2026 Oscar Venter: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	61	2150	2060	138	132	141	18149

Overview

Oscar Venter is affiliated with the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada. Their research is primarily situated within Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. This multidisciplinary approach underpins a broad body of work addressing critical environmental issues.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on several key areas:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
Forest Management and Policy

Venter has contributed to numerous publications, focusing on contemporary challenges in conservation and environmental sustainability. Selected recent papers include:

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century, 2020, Nature
Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity, 2020, Nature Communications
Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems, 2020, One Earth
Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas, 2020, Global Change Biology
Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, Nature Sustainability

Their frequent collaborators include several researchers with whom they have coauthored multiple publications. These include James Watson, Andrew J. Hansen, Rajeev Pillay, Jamison Ervin, and S. J. Goetz, reflecting a consistent network of scientific partnership.

Venter's work has also been regularly published in various venues that allow for wide dissemination of environmental science and conservation research. The most frequent publication venues are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Conservation Biology

Best Publications

Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation

Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Eric W. Sanderson;Ainhoa Magrach;Ainhoa Magrach;James R. Allan

1797
Citations
The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Tom Evans;Oscar Venter;Brooke Williams;Brooke Williams

1148
Citations
One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure.

Kendall R. Jones;Oscar Venter;Richard A. Fuller;James R. Allan

959
Citations
A global strategy for road building

William F. Laurance;Gopalasamy Reuben Clements;Sean Sloan;Christine S. O’Connell

938
Citations
Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

Sean L. Maxwell;Victor Cazalis;Nigel Dudley;Michael G. Hoffmann

889
Citations
Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009.

Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Eric W. Sanderson;Ainhoa Magrach;Ainhoa Magrach;James R. Allan

773
Citations
Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

Oscar Venter;Richard A. Fuller;Daniel B. Segan;Josie Carwardine

659
Citations
Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

James E.M. Watson;James E.M. Watson;Danielle F. Shanahan;Moreno Di Marco;James Allan

531
Citations
Modification of forests by people means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

H.S. Grantham;A. Duncan;T. Evans;K.R. Jones

403
Citations
Threats to Endangered Species in Canada

Oscar Venter;Nathalie N. Brodeur;Leah Nemiroff;Brenna Belland

353
Citations
Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science

Moreno Di Marco;Sarah Chapman;Glenn Althor;Stephen Kearney

336
Citations
Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems

Brooke A. Williams;Oscar Venter;James R. Allan;Scott C. Atkinson;Scott C. Atkinson

334
Citations
Bias in protected‐area location and its effects on long‐term aspirations of biodiversity conventions

Oscar Venter;Ainhoa Magrach;Ainhoa Magrach;Nick Outram;Carissa Joy Klein

323
Citations
Protect the last of the wild

James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Oscar Venter;Jasmine Lee;Kendall R. Jones

316
Citations
Harnessing carbon payments to protect biodiversity.

Oscar Venter;William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;Takuya Iwamura;Kerrie A. Wilson

304
Citations
Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk.

Moreno Di Marco;Moreno Di Marco;Oscar Venter;Hugh P. Possingham;Hugh P. Possingham;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

288
Citations
The Location and Protection Status of Earth’s Diminishing Marine Wilderness

Kendall R. Jones;Kendall R. Jones;Carissa J. Klein;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Oscar Venter

264
Citations
Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas

Jose A. Rehbein;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Joe L. Lane;Joe L. Lane;Laura J. Sonter

258
Citations
Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania.

Richard Kingsford;James Watson;Carolyn Lundquist;Oscar Venter

254
Citations
Do in-stream restoration structures enhance salmonid abundance? A meta-analysis

Sarah L. WhitewayS.L. Whiteway;Pascale M. BironP.M. Biron;André ZimmermannA. Zimmermann;Oscar VenterO. Venter

243
Citations
Bolder science needed now for protected areas

James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Emily S. Darling;Emily S. Darling;Oscar Venter;Martine Maron

228
Citations
Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

H. S. Grantham;A. Duncan;T. D. Evans;K. R. Jones

68
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. M. Watson University of Queensland

Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

Moreno Di Marco Sapienza University of Rome

William F. Laurance James Cook University

Hedley S. Grantham University of New South Wales

Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Bernardo B. N. Strassburg International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)

Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland

Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology

Andrew J. Hansen Montana State University

External Links

Personal website of Oscar Venter Google Scholar page

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