Bill Freedman

5.4k total citations
110 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Bill Freedman is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Freedman has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Bill Freedman's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (12 papers). Bill Freedman is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (12 papers). Bill Freedman collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Bill Freedman's co-authors include P. Lacoul, T. C. Hutchinson, Josef Svoboda, Greg H. R. Henry, Joseph J. Kerekes, Stephen Woodley, T. J. Lynham, Luc Duchesne, Douglas J. McRae and Tracy L. Fleming and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Bill Freedman

108 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Freedman Canada 34 1.4k 1.1k 1.0k 689 649 110 3.7k
Franz Makeschin Germany 36 1.2k 0.9× 1.9k 1.8× 718 0.7× 537 0.8× 712 1.1× 109 4.8k
Charles T. Garten United States 37 2.1k 1.5× 2.2k 2.1× 917 0.9× 811 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 120 6.7k
David G. Tilman United States 4 1.9k 1.3× 959 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 1.7k 2.5× 1.1k 1.7× 5 5.0k
Luc Abbadie France 39 2.4k 1.7× 975 0.9× 904 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 1.4k 2.2× 81 6.3k
Weixing Zhu United States 33 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 791 0.8× 951 1.4× 1.0k 1.6× 99 4.2k
Klemens Ekschmitt Germany 30 2.4k 1.7× 626 0.6× 537 0.5× 1.3k 1.9× 979 1.5× 51 5.9k
Weijun Shen China 38 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 733 0.7× 408 0.6× 1.1k 1.7× 142 4.3k
W. J. Parton United States 15 1.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.7× 848 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 27 5.9k
Linda H. Geiser United States 27 809 0.6× 681 0.6× 644 0.6× 434 0.6× 977 1.5× 55 2.8k
Christopher W. Swanston United States 37 2.1k 1.5× 2.0k 1.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 465 0.7× 85 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Bill Freedman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Freedman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bill Freedman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bill Freedman. The network helps show where Bill Freedman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Freedman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Freedman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Freedman 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 Bill Freedman. Bill Freedman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lacoul, P. & Bill Freedman. (2006). Recent Observation of a Proliferation of Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix. in High-altitude Lakes of the Mount Everest Region. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 38(3). 394–398. 20 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill. (2003). Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective. 30 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill. (1999). Encyclopedia of endangered species. 1 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1999). The consequences for amphibians of the conversion of natural mixed-species forests to conifer plantations in southern New Brunswick. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 113(3). 408–418. 40 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1996). Tree species composition, structure, and carbon storage in stands of urban forest of varying character in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 110(4). 675–682. 2 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1992). Temperate forest as a carbon-storage reservoir for carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired generating stations. A case study for New Brunswick, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management. 55(1-4). 15–29. 13 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, Joseph J. Kerekes, & G. D. Howell. (1989). Patterns of water chemistry among twenty-seven oligotrophic lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 46(1-4). 119–130. 8 indexed citations
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Stewart, Colin C. & Bill Freedman. (1989). Comparison of the macrophyte communities of a clearwater and a brownwater oligotrophic lake in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 46(1-4). 335–341. 12 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1989). Effects of the herbicides 2,4-D, glyphosate, hexazinone, and triclopyr on the growth of three species of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 42(6). 835–839. 35 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1988). Effects of the herbicide 2,4, 5, -T on the habitat and abundance of breeding birds and small mammals of a conifer clearcut in Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 102(1). 6–11. 8 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1986). Status of the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, in Halifax and Lunenberg counties, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 100(4). 470–473. 2 indexed citations
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Morgan, Kevin & Bill Freedman. (1986). Breeding bird communities in a hardwood forest succession in Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 100(4). 506–519. 21 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1984). Effects of various hardwood forest management practices on small mammals in central Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 98(3). 362–364. 1 indexed citations
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Catling, Paul M., et al.. (1984). Silver Hairgrass, Aira caryophyllea, new to eastern Canada, and other notable records from Seal Island, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 98(2). 248–249. 1 indexed citations
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Kerekes, Joseph J., Bill Freedman, G. D. Howell, & P A Clifford. (1984). Comparison of the Characteristics of an Acidic Eutrophic, and an Acidic Oligotrophic Lake Near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Water Quality Research Journal. 19(1). 1–10. 21 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill, et al.. (1981). Forestry management practices and populations of breeding birds in a hardwood forest in Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 95(3). 307–311. 20 indexed citations
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Catling, Paul M. & Bill Freedman. (1980). Variation in distribution and abundance of four sympatric species of snakes at Amherstburg, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 94(1). 19–27. 3 indexed citations
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Catling, Paul M. & Bill Freedman. (1980). Food and feeding behavior of sympatric snakes at Amherstburg, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 94(1). 28–33. 9 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill & T. C. Hutchinson. (1980). Pollutant inputs from the atmosphere and accumulations in soils and vegetation near a nickel–copper smelter at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany. 58(1). 108–132. 160 indexed citations
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Freedman, Bill & Paul M. Catling. (1979). Movements of sympatric species of snakes at Amherstburg, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 93(4). 399–404. 5 indexed citations

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