2026 Kevin J. Gaston: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	189	442	410	45	43	821	134847
Ecology and Evolution	194	2	2	1	1	858	141045

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

4294
Citations
Functional diversity: back to basics and looking forward

Owen L. Petchey;Kevin J. Gaston

2926
Citations
The structure and dynamics of geographic ranges

Kevin J. Gaston

2469
Citations
Functional diversity (FD), species richness and community composition

Owen L. Petchey;Kevin J. Gaston

2216
Citations
Pattern and Process in Macroecology

Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn

2076
Citations
Measuring beta diversity for presence–absence data

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

2067
Citations
Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity

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

1973
Citations
Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

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

1904
Citations
Extinction of experience: the loss of human–nature interactions

Masashi Soga;Kevin J Gaston

1776
Citations
Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species

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

1600
Citations
Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

Karen Anderson;Kevin J Gaston

1596
Citations
Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat

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

1463
Citations
What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature

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

1321
Citations
Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude.

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

1248
Citations
Biodiversity: An Introduction

Kevin J. Gaston;John I. Spicer

1185
Citations
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

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

1121
Citations
Geographic gradients in body size: a clarification of Bergmann's rule

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

1112
Citations
Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands.

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

1051
Citations
Abundance–occupancy relationships

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

1021
Citations
Who benefits from access to green space? A case study from Sheffield, UK

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

940
Citations
The Influence of Late Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity on Species Endemism

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

916
Citations
Urban form, biodiversity potential and ecosystem services

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

887
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim M. Blackburn University College London

Steven L. Chown Monash University

Paul R. Armsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Karl L. Evans University of Sheffield

Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland

Philip H. Warren University of Sheffield

Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter

Richard G. Davies University of East Anglia

Richard Inger University of Exeter

Martin Dallimer University of Leeds

External Links

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