Grant J. Williamson

9.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
161 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Grant J. Williamson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant J. Williamson has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 45 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 43 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Grant J. Williamson's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (84 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (40 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (31 papers). Grant J. Williamson is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (84 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (40 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (31 papers). Grant J. Williamson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Grant J. Williamson's co-authors include David M. J. S. Bowman, Mark A. Cochrane, W. Matt Jolly, Patrick H. Freeborn, Zachary A. Holden, Timothy J. Brown, Lynda D. Prior, Brett P. Murphy, Fay H. Johnston and Crystal A. Kolden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Grant J. Williamson

151 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013

2015 1.4k citations Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman et al. profile →
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events

2017 459 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Global increase in wildfire risk due to climate‐driven declines in fuel moisture

2021 183 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth

2024 158 citations Calum X. Cunningham, Grant J. Williamson et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Grant J. Williamson

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Grant J. Williamson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Grant J. Williamson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Grant J. Williamson more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Grant J. Williamson

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Grant J. Williamson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Grant J. Williamson. The network helps show where Grant J. Williamson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grant J. Williamson

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tasmania’s giant eucalypts: discovery, documentation, macroecology and conservation status of the world’s largest angiosperms 2025 ·Australian Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Lynda D. Prior, Grant J. Williamson, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Van Pelt, (unknown), (unknown), David M. J. S. Bowman	2
2	Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires 2025 ·Science ·Calum X. Cunningham, John T. Abatzoglou, Crystal A. Kolden, Grant J. Williamson, Markus Steuer, David M. J. S. Bowman	0
3	Wildfires will intensify in the wildland-urban interface under near-term warming 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Calum X. Cunningham, John T. Abatzoglou, (unknown), Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	4
4	The mortality burden attributable to wood heater smoke particulate matter (PM2.5) in Australia 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Nicolás Borchers Arriagada, (unknown), Martin Cope, Geoffrey Morgan, Ivan Hanigan, Grant J. Williamson, Fay H. Johnston	5
5	Lung function changes in children exposed to mine fire smoke in infancy 2024 ·Respirology ·(unknown), Rachel E. Foong, Graham L. Hall, Amanda J. Wheeler, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Marita Dalton, Grant J. Williamson, Caroline X. Gao, Michael J. Abramson, Fay H. Johnston, Graeme R. Zosky	1
6	Global variation in ecoregion flammability thresholds 2024 ·Ecography ·(unknown), David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson	4
7	Pyrogeography in flux: Reorganization of Australian fire regimes in a hotter world 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·Calum X. Cunningham, Grant J. Williamson, Rachael H. Nolan, Lina Teckentrup, Matthias M. Boer, David M. J. S. Bowman	16
8	Exposure to air pollution concentrations of various intensities in early life and allergic sensitisation later in childhood 2023 ·BMC Pulmonary Medicine ·(unknown), Caroline X. Gao, Amanda J. Wheeler, Graeme R. Zosky, Nicola Stephens, Luke D. Knibbs, Grant J. Williamson, Marita Dalton, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Fay H. Johnston	1
9	Bioclimatic drivers of fire severity across the Australian geographical range of giant Eucalyptus forests 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Lynda D. Prior, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	19
10	The severity and extent of the Australia 2019–20 Eucalyptus forest fires are not the legacy of forest management 2021 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson, Rebecca K. Gibson, Ross A. Bradstock, Rodney J. Keenan	77
11	Evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus event associated with an extreme wildfire in Tasmania, Australia 2020 ·Natural hazards and earth system sciences ·(unknown), Grant J. Williamson, Paul Fox‐Hughes, Jason J. Sharples, David M. J. S. Bowman	15
12	Unprecedented health costs of smoke-related PM2.5 from the 2019–20 Australian megafires 2020 ·Nature Sustainability ·Fay H. Johnston, Nicolás Borchers Arriagada, Geoffrey Morgan, Bin Jalaludin, Andrew Palmer, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	166
13	Health Impacts of Ambient Biomass Smoke in Tasmania, Australia 2020 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Nicolás Borchers Arriagada, Andrew Palmer, David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson, Fay H. Johnston	31
14	Geographic Patterns of Fire Severity Following an Extreme Eucalyptus Forest Fire in Southern Australia: 2013 Forcett-Dunalley Fire 2018 ·Fire ·(unknown), Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	41
15	Bushfire in Tasmania: a new approach to reducing our Statewide relative risk 2014 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Grant J. Williamson	2
16	Report for the Independent Verification Group of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement on Tasmania's eucalypt diversity 2012 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·BM Potts, (unknown), Grant J. Williamson	1
17	IVG Forest Conservation Report 3B 2012 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Gregory J. Jordan, Grant J. Williamson	0
18	Using permanent forestry plots to understand the possible effects of climate change on Australia's production forest estate 2011 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Lynda D. Prior, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	7
19	A review of approaches to monitoring smoke from vegetation fires for public health 2010 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Fay H. Johnston, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman	9
20	Predictive indicators for Ross River virus infection in the Darwin area of tropical northern Australia, using long‐term mosquito trapping data 2008 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Susan P. Jacups, Peter I Whelan, Peter Markey, Sam Cleland, Grant J. Williamson, Bart J. Currie	42

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact