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Kamran Safi

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
10745
World Ranking
4574
National Ranking
243

Kamran Safi 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 Kamran Safi sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kamran Safi 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 Kamran Safi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kamran Safi is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial contributions in Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Atmospheric Science, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in Kamran Safi's work include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Kamran Safi has published several recent papers, including:

  • "The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography," 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "The evolution of mammalian brain size," 2021, Science Advances
  • "The EDGE2 protocol: Advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action," 2023, PLoS Biology
  • "A comprehensive framework for handling location error in animal tracking data," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The challenges of estimating the distribution of flight heights from telemetry or altimetry data," 2020, Animal Biotelemetry

Throughout their career, Kamran Safi has published frequently in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • Movement Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Kamran Safi collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Martin Wikelski
  • Martina Scacco
  • Elham Nourani
  • Olivier Duriez
  • Wolfgang Fiedler

Best Publications

  • PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

    Kate E. Jones;Jon Bielby;Marcel Cardillo;Susanne A. Fritz

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

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

  • A dynamic Brownian bridge movement model to estimate utilization distributions for heterogeneous animal movement.

    Bart Kranstauber;Roland Kays;Scott D. LaPoint;Martin Wikelski

  • Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity

    Kamran Safi;Marcus V. Cianciaruso;Rafael D. Loyola;Daniel Brito

  • Biodiversity conservation and the millennium development goals.

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Paul R. Armsworth

  • Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity research and conservation of the future

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Kamran Safi;Woody Turner

  • The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

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  • A comparative analysis of specialization and extinction risk in temperate-zone bats.

    Kamran Safi;Gerald Kerth

  • Experimental evidence for group hunting via eavesdropping in echolocating bats

    Dina K. N. Dechmann;Silke L. Heucke;Silke L. Heucke;Luca Giuggioli;Kamran Safi

  • Analysis and visualisation of movement: an interdisciplinary review

    Urška Demšar;Kevin Buchin;Francesca Cagnacci;Kamran Safi;Kamran Safi

  • Mean colony relatedness is a poor predictor of colony structure and female philopatry in the communally breeding Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)

    Gerald Kerth;Kamran Safi;Barbara König

  • Phylogenetically-Informed Priorities for Amphibian Conservation

    Nick J. B. Isaac;David W. Redding;Helen M. Meredith;Kamran Safi

  • Flying with the wind: scale dependency of speed and direction measurements in modelling wind support in avian flight

    Kamran Safi;Kamran Safi;Bart Kranstauber;Bart Kranstauber;Rolf Weinzierl;Larry Griffin

  • Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage

    S. Krackow;S. Krackow;E. Vannoni;A. Codita;A. Mohammed

  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors.

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  • The evolution of mammalian brain size

    J. B. Smaers;J. B. Smaers;R. S. Rothman;D. R. Hudson;A. M. Balanoff;A. M. Balanoff

  • Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling

    Bart Kranstauber;Rolf Weinzierl;Martin Wikelski;Kamran Safi

  • Adaptation of brain regions to habitat complexity: a comparative analysis in bats (Chiroptera).

    Kamran Safi;Dina K. N. Dechmann

  • Sex differences in population genetics, home range size and habitat use of the parti-colored bat (Vespertilio murinus, Linnaeus 1758) in Switzerland and their consequences for conservation

    Kamran Safi;Barbara König;Gerald Kerth;Gerald Kerth

  • Secretions of the interaural gland contain information about individuality and colony membership in the Bechstein's bat

    Kamran Safi;Gerald Kerth

  • Bigger is not always better: when brains get smaller

    Kamran Safi;Marc A Seid;Dina K.N Dechmann

  • Comparative analyses suggest that information transfer promoted sociality in male bats in the temperate zone.

    Kamran Safi;Gerald Kerth;Gerald Kerth

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Dina K. N. Dechmann
Dina K. N. Dechmann Max Planck Society
Martin Wegmann
Martin Wegmann University of Würzburg
Wolfgang Fiedler
Wolfgang Fiedler Max Planck Society
Justin M. Calabrese
Justin M. Calabrese University of Maryland, College Park
Gerald Kerth
Gerald Kerth University of Greifswald
Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Roland Kays
Roland Kays North Carolina State University
Kate E. Jones
Kate E. Jones University College London
Robert Weibel
Robert Weibel University of Zurich

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Best Scientists Citing Kamran Safi

Martin Wikelski

Martin Wikelski

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

Publications: 71

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Max Planck Society

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Gerald Kerth

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James E. M. Watson

James E. M. Watson

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Walter Jetz

Walter Jetz

Yale University

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Carlo Rondinini

Carlo Rondinini

Sapienza University of Rome

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Moreno Di Marco

Moreno Di Marco

Sapienza University of Rome

Publications: 28

Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

University of Ulm

Publications: 26

Luca Santini

Luca Santini

Sapienza University of Rome

Publications: 25

Marco Heurich

Marco Heurich

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Publications: 21

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Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso

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Publications: 21

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Daniel J. Becker

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Jens-Christian Svenning

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Christian C. Voigt

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