Alan Hamilton

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alan Hamilton is a scholar working on Forestry, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Hamilton has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Forestry, 16 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alan Hamilton's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Alan Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Alan Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Uganda. Alan Hamilton's co-authors include V. H. Heywood, Stephen D. Davis, John Tallis, David Taylor, Antony W. Diamond, M. E. S. Morrison, Iucn Forest Conservation Programme, B. Verdcourt, Ewa M. Lind and R. A. Perrott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alan Hamilton

55 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Centres of plant diversity : a guide and strategy for their conservation

1995 652 citations V. H. Heywood, Alan Hamilton et al. profile →
Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods

2004 519 citations Alan Hamilton profile →

Peers

Alan Hamilton

EEBS

NLC

PS

ECOLO

GPC

A. D. Q. Agnew United Kingdom

G. E. Wickens United Kingdom

Pierre Quézel France

F. White United Kingdom

Karsten Wesche Germany

Jerzy Rzedowski Mexico

James L. Luteyn United States

John B. Hall United Kingdom

Serge Müller France

A. Muthama Muasya South Africa

A. D. Q. Agnew United Kingdom

Alan Hamilton

942 ×1.0

EEBS

680 ×0.7

NLC

997 ×1.1

PS

642 ×0.8

ECOLO

265 ×0.5

GPC

Citations per year, relative to Alan Hamilton Alan Hamilton (= 1×) peers A. D. Q. Agnew

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Hamilton

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Hamilton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Hamilton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hamilton, Alan & Pei Shengji. (2024). History and Future of Plants, Planet and People. CABI eBooks.

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Liu, Aizhong, et al.. (2018). Indigenous knowledge of dye-yielding plants among Bai communities in Dali, Northwest Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 14(1). 74–74. 23 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan, Shengji Pei, & Lixin Yang. (2017). Botanical aspects of eco-civilisation construction. Plant Diversity. 39(2). 65–72. 1 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan, D. Karamura, & Esezah Kakudidi. (2016). History and conservation of wild and cultivated plant diversity in Uganda: Forest species and banana varieties as case studies. Plant Diversity. 38(1). 23–44. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Lixin, Selena Ahmed, John Richard Stepp, et al.. (2014). Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10(1). 6–6. 33 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan, et al.. (2013). Maintaining Resources for Traditional Medicine: A Global Overview and a Case Study from Buganda (Uganda). Plant Diversity. 35(4). 407–423. 5 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (2012). New Developments in Plant Conservation and the Relevance of Ethnobotany. Plant Diversity. 35(4). 424–430. 2 indexed citations

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Huai, Huyin & Alan Hamilton. (2008). Characteristics and functions of traditional homegardens: a review. Frontiers of Biology in China. 4(2). 151–157. 53 indexed citations

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Carracedo, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2005). Spatial and Temporal Isotopic Gradients in the Western Canary Islands. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan, et al.. (2000). Conservation in a Region of Political Instability: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Conservation Biology. 14(6). 1722–1725. 73 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (2000). The Rwenzori Mountains National Park,Uganda. African Journal of Ecology. 38(4). 376–378. 2 indexed citations

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Jeník, Ján, et al.. (1997). Centres of Plant Diversity: A Guide and Strategy for Their Conservation, Volume 1: Europe, Africa, South West Asia and the Middle East. Mountain Research and Development. 17(3). 293–293. 3 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan, et al.. (1989). Forest conservation in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. 161 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan & David Taylor. (1986). Mire sediments in East Africa. Geological Society London Special Publications. 25(1). 211–217. 10 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (1984). Deforestation in Uganda.. Oxford University Press eBooks. 87 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (1983). In Abor jungles of North-East India. North-Eastern Hill University Library (North Eastern Hill University). 1 indexed citations

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Lind, Edna M. & Alan Hamilton. (1982). A Field Guide to Uganda Forest Trees.. Journal of Ecology. 70(2). 693–693. 57 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (1981). The quaternary history of African forests: its relevance to conservation. African Journal of Ecology. 19(1-2). 1–6. 62 indexed citations

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Diamond, Antony W. & Alan Hamilton. (1980). The distribution of forest passerine birds and Quaternary climatic change in tropical Africa. Journal of Zoology. 191(3). 379–402. 143 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Alan. (1975). A quantitative analysis of altitudinal zonation in Uganda forests. Plant Ecology. 30(2). 99–106. 66 indexed citations

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