Alwyn H. Gentry

16.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
112 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

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Alwyn H. Gentry is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alwyn H. Gentry has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 52 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alwyn H. Gentry's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (49 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (26 papers). Alwyn H. Gentry is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (49 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (26 papers). Alwyn H. Gentry collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Canada. Alwyn H. Gentry's co-authors include Oliver L. Phillips, Calaway H. Dodson, Louise H. Emmons, Charles M. Peters, Robert Mendelsohn, John G. Robinson, Rodolfo Vásquez, Paul Wilkin, Carlos Reynel and Rudolf Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alwyn H. Gentry

108 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Changes in Plant Community Diversity and Floristic Composition on Environmental and Geographical Gradients

1988 1.3k citations Alwyn H. Gentry Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →
The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique

1993 751 citations Oliver L. Phillips, Alwyn H. Gentry Economic Botany profile →
Neotropical Floristic Diversity: Phytogeographical Connections Between Central and South America, Pleistocene Climatic Fluctuations, or an Accident of the Andean Orogeny?

1982 720 citations Alwyn H. Gentry Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →
Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest

1989 605 citations Charles M. Peters, Alwyn H. Gentry et al. Nature profile →
Diversity and Biogeography of Neotropical Vascular Epiphytes

1987 604 citations Alwyn H. Gentry, Calaway H. Dodson Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →
Quantitative Ethnobotany and Amazonian Conservation

1994 466 citations Oliver L. Phillips, Alwyn H. Gentry et al. profile →
Flowering Phenology and Diversity in Tropical Bignoniaceae

1974 442 citations Alwyn H. Gentry Biotropica profile →
Contribution of Nontrees to Species Richness of a Tropical Rain Forest

1987 432 citations Alwyn H. Gentry, Calaway H. Dodson Biotropica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alwyn H. Gentry United States	37	5.3k	4.0k	3.3k	2.1k	1.7k	112	10.8k
Ghillean Τ. Prance United States	47	4.6k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	297	10.7k
Henrik Balslev Denmark	51	4.3k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	329	9.9k
T. C. Whitmore United Kingdom	42	3.4k 0.6×	5.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.3×	145	9.8k
Kamaljit S. Bawa United States	65	8.0k 1.5×	5.2k 1.3×	4.9k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.3×	179	13.8k
Sherwin Carlquist United States	50	7.9k 1.5×	2.6k 0.6×	4.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	912 0.5×	354	12.5k
Heinz Ellenberg Germany	17	3.6k 0.7×	6.0k 1.5×	5.2k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	3.9k 2.2×	40	11.9k
Phyllis D. Coley United States	44	5.7k 1.1×	4.7k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.5×	95	11.1k
Ladislav Mucina South Africa	40	3.5k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	3.1k 1.8×	252	9.7k
Roderick Hunt United Kingdom	35	2.9k 0.6×	5.2k 1.3×	6.6k 2.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	103	11.0k
R. Toby Pennington United Kingdom	52	6.7k 1.3×	3.5k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	161	10.7k

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (2025). SUMARIO DE PATRONES FITOGEOGRAFICOS NEOTROPICALES Y SUS IMPLICACIONES PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LA AMAZONIA. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. 16(61). 101–115.

Gentry, Alwyn H., et al.. (2025). Learning disability identification in residential schools for deaf students. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 30(SI). SI67–SI78. 2 indexed citations

Bullock, Stephen H., Stephen H. Bullock, Harold A. Mooney, et al.. (1995). Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 230 indexed citations

Phillips, Oliver L., et al.. (1994). Dynamics and species richness of tropical rain forests.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(7). 2805–2809. 348 indexed citations

Appanah, S., Alwyn H. Gentry, & J. V. LaFrankie. (1993). Liana diversity and species richness of Malaysian rain forests. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 6(2). 116–123. 51 indexed citations

Phillips, Oliver L. & Alwyn H. Gentry. (1993). The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique. Economic Botany. 47(1). 15–32. 751 indexed citations breakdown →

Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1992). Six New Species of Bignoniaceae from Upper Amazonia. Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 2(2). 159–159. 6 indexed citations

Dodson, Calaway H. & Alwyn H. Gentry. (1991). Biological Extinction in Western Ecuador. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 78(2). 273–273. 223 indexed citations

Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1990). Sphingiphila (Bignoniaceae), a New Genus from the Paraguayan Chaco. Systematic Botany. 15(2). 277–277. 6 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1989). Three New Hispaniolan Species of Tabebuia Bignoniaceae. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Peters, Charles M., Alwyn H. Gentry, & Robert Mendelsohn. (1989). Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest. Nature. 339(6227). 655–656. 605 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gentry, Alwyn H. & Calaway H. Dodson. (1987). Contribution of Nontrees to Species Richness of a Tropical Rain Forest. Biotropica. 19(2). 149–149. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1986). Species richness and floristic composition of Choco Region plant communities. Caldasia. 15. 71–91. 126 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H., et al.. (1982). Response : Deforestation and Increased Flooding of the Upper Amazon. Science. 215(4531). 427–427. 10 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1981). New species of Myristicaceaec Combretaceaec and Urticaceae from coastal Colombia and Ecuador. Phytologia. 48. 233–237. 1 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H. & Robin B. Foster. (1981). A New Peruvian Styloceras (Buxaceae): Discovery of a Phytogeographical Missing Link. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 68(1). 122–122. 8 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1978). Anti-Pollinators for Mass-Flowering Plants?. Biotropica. 10(1). 68–68. 31 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1974). Studies of Bignoniaceae 11: A Synopsis of the Genus Distictis.. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 61(2). 494–494. 7 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1973). Generic Delimitations of Central American Bignoniaceae. Brittonia. 25(3). 226–226. 36 indexed citations

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Gentry, Alwyn H.. (1971). Note on Gibsoniothamnus. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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