George W. Cox

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

George W. Cox is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, George W. Cox has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in George W. Cox's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (8 papers). George W. Cox is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (8 papers). George W. Cox collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and South Africa. George W. Cox's co-authors include Robert E. Ricklefs, M. D. Atkins, John Hunt, L. C. Bliss, W. R. Siegfried, Barry G. Lovegrove, George C. West, Douglas W. Allen, Joy B. Zedler and S. Charles Kendeigh and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The American Naturalist and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

George W. Cox

59 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Laboratory Manual of General Ecology 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300 400
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. Laboratory Manual of General Ecology
    1967 403 citations George W. Cox Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers

George W. Cox
Richard C. Banks United States
John Busby Australia
Roger Earl Latham United States
Barry Meatyard United Kingdom
Jon C. Gering United States
Andrew N. Gillison Australia
Francisco Sánchez‐Piñero Spain
Eduardo R. Fuentes Chile
John P. Haskell United States
Michael Mühlenberg Germany
Richard C. Banks United States
George W. Cox
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Countries citing papers authored by George W. Cox

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Fields of papers citing papers by George W. Cox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George W. Cox

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George W. Cox. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George W. Cox 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 W. Cox. George W. Cox 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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Cox, George W., et al.. (2017). A dictionary of science, literature, & art : comprising the definitions and derivations of the scientific terms in general use, together with the history and descriptions of the scientific principles of nearly every branch of human knowledge. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (2001). An Inventory and Analysis of the Alien Plant Flora of New Mexico. 5 indexed citations
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González, Luis Carlos Contreras, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Víctor Valverde, & George W. Cox. (1993). Ecological relevance of subterranean herbivorous rodents in semiarid coastal Chile. Revista chilena de historia natural. 66(3). 357–368. 18 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Seán M., Robert K. Gieseler, Steffen Lenzner, et al.. (1992). Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Proliferation by Liposome-Encapsulated Sense DNA to the 5′ TAT Splice Acceptor Site. PubMed. 2(3). 187–197. 13 indexed citations
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Cox, George W., et al.. (1990). Impacts of a Prescribed Burn on Vernal Pool Vegetation at Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, California. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 2 indexed citations
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Cox, George W., et al.. (1990). Comment and Reply on "Formation of Mima mounds: A seismic hypothesis". Geology. 18(12). 1259–1259. 2 indexed citations
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Cox, George W. & John Waithaka. (1989). Estimating Aboveground Net Production and Grazing Harvest by Wildlife on Tropical Grassland Range. Oikos. 54(1). 60–60. 4 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (1989). Early Summer Diet and Food Preferences of Northern Pocket Gophers in North Central Oregon. Research Exchange (Washington State University). 10 indexed citations
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Cox, George W., et al.. (1987). Small-stone content of Mima mounds of the Columbia Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions: implications for mound origin. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 47(4). 10. 9 indexed citations
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Allen, Douglas W. & George W. Cox. (1987). Sorted Stone Nets and Circles of the Columbia Plateau: A Hypothesis. 8 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (1987). The origin of vegetation circles on stony soils of the Namib Desert near Gobabeb, South West Africa/Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments. 13(3). 237–243. 14 indexed citations
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Cox, George W. & Joy B. Zedler. (1986). The Influence of Mima Mounds on Vegetation Patterns in the Tijuana Estuary Salt Marsh, San Diego County, California. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 85(3). 158–172. 4 indexed citations
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Cox, George W., et al.. (1986). Argentinian Mima Mounds Occupied by Ctenomyid Rodents. Journal of Mammalogy. 67(2). 428–432. 15 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (1983). FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF THE DUNE LARK. Ostrich. 54(2). 113–120. 11 indexed citations
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Cox, George W. & M. D. Atkins. (1979). Agricultural ecology: An analysis of world food production systems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 38 indexed citations
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Ahmann, Peter A., Alfred W. Brann, George W. Cox, et al.. (1978). 1137 INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE IN HIGH RISK PREMATURES. Pediatric Research. 12. 553–553. 4 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (1978). The ecology of famine: An overview†. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 6(4). 207–220. 12 indexed citations
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Ricklefs, Robert E. & George W. Cox. (1977). Morphological Similarity and Ecological Overlap among Passerine Birds on St. Kitts, British West Indies. Oikos. 29(1). 60–60. 95 indexed citations
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Cox, George W.. (1969). Readings in conservation ecology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations
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Cook, Emily, et al.. (1953). Outbreak of Smallpox in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in 1949. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health. 43(1). 25–29. 16 indexed citations

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