Alan S. Weakley

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 929 citations indexed

About

Alan S. Weakley is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan S. Weakley has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 929 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alan S. Weakley's work include Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (34 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (13 papers). Alan S. Weakley is often cited by papers focused on Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (34 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (13 papers). Alan S. Weakley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Alan S. Weakley's co-authors include Robert K. Peet, Bruce A. Sorrie, Reed F. Noss, D. Bruce Means, Jennifer Costanza, William Platt, Kyle A. Palmquist, Lynn G. Clark, Jimmy K. Triplett and Patrick Comer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Ecological Monographs.

In The Last Decade

Alan S. Weakley

46 papers receiving 871 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.

How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain

2014 365 citations Reed F. Noss, William Platt et al. Diversity and Distributions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan S. Weakley United States	13	414	378	300	280	277	53	929
Albert‐Dieter Stevens Germany	7	386 0.9×	273 0.7×	373 1.2×	144 0.5×	252 0.9×	10	790
Greg R. Guerin Australia	19	506 1.2×	299 0.8×	342 1.1×	253 0.9×	258 0.9×	66	1.0k
Rafael Molina‐Venegas Spain	17	462 1.1×	275 0.7×	400 1.3×	187 0.7×	246 0.9×	42	997
Irma Trejo Mexico	15	441 1.1×	360 1.0×	364 1.2×	320 1.1×	219 0.8×	42	1.1k
Philippe Birnbaum France	17	452 1.1×	262 0.7×	341 1.1×	195 0.7×	133 0.5×	40	896
Marlin L. Bowles United States	24	691 1.7×	463 1.2×	503 1.7×	358 1.3×	397 1.4×	48	1.2k
Aldo Compagnoni United States	14	635 1.5×	333 0.9×	427 1.4×	269 1.0×	194 0.7×	30	959
Laura Warman Australia	7	729 1.8×	225 0.6×	427 1.4×	365 1.3×	243 0.9×	8	1.1k
Aud H. Halbritter Norway	13	336 0.8×	209 0.6×	249 0.8×	189 0.7×	204 0.7×	26	768
Andrew R. Kleinhesselink United States	16	610 1.5×	424 1.1×	339 1.1×	343 1.2×	162 0.6×	25	930

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Park, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Using large language models to address the bottleneck of georeferencing natural history collections. Nature Plants. 11(12). 2446–2450.

Chen, Mingmin, et al.. (2024). Names are not good enough: Reasoning over taxonomic change in the Andropogon complex. UNC Libraries.

Weakley, Alan S., et al.. (2023). Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. IX. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 17(1). 191–257. 3 indexed citations

Weakley, Alan S., et al.. (2023). Seven new species of Trichostema (Lamiaceae: Ajugoideae) from the North American Coastal Plain biodiversity hotspot. Phytotaxa. 603(2). 95–149. 2 indexed citations

Weakley, Alan S., et al.. (2022). Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. VIII. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 16(2). 377–418. 6 indexed citations

Noss, Reed F., Jennifer Cartwright, Daniel Adams, et al.. (2021). Science needs of southeastern grassland species of conservation concern: A framework for species status assessments. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 7 indexed citations

Noss, Reed F., Jennifer Cartwright, Daniel Adams, et al.. (2021). Improving species status assessments under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and implications for multispecies conservation challenges worldwide. Conservation Biology. 35(6). 1715–1724. 19 indexed citations

Frances, Anne, Reed F. Noss, Robert F. C. Naczi, et al.. (2020). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation Biology. 35(1). 360–368. 37 indexed citations

Weakley, Alan S., Bruce A. Sorrie, Parker Williams, et al.. (2017). New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. II. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 11(2). 291–325. 10 indexed citations

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Franz, Nico M., et al.. (2016). Names are not good enough: Reasoning over taxonomic change in the Andropogon complex1. Semantic Web. 7(6). 645–667. 27 indexed citations

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Kowal, Robert R., et al.. (2015). Validation and lectotypification of Packera crawfordii (Asteraceae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Noss, Reed F., William Platt, Bruce A. Sorrie, et al.. (2014). How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain. Diversity and Distributions. 21(2). 236–244. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weakley, Alan S., et al.. (2012). A new species of Marshallia (Asteraceae, Helenieae, Marshalliinae) from mafic woodlands and barrens of North Carolina and Virginia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations

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Schilling, Edward E., et al.. (2007). RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NEW ENGLAND BONESET, EUPATORIUM NOVAE-ANGLIAE (ASTERACEAE). Rhodora. 109(938). 145–160. 12 indexed citations

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Sorrie, Bruce A. & Alan S. Weakley. (2006). Developing a blueprint for conservation of the endangered longleaf pine ecosystem based on centers of Coastal Plain plant endemism. Applied Vegetation Science. 9(1). 1–8.

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Triplett, Jimmy K., Alan S. Weakley, & Lynn G. Clark. (2006). HILL CANE (ARUNDINARIA APPALACHIANA), A NEW SPECIES OF BAMBOO (POACEAE: BAMBUSOIDEAE) FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 40 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Jane, et al.. (2006). Growing vocabularies for plant identification and scientific learning. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 32(5). 17–19. 5 indexed citations

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Weakley, Alan S.. (2005). Why are plant names changing so much?. Native Plants Journal. 6(1). 52–58. 1 indexed citations

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Nesom, Guy L, et al.. (2004). A NEW SPECIES OF SYMPHYOTRICHUM (ASTERACEAE: ASTEREAE) FROM A SERPENTINE BARREN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations

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Weakley, Alan S., et al.. (1994). CAREX LUTEA (CYPERACEAE), A RARE NEW COASTAL PLAIN ENDEMIC FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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