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Iain Douglas-Hamilton

Iain Douglas-Hamilton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
10827
World Ranking
3291
National Ranking
3

Iain Douglas-Hamilton 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 Iain Douglas-Hamilton sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Iain Douglas-Hamilton 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 Iain Douglas-Hamilton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Iain Douglas-Hamilton is affiliated with Save the Elephants in Kenya and has a primary research focus within Environmental Science. Their work concentrates on Ecology and intersects with Social Psychology, Small Animals, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. The main topics covered in their publications include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, and Marine animal studies overview.

The scientist has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues, notably Current Biology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Animal Behaviour, African Journal of Ecology, and Global Ecology and Conservation. Their research output features papers published in leading journals addressing various aspects of elephant behavior, conservation challenges, and ecological impacts.

Noteworthy recent publications include:

  • "Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns" (2023, Science)
  • "African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls" (2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Elephants and algorithms: a review of the current and future role of AI in elephant monitoring" (2023, Journal of The Royal Society Interface)
  • "Poaching of African elephants indirectly decreases population growth through lowered orphan survival" (2021, Current Biology)

The scientist's work often features collaboration with frequent co-authors, including George Wittemyer, David S. Lolchuragi, David Daballen, Lucy King, and Fredrick Lala. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications contributing to the understanding of elephant ecology and broader wildlife conservation.

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures

    George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Wayne Marcus Getz;Wayne Marcus Getz

  • African elephant status report 2007 : an update from the African elephant database

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  • Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants

    George Wittemyer;Joseph M. Northrup;Julian Blanc;Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • The movement of African elephants in a human-dominated land-use mosaic

    Max D Graham;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;William M Adams;Phyllis C Lee

  • Movements and corridors of African elephants in relation to protected areas.

    I. Douglas-Hamilton;T. Krink;F. Vollrath

  • Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch

    Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Shivani Bhalla;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

  • Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes.

    Thure E. Cerling;George Wittemyer;Henrik B. Rasmussen;Fritz Vollrath

  • Roadless wilderness area determines forest elephant movements in the Congo Basin.

    Stephen Blake;Sharon L. Deem;Samantha Strindberg;Fiona Maisels

  • Elephants avoid costly mountaineering

    Jake Wall;Jake Wall;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Fritz Vollrath

  • African elephants: population trends and their causes

    I. Douglas-Hamilton

  • On the ecology and behaviour of the African elephant

    Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • Beehive fences as effective deterrents for crop‐raiding elephants: field trials in northern Kenya

    Lucy E. King;Lucy E. King;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

  • Beehive fence deters crop-raiding elephants

    Lucy E. King;Lucy E. King;Lucy E. King;Anna Lawrence;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

  • Beehive fences as a multidimensional conflict-mitigation tool for farmers coexisting with elephants.

    Lucy E. King;Lucy E. King;Fredrick Lala;Hesron Nzumu;Emmanuel Mwambingu

  • Breeding phenology in relation to NDVI variability in free‐ranging African elephant

    George Wittemyer;Henrik Barner Rasmussen;Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • Disentangling the effects of forage, social rank, and risk on movement autocorrelation of elephants using Fourier and wavelet analyses

    George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Leo Polansky;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Wayne M. Getz;Wayne M. Getz

  • Novel opportunities for wildlife conservation and research with real-time monitoring

    Jake Wall;Jake Wall;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Brian Klinkenberg;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • Will elephants soon disappear from West African savannahs

    Philippe Bouché;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Aimé J. Nianogo

  • History of Animals using Isotope Records (HAIR): A 6-year dietary history of one family of African elephants

    Thure E. Cerling;George Wittemyer;James R. Ehleringer;Christopher H. Remien

  • Stability in a multi-species assemblage of large herbivores in East Africa.

    H. H. T. Prins;I. Douglas-Hamilton

  • On the ecology and behaviour of the Lake Manyara elephants

    I. Douglas-Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

George Wittemyer
George Wittemyer Colorado State University
Fritz Vollrath
Fritz Vollrath University of Oxford
Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake Saint Louis University
Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
Peter Arctander
Peter Arctander University of Copenhagen
Hans R. Siegismund
Hans R. Siegismund University of Copenhagen
Sarah M. Durant
Sarah M. Durant Zoological Society of London

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