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D-Index
66
Citations
16442
World Ranking
1683
National Ranking
19

Norman Owen-Smith 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 Norman Owen-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 227 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Norman Owen-Smith 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 Norman Owen-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Norman Owen-Smith is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Social Sciences, with significant contributions to several subfields including Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Anthropology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Norman Owen-Smith has published frequently in several academic venues. Among these are Mammal Review and Journal of Mammalogy, each featuring two of their publications, as well as Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Ecological Monographs.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Norman Owen-Smith include:

  • Movement ecology of large herbivores in African savannas: current knowledge and gaps, 2020, Mammal Review
  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations, 2021, Science
  • Rethinking megafauna, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Quantifying water requirements of African ungulates through a combination of functional traits, 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • Spatial patterns of large African cats: a large-scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus, 2023, Mammal Review

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Robyn S. Hetem and Francesca Parrini with five coauthorships each, as well as J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Frank van Langevelde, and Melinda Boyers with three coauthorships each.

Norman Owen-Smith is also an author of the book Only in Africa, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Pleistocene extinctions; the pivotal role of megaherbivores

    Norman Owen-Smith

  • What Should a Clever Ungulate Eat

    Norman Owen-Smith;Peter Novellie

  • Effects of plant spinescence on large mammalian herbivores

    Susan M. Cooper;Norman Owen-Smith

  • Empirical Evidence of Density- Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

    C. Bonenfant;J.M. Gaillard;T. Coulson;M. Festa-Bianchet

  • Predator-prey size relationships in an African large-mammal food web.

    Norman Owen-Smith;Michael G.L. Mills

  • Foraging theory upscaled: the behavioural ecology of herbivore movement.

    N. Owen-Smith;J. M. Fryxell;E. H. Merrill

  • Condensed tannins deter feeding by browsing ruminants in a South African savanna

    S. M. Cooper;N. Owen-Smith

  • Facilitation versus competition in grazing herbivore assemblages

    Randal Arsenault;Norman Owen-Smith

  • Continuing wildlife population declines and range contraction in the Mara region of Kenya during 1977-2009

    Joseph O. Ogutu;Joseph O. Ogutu;N. Owen-Smith;Hans-Peter Piepho;Mohammed Yahya Said

  • ENSO, rainfall and temperature influences on extreme population declines among African savanna ungulates

    Joseph O. Ogutu;Norman Owen‐Smith

  • Demography of a large herbivore, the greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, in relation to rainfall

    Norman Owen-smith

  • Factors Influencing the Consumption of Plant Products by Large Herbivores

    N. Owen-Smith

  • Ecological And Evolutionary Legacy Of Megafauna Extinctions

    Mauro Galetti;Mauro Galetti;Marcos Moleón;Marcos Moleón;Pedro Jordano;Mathias M. Pires

  • On Territoriality in Ungulates and an Evolutionary Model

    Norman Owen-Smith

  • Humans and Scavengers: The Evolution of Interactions and Ecosystem Services

    Marcos Moleón;José A. Sánchez-Zapata;Antoni Margalida;Martina Carrete

  • The functional roles of mammals in ecosystems

    Thomas E Lacher;Ana D Davidson;Theodore H Fleming;Emma P Gómez-Ruiz

  • Comparative mortality rates of male and female kudus : the costs of sexual size dimorphism

    Norman Owen-Smith

  • Establishing the causes of the roan antelope decline in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Rhidian Harrington;Norman Owen-Smith;Petri C. Viljoen;Harry C. Biggs

  • Effects of Severe Defoliation on the Long-Term Resistance to Insect Attack and on Leaf Chemistry in Six Woody Species of the Southern African Savanna

    John P. Bryant;Ignas Heitkonig;Peggy Kuropat;Norman Owen-Smith

  • Ecological guidelines for waterpoints in extensive protected areas

    N. Owen-Smith

  • PALATABILITY OF WOODY PLANTS TO BROWSING RUMINANTS IN A SOUTH AFRICAN SAVANNA

    Norman Owen-Smith;Susan M. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph O. Ogutu
Joseph O. Ogutu University of Hohenheim
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sally Archibald
Sally Archibald University of the Witwatersrand
Marcos Moleón
Marcos Moleón University of Granada
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Michael G. L. Mills
Michael G. L. Mills University of Oxford
William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town
Hans-Peter Piepho
Hans-Peter Piepho University of Hohenheim
José A. Sánchez-Zapata
José A. Sánchez-Zapata Miguel Hernandez University

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