Simon Hedges

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Hedges is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hedges has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon Hedges's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers). Simon Hedges is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers). Simon Hedges collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Indonesia. Simon Hedges's co-authors include Sudhir Kumar, Donny Gunaryadi, Stephen Blake, Roșie Woodroffe, Sarah M. Durant, Arnold F. Sitompul, Aslan Aslan, Margaret F. Kinnaird, William C. Duckworth and Marissa Ahlering and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hedges

24 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution
    1998 1.5k citations Sudhir Kumar, Simon Hedges Nature 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 Hedges United States 15 878 815 708 270 267 24 2.5k
Bailey Kessing United States 22 803 0.9× 967 1.2× 719 1.0× 230 0.9× 206 0.8× 33 3.0k
Juan C. Opazo Chile 31 846 1.0× 918 1.1× 634 0.9× 395 1.5× 181 0.7× 87 2.5k
Ulrich Zeller Germany 21 436 0.5× 1.4k 1.8× 544 0.8× 260 1.0× 262 1.0× 60 2.7k
Maria A. Nilsson Germany 19 467 0.5× 804 1.0× 667 0.9× 508 1.9× 215 0.8× 46 2.0k
Thomas F. Duda United States 24 614 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 667 0.9× 202 0.7× 71 0.3× 42 2.3k
Rutger Vos Netherlands 20 761 0.9× 742 0.9× 636 0.9× 739 2.7× 340 1.3× 49 2.6k
Jean M.P. Joss Australia 28 446 0.5× 607 0.7× 667 0.9× 241 0.9× 102 0.4× 102 2.4k
Andrew M. Shedlock United States 21 476 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 952 1.3× 314 1.2× 612 2.3× 31 2.1k
Mihaela Pavličev United States 30 335 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.7× 369 1.4× 308 1.2× 69 3.7k
Daniel Wegmann Switzerland 29 459 0.5× 613 0.8× 1.6k 2.3× 237 0.9× 286 1.1× 52 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Hedges

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Hedges

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hedges

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

All Works

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Gray, Thomas N. E., et al.. (2019). Conservation concessions to avert the South East Asian biodiversity crisis? Lessons from Cambodia. Animal Conservation. 23(1). 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Gunaryadi, Donny, et al.. (2017). Community-based human–elephant conflict mitigation: The value of an evidence-based approach in promoting the uptake of effective methods. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0173742–e0173742. 55 indexed citations
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Rapacciuolo, Giovanni, Julie Marin, Gabriel C. Costa, et al.. (2017). The signature of human pressure history on the biogeography of body mass in tetrapods. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26(9). 1022–1034. 26 indexed citations
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Calabrese, Justin M., Melissa Songer, Martin Wegmann, et al.. (2017). Conservation status of Asian elephants: the influence of habitat and governance. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(9). 2067–2081. 46 indexed citations
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Collen, Ben, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Kevin J. Gaston, et al.. (2016). Clarifying misconceptions of extinction risk assessment with the IUCN Red List. Biology Letters. 12(4). 20150843–20150843. 120 indexed citations
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Woodroffe, Roșie, Simon Hedges, & Sarah M. Durant. (2014). To Fence or Not to Fence. Science. 344(6179). 46–48. 101 indexed citations
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Hedges, Simon, Fiona Maisels, & Stephen Blake. (2012). Estimating absolute densities of elephant populations using dung counts along line transects: Field methods. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 172–213. 2 indexed citations
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Ahlering, Marissa, et al.. (2010). Genetic diversity, social structure, and conservation value of the elephants of the Nakai Plateau, Lao PDR, based on non-invasive sampling. Conservation Genetics. 12(2). 413–422. 39 indexed citations
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Woodroffe, Roșie, Christl A. Donnelly, Wei Gao, et al.. (2009). Social group size affects Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles). Journal of Animal Ecology. 78(4). 818–827. 42 indexed citations
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Hedges, Simon & Donny Gunaryadi. (2009). Reducing human–elephant conflict: do chillies help deter elephants from entering crop fields?. Oryx. 44(1). 139–146. 91 indexed citations
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Hedges, Simon, Colin P. Groves, J. W. Duckworth, et al.. (2007). Was the kouprey a feral hybrid? A response to Galbreath et al. (2006). Journal of Zoology. 271(3). 242–245. 4 indexed citations
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Hedges, Simon, et al.. (2006). Why inter‐country loans will not help sumatra's elephants. Zoo Biology. 25(3). 235–246. 8 indexed citations
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Iyengar, Arati, et al.. (2005). Phylogeography, genetic structure, and diversity in the dhole (Cuon alpinus). Molecular Ecology. 14(8). 2281–2297. 57 indexed citations
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Burton, James, Simon Hedges, & Abdul Haris Mustari. (2005). The taxonomic status, distribution and conservation of the lowland anoaBubalus depressicornisand mountain anoaBubalus quarlesi. Mammal Review. 35(1). 25–50. 38 indexed citations
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Hedges, Simon, et al.. (2005). Distribution, status, and conservation needs of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Biological Conservation. 124(1). 35–48. 101 indexed citations
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Blake, Stephen & Simon Hedges. (2004). Sinking the Flagship: the Case of Forest Elephants in Asia and Africa. Conservation Biology. 18(5). 1191–1202. 108 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sudhir & Simon Hedges. (1998). A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution. Nature. 392(6679). 917–920. 1547 indexed citations breakdown →
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