Tim Newbold

19.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
93 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Tim Newbold is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Newbold has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 45 papers in Ecological Modeling and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Tim Newbold's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). Tim Newbold is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). Tim Newbold collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Tim Newbold's co-authors include Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Peter Soroye, Andy Purvis, Jeremy T. Kerr, Jessica J. Williams, Samantha L. L. Hill, Lawrence N. Hudson, Drew W. Purves and Adrienne Etard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Tim Newbold

91 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

  1. Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide
    2016 554 citations Samantha L. L. Hill, Tim Newbold et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems
    2020 499 citations Rory Gibb, David W. Redding et al. Nature profile →
  3. Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents
    2020 451 citations Peter Soroye, Tim Newbold et al. Science profile →
  4. Future effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial vertebrate community diversity under different scenarios
    2018 319 citations Tim Newbold profile →
  5. Agriculture and climate change are reshaping insect biodiversity worldwide
    2022 287 citations Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Tim Newbold et al. Nature profile →
  6. Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions
    2019 249 citations Tim Newbold et al. profile →
  7. Tropical and Mediterranean biodiversity is disproportionately sensitive to land-use and climate change
    2020 182 citations Tim Newbold, Adrienne Etard et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
  8. A review of the interactions between biodiversity, agriculture, climate change, and international trade: research and policy priorities
    2021 167 citations Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Tim Newbold et al. profile →
  9. Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity
    2021 164 citations Joseph Millard, Charlotte L. Outhwaite et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Newbold United Kingdom 39 2.6k 2.2k 2.1k 2.1k 1.9k 93 6.9k
Michael Hoffmann United States 40 4.5k 1.8× 2.9k 1.3× 3.0k 1.4× 2.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 126 9.2k
Robert M. Pringle United States 47 4.5k 1.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 129 9.1k
Rafael Loyola Brazil 47 3.4k 1.3× 3.5k 1.6× 3.3k 1.6× 2.5k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 183 9.0k
Milton Cézar Ribeiro Brazil 42 4.1k 1.6× 3.8k 1.7× 1.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 2.9k 1.6× 205 9.2k
Cory Merow United States 31 3.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 4.0k 1.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 66 7.0k
Colby Loucks United States 21 3.6k 1.4× 2.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.6× 1.8k 1.0× 27 8.4k
Michel Bakkenes Netherlands 20 3.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.5× 4.1k 1.9× 2.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 30 8.4k
Yung En Chee Australia 13 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 3.8k 1.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 27 6.1k
Michael C. Runge United States 46 4.0k 1.6× 2.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 191 7.9k
Emma C. Underwood United States 22 3.5k 1.4× 3.1k 1.4× 2.2k 1.1× 4.0k 1.9× 2.2k 1.2× 41 9.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Newbold

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Newbold

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Newbold. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Newbold 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 Tim Newbold. Tim Newbold 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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Cooke, Rob, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Andrew J. Bladon, et al.. (2025). Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change. Science. 388(6742). eadq2110–eadq2110.
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Ceaușu, Silvia, David Leclère, & Tim Newbold. (2025). Geography and availability of natural habitat determine whether cropland intensification or expansion is more detrimental to biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(6). 993–1008. 3 indexed citations
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Newbold, Tim, et al.. (2024). Impact of Crop Type on Biodiversity Globally. Global Change Biology. 30(12). e70005–e70005. 2 indexed citations
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Abrahms, Briana, et al.. (2024). Global expansion of human-wildlife overlap in the 21st century. Science Advances. 10(34). eadp7706–eadp7706. 20 indexed citations
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Millard, Joseph, et al.. (2024). Large language models help facilitate the automated synthesis of information on potential pest controllers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(7). 1261–1273. 7 indexed citations
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Etard, Adrienne & Tim Newbold. (2023). Species‐level correlates of land‐use responses and climate‐change sensitivity in terrestrial vertebrates. Conservation Biology. 38(3). e14208–e14208. 3 indexed citations
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Millard, Joseph, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Robin Freeman, et al.. (2021). Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2902–2902. 164 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mori, Akira, Laura E. Dee, Andrew Gonzalez, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions. Nature Climate Change. 11(6). 543–550. 137 indexed citations
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Soroye, Peter, Tim Newbold, & Jeremy T. Kerr. (2020). Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents. Science. 367(6478). 685–688. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Newbold, Tim, Derek P. Tittensor, Michael Harfoot, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, & Drew W. Purves. (2020). Non-linear changes in modelled terrestrial ecosystems subjected to perturbations. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14051–14051. 26 indexed citations
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Gibb, Rory, David W. Redding, Christl A. Donnelly, et al.. (2020). Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems. Nature. 584(7821). 398–402. 499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beckmann, Michael, Katharina Gerstner, Morodoluwa Akin‐Fajiye, et al.. (2019). Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 25(6). 1941–1956. 194 indexed citations
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Newbold, Tim, Lawrence N. Hudson, Sara Contu, et al.. (2018). Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide. PLoS Biology. 16(12). e2006841–e2006841. 180 indexed citations
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Palma, Adriana De, Michael Kuhlmann, Stuart P. M. Roberts, et al.. (2015). Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land‐use pressures in European agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52(6). 1567–1577. 115 indexed citations
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Leadley, Paul, Cornelia B. Krug, Rob Alkemade, et al.. (2014). Progress towards the Aichi biodiversity targets: An assessment of biodiversity trends, policy scenarios and key actions. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 18(6). 2903–14. 100 indexed citations
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Newbold, Tim, et al.. (2014). Community Responses of Arthropods to a Range of Traditional and Manipulated Grazing in Shortgrass Steppe. Environmental Entomology. 43(3). 556–568. 13 indexed citations
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Prather, Chelse M., Shannon L. Pelini, Angela Laws, et al.. (2012). Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 88(2). 327–348. 220 indexed citations
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Newbold, Tim, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Çaḡan H. Şekercioḡlu, Drew W. Purves, & Jörn P. W. Scharlemann. (2012). Mapping Functional Traits: Comparing Abundance and Presence-Absence Estimates at Large Spatial Scales. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e44019–e44019. 31 indexed citations
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Newbold, Tim, Sarah A. Collins, Jerzy M. Behnke, et al.. (2008). Sentinel behaviour and the watchman\'s call in the Chukar at St Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt. 10(1). 5 indexed citations

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