J. Phillipson

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

J. Phillipson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Phillipson has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Pharmacology and 36 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in J. Phillipson's work include Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (27 papers), Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae (20 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (16 papers). J. Phillipson is often cited by papers focused on Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (27 papers), Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae (20 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (16 papers). J. Phillipson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. J. Phillipson's co-authors include Margaret Roberts, Howard T. Odum, M. J. Coe, David H. M. Cumming, David C. Warhurst, Kazimierz Petrusewicz, Colin W. Wright, Paul Bolton, Melanie J. O’Neill and Barry C. Elford and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

J. Phillipson

168 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Biomass and production of large African herbivores in relation to rainfall and primary production
    1976 470 citations J. Phillipson et al. Oecologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Phillipson United Kingdom 39 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 891 864 174 6.0k
Michael J. Balick United States 38 570 0.4× 2.7k 2.0× 1.2k 0.9× 530 0.6× 755 0.9× 166 5.6k
José Realino de Paula Brazil 39 1.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 454 0.5× 194 0.2× 292 5.3k
Anthony D. Wright Germany 48 397 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 399 0.4× 352 0.4× 229 6.7k
Noel W. Davies Australia 43 1.1k 0.8× 3.4k 2.6× 2.9k 2.4× 388 0.4× 999 1.2× 227 8.6k
Stephen Wright United Kingdom 21 1.0k 0.8× 446 0.3× 783 0.6× 926 1.0× 471 0.5× 64 4.6k
G. E. Wickens United Kingdom 27 495 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 616 0.5× 226 0.3× 1.2k 1.4× 101 4.4k
David B. Peakall United States 44 1.6k 1.2× 446 0.3× 473 0.4× 234 0.3× 438 0.5× 145 6.8k
Rainer W. Bussmann Georgia 48 729 0.5× 5.4k 4.1× 964 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 402 8.9k
Douglas A. Gage United States 52 489 0.4× 3.4k 2.5× 4.9k 4.0× 149 0.2× 418 0.5× 167 9.2k
Peter G. Waterman United Kingdom 55 1.4k 1.0× 7.5k 5.6× 5.9k 4.8× 1.2k 1.3× 2.2k 2.6× 456 16.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Phillipson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barnes, Joanne, et al.. (2005). Pharmacognosy at the square - The past, the present and the future. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J.. (2003). 50 Years of Medicinal Plant Research - Every Progress in Methodology is a Progress in Science. Planta Medica. 69(6). 491–495. 33 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J.. (1999). New drugs from nature—it could be yew. Phytotherapy Research. 13(1). 2–8. 19 indexed citations
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Zhu, Min, Norman G. Bowery, Pamela Greengrass, & J. Phillipson. (1996). Application of radioligand receptor binding assays in the search for CNS active principles from Chinese medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 54(2-3). 153–164. 27 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J.. (1995). A matter of some sensitivity. Phytochemistry. 38(6). 1319–1343. 58 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J.. (1994). Natural products as drugs. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88. 17–19. 81 indexed citations
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Yang, Shilin, et al.. (1992). Antimalarial activity of Artemisia annua flavonoids from whole plants and cell cultures. Plant Cell Reports. 11(12). 637–40. 149 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J. & Colin W. Wright. (1991). Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of antimalarial agents?. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 32(1-3). 155–165. 109 indexed citations
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Harrison, Mark E., et al.. (1991). High-performance liquid chromatographic—mass spectrometric assay of high-value compounds for pharmaceutical use from plant cell tissue culture: Cinchona alkaloids. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 562(1-2). 713–721. 10 indexed citations
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Christen, Philippe, et al.. (1990). Alkaloids of hairy root cultures of a Datura candida hybrid. Plant Cell Reports. 9(2). 101–4. 20 indexed citations
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Anderson, Linda A., Margaret Roberts, & J. Phillipson. (1987). Studies on Ailanthus altissima cell suspension cultures. The effect of basal media on growth and alkaloid production. Plant Cell Reports. 6(3). 239–241. 13 indexed citations
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Gibson, C. W. D. & J. Phillipson. (1983). The vegetation of Aldabra Atoll: preliminary analysis and explanation of the vegetation map. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 302(1109). 201–235. 25 indexed citations
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Gibson, C. W. D. & J. Phillipson. (1983). The primary production of aldabra atoll, with reference to habitats used by Giant Tortoises. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 302(1109). 167–199. 13 indexed citations
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El‐Masry, Sawsan, et al.. (1981). Alkaloids from Egyptian Papaver rhoeas. Planta Medica. 41(1). 61–64. 13 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J., et al.. (1978). Earthworm numbers, biomass and respiratory metabolism in a beech woodland-Wytham Woods, Oxford. Oecologia. 33(3). 291–309. 35 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J., et al.. (1977). Numbers and biomass of centipedes (Lithobiomorpha: Chilopoda) in a Betula-Alnus woodland in N.E. England. Oecologia. 31(1). 55–66. 16 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J., et al.. (1976). Earthworms and the factors governing their distribution in an English beechwood. Pedobiologia. 16(4). 258–285. 78 indexed citations
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Phillipson, J. & Paul Bolton. (1976). The respiratory metabolism of selected lumbricidae. Oecologia. 22(2). 135–152. 39 indexed citations

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