Alex J. Woods

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

Alex J. Woods is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex J. Woods has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex J. Woods's work include Forest Insect Ecology and Management (11 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (6 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (5 papers). Alex J. Woods is often cited by papers focused on Forest Insect Ecology and Management (11 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (6 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (5 papers). Alex J. Woods collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Alex J. Woods's co-authors include Kathy J. Lewis, A. V. Brown, James J. Worrall, Paul E. Hennon, Susan J. Frankel, John T. Kliejunas, Rona N. Sturrock, H. H. Kope, James M. Omernik and Danielle Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Forest Ecology and Management, Phytopathology and Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

In The Last Decade

Alex J. Woods

15 papers receiving 806 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate change and forest diseases

2011 522 citations Rona N. Sturrock, Susan J. Frankel et al. Plant Pathology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex J. Woods Canada	10	382	364	283	247	192	15	847
Patricia E. Maloney United States	16	344 0.9×	328 0.9×	292 1.0×	160 0.6×	221 1.2×	28	834
Kathy J. Lewis Canada	17	514 1.3×	500 1.4×	366 1.3×	377 1.5×	241 1.3×	40	1.2k
A. A. Hopkin Canada	14	241 0.6×	374 1.0×	184 0.7×	193 0.8×	132 0.7×	35	714
John T. Kliejunas United States	8	284 0.7×	366 1.0×	250 0.9×	210 0.9×	181 0.9×	32	788
Gregory M. Filip United States	15	464 1.2×	417 1.1×	245 0.9×	264 1.1×	241 1.3×	69	1.0k
Pia Barklund Sweden	16	336 0.9×	342 0.9×	123 0.4×	352 1.4×	159 0.8×	30	765
Walter G. Thies United States	15	400 1.0×	286 0.8×	499 1.8×	179 0.7×	451 2.3×	56	974
Louis-Michel Nageleisen France	11	560 1.5×	475 1.3×	427 1.5×	249 1.0×	351 1.8×	21	1.2k
A. V. Brown United Kingdom	15	435 1.1×	831 2.3×	231 0.8×	706 2.9×	150 0.8×	27	1.3k
Yana Valachovic United States	11	140 0.4×	286 0.8×	210 0.7×	98 0.4×	131 0.7×	30	597

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex J. Woods

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex J. Woods. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex J. Woods based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex J. Woods. Alex J. Woods is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Hennon, Paul E., Susan J. Frankel, Alex J. Woods, et al.. (2021). Applications of a conceptual framework to assess climate controls of forest tree diseases. Forest Pathology. 51(6). 4 indexed citations

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Hennon, Paul E., Susan J. Frankel, Alex J. Woods, et al.. (2020). A framework to evaluate climate effects on forest tree diseases. Forest Pathology. 50(6). 15 indexed citations

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Capron, Arnaud, Nicolas Feau, Irene Barnes, et al.. (2020). Signatures of Post-Glacial Genetic Isolation and Human-Driven Migration in the Dothistroma Needle Blight Pathogen in Western Canada. Phytopathology. 111(1). 116–127. 15 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (2019). The extent to which an unforeseen biotic disturbance can challenge timber expectations. Forest Ecology and Management. 453. 117558–117558. 4 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., Jorge Martín‐García, L. S. Bulman, et al.. (2016). Dothistroma needle blight, weather and possible climatic triggers for the disease's recent emergence. Forest Pathology. 46(5). 443–452. 66 indexed citations

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Lewis, Kathy J., et al.. (2014). Regional outbreak dynamics of Dothistroma needle blight linked to weather patterns in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 44(3). 212–219. 33 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J.. (2014). Warmer and wetter might not be better. Journal of Forest Science. 60(11). 484–486. 4 indexed citations

8.

Sturrock, Rona N., Susan J. Frankel, A. V. Brown, et al.. (2011). Climate change and forest diseases. Plant Pathology. 60(1). 133–149. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (2010). Forest health and climate change: A British Columbia perspective. The Forestry Chronicle. 86(4). 412–422. 72 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J.. (2009). The behaviour and impacts of Armillaria ostoyae in mature stands and plantations in the Shuswap region of British Columbia. Open Collections. 6 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (2003). Impact of feeding damage by the porcupine on western hemlock Sitka spruce forests of north-coastal British Columbia: 15-year results. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 33(10). 1983–1989. 5 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J.. (2003). Species diversity and forest health in northwest British Columbia. The Forestry Chronicle. 79(5). 892–897. 40 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (2000). Predicted impacts of hard pine stem rusts on lodgepole pine dominated stands in central British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30(3). 476–481. 15 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (2000). Predicted impacts of hard pine stem rusts on lodgepole pine dominated stands in central British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30(3). 476–481. 13 indexed citations

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Woods, Alex J., et al.. (1996). Level III and IV ecoregions of Pennsylvania and the Blue Ridge Mountains, the central Appalachian Ridge and Valley, and the Central appalachians of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 33 indexed citations

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