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Oswald J. Schmitz

Oswald J. Schmitz

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
26521
World Ranking
898
National Ranking
335

Oswald J. Schmitz 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 Oswald J. Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 253 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oswald J. Schmitz 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 Oswald J. Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Oswald J. Schmitz is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range of ecological and conservation themes. These include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, as well as Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions (2023, Nature Climate Change)
  • Food Webs and Ecosystems: Linking Species Interactions to the Carbon Cycle (2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics)
  • Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: Insights from a global meta-analysis (2021, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Landscapes shaped from the top down: predicting cascading predator effects on spatial biogeochemistry (2021, Oikos)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Shawn Leroux, Kristy M. Ferraro, Julia D. Monk, Matteo Rizzuto, and Nathalie R. Sommer.

The scientist's work is regularly published in several key ecological and environmental journals. Frequent publication venues include Ecology Letters, Journal of Animal Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, Oikos, and People and Nature.

Oswald J. Schmitz was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores.

    William J. Ripple;James A. Estes;Robert L. Beschta;Christopher C. Wilmers

  • Trophic cascades : the primacy of trait-mediated indirect interactions

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Vlastimil Krivan;Ofer Ovadia

  • Trophic cascades in terrestrial systems: a review of the effects of carnivore removals on plants.

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Peter A. Hambäck;Andrew P. Beckerman

  • Behaviorally mediated trophic cascades : Effects of predation risk on food web interactions

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Andrew P. Beckerman;Kathleen M. O’Brien

  • REVISITING THE CLASSICS: CONSIDERING NONCONSUMPTIVE EFFECTS IN TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Peter A. Abrams;Daniel I. Bolnick;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Effects of Predator Hunting Mode on Grassland Ecosystem Function

    Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Biodiversity and the productivity and stability of ecosystems.

    Kris H. Johnson;Kristiina A. Vogt;Heidi J. Clark;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • PREDATOR DIVERSITY AND TROPHIC INTERACTIONS

    Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Predator control of ecosystem nutrient dynamics

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Dror Hawlena;Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Predator hunting mode and habitat domain alter nonconsumptive effects in predator-prey interactions.

    Evan L. Preisser;John L. Orrock;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Experimental evidence for a behavior-mediated trophic cascade in a terrestrial food chain.

    Andrew P. Beckerman;Maria Uriarte;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Direct and indirect effects of predation and predation risk in old-field interaction webs.

    Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Rapid Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems

    Holly P. Jones;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Physiological Stress as a Fundamental Mechanism Linking Predation to Ecosystem Functioning

    Dror Hawlena;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • CONNECTING THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF TRAIT‐MEDIATED INTERACTIONS

    Benjamin Bolker;Marcel Holyoak;Vlastimil Křivan;Locke Rowe

  • Herbivore physiological response to predation risk and implications for ecosystem nutrient dynamics

    Dror Hawlena;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • EFFECTS OF TOP PREDATOR SPECIES ON DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERACTIONS IN A FOOD WEB

    Oswald J. Schmitz;K. Blake Suttle

  • What is a Trophic Cascade

    William J. Ripple;James A. Estes;Oswald J. Schmitz;Vanessa Constant

  • Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Christopher C. Wilmers;Shawn J. Leroux;Christopher E. Doughty

  • Herbivory from Individuals to Ecosystems

    Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Experimental evidence for a behavior-mediated trophic cascade in a terrestrial food chain (herbivore-mediated effectsypredationyold field food chainsygrasshoppers)

    Andrew P. Beckerman;Maria Uriarte;Oswald J. Schmitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Mark A. Bradford
Mark A. Bradford Yale University
Takayuki Ohgushi
Takayuki Ohgushi Kyoto University
Andrew P. Beckerman
Andrew P. Beckerman University of Sheffield
Ofer Ovadia
Ofer Ovadia Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Michael S. Strickland
Michael S. Strickland University of Idaho
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Geoffrey C. Trussell
Geoffrey C. Trussell Northeastern University
Yadvendradev V. Jhala
Yadvendradev V. Jhala Wildlife Institute of India
Gary E. Belovsky
Gary E. Belovsky University of Notre Dame

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