Thomas Ε. Lovejoy

27.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
105 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ε. Lovejoy is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ε. Lovejoy's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers). Thomas Ε. Lovejoy is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers). Thomas Ε. Lovejoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Thomas Ε. Lovejoy's co-authors include William F. Laurance, Richard O. Bierregaard, Susan G. W. Laurance, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Claude Gascon, Gary K. Meffe, C. Ronald Carroll, Philip C. Stouffer, Roger William Hutchings and Judy M. Rankin-de Mérona and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ε. Lovejoy

98 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Primary forests are irreplaceab... 1986 2026 1999 2012 2011 2002 1995 2010 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
    2011 1.5k citations Lian Pin Koh, Barry W. Brook et al. profile →
  2. Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22‐Year Investigation
    2002 1.4k citations William F. Laurance, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy et al. profile →
  3. Principles of Conservation Biology
    1995 1.1k citations Thomas Ε. Lovejoy et al. profile →
  4. The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation
    2010 689 citations William F. Laurance, José Luís Camargo et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  5. Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants
    1999 630 citations Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  6. Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments
    1986 620 citations Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard et al. profile →
  7. The Biological Dynamics of Tropical Rainforest Fragments
    1992 571 citations Richard O. Bierregaard, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy et al. BioScience profile →
  8. Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments
    1997 502 citations William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance et al. profile →
  9. Rainforest fragmentation kills big trees
    2000 496 citations William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance et al. profile →
  10. A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets
    2019 466 citations Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Reed F. Noss et al. Science Advances profile →
  11. Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention
    2020 343 citations Stuart L. Pimm, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Ε. Lovejoy United States 42 6.7k 5.9k 5.4k 3.1k 2.4k 105 13.4k
Jean Paul Metzger Brazil 58 6.2k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 6.0k 1.1× 3.5k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 202 14.6k
Jos Barlow United Kingdom 66 6.7k 1.0× 6.0k 1.0× 7.5k 1.4× 2.7k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 231 14.6k
Eric Dinerstein United States 39 4.5k 0.7× 6.4k 1.1× 4.6k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 3.5k 1.5× 67 13.7k
David S. Wilcove United States 55 5.7k 0.8× 8.6k 1.5× 4.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 162 14.5k
Chris Margules Australia 37 7.7k 1.1× 7.0k 1.2× 5.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.0× 3.7k 1.6× 72 14.3k
John F. Lamoreux United States 19 4.6k 0.7× 5.4k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 3.4k 1.1× 3.9k 1.6× 27 13.0k
Reed F. Noss United States 50 5.9k 0.9× 7.2k 1.2× 5.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 2.9k 1.2× 128 14.1k
Michael A. McCarthy Australia 64 6.3k 0.9× 7.6k 1.3× 4.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 4.2k 1.8× 264 13.6k
David P. Edwards United Kingdom 57 4.3k 0.6× 5.5k 0.9× 5.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 226 12.0k
Robert M. Ewers United Kingdom 43 5.3k 0.8× 5.2k 0.9× 4.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 140 10.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Katona, Steven K., Saleem H. Ali, Michael F. Clarke, et al.. (2023). Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts. Biodiversity and Conservation. 32(4). 1125–1164. 10 indexed citations
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Luther, David, Vitek Jirinec, Jared D. Wolfe, et al.. (2022). Long-term changes in avian biomass and functional diversity within disturbed and undisturbed Amazonian rainforest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1981). 20221123–20221123. 11 indexed citations
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Jirinec, Vitek, Ryan C. Burner, Richard O. Bierregaard, et al.. (2021). Morphological consequences of climate change for resident birds in intact Amazonian rainforest. Science Advances. 7(46). eabk1743–eabk1743. 54 indexed citations
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Stouffer, Philip C., Vitek Jirinec, Cameron L. Rutt, et al.. (2020). Long‐term change in the avifauna of undisturbed Amazonian rainforest: ground‐foraging birds disappear and the baseline shifts. Ecology Letters. 24(2). 186–195. 77 indexed citations
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Luther, David, et al.. (2020). Tropical forest fragmentation and isolation: Is community decay a random process?. Global Ecology and Conservation. 23. e01168–e01168. 19 indexed citations
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Peters, Robert, William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, et al.. (2018). Nature Divided, Scientists United: US–Mexico Border Wall Threatens Biodiversity and Binational Conservation. BioScience. 68(10). 740–743. 50 indexed citations
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Laurance, William F., José Luís Camargo, Philip M. Fearnside, et al.. (2017). An A mazonian rainforest and its fragments as a laboratory of global change. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 93(1). 223–247. 202 indexed citations
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Laurance, William F., Ainhoa Magrach, José Luís Camargo, et al.. (2014). Apparent environmental synergism drives the dynamics of Amazonian forest fragments. Ecology. 95(11). 3018–3026. 32 indexed citations
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Koh, Lian Pin, Barry W. Brook, Toby Gardner, et al.. (2011). Primary Forests Are Vital For Sustaining Tropical Biodiversity. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Houtan, Kyle S. Van, Stuart L. Pimm, Richard O. Bierregaard, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, & Philip C. Stouffer. (2006). Local extinctions in flocking birds in Amazonian forest fragments. Evolutionary ecology research. 8(1). 129–148. 43 indexed citations
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O’Riordan, Timothy, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Norman Myers, et al.. (2002). Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε.. (2002). BIODIVERSITY: DISMISSING SCIENTIFIC PROCESS.: DISMISSING SCIENTIFIC PROCESS.. Scientific American. 287(1). 69. 17 indexed citations
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Laurance, William F., Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, & Thomas Ε. Lovejoy. (2000). Forest loss and fragmentation in the Amazon: implications for wildlife conservation. Oryx. 34(1). 39–45. 142 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε.. (1999). Preface. Biological Conservation. 91(2-3). 99–99. 2 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε.. (1998). The Global Environment: Opportunities or Constraints?. HIMALAYA. 6(1). 7.
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Diamond, Antony W. & Thomas Ε. Lovejoy. (1985). Conservation of tropical forest birds : proceedings of a workshop and symposium held at the XVIII World Conference of the International Council for Bird Preservation, 7,8, and 10 August 1982, Kings College, Cambridge, England. 19 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ., et al.. (1981). Conservation progress in Amazonia: a structural review.. PARKS. 6(2). 5–10. 14 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε.. (1980). Discontinuous wilderness: minimum areas for conservation.. PARKS. 5(2). 13–15. 25 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε.. (1979). The epoch of biotic impoverishment. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 3(1). 2. 2 indexed citations

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