George Powell

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

George Powell is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, George Powell has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in George Powell's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (2 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (2 papers). George Powell is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (2 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (2 papers). George Powell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Colombia. George Powell's co-authors include Robin Bjork, Jay R. Malcolm, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard, Anthony B. Rylands, Katrina Brown, Herbert O. R. Schubart, Gregory P. Asner, Joseph Mascaro and J. K. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

George Powell

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest frag... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 2010 200 400 600
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. Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments
    1986 620 citations Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard et al. profile →
  2. High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon
    2010 515 citations Gregory P. Asner, George Powell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Powell United States 13 910 795 604 356 273 18 1.8k
Brigitte Poulin France 25 1.4k 1.6× 637 0.8× 628 1.0× 513 1.4× 171 0.6× 56 2.3k
Peter V. August United States 17 744 0.8× 536 0.7× 325 0.5× 418 1.2× 92 0.3× 34 1.4k
Jason H. Knouft United States 26 736 0.8× 776 1.0× 698 1.2× 308 0.9× 220 0.8× 70 2.0k
Robert A. Briers United Kingdom 28 1.6k 1.7× 768 1.0× 681 1.1× 260 0.7× 69 0.3× 50 2.2k
João Alexandre Cabral Portugal 24 785 0.9× 529 0.7× 465 0.8× 353 1.0× 54 0.2× 105 1.6k
Nathaniel E. Seavy United States 24 1.4k 1.5× 587 0.7× 656 1.1× 397 1.1× 82 0.3× 80 2.0k
Taku Kadoya Japan 22 729 0.8× 551 0.7× 356 0.6× 387 1.1× 61 0.2× 73 1.5k
Isabelle Le Viol France 26 1.2k 1.3× 482 0.6× 678 1.1× 768 2.2× 81 0.3× 75 2.0k
Scott M. Gende United States 25 1.8k 2.0× 1.4k 1.7× 615 1.0× 256 0.7× 58 0.2× 63 2.5k
Mark C. Drever Canada 25 1.4k 1.5× 607 0.8× 539 0.9× 264 0.7× 70 0.3× 89 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by George Powell

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Powell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Powell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Powell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Powell 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 George Powell. George Powell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Greenaway, Simon, et al.. (2022). Making sense of the linear genome, gene function and TADs. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 15(1). 4–4. 25 indexed citations
2.
Booth, Hollie, et al.. (2022). Exploring cost-effective management measures for reducing risks to threatened sharks in a problematic longline fishery. Ocean & Coastal Management. 225. 106197–106197. 5 indexed citations
3.
Powell, George, et al.. (2022). Modelling the genetic aetiology of complex disease: human–mouse conservation of noncoding features and disease-associated loci. Biology Letters. 18(3). 20210630–20210630. 4 indexed citations
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Kroodsma, Donald E., Julio E. Sánchez, Bruce E. Byers, et al.. (2013). Behavioral Evidence for Song Learning In the Suboscine Bellbirds ( Procnias spp.; Cotingidae). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125(1). 1–14. 40 indexed citations
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Papeş, Monica, Raul Tupayachi, Paola Martinez, et al.. (2013). Seasonal Variation in Spectral Signatures of Five Genera of Rainforest Trees. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 6(2). 339–350. 19 indexed citations
6.
Asner, Gregory P., Joseph Mascaro, J. K. Clark, & George Powell. (2011). Reply to Skole et al.: Regarding high-resolution carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(4). 4 indexed citations
7.
Asner, Gregory P., George Powell, Joseph Mascaro, et al.. (2010). High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(38). 16738–16742. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powell, George, et al.. (2009). Glycobiology research trends. 8 indexed citations
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Brightsmith, Donald J., et al.. (2009). Molted feathers from clay licks in Peru provide DNA for three large macaws (Ara ararauna,A. chloropterus, andA. macao). Journal of Field Ornithology. 80(2). 183–192. 22 indexed citations
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Powell, Luke L., et al.. (2009). Parrots Take it with a Grain of Salt: Available Sodium Content May Drive Collpa (Clay Lick) Selection in Southeastern Peru. Biotropica. 41(3). 279–282. 46 indexed citations
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Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2007). Genetic evidence supports song learning in the three‐wattled bellbirdProcnias tricarunculata(Cotingidae). Molecular Ecology. 16(17). 3689–3702. 64 indexed citations
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Thieme, Michele, Bernhard Lehner, Robin Abell, et al.. (2007). Freshwater conservation planning in data-poor areas: An example from a remote Amazonian basin (Madre de Dios River, Peru and Bolivia). Biological Conservation. 135(4). 484–501. 104 indexed citations
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Powell, George & Robin Bjork. (1995). Implications of Intratropical Migration on Reserve Design: A Case Study Using Pharomachrus mocinno. Conservation Biology. 9(2). 354–362. 85 indexed citations
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Spalding, Marilyn G., Robin Bjork, George Powell, & Stephen F. Sundlof. (1994). Mercury and Cause of Death in Great White Herons. Journal of Wildlife Management. 58(4). 735–735. 71 indexed citations
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Powell, George, James W. Fourqurean, W. J. Kenworthy, & Joseph C. Zieman. (1991). Bird colonies cause seagrass enrichment in a subtropical estuary: Observational and experimental evidence. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 32(6). 567–579. 95 indexed citations
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Sogard, Susan M., George Powell, & Jeff G. Holmquist. (1989). Utilization by fishes of shallow, seagrass-covered banks in Florida Bay: 1. Species composition and spatial heterogeneity. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 24(1). 53–65. 46 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, Thomas Ε., Richard O. Bierregaard, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.. (1986). Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
18.
Powell, George. (1983). Industrial effluents as a source of mercury contamination in terrestrial riparian vertebrates. Environmental Pollution Series B Chemical and Physical. 5(1). 51–57. 10 indexed citations

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