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Kevin J. Gaston 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 Kevin J. Gaston sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 858 publications — 100th percentile

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Kevin J. Gaston 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 Kevin J. Gaston sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2013 - Marsh Award for Ecology, British Ecological Society
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Kevin J. Gaston is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, contributing extensively to understanding the relationships between human activity and natural ecosystems.

The scientist has a strong focus on several subfields of study including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Social Psychology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their main topics of work cover a range of environmental and ecological themes such as:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Kevin J. Gaston has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The ecology of human-nature interactions", 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights", 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Global variation in diurnal asymmetry in temperature, cloud cover, specific humidity and precipitation and its association with leaf area index", 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human-nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications", 2021, People and Nature

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • People and Nature
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • BioScience
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Kevin J. Gaston collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Jonathan Bennie
  • Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel
  • Masashi Soga
  • Alexandra S. Gardner
  • Simon Dzurjak

Among the honors received, Kevin J. Gaston was awarded the Marsh Award for Ecology from the British Ecological Society in 2013 and became a Member of Academia Europaea in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Global patterns in biodiversity

    Kevin J. Gaston

  • Functional diversity: back to basics and looking forward

    Owen L. Petchey;Kevin J. Gaston

  • The structure and dynamics of geographic ranges

    Kevin J. Gaston

  • Functional diversity (FD), species richness and community composition

    Owen L. Petchey;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Pattern and Process in Macroecology

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Measuring beta diversity for presence–absence data

    Patricia Koleff;Kevin J. Gaston;Jack J. Lennon

  • Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity

    Richard A Fuller;Katherine N Irvine;Patrick Devine-Wright;Philip H Warren

  • Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr;Luigi Boitani

  • Extinction of experience: the loss of human–nature interactions

    Masashi Soga;Kevin J Gaston

  • Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species

    Georgina M. Mace;Nigel J. Collar;Kevin J. Gaston;Craig Hilton-Taylor

  • Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

    Karen Anderson;Kevin J Gaston

  • Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat

    C. David L Orme;Richard G. Davies;Malcolm Burgess;Felix Eigenbrod

  • What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature

    Lucy E. Keniger;Kevin J. Gaston;Katherine N. Irvine;Richard A. Fuller

  • Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude.

    Abraham Addo-Bediako;Steven L. Chown;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Biodiversity: An Introduction

    Kevin J. Gaston;John I. Spicer

  • The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

    Kevin J. Gaston;Jonathan Bennie;Thomas W. Davies

  • Geographic gradients in body size: a clarification of Bergmann's rule

    Tim M. Blackburn;Kevin J. Gaston;Natasha Loder

  • Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands.

    Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey;Richard P. Duncan;Karl L. Evans

  • Abundance–occupancy relationships

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn;Jeremy J.D. Greenwood;Richard D. Gregory

  • Who benefits from access to green space? A case study from Sheffield, UK

    Olga Barbosa;Jamie A. Tratalos;Paul R. Armsworth;Richard G. Davies

  • The Influence of Late Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity on Species Endemism

    B. Sandel;L. Arge;B. Dalsgaard;R. G. Davies

  • Urban form, biodiversity potential and ecosystem services

    Jamie Tratalos;Richard A. Fuller;Philip H. Warren;Richard G. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Paul R. Armsworth
Paul R. Armsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Karl L. Evans
Karl L. Evans University of Sheffield
Richard A. Fuller
Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland
Philip H. Warren
Philip H. Warren University of Sheffield
Jonathan Bennie
Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter
Richard G. Davies
Richard G. Davies University of East Anglia
Richard Inger
Richard Inger University of Exeter
Martin Dallimer
Martin Dallimer University of Leeds

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