G. W. Prescott

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

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G. W. Prescott is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, G. W. Prescott has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomaterials, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in G. W. Prescott's work include Diatoms and Algae Research (27 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (11 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (8 papers). G. W. Prescott is often cited by papers focused on Diatoms and Algae Research (27 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (11 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (8 papers). G. W. Prescott collaborates with scholars based in United States. G. W. Prescott's co-authors include Richard I. Evans, Daniel F. Jackson, Edwin T. Moul, W. C. Muenscher, Hannah Croasdale, William Marcus Ingram, Harold C. Bold, Constantine J. Alexopoulos, Jack A. Stanford and Ruth Patrick and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Soil Science Society of America Journal and Oikos.

In The Last Decade

G. W. Prescott

51 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Algae of the western Great Lakes area

1973 745 citations G. W. Prescott Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) profile →
Algae of the western Great Lakes area

1962 526 citations G. W. Prescott Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) profile →
How to Know the Fresh-Water Algae.

1956 501 citations Richard I. Evans, G. W. Prescott Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	NOTES ON INDONESIAN FRESHWATER ALGAE —IV. Concerning Euastrum moebii (Borge) Scott & Prescott comb. nov. and Euastrum turgidum Wallich. 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott	1
2	NOTES ON INDONESIAN FRESHWATER ALGAE-I 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott	0
3	NOTES ON INDONESIAN FRESHWATER ALGAE IIINEW VARIETIES OF SOME LITTLE-KNOWN STAURASTRA (DESMIDIACEAE) 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología* ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott	2
4	American Microscopical Society: the first one-hundred years. Part I. 1979 ·PubMed ·G. W. Prescott	1
5	A contribution to a bibliography of antarctic and subantarctic algae 1979 ·G. W. Prescott	28
6	How to Know the Aquatic Plants 1979 ·G. W. Prescott	19
7	A Synopsis of North American Desmids, Part II, Desmidiaceae: Placodermae, Section 2 1978 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott, Hannah Croasdale, (unknown)	17
8	A Synopsis of North American Desmids, Part II, Desmidiaceae: Placodermae, Section 1 1976 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott, Hannah Croasdale, (unknown)	79
9	Algae of the western Great Lakes area breakdown → 1973 ·Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) ·G. W. Prescott	745
10	Ecology of Alaskan Freshwater Algae V. Limnology and Flora of Malikpuk Lake 1965 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·G. W. Prescott, (unknown)	17
11	Chlorella Parasitic in Bluegills 1965 ·The Progressive Fish-Culturist ·G. L. Hoffman, G. W. Prescott, Chelsea R. Thompson	6
12	Rayssiella, a New Genus of Oocystaceae (Chlorophyta) from Spring Lake, Michigan 1964 ·Phycologia ·T. Edelstein, G. W. Prescott	1
13	Ecology of Alaskan Freshwater Algae II. Introduction: General Considerations 1963 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·G. W. Prescott	16
14	Algae of the western Great Lakes area breakdown → 1962 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·G. W. Prescott	526
15	The Machris Brazilian Expedition. Botany: Chlorophyta; Euglenophyta 1957 ·Contributions in science ·G. W. Prescott	10
16	NOTES ON INDONESIAN FRESHWATER ALGAE IIIchthyodontum, a new desmid genus from Sumatra. 1956 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología* ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott	9
17	How to Know the Fresh-Water Algae. breakdown → 1956 ·Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ·Richard I. Evans, G. W. Prescott	501
18	The Algal Flora of Southeastern United States. V. Additions to Our Knowledge of the Desmid Genus Micrasterias 2 1952 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·G. W. Prescott, (unknown)	11
19	Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area 1952 ·Journal of Wildlife Management ·W. C. Muenscher, G. W. Prescott	181
20	The Culturing of Algae 1951 ·Soil Science ·(unknown), G. W. Prescott, L. H. Tiffany	16

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