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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
10390
World Ranking
5220
National Ranking
566

Justin Moat 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 Justin Moat sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Justin Moat 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 Justin Moat 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.

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Overview

Justin Moat is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant number of publications in these fields.

Their research spans several subfields including ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecology more broadly.

Main topics of interest covered in Justin Moat's work include:

  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Coffee research and impacts
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Justin Moat include:

  • "Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi," 2020, published in Plants People Planet
  • "A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities," 2022, published in Science
  • "Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use," 2022, published in Science
  • "Plant and fungal collections: Current status, future perspectives," 2020, published in Plants People Planet

Justin Moat frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Caroline E. R. Lehmann
  • Steven P. Bachman
  • Barnaby E. Walker
  • Félix Forest
  • Malin Rivers

Their work has been published repeatedly in specific venues, demonstrating consistent engagement with particular academic communities. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Plants People Planet
  • Science
  • UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool

    Steven Bachman;Justin Moat;Andrew W. Hill;Javier de la Torre

  • Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems.

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Emily Nicholson

  • The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica): Predicting Future Trends and Identifying Priorities

    Aaron P. Davis;Tadesse Woldemariam Gole;Susana Baena;Justin Moat

  • Atlas of the Vegetation of Madagascar

    Henk Beentje;Alison Cameron;Pete Lowry;Justin Moat

  • Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi

    Eimear Nic Lughadha;Steven P. Bachman;Tarciso C.C. Leão;Félix Forest

  • Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants

    Neil A. Brummitt;Steven P. Bachman;Janine Griffiths-Lee;Maiko Lutz

  • A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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  • Plant diversity hotspots in the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.

    Charlotte Murray-Smith;Neil A. Brummitt;Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Steven Bachman

  • A REFINED CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY VEGETATION OF MADAGASCAR BASED ON THE UNDERLYING GEOLOGY: USING GIS TO MAP ITS DISTRIBUTION AND TO ASSESS ITS CONSERVATION STATUS.

    David Du Puy;Justin Moat

  • Defining a role for herbarium data in Red List assessments: a case study of Plectranthus from eastern and southern tropical Africa

    Fiona Willis;Justin Moat;Alan Paton

  • A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTION, DIVERSITY, ENDEMISM, AND TAXONOMIC EFFORT IN THE RUBIACEAE 1

    Aaron P. Davis;Rafael Govaerts;Diane M. Bridson;Markus Ruhsam

  • Environmental energy and evolutionary rates in flowering plants

    T. Jonathan Davies;Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase;Justin Moat

  • Resilience potential of the Ethiopian coffee sector under climate change.

    Justin Moat;Justin Moat;Jenny Williams;Susana Baena;Susana Baena;Timothy Wilkinson

  • High extinction risk for wild coffee species and implications for coffee sector sustainability

    Aaron P. Davis;Helen Chadburn;Justin Moat;Justin Moat;Robert O’Sullivan;Robert O’Sullivan

  • Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation.

    Susana Baena;Justin Moat;Justin Moat;Oliver Whaley;Doreen S. Boyd

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

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  • Elevational gradients, area and tropical island diversity: an example from the palms of New Guinea

    Steven Bachman;William J. Baker;Neil Brummitt;John Dransfield

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

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  • The Leguminosae of Madagascar.

    D. J. du Puy;J. N. Labat;R. Rabevohitra;J. F. Villiers

  • Atlas of the vegetation of Madagascar : Atlas de la vegetation de Madagascar

    Kew Royal Botanic Gardens;Justin Moat;P. P. Smith

  • Madagascar's grasses and grasslands:anthropogenic or natural?

    Maria S. Vorontsova;Guillaume Besnard;Félix Forest;Panagiota Malakasi

  • Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action

    E Nic Lughadha;J Baillie;W Barthlott;N.A Brummitt

  • Innovative approaches to the preservation of forest trees

    Hugh W. Pritchard;Justin F. Moat;João B.S. Ferraz;Timothy R. Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Félix Forest
Félix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens
Eimear Nic Lughadha
Eimear Nic Lughadha Royal Botanic Gardens
Philip C. Stevenson
Philip C. Stevenson Royal Botanic Gardens
Rafaël Govaerts
Rafaël Govaerts Royal Botanic Gardens
David A. Keith
David A. Keith University of New South Wales
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Doreen S. Boyd
Doreen S. Boyd University of Nottingham
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Hugh W. Pritchard
Hugh W. Pritchard Chinese Academy of Sciences

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