Geoffrey B. West

40.0k total citations · 16 hit papers
145 papers, 27.9k citations indexed

About

Geoffrey B. West is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoffrey B. West has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 27.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 31 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Geoffrey B. West's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (40 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (35 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (30 papers). Geoffrey B. West is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (40 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (35 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (30 papers). Geoffrey B. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Geoffrey B. West's co-authors include James H. Brown, Brian J. Enquist, James F. Gillooly, Van M. Savage, Andrew P. Allen, Eric L. Charnov, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Christian Kühnert and Dirk Helbing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Geoffrey B. West

134 papers receiving 26.7k citations

Hit Papers

TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 1997 2001 2007 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY
    2004 5.7k citations James H. Brown, James F. Gillooly et al. profile →
  2. A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology
    1997 3.5k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. profile →
  3. Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate
    2001 2.8k citations James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown et al. profile →
  4. Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities
    2007 1.6k citations Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. The Fourth Dimension of Life: Fractal Geometry and Allometric Scaling of Organisms
    1999 1.2k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. profile →
  6. A general model for the structure and allometry of plant vascular systems
    1999 1.1k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
  7. A general model for ontogenetic growth
    2001 859 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
  8. Effects of size and temperature on developmental time
    2002 753 citations James F. Gillooly, Eric L. Charnov et al. Nature profile →
  9. Allometric scaling of plant energetics and population density
    1998 690 citations Brian J. Enquist, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
  10. A unified theory of urban living
    2010 576 citations Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Geoffrey B. West Nature profile →
  11. The origin of allometric scaling laws in biology from genomes to ecosystems: towards a quantitative unifying theory of biological structure and organization
    2005 556 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown profile →
  12. The predominance of quarter‐power scaling in biology
    2004 526 citations Van M. Savage, James F. Gillooly et al. profile →
  13. Allometric scaling of metabolic rate from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals
    2002 523 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants
    1999 507 citations Brian J. Enquist, Geoffrey B. West et al. Nature profile →
  15. Urban Scaling and Its Deviations: Revealing the Structure of Wealth, Innovation and Crime across Cities
    2010 379 citations Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  16. The universal visitation law of human mobility
    2021 276 citations Markus Schläpfer, Lei Dong et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Geoffrey B. West United States 50 10.5k 7.3k 6.5k 4.3k 2.9k 145 27.9k
B. D. Ripley United Kingdom 48 8.5k 0.8× 6.2k 0.9× 7.0k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 168 50.8k
W. N. Venables Australia 32 7.0k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 87 27.1k
Simon N. Wood United Kingdom 46 7.4k 0.7× 5.9k 0.8× 4.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 122 22.3k
Alan Hastings United States 81 12.1k 1.2× 8.6k 1.2× 7.6k 1.2× 5.6k 1.3× 6.2k 2.1× 323 25.6k
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Australia 71 11.7k 1.1× 6.9k 1.0× 7.4k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 355 23.1k
Richard Levins United States 48 8.4k 0.8× 4.1k 0.6× 7.2k 1.1× 6.7k 1.5× 4.4k 1.5× 173 22.8k
Fred S. Guthery United States 33 21.7k 2.1× 9.2k 1.3× 12.2k 1.9× 7.4k 1.7× 3.3k 1.1× 126 38.8k
S. T. Buckland United Kingdom 66 18.5k 1.8× 5.2k 0.7× 7.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 201 27.5k
Jared M. Diamond United States 97 12.5k 1.2× 4.5k 0.6× 8.8k 1.4× 8.0k 1.9× 5.0k 1.7× 480 43.7k
David R. Anderson United States 22 10.4k 1.0× 4.4k 0.6× 6.0k 0.9× 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 39 22.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Enquist, Brian J., Christopher P. Kempes, & Geoffrey B. West. (2024). Developing a predictive science of the biosphere requires the integration of scientific cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2209196121–e2209196121. 3 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2024). Idea engines: Unifying innovation & obsolescence from markets & genetic evolution to science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2312468120–e2312468120. 5 indexed citations
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Dong, Lei, Fábio Duarte, Gilles Duranton, et al.. (2024). Defining a city — delineating urban areas using cell-phone data. Nature Cities. 1(2). 117–125. 34 indexed citations
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Arroyo, José Ignacio, Beatriz Dı́ez, Christopher P. Kempes, Geoffrey B. West, & Pablo A. Marquet. (2022). A general theory for temperature dependence in biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2119872119–e2119872119. 56 indexed citations
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Schläpfer, Markus, Lei Dong, Kevin O’Keeffe, et al.. (2021). The universal visitation law of human mobility. Nature. 593(7860). 522–527. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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West, Geoffrey B., et al.. (2014). The dynamics of mergers and acquisitions: ancestry as the seminal determinant. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 470(2171). 20140370–20140370. 5 indexed citations
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West, Geoffrey B.. (2013). Universal Scaling Laws from Cells to Cities; A Physicist's Search for Quantitative, Unified Theories of Biological and Social Structure and Dynamics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2011). Predicting Maximum Tree Heights and Other Traits from Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20551–e20551. 73 indexed citations
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Bettencourt, Luís M. A., José Lobo, Dirk Helbing, Christian Kühnert, & Geoffrey B. West. (2007). Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(17). 7301–7306. 1612 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gillooly, James F., Andrew P. Allen, Geoffrey B. West, & James H. Brown. (2004). The rate of DNA evolution: Effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(1). 140–145. 384 indexed citations
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Porcella, Donald B., et al.. (2004). Retrospective Study of Mercury in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in South Florida. Ecotoxicology. 13(3). 207–221. 21 indexed citations
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Enquist, Brian J., Geoffrey B. West, Eric L. Charnov, & James H. Brown. (2000). Correction: Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants. Nature. 408(6813). 750–750. 51 indexed citations
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West, Geoffrey B.. (1999). The origin of universal scaling laws in biology. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 263(1-4). 104–113. 92 indexed citations
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Calogeracos, A., Norman Dombey, & Geoffrey B. West. (1995). PCAC and the possibility of scaling in electropion production. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 51(11). 6075–6084. 1 indexed citations
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Raby, Stuart & Geoffrey B. West. (1988). Detection of galactic halo magninos via their coherent interaction with heavy nuclei. Physics Letters B. 200(4). 547–552. 15 indexed citations
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West, Geoffrey B.. (1984). Analyticity and the Borel summability of asymptotically free theories. Physics Letters B. 145(1-2). 103–107. 2 indexed citations
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West, Geoffrey B.. (1981). A proposed literary context for the Count of Barcelona episode of the "Cantar de Mio Cid". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 58(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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West, Geoffrey B.. (1975). Una nota sobre la "Historia silense" y la "Ilias latina". Boletín de la Real Academia Española. 55(205). 383–389.
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West, Geoffrey B., et al.. (1969). Hard-Pion Results from the Algebra of Fields. Physical Review. 180(5). 1613–1615. 13 indexed citations

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