269 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rocha, Juan, Garry Peterson, Örjan Bodin, & Simon A. Levin. (2018). Cascading regime shifts within and across scales. Science. 362(6421). 1379–1383. 232 indexed citations
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Tekwa, Edward W., Eli P. Fenichel, Simon A. Levin, & Malin L. Pinsky. (2018). Path-dependent institutions drive alternative stable states in conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(2). 689–694. 22 indexed citations
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Fuller, Emma, Jameal F. Samhouri, Joshua S. Stoll, Simon A. Levin, & James R. Watson. (2017). Characterizing fisheries connectivity in marine social–ecological systems. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 74(8). 2087–2096. 78 indexed citations
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Giuggioli, Luca, Jonathan R. Potts, Daniel I. Rubenstein, & Simon A. Levin. (2013). Stigmergy, collective actions, and animal social spacing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16904–16909. 31 indexed citations
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Pinsky, Malin L., Boris Worm, Michael J. Fogarty, Jorge L. Sarmiento, & Simon A. Levin. (2013). Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities. Science. 341(6151). 1239–1242. 1027 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ziv, Guy, Eric Baran, So Nam, I. Rodriguez‐Iturbe, & Simon A. Levin. (2012). Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(15). 5609–5614. 677 indexed citations breakdown →
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Earn, David J. D. & Simon A. Levin. (2006). Global asymptotic coherence in discrete dynamical systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 3968–3971. 24 indexed citations
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Chapin, F. Stuart, Michael Hoel, S. R. Carpenter, et al.. (2006). Building Resilience and Adaptation to Manage Arctic Change. AMBIO. 35(4). 198–202. 71 indexed citations
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Smith, David L., Simon A. Levin, & Ramanan Laxminarayan. (2005). Strategic interactions in multi-institutional epidemics of antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 3153–3158. 88 indexed citations
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Arrow, Kenneth J., Partha Dasgupta, Lawrence H. Goulder, et al.. (2004). Are We Consuming Too Much?. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 18(3). 147–172. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dushoff, Jonathan, Joshua B. Plotkin, Simon A. Levin, & David J. D. Earn. (2004). Dynamical resonance can account for seasonality of influenza epidemics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(48). 16915–16916. 278 indexed citations
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Levin, Simon A. & Helene C. Muller‐Landau. (2000). Emergence de la diversite dans les communautes de plantes. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 323(1). 129–139. 7 indexed citations
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Lubchenco, Jane, et al.. (1991). Iniciativa para una biosfera sustentable : una agenda de investigacion ecologica. Revista chilena de historia natural. 64(1). 175–226. 2 indexed citations
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Hallam, Thomas G., Simon A. Levin, & Louis J. Gross. (1988). Mathematical ecology : proceedings of the Autumn Course Research Seminars : International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Miramare-Trieste, Italy, November 24-December 12, 1986. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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