David Whitehead

17.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

David Whitehead is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Whitehead has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 85 papers in Plant Science and 78 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in David Whitehead's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (109 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (77 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (48 papers). David Whitehead is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (109 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (77 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (48 papers). David Whitehead collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and China. David Whitehead's co-authors include Matthew H. Turnbull, Kevin L. Griffin, D. R. Lockyer, David T. Tissue, P. G. Jarvis, A. S. Walcroft, Francis M. Kelliher, N. Raistrick, Christopher L. Beadle and A. W. Bristow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Whitehead

246 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy

2019 233 citations Farshad Amiraslani, Claire Chenu et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Whitehead New Zealand	63	5.8k	3.8k	2.9k	2.5k	2.4k	256	11.1k
Sune Linder Sweden	53	6.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	131	10.7k
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum New Zealand	48	5.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	4.8k 1.9×	1.9k 0.8×	135	11.6k
Stan D. Wullschleger United States	71	9.0k 1.6×	7.2k 1.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	5.2k 2.1×	257	16.2k
Adrien C. Finzi United States	61	5.5k 1.0×	6.2k 1.6×	3.6k 1.2×	6.6k 2.6×	2.0k 0.8×	132	14.1k
Dale W. Johnson United States	66	7.0k 1.2×	4.1k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	7.0k 2.8×	2.6k 1.1×	295	17.0k
Michael Bahn Austria	53	5.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	3.6k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	159	10.3k
Elise Pendall United States	56	3.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	4.4k 1.7×	2.2k 0.9×	196	9.8k
Sebastiaan Luyssaert France	48	7.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	117	12.0k
Roger M. Gifford Australia	38	3.0k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	983 0.3×	3.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	74	7.8k
Elisabeth A. Holland United States	45	5.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	5.9k 2.3×	3.8k 1.6×	88	15.7k

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Graham, Scott L., Jack Pronger, Johannes Laubach, et al.. (2024). Assessing the potential of diverse pastures for reducing nitrogen leaching. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1 indexed citations

Whitehead, David, et al.. (2022). High additions of nitrogen affect plant species-specific differences in the composition of main microbial groups and the uptake of rhizodeposited carbon in a grassland soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 58(2). 149–165. 4 indexed citations

Gray, C. W., R. W. McDowell, Scott L. Graham, et al.. (2020). Phosphorus transport in subsurface flow from a stony soil under irrigated and non‐irrigated lucerne. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 64(3). 429–443. 3 indexed citations

Cameron, Keith C., et al.. (2019). Effects of adding readily available carbon to soil on nitrogen losses from cattle urine patches. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 63(4). 529–550. 7 indexed citations

Kirschbaum, Miko U. F., Donna Giltrap, Sam McNally, et al.. (2019). Estimating the mineral surface area of soils by measured water adsorption. Adjusting for the confounding effect of water adsorption by soil organic carbon. European Journal of Soil Science. 71(3). 382–391. 17 indexed citations

Chenu, Claire, Farshad Amiraslani, Jean‐François Soussana, et al.. (2018). The « 4 per 1000 » initiative. Soils for food security and climate.. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 5 indexed citations

Whitehead, David, Louis A. Schipper, Jack Pronger, et al.. (2018). Management practices to reduce losses or increase soil carbon stocks in temperate grazed grasslands: New Zealand as a case study. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 265. 432–443. 85 indexed citations

Whitehead, David, et al.. (2010). Net exchange of greenhouse gases from soils in an unimproved pasture and regenerating indigenous Kunzea ericoides shrubland in New Zealand. Soil Research. 48(5). 385–394. 16 indexed citations

Watt, Michelle, et al.. (2004). Leaf area dynamics of defoliated <i>Buddleia davidii</i>. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference. 57. 337–337. 1 indexed citations

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McDowell, Nate G., Holly Barnard, B. J. Bond, et al.. (2002). The relationship between tree height and leaf area: sapwood area ratio. Oecologia. 132(1). 12–20. 257 indexed citations

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Stephens, David W., David Whitehead, Matthew H. Turnbull, & Peter Millard. (2001). Effects of nitrogen supply on phenology and carbon assimilation in young Nothofagus fusca. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 39(4). 617–630. 3 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Matthew H., et al.. (2001). Correction. Tree Physiology. 21(11). 775–776.

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Stephens, David W., Peter Millard, Matthew H. Turnbull, & David Whitehead. (2001). The influence of nitrogen supply on growth and internal recycling of nitrogen in young Nothofagus fusca trees. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 28(3). 249–255. 15 indexed citations

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Whitehead, David. (1998). Regulation of stomatal conductance and transpiration in forest canopies. Tree Physiology. 18(8-9). 633–644. 247 indexed citations

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Walcroft, A. S., Warwick B. Silvester, David Whitehead, & Francis M. Kelliher. (1997). Seasonal Changes in Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios within Annual Rings of Pinus radiata Reflect Environmental Regulation of Growth Processes. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 24(1). 57–68. 93 indexed citations

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Whitehead, David, et al.. (1996). Photosynthetic Activity of Leaves of Pinus radiata and Nothofagus fusca After 1 Year of Growth at Elevated CO2. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 23(5). 623–630. 32 indexed citations

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Whitehead, David. (1993). The kolokratai of Kydantidai and Ionidai. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 95. 159–162.

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Whitehead, David, et al.. (1982). Design of a new weighing lysimeter for measuring water use by individual trees. New Zealand journal of forestry science. 12(3). 448–456. 3 indexed citations

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Whitehead, David. (1980). ASSESSMENT OF WATER STATUS IN TREES FROM MEASUREMENTS OF STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE AND WATER POTENTIAL. New Zealand journal of forestry science. 10(1). 159–165. 5 indexed citations

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Whitehead, David. (1979). Tacitus and the loaded alternative. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 38. 474–495. 8 indexed citations

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