J.A. Watts

741 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

J.A. Watts is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, J.A. Watts has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Oceanography, 2 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in J.A. Watts's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (2 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (2 papers). J.A. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (2 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (2 papers). J.A. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States. J.A. Watts's co-authors include L.J. Allison, Jerry S. Olson and Patrick J. Mulholland and has published in prestigious journals such as Environment International, Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography and CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In The Last Decade

J.A. Watts

5 papers receiving 457 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Carbon in live vegetation of major world ecosystems

1983 443 citations Jerry S. Olson, J.A. Watts et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.A. Watts United States	4	323	163	140	105	63	6	537
Ε. Matsui Brazil	8	254 0.8×	217 1.3×	147 1.1×	78 0.7×	28 0.4×	18	627
J. G. Lockwood United Kingdom	14	372 1.2×	282 1.7×	85 0.6×	50 0.5×	22 0.3×	64	613
Merlin P. Lawson United States	15	277 0.9×	164 1.0×	307 2.2×	51 0.5×	37 0.6×	31	721
Johan F. Gottgens United States	15	242 0.7×	89 0.5×	315 2.3×	88 0.8×	57 0.9×	28	620
Ellis J. Clairain United States	5	166 0.5×	204 1.3×	483 3.5×	36 0.3×	67 1.1×	11	698
L.J. Allison	3	323 1.0×	150 0.9×	122 0.9×	99 0.9×	15 0.2×	5	458
Martha K. Nungesser United States	12	230 0.7×	172 1.1×	414 3.0×	70 0.7×	61 1.0×	14	600
M. V. Losleben United States	12	333 1.0×	608 3.7×	177 1.3×	112 1.1×	86 1.4×	14	833
Derek Winstanley United States	11	258 0.8×	164 1.0×	49 0.3×	22 0.2×	25 0.4×	30	466
Kenneth Orth United States	4	138 0.4×	181 1.1×	408 2.9×	32 0.3×	46 0.7×	8	590

Countries citing papers authored by J.A. Watts

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Fields of papers citing papers by J.A. Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by J.A. Watts. 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 J.A. Watts. The network helps show where J.A. Watts may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.A. Watts

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Olson, Jerry S., J.A. Watts, & L.J. Allison. (1985). Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data). 2 indexed citations

2.

Watts, J.A., et al.. (1983). Seasonality of cooling tower drift in vegetation at ORGDP. Environment International. 9(2). 149–152. 3 indexed citations

3.

Olson, Jerry S., J.A. Watts, & L.J. Allison. (1983). Carbon in live vegetation of major world ecosystems. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Mulholland, Patrick J. & J.A. Watts. (1982). Transport of organic carbon to the oceans by rivers of North America: a synthesis of existing data. Tellus. 34(2). 176–186. 30 indexed citations

5.

Mulholland, Patrick J. & J.A. Watts. (1982). Transport of organic carbon to the oceans by rivers of North America: a synthesis of existing data. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 34(2). 176–176. 53 indexed citations

6.

Watts, J.A., et al.. (1970). COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CENTER NUMERICAL ANALYSIS LIBRARY.. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 6 indexed citations

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