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D-Index
56
Citations
19943
World Ranking
2776
National Ranking
318

Nick J. B. Isaac 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 Nick J. B. Isaac sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nick J. B. Isaac 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 Nick J. B. Isaac sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nick J. B. Isaac is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, with 121 publications attributed to this domain. The scientist has explored several subfields, notably Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of their research include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Isaac has contributed to multiple recent papers, some of which have garnered notable citations. These include:

  • Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Complex long-term biodiversity change among invertebrates, bryophytes and lichens, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Handling missing values in trait data, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration, 2020, One Earth
  • Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their field, including Rob Cooke, Francesca Mancini, Robin J. Boyd, Diana E. Bowler, and Ben A. Woodcock. Their publication history is strongly linked to venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diversity and Distributions, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ecography, and Ecological Indicators.

Among their scholarly contributions, Nick J. B. Isaac has published a book titled Biodiversity Informatics: Building a Lifeboat for High Functionality Data to Decision Pipeline in 2024, through Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Defaunation in the Anthropocene

    Rodolfo Dirzo;Hillary S. Young;Mauro Galetti;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions

    Tom H. Oliver;Matthew S. Heard;Nick J.B. Isaac;David B. Roy

  • Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation Priorities Based on Threat and Phylogeny

    Nick J.B. Isaac;Samuel T. Turvey;Ben Collen;Carly Waterman

  • Taxonomic inflation: its influence on macroecology and conservation.

    Nick J.B. Isaac;James Mallet;Georgina M. Mace

  • Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain.

    Gary D. Powney;Claire Carvell;Mike Edwards;Roger K. A. Morris

  • Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England.

    Ben A. Woodcock;Nicholas J. B. Isaac;James M. Bullock;David B. Roy

  • Statistics for citizen science: extracting signals of change from noisy ecological data

    Nick J. B. Isaac;Arco J. van Strien;Tom A. August;Marnix P. de Zeeuw

  • Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss

    Tom H. Oliver;Nick J. B. Isaac;Tom A. August;Ben A. Woodcock

  • Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Andrew J. Suggitt;Robert J. Wilson;Nick J. B. Isaac;Colin M. Beale

  • Bias and information in biological records

    Nick J. B. Isaac;Michael J. O. Pocock

  • Data Integration for Large-Scale Models of Species Distributions

    Nick J.B. Isaac;Marta A. Jarzyna;Petr Keil;Lea I. Dambly

  • Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate

    Andrew J. King;Andrew J. King;Caitlin M. S. Douglas;Elise Huchard;Elise Huchard;Nicholas J. B. Isaac

  • Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of native European ladybirds

    Helen E. Roy;Tim Adriaens;Nick J. B. Isaac;Marc Kenis

  • Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale.

    W. Daniel Kissling;Jorge A. Ahumada;Anne Bowser;Miguel Fernandez;Miguel Fernandez

  • Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals

    Andrew Clarke;Peter Rothery;Nick J. B. Isaac

  • How species respond to multiple extinction threats.

    Nick J. B. Isaac;Guy Cowlishaw

  • How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals.

    Chris Carbone;Guy Cowlishaw;Nick J. B. Isaac;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • Measuring β‐diversity with species abundance data

    Louise J. Barwell;Nick J. B. Isaac;William E. Kunin

  • Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

    Robert J. Smith;Diogo Veríssimo;Nicholas J.B. Isaac;Kate E. Jones

  • Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

    Michael B. J. Harfoot;Alison Johnston;Alison Johnston;Andrew Balmford;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess

  • Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses

    Nick J. B. Isaac;Chris Carbone

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Guy Cowlishaw
Guy Cowlishaw Zoological Society of London
Ben A. Woodcock
Ben A. Woodcock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Tom H. Oliver
Tom H. Oliver University of Reading
Kate E. Jones
Kate E. Jones University College London

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