Stephen Woodley

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Woodley is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Woodley has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Woodley's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers) and Environmental Conservation and Management (10 papers). Stephen Woodley is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers) and Environmental Conservation and Management (10 papers). Stephen Woodley collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Stephen Woodley's co-authors include James Watson, Nigel Dudley, Bill Freedman, Harvey Locke, Marc Hockings, Jonas Geldmann, Naomi Kingston, Oscar Venter, Ian D. Craigie and Megan Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Woodley

46 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2021 200 400 600
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. Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century
    2020 624 citations Sean Maxwell, Victor Cazalis et al. Nature profile →
  2. Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors
    2020 258 citations Jodi Hilty, Graeme L. Worboys et al. profile →
  3. Land use-induced spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health
    2021 195 citations Raina K. Plowright, Jamie K. Reaser et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →

Peers

Stephen Woodley
Jonas Geldmann Denmark
Lauren Coad United Kingdom
David Williams United Kingdom
Kendall R. Jones United States
Malanding Jaiteh Gambia
Stefan Schindler Austria
Dolors Armenteras Colombia
Graeme M. Buchanan United Kingdom
Karin Johst Germany
Daniel B. Segan Australia
Jonas Geldmann Denmark
Stephen Woodley
Citations per year, relative to Stephen Woodley Stephen Woodley (= 1×) peers Jonas Geldmann

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Woodley

Since Specialization
Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Woodley

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephen Woodley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephen Woodley. The network helps show where Stephen Woodley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Woodley

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Watson, James, Rubén Venegas‐Li, Hedley S. Grantham, et al.. (2023). Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 2(3). 140–155. 35 indexed citations
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Hughes, Alice C., Xiaoli Shen, Richard T. Corlett, et al.. (2022). Challenges and possible solutions to creating an achievable and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 8(1). 15 indexed citations
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Reaser, Jamie K., Gary Tabor, Daniel J. Becker, et al.. (2021). Land use-induced spillover: priority actions for protected and conserved area managers. PARKS. 161–178. 10 indexed citations
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Plowright, Raina K., Jamie K. Reaser, Harvey Locke, et al.. (2021). Land use-induced spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(4). e237–e245. 195 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woodley, Stephen, et al.. (2021). Speaking a common language on what should count for protecting 30% by 2030?. PARKS. 9–14. 3 indexed citations
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Maxwell, Sean, Victor Cazalis, Nigel Dudley, et al.. (2020). Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century. Nature. 586(7828). 217–227. 624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hilty, Jodi, Graeme L. Worboys, Annika T. H. Keeley, et al.. (2020). Lignes directrices pour la conservation de la connectivité par le biais de réseaux et de corridors écologiques. 3 indexed citations
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Hockings, Marc, Stephen Woodley, Trevor Sandwith, et al.. (2019). The IUCN green list of protected and conserved areas: Setting the standard for effective area‐based conservation. PARKS. 25(2). 57–66. 7 indexed citations
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Woodley, Stephen, et al.. (2019). Area‐based conservation beyond 2020: A global survey of conservation scientists. PARKS. 19–30. 22 indexed citations
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MacKinnon, Kathy, Nigel Dudley, Marc Hockings, et al.. (2018). Editorial essay. PARKS. 24(SI). 9–16. 18 indexed citations
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Allen, Simon J., Thomas M. Brooks, Annabelle Cuttelod, et al.. (2018). Engaging end-users to inform the development of the global standard for the identification of key biodiversity areas. Environmental Science & Policy. 89. 273–282. 3 indexed citations
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Laffoley, Dan, Nigel Dudley, Harry Jonas, et al.. (2017). An introduction to ‘other effective area‐based conservation measures’ under Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Origin, interpretation and emerging ocean issues. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 27(S1). 130–137. 38 indexed citations
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Barnes, Megan, Ian D. Craigie, Luke B. Harrison, et al.. (2016). Wildlife population trends in protected areas predicted by national socio-economic metrics and body size. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12747–12747. 145 indexed citations
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Marco, Moreno Di, Thomas M. Brooks, Annabelle Cuttelod, et al.. (2015). Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas. Conservation Biology. 30(2). 392–402. 23 indexed citations
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Geldmann, Jonas, Lauren Coad, Megan Barnes, et al.. (2015). Changes in protected area management effectiveness over time: A global analysis. Biological Conservation. 191. 692–699. 179 indexed citations
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Carver, Steve, et al.. (2014). Fifty years of wilderness science: An international perspective. ASEP. 20(2). 36–42. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, Matthew N., Thomas M. Brooks, Annabelle Cuttelod, et al.. (2012). The identification of sites of biodiversity conservation significance: progress with the application of a global standards. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). 2733–2744. 17 indexed citations
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Nugent, Graham, William J. McShea, John Parkes, et al.. (2011). Policies and management of overabundant deer (native or exotic) in protected areas. Animal Production Science. 51(4). 384–389. 43 indexed citations
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Dunn, Erica H., J. Bart, Brian T. Collins, et al.. (2006). Monitoring bird populations in small geographic areas. 1–59. 11 indexed citations
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Woodley, Stephen, et al.. (1988). First record of the Four-toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, in New Brunswick. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 102(4). 712–712. 1 indexed citations

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