F. White

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

F. White is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, F. White has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 9 papers in Forestry and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in F. White's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (16 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (5 papers). F. White is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (16 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (5 papers). F. White collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. F. White's co-authors include Ghillean Τ. Prance, P. W. James, Helen C. F. Hopkins, Richard J. Parnell, Caroline E. G. Tutin, Françoise Dowsett‐Lemaire, B. T. Styles and Avinoam Danin and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Vegetation Science and Journal of Tropical Ecology.

In The Last Decade

F. White

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The vegetation of Africa. 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 250 500 750 1000
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. The vegetation of Africa.
    1983 1.1k citations F. White Natural Resources Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. White United Kingdom 13 882 556 536 500 371 26 1.9k
F. Buchanan White 11 624 0.7× 518 0.9× 446 0.8× 435 0.9× 355 1.0× 22 1.7k
F. Raymond Fosberg United States 20 691 0.8× 447 0.8× 479 0.9× 132 0.3× 663 1.8× 174 2.1k
W. D. Clayton United Kingdom 23 1.6k 1.8× 408 0.7× 1.4k 2.5× 246 0.5× 215 0.6× 99 2.5k
L. J. Webb Australia 19 528 0.6× 881 1.6× 405 0.8× 163 0.3× 450 1.2× 31 1.6k
David J. Harris United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.3× 566 1.0× 602 1.1× 358 0.7× 269 0.7× 82 2.3k
Rodolphe Spichiger Switzerland 18 1.0k 1.1× 745 1.3× 580 1.1× 148 0.3× 273 0.7× 44 2.0k
Finn Borchsenius Denmark 27 1.2k 1.3× 778 1.4× 446 0.8× 167 0.3× 344 0.9× 68 1.9k
M. Zohary Israel 16 1.1k 1.2× 366 0.7× 1.3k 2.4× 109 0.2× 315 0.8× 26 2.4k
Diana Lieberman United States 22 972 1.1× 2.2k 3.9× 439 0.8× 542 1.1× 786 2.1× 32 3.1k
J. G. Tracey Australia 16 509 0.6× 978 1.8× 320 0.6× 141 0.3× 522 1.4× 23 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. White

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. White

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. White. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. White 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 F. White. F. White 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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Tutin, Caroline E. G., Richard J. Parnell, & F. White. (1996). Protecting seeds from primates: examples fromDiospyrosspp. in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 12(3). 371–384. 18 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ. & F. White. (1994). Biological relationships between africa and South America. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 9(9). 348–349. 107 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1993). The AETFAT Chorological Classification of Africa: History, Methods and Applications. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 62(1/4). 225–225. 79 indexed citations
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Danin, Avinoam, et al.. (1992). Towards a new plant‐geographical map of southwest Asia. Journal of Vegetation Science. 3(4). 566–566.
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Dowsett‐Lemaire, Françoise & F. White. (1990). New and Noteworthy Plants from the Evergreen Forests of Malawi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 60(1/2). 73–73. 6 indexed citations
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Styles, B. T. & F. White. (1990). Two New Species of Turraea (Meliaceae) from Northeast Africa. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 60(3/4). 415–415. 3 indexed citations
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Styles, B. T. & F. White. (1989). Three New Species and a New Combination in Turraea (Meliaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 59(1/2). 257–257. 1 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ., et al.. (1988). The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 320(1197). 1–184. 46 indexed citations
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White, F. & P. W. James. (1988). Studies on the Genus Nephroma II. The Southern Temperate Species. The Lichenologist. 20(2). 103–166. 36 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1986). The taxonomy, chorology and reproductive biology of southern African Meliaceae and Ptaeroxylaceae. Bothalia. 16(2). 143–168. 10 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ. & F. White. (1985). A New Combination in Maranthes (Chrysobalanaceae). Brittonia. 37(1). 76–76. 3 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ. & F. White. (1984). The Vegetation of Africa.. Brittonia. 36(3). 273–273. 4 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1983). The vegetation of Africa.. Natural Resources Research. 20. 1086 indexed citations breakdown →
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White, F.. (1983). Long distance dispersal, overland migration and extinction in the shaping of tropical African floras. Bothalia. 14(2). 395–403. 9 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1981). The history of the Afromontane archipelago and the scientific need for its conservation. African Journal of Ecology. 19(1-2). 33–54. 148 indexed citations
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Prance, Ghillean Τ. & F. White. (1979). Resurrection of the Genus Dactyladenia (Chrysobalanaceae). Brittonia. 31(4). 483–483. 2 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1979). The Guineo-Congolian Region and Its Relationships to Other Phytochoria. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 49(1/2). 11–11. 245 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1976). The Taxonomy, Ecology and Chorology of African Chrysobalanaceae (Excluding Acioa). Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 46(3/4). 265–265. 22 indexed citations
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White, F.. (1956). Notes on the Ebenaceae I. The Genus Maba in Africa. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l État a Bruxelles. 26(2). 237–237. 3 indexed citations

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