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Jay R. Malcolm

Jay R. Malcolm

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
13055
World Ranking
5196
National Ranking
340

Jay R. Malcolm 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 Jay R. Malcolm sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jay R. Malcolm 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 Jay R. Malcolm sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jay R. Malcolm is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and primarily works in the field of Environmental Science. Their research covers several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics related to forest ecosystems and wildlife, particularly focusing on:

  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management

Malcolm has published research in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Land
  • Climatic Change
  • Remote Sensing

They have contributed to recent papers such as:

  • "Individual and Temporal Variation in Use of Residential Areas by Urban Coyotes" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces" (2023, Land)
  • "Forest harvesting and the carbon debt in boreal east-central Canada" (2020, Climatic Change)
  • "Use of Sentinel-2 Data to Improve Multivariate Tree Species Composition in a Forest Resource Inventory" (2021, Remote Sensing)
  • "Measuring forest degradation via ecological-integrity indicators at multiple spatial scales" (2024, Biological Conservation)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Julee J. Boan, Brendan Mackey, Dominick A. DellaSala, David Bysouth, and Anthony R. Taylor.

Best Publications

  • Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments

    T.E. Lovejoy;R.O. Bierregaard;A.B. Rylands;J.R. Malcolm

  • Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests.

    J. Barlow;T. A. Gardner;I. S. Araujo;T. C. Ávila-Pires

  • Global Warming and Extinctions of Endemic Species from Biodiversity Hotspots

    Jay R. Malcolm;Canran Liu;Canran Liu;Ronald P. Neilson;Lara Hansen

  • Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants

    Claude Gascon;Thomas E Lovejoy;Richard O Bierregaard;Jay R Malcolm

  • MAMMALS OF THE RIO JURUÁ AND THE EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION OF AMAZONIA

    James L. Patton;Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva;Jay R. Malcolm

  • The cost-effectiveness of biodiversity surveys in tropical forests

    Toby A. Gardner;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Ivanei S. Araujo;Teresa Cristina Ávila-Pires

  • Edge effects in central Amazonian forest fragments

    Jay R. Malcolm

  • Estimated migration rates under scenarios of global climate change

    Jay R. Malcolm;Adam Markham;Ronald P. Neilson;Michael Garaci

  • Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species

    Claude Gascon;Jay R. Malcolm;James L. Patton;Maria N. F. da Silva

  • GENE GENEALOGY AND DIFFERENTIATION AMONG ARBOREAL SPINY RATS (RODENTIA: ECHIMYIDAE) OF THE AMAZON BASIN: A TEST OF THE RIVERINE BARRIER HYPOTHESIS.

    James L. Patton;Maria Nazareth F. da Silva;Maria Nazareth F. da Silva;Jay R. Malcolm

  • Effects of natural resource development on the terrestrial biodiversity of Canadian boreal forests 1

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  • Conservation and development alliances with the Kayapó of south-eastern Amazonia, a tropical forest indigenous people

    B. Zimmerman;C.A. Peres;J.R. Malcolm;T. Turner

  • Influence of Timber Extraction Routes on Central African Small-Mammal Communities, Forest Structure, and Tree Diversity

    Jay R. Malcolm;Justina C. Ray

  • Area disturbed and residual stand damage following logging in a Bolivian tropical forest

    Scott M Jackson;Todd S Fredericksen;Jay R Malcolm

  • Climate change induced hybridization in flying squirrels

    Colin J. Garroway;Jeff Bowman;Tara J. Cascaden;Gillian L. Holloway

  • Climate change and modelled biome representation in Canada's national park system: implications for system planning and park mandates

    Daniel Scott;J. A. Y. R. Malcolm;Christopher Lemieux

  • The Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) Framework: A Tool for Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management

    Molly S. Cross;Erika S. Zavaleta;Dominique Bachelet;Marjorie L. Brooks

  • AMAZONIAN SMALL MAMMAL ABUNDANCES IN RELATION TO HABITAT STRUCTURE AND RESOURCE ABUNDANCE

    Thomas D. Lambert;Jay R. Malcolm;Barbara L. Zimmerman

  • Effects of Selective Logging on Bat Communities in the Southeastern Amazon

    Sandra L. Peters;Jay R. Malcolm;Barbara L. Zimmerman

  • Comparative Abundances of Neotropical Small Mammals by Trap Height

    Jay R. Malcolm

  • Forest structure and the abundance and diversity of neotropical small mammals.

    J. R. Malcolm;M. D. Lowman;N. M. Nadkarni

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Patton
James L. Patton University of Illinois at Chicago
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
Jeff Bowman
Jeff Bowman Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ronald J. Brooks
Ronald J. Brooks University of Guelph
Jeanine Maria Felfili
Jeanine Maria Felfili University of Brasília
John P. Caspersen
John P. Caspersen University of Toronto
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy George Mason University
Mandeep R. Mehra
Mandeep R. Mehra Brigham and Women's Hospital
Giulio A. De Leo
Giulio A. De Leo Stanford University

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