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115
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135
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Colin A. Chapman 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 Colin A. Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 525 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Colin A. Chapman 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 Colin A. Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Colin A. Chapman is affiliated with Vancouver Island University in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and psychology, focusing extensively on primate behavior and ecology as well as wildlife conservation.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics (2022, Science Advances)
  • High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests (2021, Nature)
  • A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates (2020, BioScience)
  • Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids (2023, Science)
  • Automatic Identification of Individual Primates with Deep Learning Techniques (2020, iScience)

The primary coauthors frequently collaborating with Chapman include Patrick A. Omeja, Dipto Sarkar, Urs Kalbitzer, Jan F. Gogarten, and Pengfei Fan.

Chapman has contributed to several publication venues with repeated appearances in:

  • Folia Primatologica
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • International Journal of Primatology
  • Value in Health

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science and Psychology, with subfields such as Social Psychology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics researched by Chapman include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Chapman was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010 for contributions recognized by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks

    Filippo Aureli;Colleen M Schaffner;Christophe Boesch;Simon K Bearder

  • Ecological constraints on group size : an analysis of spider monkey and chimpanzee subgroups

    Colin A. Chapman;Richard W. Wrangham;Lauren J. Chapman

  • Estimators of Fruit Abundance of Tropical Trees1

    Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Richard Wangham;Kevin Hunt

  • Primate Conservation in the New Millennium: The Role of Scientists

    Colin A. Chapman;Carlos A. Peres

  • Temporal patterns of crop-raiding by primates: linking food availability in croplands and adjacent forest

    Lisa Naughton‐Treves;Adrian Treves;Colin Chapman;Richard Wrangham

  • Habitat alteration and the conservation of African primates: case study of Kibale National Park, Uganda.

    Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Joanna E. Lambert

  • Producers, Scroungers, and Group Foraging.

    William L. Vickery;Luc-Alain Giraldeau;Jennifer J. Templeton;Donald L. Kramer

  • Constraints on group size in primates and carnivores: population density and day-range as assays of exploitation competition

    R.W. Wrangham;J.L. Gittleman;C.A. Chapman

  • Forests Without Primates: Primate/Plant Codependency

    Colin A. Chapman;Daphne A. Onderdonk

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos;Ashley C. Banyard;Christopher F. Basler

  • Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Unexpected Marriage?

    John S. Balirwa;Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Ian G. Cowx

  • Coping with Forest Fragmentation: The Primates of Kibale National Park, Uganda

    Daphne A. Onderdonk;Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman

  • A long-term evaluation of fruiting phenology: importance of climate change

    Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Thomas T. Struhsaker;Amy E. Zanne

  • Primates and the Ecology of their Infectious Diseases: How will Anthropogenic Change Affect Host-Parasite Interactions?

    Colin A. Chapman;Thomas R. Gillespie;Tony L. Goldberg

  • Patterns of Foraging and Range Use by Three Species of Neotropical Primates

    Colin Chapman

  • SEED DISPERSAL AND POTENTIAL FOREST SUCCESSION IN ABANDONED AGRICULTURE IN TROPICAL AFRICA

    R. Scot Duncan;Colin A. Chapman

  • Long-Term Effects of Logging on African Primate Communities: a 28-Year Comparison From Kibale National Park, Uganda

    Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Sophia R. Balcomb;Thomas R. Gillespie;Joseph P. Skorupa

  • The significance of fibrous foods for Kibale Forest chimpanzees.

    R. W. Wrangham;N. L. Conklin;C. A. Chapman;K. D. Hunt

  • Fruit and flower phenology at two sites in Kibale National Park, Uganda

    C. A. Chapman;R. W. Wrangham;L. J. Chapman;D. K. Kennard

Frequent Co-Authors

Lauren J. Chapman
Lauren J. Chapman University of Florida
Tony L. Goldberg
Tony L. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jessica M. Rothman
Jessica M. Rothman City University of New York
Thomas R. Gillespie
Thomas R. Gillespie Emory University
Richard W. Wrangham
Richard W. Wrangham Harvard University
Michael J. Lawes
Michael J. Lawes University of KwaZulu-Natal
Joel N. Hartter
Joel N. Hartter University of Colorado Boulder
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Linda M. Fedigan
Linda M. Fedigan University of Calgary
David H. O’Connor
David H. O’Connor University of Wisconsin–Madison

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