Alan E. Wilson

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Alan E. Wilson is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan E. Wilson has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 46 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alan E. Wilson's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (62 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (16 papers). Alan E. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (62 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (16 papers). Alan E. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Alan E. Wilson's co-authors include Orlando Sarnelle, Angeline R. Tillmanns, Leah E. Robinson, Samuel W. Logan, Bill Lucas, Michael F. Chislock, Mark E. Hay, Sylvain Houle, Stephen K. Hamilton and Edna G. Fernández-Figueroa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alan E. Wilson

126 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Getting the fundamentals of movement: a meta‐analysis of the effectiveness of motor skill interventions in children

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan E. Wilson United States	42	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	814	522	132	5.4k
Anne‐Béatrice Dufour France	18	318 0.1×	2.6k 1.6×	451 0.3×	1.8k 2.2×	2.2k 4.3×	33	7.3k
Christian Laforsch Germany	45	879 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	365 0.3×	579 0.7×	463 0.9×	166	9.7k
Ralf B. Schäfer Germany	52	982 0.5×	3.0k 1.9×	278 0.2×	616 0.8×	1.7k 3.2×	244	10.1k
G. M. Cronin Australia	45	298 0.1×	971 0.6×	667 0.5×	406 0.5×	174 0.3×	128	4.9k
Katharine G. Field United States	33	469 0.2×	2.1k 1.3×	590 0.4×	212 0.3×	58 0.1×	56	6.3k
Katleen Van der Gucht Belgium	28	930 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	857 0.6×	275 0.3×	475 0.9×	73	3.3k
David G. Jenkins United States	26	539 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	273 0.2×	513 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	71	3.0k
Malgorzata Lagisz Australia	32	177 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	101 0.1×	1.1k 1.3×	646 1.2×	139	4.4k
Sonia E. Sultan United States	40	276 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	299 0.2×	3.6k 4.4×	2.7k 5.2×	63	8.9k
Kent G. Bailey United States	11	148 0.1×	1.2k 0.8×	376 0.3×	973 1.2×	753 1.4×	43	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan E. Wilson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2025). Copper sulfate treatment harms zooplankton and ultimately promotes algal blooms: A field mesocosm experiment. Harmful Algae. 142. 102800–102800. 8 indexed citations

McDonald, Michael, Philip J. Johnson, Tham C. Hoang, et al.. (2025). Repeated low-dose copper algaecide treatments promote beneficial phytoplankton and zooplankton communities. Journal of Environmental Management. 394. 127502–127502.

Wang, Qichen, Brendan T. Higgins, Alireza Fallahi, & Alan E. Wilson. (2024). Engineered algal systems for the treatment of anaerobic digestate: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120669–120669. 2 indexed citations

Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2024). Early sport specialization impact on rates of injury in collegiate and professional sport participation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 19(4). 1833–1843. 3 indexed citations

Siddique, Aftab, M. BLACK, Tung‐Shi Huang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Age, Deboning Time of Carcass, and Different Cooking Conditions on the Woody Breast Myopathies in Chicken: A Meta-Analysis. Foods. 13(16). 2632–2632.

Hamid, Ansley, Alan E. Wilson, H. Allen Torbert, & Dengjun Wang. (2023). Sorptive removal of phosphorus by flue gas desulfurization gypsum in batch and column systems. Chemosphere. 320. 138062–138062. 24 indexed citations

Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2023). The fitness consequences of wildlife conservation translocations: a meta‐analysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(2). 348–371. 9 indexed citations

McDonald, Michael, et al.. (2023). Positive and negative impacts of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum on water quality. Journal of Environmental Management. 348. 119307–119307. 6 indexed citations

Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2023). The Microbiome as a Maternal Effect: A Systematic Review on Vertical Transmission of Microbiota. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(3). 597–609. 15 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2023). Most treatments to control freshwater algal blooms are not effective: Meta-analysis of field experiments. Water Research. 243. 120342–120342. 34 indexed citations

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Fernández-Figueroa, Edna G., et al.. (2023). Complex effects of dissolved organic matter, temperature, and initial bloom density on the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide to control cyanobacteria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(15). 43991–44005. 10 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2022). Why Do Insects Close Their Spiracles? A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of the Adaptive Hypothesis of Discontinuous Gas Exchange in Insects. Insects. 13(2). 117–117. 13 indexed citations

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Fernández-Figueroa, Edna G., et al.. (2021). Zooplankton as an alternative method for controlling phytoplankton in catfish pond aquaculture. Aquaculture Reports. 21. 100897–100897. 26 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2020). Parasites and pesticides act antagonistically on honey bee health. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(5). 997–1005. 33 indexed citations

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Cai, Haiyuan, Lee R. Krumholz, K. David Hambright, et al.. (2019). The global Microcystis interactome. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(S1). S194–S207. 87 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2019). Sequencing Disparity in the Genomic Era. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(8). 1624–1627. 16 indexed citations

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Chislock, Michael F., et al.. (2013). Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii dominates under very low and high nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratios. Water Research. 49. 207–214. 79 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2004). Bioluminescent bacterial pathogen Vibrio harveyi in larval rearing of spiny lobster.. 14(2). 105–110.

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (1999). Risk recognition and trauma-related symptoms among sexually revictimized women.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 67(5). 705–710. 20 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (1970). PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND LEARNING CORRELATES OF ANXIETY AND INDUCED MUSCLE RELAXATION. Psychophysiology. 6(6). 740–748. 10 indexed citations

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