Gary Sullivan

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Gary Sullivan is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Sullivan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gary Sullivan's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (5 papers). Gary Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (8 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (5 papers). Gary Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Gary Sullivan's co-authors include Joy B. Zedler, John C. Callaway, Przemyslaw G. Bajer, Peter W. Sorensen, Julie Desmond, Gregory D. Williams, Gabrielle Vivian‐Smith, Hem Nalini Morzaria‐Luna, John E. Titus and David Grisé and has published in prestigious journals such as Oecologia, Ecological Monographs and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Gary Sullivan

16 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Design and Analysis of Experiments 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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. Design and Analysis of Experiments
    1998 1.6k citations Gary Sullivan Journal of Quality Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary Sullivan United States 12 585 390 352 294 245 20 2.3k
Ioannis Dimopoulos Greece 11 402 0.7× 124 0.3× 358 1.0× 102 0.3× 100 0.4× 22 2.2k
Wenzhong Tang China 35 361 0.6× 230 0.6× 82 0.2× 326 1.1× 120 0.5× 178 4.2k
Yining Liu China 35 186 0.3× 229 0.6× 313 0.9× 261 0.9× 1.2k 4.8× 228 4.2k
Yingyi Chen China 28 221 0.4× 78 0.2× 190 0.5× 229 0.8× 223 0.9× 155 3.2k
Muriel Gevrey France 20 511 0.9× 84 0.2× 400 1.1× 82 0.3× 62 0.3× 27 2.0k
Cai China 21 245 0.4× 237 0.6× 39 0.1× 235 0.8× 249 1.0× 507 2.6k
Karel J. Keesman Netherlands 37 182 0.3× 485 1.2× 178 0.5× 1.0k 3.5× 807 3.3× 234 5.4k
Kôichi Yamada Japan 35 174 0.3× 465 1.2× 105 0.3× 678 2.3× 574 2.3× 323 4.7k
Ye China 24 244 0.4× 282 0.7× 54 0.2× 222 0.8× 368 1.5× 379 2.6k
Lihong Xu China 38 192 0.3× 256 0.7× 166 0.5× 144 0.5× 1.0k 4.3× 254 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Gary Sullivan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gary Sullivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Sullivan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gary Sullivan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gary Sullivan 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 Gary Sullivan. Gary Sullivan 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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Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2025). Establishing the plant component of a tallgrass prairie restoration using a remnant reference ecosystem model: A case study. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Walter G. & Gary Sullivan. (2017). Effects of microtopographic variation and macroalgal cover on morphometrics and survival of the annual form of eelgrass (Zostera marina). Aquatic Botany. 145. 37–44. 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2009). Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710–1850.
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Bajer, Przemyslaw G., Gary Sullivan, & Peter W. Sorensen. (2009). Effects of a rapidly increasing population of common carp on vegetative cover and waterfowl in a recently restored Midwestern shallow lake. Hydrobiologia. 632(1). 235–245. 121 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary, John C. Callaway, & Joy B. Zedler. (2007). PLANT ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION EXPLAINS AND PREDICTS HOW BIODIVERSITY AFFECTS SALT MARSH FUNCTIONING. Ecological Monographs. 77(4). 569–590. 32 indexed citations
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Morzaria‐Luna, Hem Nalini, John C. Callaway, Gary Sullivan, & Joy B. Zedler. (2004). Relationship between topographic heterogeneity and vegetation patterns in a Californian salt marsh. Journal of Vegetation Science. 15(4). 523–523. 48 indexed citations
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Titus, John E., et al.. (2004). Monitoring submersed vegetation in a mesotrophic lake: correlation of two spatio-temporal scales of change. Aquatic Botany. 79(1). 33–50. 21 indexed citations
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Callaway, John C., et al.. (2004). Relationship between topographic heterogeneity and vegetation patterns in a Californian salt marsh. Journal of Vegetation Science. 15(4). 523–530. 56 indexed citations
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Callaway, John C., Gary Sullivan, & Joy B. Zedler. (2003). SPECIES‐RICH PLANTINGS INCREASE BIOMASS AND NITROGEN ACCUMULATION IN A WETLAND RESTORATION EXPERIMENT. Ecological Applications. 13(6). 1626–1639. 105 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary & Wayne A. Fuller. (2002). CONSTRUCTION OF MASKING ERROR FOR CATEGORICAL VARIABLES. 5 indexed citations
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Zedler, Joy B., John C. Callaway, & Gary Sullivan. (2001). Declining Biodiversity: Why Species Matter and How Their Functions Might Be Restored in Californian Tidal Marshes. BioScience. 51(12). 1005–1005. 114 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2001). Improving the fermentation medium for Echinocandin B production. Part I: sequential statistical experimental design. Process Biochemistry. 36(7). 647–660. 21 indexed citations
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Zedler, Joy B., John C. Callaway, Julie Desmond, et al.. (1999). Californian Salt-Marsh Vegetation: An Improved Model of Spatial Pattern. Ecosystems. 2(1). 19–35. 148 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary & Joy B. Zedler. (1999). Functional Redundancy among Tidal Marsh Halophytes: A Test. Oikos. 84(2). 246–246. 21 indexed citations
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Zedler, Joy B., Julie Desmond, Stuart Phinn, et al.. (1998). New tools for assessing coastal habitats. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2. 1016–1027. 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary. (1998). Design and Analysis of Experiments. Journal of Quality Technology. 30(1). 102–105. 1572 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sullivan, Gary & John E. Titus. (1996). Physical site characteristics limit pollination and fruit set in the dioecious hydrophilous species, Vallisneria americana. Oecologia. 108(2). 285–292. 11 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (1983). The intertidal fauna of Aughinish Island, Shannon, Co Limerick. 21(2). 62–69. 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (1983). Seed Manipulation by Clark's Nutcracker. Ornithological Applications. 85(3). 372–372. 3 indexed citations

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