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D-Index
45
Citations
8690
World Ranking
4815
National Ranking
58

James C. Russell 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 James C. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 169 publications — 62nd percentile

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

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

James C. Russell 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 James C. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James C. Russell is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions across subfields such as ecology, genetics, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and geography, planning, and development.

Russell's scholarly work is often published in established scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Biological Invasions
  • Wildlife Research
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to animal and wildlife ecology, species distribution, and ecological processes. Key topics in their body of work include:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

James C. Russell has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Sebastian Steibl
  • Nick D. Holmes
  • Phillip J. Haubrock
  • Thomas W. Bodey
  • Franz Essl

Their publication record includes widely cited papers spanning topics of alien species impacts, invasive vertebrate eradication, terminology in invasion science, public opinion on gene drive technology for pest control, and vertebrate pest management. Examples of recent papers are:

  • "Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science" (2024, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • "Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews" (2020, Environmental Communication)
  • "Leveraging Motivations, Personality, and Sensory Cues for Vertebrate Pest Management" (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)

Best Publications

  • Invasive rodent eradication on islands.

    Gregg Howald;C. Josh Donlan;C. Josh Donlan;Juan Pablo Galván;James C. Russell

  • Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains

    Holly P. Jones;Nick D. Holmes;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Bernie R. Tershy

  • Invasion Biology: Specific Problems and Possible Solutions

    Franck Courchamp;Alice Fournier;Céline Bellard;Cleo Bertelsmeier

  • Predator-Free New Zealand: Conservation Country

    James C. Russell;John G. Innes;Philip H. Brown;Andrea E. Byrom

  • Island Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

    James C. Russell;Christoph Kueffer

  • Invasive alien species on islands: impacts, distribution, interactions and management

    James C. Russell;Jean-Yves Meyer;Nick D. Holmes;Shyama Pagad

  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment.

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner;Sven Bacher;Sarah Bailey

  • The Rise of Invasive Species Denialism

    James C. Russell;James C. Russell;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Climate change, sea-level rise, and conservation: keeping island biodiversity afloat

    Franck Courchamp;Benjamin D. Hoffmann;James C. Russell;Camille Leclerc

  • Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment.

    Alexei J. Drummond;Richard D. Newcomb;Richard D. Newcomb;Thomas R. Buckley;Thomas R. Buckley;Dong Xie

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

    Emily E. Puckett;Jane Park;Matthew Combs;Michael J. Blum

  • The invasion ecology of mammals: a global perspective

    Mick N. Clout;James C. Russell

  • Intercepting the first rat ashore

    James C. Russell;David R. Towns;Sandra H. Anderson;Mick N. Clout

  • Review of rat invasion biology: implications for island biosecurity.

    J. C. Russell;D. R. Towns;M. N. Clout

  • Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates.

    Nick D. Holmes;Dena R. Spatz;Steffen Oppel;Bernie Tershy

  • Tracking seabirds to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in the tropical western Indian Ocean

    Matthieu Le Corre;Audrey Jaeger;Patrick Pinet;Michelle A. Kappes

  • The eradication of mammals from New Zealand islands

    Michael Clout;James Russell

  • Tropical island conservation: Rat eradication for species recovery

    James C. Russell;Nick D. Holmes

  • Fifty years of rodent eradications in New Zealand: another decade of advances

    James Russell;Keith Broome

  • Island invasives : scaling up to meet the challenge

    C.R. Veitch;M.N. Clout;A.R. Martin;J.C. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthieu Le Corre
Matthieu Le Corre University of La Réunion
Mick N. Clout
Mick N. Clout University of Auckland
Piero Genovesi
Piero Genovesi Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
David R. Towns
David R. Towns Auckland University of Technology
Steffen Oppel
Steffen Oppel Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Franck Courchamp
Franck Courchamp University of Paris-Saclay
Reinhard Klette
Reinhard Klette Auckland University of Technology
Richard A. Griffiths
Richard A. Griffiths University of Kent
Alexander L. Bond
Alexander L. Bond Natural History Museum
Ricardo Augusto Dias
Ricardo Augusto Dias Universidade de São Paulo

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