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Conservation Science and Practice
H-index 35

Conservation Science and Practice

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 62 563 559 34
Environmental Sciences 289 36 61 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 695
Documents by Best Scientists*: 628
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 36
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.069
Impact Factor: 2.8

Top Publications

  • The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance

    Unknown

    (2022)
    175 Citations
  • Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors

    Joeri A. Zwerts;P. J. Stephenson;Fiona Maisels;Fiona Maisels;Marcus Rowcliffe

    (2021)
    126 Citations
  • Restoring shellfish reefs: global guidelines for practitioners and scientists

    James A. Fitzsimons;James A. Fitzsimons;Simon Branigan;Chris L. Gillies;Chris L. Gillies;Robert D. Brumbaugh

    (2020)
    109 Citations
  • Replacing “parachute science” with “global science” in ecology and conservation biology

    Alex Asase;Tiwonge I. Mzumara-Gawa;Jesse O. Owino;Andrew T. Peterson

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem

    Alexandra Zimmermann;Alexandra Zimmermann;Alexandra Zimmermann;Brian McQuinn;Brian McQuinn;Brian McQuinn;David W. Macdonald

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Research–management partnerships: An opportunity to integrate genetics in conservation actions

    Heather R. Taft;Dana N. McCoskey;Joshua M. Miller;Sarah K. Pearson

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild

    Ugo Arbieu;Jörg Albrecht;Marion Mehring;Nils Bunnefeld

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Relative effects of recreational activities on a temperate terrestrial wildlife assemblage

    Robin Naidoo;A. Cole Burton

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Taking a more nuanced look at behavior change for demand reduction in the illegal wildlife trade

    Laura Thomas-Walters;Diogo Veríssimo;Erica Gadsby;David Roberts

    (2020)
    62 Citations

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