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2022

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D-Index
56
Citations
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World Ranking
2840
National Ranking
83

Patrick A. Jansen 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 Patrick A. Jansen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 163 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patrick A. Jansen 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 Patrick A. Jansen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

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

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award

Overview

Patrick A. Jansen is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily engages with Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology and its associated subfields.

Their main areas of study include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include EFSA Supporting Publications, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Biotropica.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick A. Jansen are:

  • "An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when?" (2020) published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network" (2020) published in Biological Conservation
  • "Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors" (2021) published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity" (2022) published in Conservation Letters
  • "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide" (2021) published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Santiago Espinosa
  • Francesco Rovero
  • Fernanda Santos
  • Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima
  • Jorge Ahumada

Best Publications

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Quantifying levels of animal activity using camera trap data

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Bart Kranstauber;Bart Kranstauber;Chris Carbone

  • SEED MASS AND MAST SEEDING ENHANCE DISPERSAL BY A NEOTROPICAL SCATTER-HOARDING RODENT

    Patrick A. Jansen;Frans Bongers;Lia Hemerik

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Quantifying the sensitivity of camera traps: an adapted distance sampling approach

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Chris Carbone;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen;Roland Kays

  • Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds

    Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen;Ben T. Hirsch;Ben T. Hirsch;Willem-Jan Emsens;Willem-Jan Emsens;Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez;Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez

  • Using seed-tagging methods for assessing post-dispersal seed fate in rodent-dispersed trees

    Zhishu Xiao;Patrick A. Jansen;Zhibin Zhang

  • Automated identification of animal species in camera trap images

    Xiaoyuan Yu;Xiaoyuan Yu;Jiangping Wang;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen

  • An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when?

    Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Brian S. Arbogast;Megan Baker-Whatton;Chris Beirne

  • Carbon storage in tropical forests correlates with taxonomic diversity and functional dominance on a global scale

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;J. Stephen Gosnell;Samantha L. Davis;Jorge Ahumada

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Multiple Recruitment Limitation Causes Arrested Succession in Mediterranean Cork Oak Systems

    Vanda Acacio;Milena Holmgren;Patrick A. Jansen;Ondrej Schrotter

  • Camera traps as sensor networks for monitoring animal communities

    Roland Kays;Bart Kranstauber;Patrick Jansen;Chris Carbone

  • The Role of Seed Size in Dispersal by a Scatter-hoarding Rodent

    P.A. Jansen;M. Bartholomeus;F. Bongers;J.A. Elzinga

  • Standardized Assessment of Biodiversity Trends in Tropical Forest Protected Areas: The End Is Not in Sight

    Lydia Beaudrot;Jorge A. Ahumada;Timothy O'Brien;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Camera Traps as Sensor Networks for Monitoring Animal Communities

    R. Kays;S. Tilak;Bart Kranstauber;P. Jansen

  • Scatterhoarding Rodents and Tree Regeneration

    Patrick A. Jansen;Pierre-Michel Forget

  • Effects of wild ungulates on the regeneration, structure and functioning of temperate forests: A semi-quantitative review

    J. Ignacio Ramirez;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen;Lourens Poorter

  • Directed seed dispersal towards areas with low conspecific tree density by a scatter‐hoarding rodent

    Ben T. Hirsch;Ben T. Hirsch;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Verónica E. Pereira;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen

  • Jays, mice and oaks. Predation and dispersal of Quercus robur and Q. petraea in North-western Europe

    J. den Ouden;P.A. Jansen;R. Smit

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Kays
Roland Kays North Carolina State University
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Francesco Rovero
Francesco Rovero University of Florence
Frans Bongers
Frans Bongers Wageningen University & Research
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
J. Marcus Rowcliffe
J. Marcus Rowcliffe Zoological Society of London
S. Joseph Wright
S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Helene C. Muller-Landau
Helene C. Muller-Landau Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Timothy G. O'Brien
Timothy G. O'Brien Wildlife Conservation Society
Stephanie A. Bohlman
Stephanie A. Bohlman University of Florida

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