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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
8428
World Ranking
5035
National Ranking
1724

Jacob R. Goheen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 120 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacob R. Goheen 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 Jacob R. Goheen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jacob R. Goheen is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on ecology and related subfields, with particular attention to wildlife ecology, animal studies, and ecological modeling.

The primary topics covered in Goheen's work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Their publications span a range of ecological and conservation-focused venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Goheen has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems (2023), published in Current Biology
  • Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration (2021), published in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements (2020), published in Conservation Biology
  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns (2023), published in Science
  • Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey (2024), published in Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Keith Geluso
  • S. K. Morgan Ernest
  • Glenda M. Yenni
  • Ginger Allington
  • Ellen K. Bledsoe

Their work engages multiple subfields of ecological research, notably:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling

Best Publications

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

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

  • Skin shedding and tissue regeneration in African spiny mice ( Acomys )

    Ashley W. Seifert;Ashley W. Seifert;Stephen G. Kiama;Megan G. Seifert;Jacob R. Goheen

  • Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Jason Pither;Anke Jentsch;Marcelo Sternberg

  • Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals

    Brett R. Jesmer;Jerod A. Merkle;Jacob R. Goheen;Ellen O. Aikens

  • Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism follows the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna.

    Todd M. Palmer;Maureen L. Stanton;Truman P. Young;Jacob R. Goheen

  • Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism.

    Todd M. Palmer;Daniel F. Doak;Maureen L. Stanton;Judith L. Bronstein

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny

    Adam T. Ford;Jacob R. Goheen;Tobias O. Otieno;Laura Bidner

  • A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

    Michael J. Noonan;Michael J. Noonan;Marlee A. Tucker;Christen H. Fleming;Christen H. Fleming;Thomas S. Akre

  • Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

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  • Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways

    Jacob R. Goheen;Todd M. Palmer;Felicia Keesing;Corinna Riginos

  • NET EFFECTS OF LARGE MAMMALS ON ACACIA SEEDLING SURVIVAL IN AN AFRICAN SAVANNA

    Jacob R. Goheen;Felicia Keesing;Brian F. Allan;Darcy Ogada

  • Defensive Plant-Ants Stabilize Megaherbivore-Driven Landscape Change in an African Savanna

    Jacob R. Goheen;Jacob R. Goheen;Todd M. Palmer

  • Trophic Cascades by Large Carnivores: A Case for Strong Inference and Mechanism.

    Adam T. Ford;Jacob R. Goheen

  • Zero-sum, the niche,and metacommunities: long-term dynamics of community assembly

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;James H. Brown;Katherine M. Thibault;Ethan P. White

  • Effects of mammalian herbivore declines on plant communities: observations and experiments in an African savanna

    Hillary S. Young;Douglas J. McCauley;Kristofer M. Helgen;Jacob R. Goheen

  • Long-term insights into the influence of precipitation on community dynamics in desert rodents

    Katherine M. Thibault;Katherine M. Thibault;S. K. Morgan Ernest;Ethan P. White;James H. Brown

  • Piecewise Disassembly of a Large-Herbivore Community across a Rainfall Gradient: The UHURU Experiment

    Jacob R. Goheen;Todd M. Palmer;Grace K. Charles;Kristofer M. Helgen

  • Consequences of herbivory by native ungulates for the reproduction of a savanna tree

    Jacob R. Goheen;Truman P. Young;Felicia Keesing;Todd M. Palmer

  • Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration

    Matthew J. Kauffman;Ellen O. Aikens;Ellen O. Aikens;Saeideh Esmaeili;Saeideh Esmaeili;Petra Kaczensky

  • Forces structuring tree squirrel communities in landscapes fragmented by agriculture: species differences in perceptions of forest connectivity and carrying capacity

    Jacob R. Goheen;Robert K. Swihart;Thomas M. Gehring;Michael S. Miller

  • NET EFFECTS OF LARGE MAMMALS ON ACACIA SEEDLING SURVIVAL

    Jacob R. Goheen;Felicia Keesing;Brian E Allan;Darcy Ogada

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd M. Palmer
Todd M. Palmer University of Florida
Robert M. Pringle
Robert M. Pringle Princeton University
Adam T. Ford
Adam T. Ford University of British Columbia
Truman P. Young
Truman P. Young University of California, Davis
Matthew J. Kauffman
Matthew J. Kauffman University of Wyoming
Corinna Riginos
Corinna Riginos University of Wyoming
Robert K. Swihart
Robert K. Swihart Purdue University West Lafayette
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Lauchlan H. Fraser
Lauchlan H. Fraser Thompson Rivers University
James F. Cahill
James F. Cahill University of Alberta

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