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55
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11086
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2983
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335

Benoit Goossens publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benoit Goossens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 194 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Benoit Goossens D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benoit Goossens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benoit Goossens is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Social Psychology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Semantic Web and Ontologies, and Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health.

Notable publications by Benoit Goossens include:

  • Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world's last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations, 2021, Nature Communications
  • There will be conflict - agricultural landscapes are prime, rather than marginal, habitats for Asian elephants, 2021, Animal Conservation
  • Pre-extinction Demographic Stability and Genomic Signatures of Adaptation in the Woolly Rhinoceros, 2020, Current Biology
  • Natural and anthropogenic drivers of Bornean elephant movement strategies, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans, 2022, Current Biology

Benoit Goossens has frequently published in venues such as ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies, PLoS ONE, arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, and Animal Conservation.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Omer Rana, Charith Perera, Marc Ancrenaz, and Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan.

Best Publications

  • Reliable Genotyping of Samples with Very Low DNA Quantities Using PCR

    Pierre Taberlet;Sally Griffin;Benoît Goossens;Sophie Questiau

  • The confounding effects of population structure, genetic diversity and the sampling scheme on the detection and quantification of population size changes.

    Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa;Pierre Luisi;Pierre Luisi;Benoit Goossens;Benoit Goossens

  • Genetic Signature of Anthropogenic Population Collapse in Orang-utans

    Benoit Goossens;Lounes Chikhi;Marc Ancrenaz;Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz

  • Morphometric, Behavioral, and Genomic Evidence for a New Orangutan Species

    Alexander Nater;Alexander Nater;Maja Patricia Mattle-Greminger;Anton Nurcahyo;Matthew G Nowak

  • Plucked hair samples as a source of DNA: reliability of dinucleotide microsatellite genotyping.

    B. Goossens;L. P. Waits;P. Taberlet

  • Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve

    Xiangjiang Zhan;Ming Li;Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;Benoit Goossens

  • Male bimaturism and reproductive success in Sumatran orang-utans

    Sri Suci Utami;Benoît Goossens;Michael W. Bruford;Jan R. de Ruiter

  • Extra-pair paternity in the monogamous Alpine marmot revealed by nuclear DNA microsatellite analysis

    Benoît Goossens;Laurent Graziani;Lisette P. Waits;Etienne Farand

  • Patterns of genetic diversity and migration in increasingly fragmented and declining orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) populations from Sabah, Malaysia.

    Benoit Goossens;Lounes Chikhi;M. F. Jalil;M. F. Jalil;Marc Ancrenaz

  • Mating system and reproductive skew in the black rhinoceros.

    Julie N. Garnier;Michael William Bruford;Benoit Goossens

  • Aerial Surveys Give New Estimates for Orangutans in Sabah, Malaysia

    Marc Ancrenaz;Olivier Gimenez;Laurentius Ambu;Karine Ancrenaz

  • Survival, interactions with conspecifics and reproduction in 37 chimpanzees released into the wild

    Benoit Goossens;J. M. Setchell;E. Tchidongo;E. Dilambaka

  • Understanding the impacts of land-use policies on a threatened species: is there a future for the Bornean orang-utan?

    Serge A. Wich;David Gaveau;Nicola Abram;Marc Ancrenaz;Marc Ancrenaz

  • Mapped aboveground carbon stocks to advance forest conservation and recovery in Malaysian Borneo

    Gregory P. Asner;Philip G. Brodrick;Christopher Philipson;Nicolas R. Vaughn

  • Genetic Viability and Population History of the Giant Panda, Putting an End to the “Evolutionary Dead End”?

    Baowei Zhang;Ming Li;ZeJun Zhang;ZeJun Zhang;Benoit Goossens

  • Riverine effects on mitochondrial structure of Bornean orang‐utans (Pongo pygmaeus) at two spatial scales

    Mohd Fairuz Jalil;Mohd Fairuz Jalil;Joanne Cable;J. Sinyor;Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz

  • A multi-samples, multi-extracts approach for microsatellite analysis of faecal samples in an arboreal ape

    Benoit Goossens;L. Chikhi;S. S. Utami;S. S. Utami;J. De Ruiter

  • Determination of ape distribution and population size using ground and aerial surveys : a case study with orang-utans in lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia

    Marc Ancrenaz;Benoit Goossens;Benoit Goossens;Olivier Gimenez;Azri Sawang

  • Effects of Pleistocene glaciations and rivers on the population structure of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

    Natasha Arora;Alexander Nater;Carel P. van Schaik;Erik P. Willems

  • Synergies for improving oil palm production and forest conservation in floodplain landscapes.

    Nicola K. Abram;Panteleimon Xofis;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Douglas C. MacMillan

  • Sex-Biased Dispersal and Volcanic Activities Shaped Phylogeographic Patterns of Extant Orangutans (genus: Pongo)

    Alexander Nater;Pirmin Nietlisbach;Natasha Arora;Carel P. van Schaik

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Lounès Chikhi
Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Carel P. van Schaik
Carel P. van Schaik University of Zurich
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich
Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Munehiro Okamoto
Munehiro Okamoto Kyoto University

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