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D-Index
50
Citations
10660
World Ranking
3813
National Ranking
422

Samuel T. Turvey 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 Samuel T. Turvey sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 220 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Samuel T. Turvey 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 Samuel T. Turvey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Samuel T. Turvey is affiliated with the Zoological Society of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology and conservation topics. The main fields of study in which they have contributed include Environmental Science, with subfields such as Ecology, Social Psychology, Paleontology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers a range of main topics including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Samuel T. Turvey has published extensively in multiple venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • People and Nature
  • Oryx
  • Conservation Biology
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Some recent publications by Turvey include:

  • The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity, 2020, Science Advances
  • Investigating the implications of shifting baseline syndrome on conservation, 2020, People and Nature
  • Thermal infrared imaging from drones can detect individuals and nocturnal behavior of the world's rarest primate, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Automated detection of Hainan gibbon calls for passive acoustic monitoring, 2021, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands, 2023, Science

Throughout their career, Samuel T. Turvey has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Heidi Ma
  • James P. Hansford
  • Rosalind J. Kennerley
  • Sarah Papworth
  • Emmanuel Dufourq

Turvey's contributions span a blend of empirical research and theoretical studies in conservation biology and ecological modeling, often addressing the impacts of humans on biodiversity and species conservation strategies. Their research incorporates interdisciplinary approaches involving environmental science, social psychology aspects related to conservation, and paleontological data to understand evolutionary and extinction processes.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Juliet Field;Samuel T. Turvey;Chris Carbone

  • First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?

    Samuel T Turvey;Robert L Pitman;Barbara L Taylor;Jay Barlow

  • Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

    Frido Welker;Matthew J. Collins;Jessica A. Thomas;Marc Wadsley

  • Rapidly shifting baselines in Yangtze fishing communities and local memory of extinct species.

    Samuel T. Turvey;Leigh A. Barrett;Hao Yujiang;Zhang Lei

  • Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China

    Xiujiang Zhao;Jay Barlow;Barbara L. Taylor;Robert L. Pitman

  • Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna

    James Hansford;James Hansford;Patricia C. Wright;Armand Rasoamiaramanana;Ventura R. Pérez

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

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  • Extinction in the Anthropocene

    Samuel T. Turvey;Jennifer J. Crees

  • Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation.

    Ben Collen;Samuel T. Turvey;Carly Waterman;Helen M. R. Meredith

  • The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity

    Tobias Andermann;Søren Faurby;Samuel T. Turvey;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli

  • The ghosts of mammals past: biological and geographical patterns of global mammalian extinction across the Holocene

    Samuel T. Turvey;Susanne A. Fritz

  • The Chinese giant salamander exemplifies the hidden extinction of cryptic species.

    Fang Yan;Jingcai Lü;Baolin Zhang;Baolin Zhang;Zhiyong Yuan

  • Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy

    Peng-Fei Fan;Kai He;Xing Chen;Alejandra Ortiz

  • Accelerating population decline of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

    Zhigang Mei;Shiang-Lin Huang;Shiang-Lin Huang;Yujiang Hao;Samuel T. Turvey

  • Using local ecological knowledge to determine status and threats of the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in Hainan, China

    Helen C. Nash;Michelle H.G. Wong;Samuel T. Turvey

  • Anthropogenic Extinction Dominates Holocene Declines of West Indian Mammals

    Siobhán B. Cooke;Liliana M. Dávalos;Alexis M. Mychajliw;Alexis M. Mychajliw;Samuel T. Turvey

  • Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa

    Samuel T. Turvey;Samuel T. Turvey;Owen R. Green;Richard N. Holdaway

  • Evolution Lost: status and trends of the world's vertebrates

    Jem Baillie;J Griffiths;ST Turvey;J Loh

  • Historical data as a baseline for conservation: reconstructing long-term faunal extinction dynamics in Late Imperial–modern China

    Samuel T. Turvey;Jennifer J. Crees;Martina M. I. Di Fonzo

  • Can local ecological knowledge be used to assess status and extinction drivers in a threatened freshwater cetacean

    Samuel T. Turvey;Claire L. Risley;Jeffrey E. Moore;Leigh A. Barrett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Barnes
Ian Barnes Natural History Museum
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London
Jon Bielby
Jon Bielby Liverpool John Moores University
Ross D. E. MacPhee
Ross D. E. MacPhee American Museum of Natural History
Ben Collen
Ben Collen University College London
Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature

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