Travis Longcore

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Travis Longcore is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Travis Longcore has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Travis Longcore's work include Impact of Light on Environment and Health (26 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers). Travis Longcore is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Light on Environment and Health (26 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers). Travis Longcore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Travis Longcore's co-authors include Catherine Rich, Lauren Sullivan, Beau MacDonald, Kamiel Spoelstra, Christopher D. Elvidge, Scott R. Loss, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, John P. Wilson, Christopher C. M. Kyba and Jay Penniman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Travis Longcore

78 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Ecological light pollution

2004 988 citations Travis Longcore, Catherine Rich profile →
The One Health Approach to Toxoplasmosis: Epidemiology, Control, and Prevention Strategies

2019 198 citations Travis Longcore, Christopher A. Lepczyk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Travis Longcore United States	29	2.3k	1.6k	654	634	415	81	4.2k
James P. Duffy United Kingdom	22	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	392 0.6×	276 0.4×	431 1.0×	38	2.7k
Catherine Rich United States	10	1.4k 0.6×	933 0.6×	282 0.4×	319 0.5×	125 0.3×	15	2.1k
Jonathan Bennie United Kingdom	44	5.0k 2.2×	2.8k 1.7×	1.3k 2.0×	1.1k 1.8×	1.2k 2.9×	91	7.8k
Reinhard Klenke Germany	19	937 0.4×	781 0.5×	233 0.4×	236 0.4×	196 0.5×	37	1.7k
Christian C. Voigt Germany	46	1.5k 0.7×	4.3k 2.6×	4.0k 6.1×	363 0.6×	369 0.9×	218	7.1k
Janine Bolliger Switzerland	30	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	829 1.3×	366 0.6×	1.8k 4.3×	77	5.1k
Christian Kerbiriou France	35	974 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	192 0.3×	507 1.2×	113	2.9k
Frank A. La Sorte United States	42	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.8×	664 1.0×	1.9k 4.5×	101	5.0k
Clinton D. Francis United States	31	734 0.3×	2.9k 1.8×	1.8k 2.8×	320 0.5×	305 0.7×	88	4.2k
Bruce A. Robertson United States	23	861 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	724 1.1×	137 0.2×	581 1.4×	44	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Travis Longcore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Travis Longcore

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Travis Longcore

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

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Meng, Lin, Andrew D. Richardson, Franz Hölker, et al.. (2025). Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons. Nature Cities. 2(6). 506–517. 6 indexed citations

Derakhshan, Sahar, et al.. (2025). Space-time dynamics in hazard exposure analysis: smartphone locations show pedestrian routes are inflexible to extreme heat events. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Longcore, Travis, et al.. (2024). Relative importance of intensity and spectrum of artificial light at night in disrupting behavior of a nocturnal rodent. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(14). 5 indexed citations

Schultz, Cheryl B., Steven Campbell, Travis Longcore, et al.. (2024). Phenological constancy and management interventions predict population trends in at‐risk butterflies in the United States. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(10). 2455–2469. 3 indexed citations

Igolkina, Anna A., Nina Noujdina, M. A. Vishnyаkova, et al.. (2023). Historical Routes for Diversification of Domesticated Chickpea Inferred from Landrace Genomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(6). 9 indexed citations

Calver, Mike, Michael V. Cove, Patricia A. Fleming, et al.. (2023). The animal welfare, environmental impact, pest control functions, and disease effects of free‐ranging cats can be generalized and all are grounds for humanely reducing their numbers. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(10). 8 indexed citations

Longcore, Travis, et al.. (2023). Measurement and Analysis of Exposure to Light at Night in Epidemiology. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Barentine, John C., et al.. (2021). A Case for a New Satellite Mission for Remote Sensing of Night Lights. Remote Sensing. 13(12). 2294–2294. 31 indexed citations

Hölker, Franz, Janine Bolliger, Thomas W. Davies, et al.. (2021). 11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 101 indexed citations

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Zhong, Charlie, Meredith Franklin, Joseph L. Wiemels, et al.. (2020). Outdoor artificial light at night and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among women in the California Teachers Study cohort. Cancer Epidemiology. 69. 101811–101811. 16 indexed citations

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López‐Carr, David, et al.. (2020). What factors influence the willingness of protected area communities to relocate? China's ecological relocation policy for Dashanbao Protected Area. The Science of The Total Environment. 727. 138364–138364. 30 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis, et al.. (2018). Rapid assessment of lamp spectrum to quantify ecological effects of light at night. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 329(8-9). 511–521. 130 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis, Kathryn Francis, Robert Freidin, et al.. (2018). Wildlife Underpass Use and Environmental Impact Assessment: A Southern California Case Study. 11(1). 4. 2 indexed citations

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Pack, Dee William, et al.. (2017). CubeSat Nighttime Earth Observations. AGUFM. 2017. 2 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis. (2010). Sensory Ecology: Night Lights Alter Reproductive Behavior of Blue Tits. Current Biology. 20(20). R893–R895. 25 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis, Catherine Rich, & Lauren Sullivan. (2009). Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap–Neuter–Return. Conservation Biology. 23(4). 887–894. 155 indexed citations

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Aubrecht, Christoph, Christopher D. Elvidge, Travis Longcore, et al.. (2008). A global inventory of coral reef stressors based on satellite observed nighttime lights. Geocarto International. 23(6). 467–479. 44 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis, Catherine Rich, & Dietland Müller‐Schwarze. (2007). Management by Assertion: Beavers and Songbirds at Lake Skinner (Riverside County, California). Environmental Management. 39(4). 460–471. 7 indexed citations

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Rich, Catherine & Travis Longcore. (2006). Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. 399 indexed citations

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Longcore, Travis, et al.. (2003). Mass rearing the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis: Lycaenidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 37. 55–67. 13 indexed citations

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