Chris Humphries

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Chris Humphries is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Humphries has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Chris Humphries's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Chris Humphries is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Chris Humphries collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Chris Humphries's co-authors include Paul H. Williams, Richard I. Vane‐Wright, Robert L. Pressey, Colin Patterson, C. R. Margules, Lynne R. Parenti, A. E. Friday, K. A. Joysey, Phillip Cribb and Paula J. Rudall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Chris Humphries

91 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

What to protect?—Systematics and the agony of choice 1983 2026 1997 2011 1991 1993 1983 1996 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. What to protect?—Systematics and the agony of choice
    1991 1.2k citations Richard I. Vane‐Wright, Chris Humphries et al. profile →
  2. Beyond opportunism: Key principles for systematic reserve selection
    1993 806 citations Robert L. Pressey, Chris Humphries et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  3. Problems of Phylogenetic Reconstruction.
    1983 597 citations Chris Humphries et al. profile →
  4. Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution.
    1996 552 citations Chris Humphries et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Humphries United Kingdom 31 2.5k 2.5k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 95 6.5k
Mary T. K. Arroyo Chile 43 2.9k 1.2× 4.7k 1.9× 1.2k 0.7× 701 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 147 7.2k
Hanna Tuomisto Finland 47 5.1k 2.0× 3.9k 1.6× 2.9k 1.7× 2.1k 1.5× 456 0.4× 151 8.5k
Thomas M. Lewinsohn Brazil 33 2.2k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 384 0.3× 104 5.4k
Rachid Cheddadi France 45 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 962 0.7× 727 0.6× 127 8.4k
R. Toby Pennington United Kingdom 52 3.5k 1.4× 6.7k 2.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.8k 2.2× 161 10.7k
Richard Field United Kingdom 29 4.5k 1.8× 2.5k 1.0× 3.0k 1.8× 3.3k 2.4× 277 0.2× 95 7.3k
David J. Currie Canada 47 6.5k 2.6× 3.3k 1.3× 5.5k 3.3× 4.5k 3.3× 425 0.3× 112 11.6k
David M. Watson Australia 41 1.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 646 0.5× 554 0.4× 179 5.2k
Charles H. Cannon United States 37 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 516 0.4× 1.5k 1.2× 83 5.1k
Nigel C. A. Pitman United States 29 3.7k 1.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 974 0.7× 281 0.2× 64 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Humphries

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Humphries

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Humphries

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Humphries, Chris, Michael Eddleston, Adam Lloyd, et al.. (2025). De-siloing substance misuse and self-harm research through integrated public health and emergency medicine. The Lancet Public Health. 10(8). e716–e721.
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Humphries, Chris. (2025). Clinical guidelines: what drives local adoption?. Emergency Medicine Journal. 42(5). 311–312.
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Gill, Rupinder Kaur, et al.. (2024). Joint RCEM and NPIS best practice guideline: assessment and management of acute opioid toxicity in adults in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal. 41(7). 440–445. 1 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris, et al.. (2024). RCEM best practice guideline: suspected cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in emergency departments. Emergency Medicine Journal. 41(5). 328–331. 3 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris, Melisande Addison, James W. Dear, & Stuart J. Forbes. (2024). The emerging role of alternatively activated macrophages to treat acute liver injury. Archives of Toxicology. 99(1). 103–114. 1 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris & Alison Walker. (2022). Retrospective cohort study of acute behavioural disturbance in police use of force reports. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 93. 102465–102465. 3 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris, et al.. (2006). The Genus Artemisia L.. 20. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, David M. & Chris Humphries. (2003). Component Coding, Three-Item Coding, and Consensus Methods. Systematic Biology. 52(2). 255–259. 5 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris. (2001). Hotspots: Going off the Boil?. Diversity and Distributions. 7(1-2). 104–105. 4 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris, et al.. (1994). The loss of Banks’s legacy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 344(1307). 3–9. 4 indexed citations
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Pressey, Robert L., Chris Humphries, C. R. Margules, Richard I. Vane‐Wright, & Paul H. Williams. (1993). Beyond opportunism: Key principles for systematic reserve selection. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 8(4). 124–128. 806 indexed citations breakdown →
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Simpson, Andrew J.G., et al.. (1991). Sequence of a small subunit rRNA gene of Schistosoma mansoni and its use in phylogenetic analysis. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 46(2). 201–208. 36 indexed citations
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Ladiges, Pauline Y., et al.. (1989). SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE AUSTRALIAN “GREEN ASH” EUCALYPTS (MONOCALYPTUS). Cladistics. 5(4). 345–364. 28 indexed citations
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Ladiges, Pauline Y. & Chris Humphries. (1983). A cladistic study of Arillastrum, Angophora and Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 87(2). 105–134. 37 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris. (1977). new genus of the Compositae from North Africa. 6 indexed citations
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Humphries, Chris. (1976). Evolution and endemism in Argyranthemum Webb ex Schultz Bip. (Compositae-Anthemideae). 25–50. 23 indexed citations
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Giles, G R, Chris Humphries, M. C. Mason, & C G Clark. (1969). Effect of p H changes on the cardiac sphincter. Gut. 10(10). 852–856. 16 indexed citations

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