Jack Forster

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Jack Forster is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Forster has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Jack Forster's work include Forest Insect Ecology and Management (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (8 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Jack Forster is often cited by papers focused on Forest Insect Ecology and Management (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (8 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Jack Forster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and Spain. Jack Forster's co-authors include Andrew G. Hirst, David Atkinson, Guy Woodward, Sandra Denman, Nathan Brown, Kelly Scarlett, Mariella Marzano, Michael Dunn, Elena Vanguelova and Liz O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Jack Forster

47 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species
    2012 398 citations Jack Forster, Andrew G. Hirst et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jack Forster United Kingdom 14 780 360 311 254 214 48 1.4k
Ane Kirstine Brunbjerg Denmark 18 777 1.0× 250 0.7× 401 1.3× 262 1.0× 58 0.3× 26 1.5k
Elisabeth Hornung Hungary 21 550 0.7× 254 0.7× 236 0.8× 202 0.8× 133 0.6× 58 1.3k
Agathe Leriche France 20 694 0.9× 296 0.8× 426 1.4× 498 2.0× 151 0.7× 37 1.8k
M. D. Farnon Ellwood United Kingdom 15 455 0.6× 243 0.7× 407 1.3× 221 0.9× 133 0.6× 40 1.1k
Pablo Munguia United States 20 718 0.9× 357 1.0× 371 1.2× 163 0.6× 324 1.5× 59 1.4k
Dawn R. Bazely Canada 25 844 1.1× 345 1.0× 784 2.5× 463 1.8× 59 0.3× 56 1.9k
Josephine C. Iacarella Canada 15 662 0.8× 325 0.9× 340 1.1× 98 0.4× 171 0.8× 32 1.0k
Nash E. Turley United States 16 605 0.8× 279 0.8× 760 2.4× 369 1.5× 71 0.3× 26 1.5k
Alan Giraldo Colombia 16 539 0.7× 464 1.3× 349 1.1× 96 0.4× 262 1.2× 133 1.0k
Mike Hodda Australia 18 807 1.0× 245 0.7× 579 1.9× 612 2.4× 327 1.5× 52 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jack Forster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jack Forster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Forster

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

All Works

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O’Brien, Liz, et al.. (2024). Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: A new composite measure. People and Nature. 6(3). 1334–1354. 5 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Liz, Mariella Marzano, Norman Dandy, et al.. (2024). Managing Trees Species of High Social and Cultural Value: Forest Manager Attitudes towards Pest and Disease Risks to Oak in Britain. Forests. 15(10). 1695–1695. 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Jack, et al.. (2023). Assessing the use of natural colonization to create new forests within temperate agriculturally dominated landscapes. Restoration Ecology. 31(8). 9 indexed citations
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Willoughby, I., Jack Forster, & R. J. Coventry. (2023). Non-hazardous rapeseed oil spray adjuvants do not improve the rainfastness or effectiveness of glyphosate for Rhododendron ponticum shrub control. New Forests. 55(4). 845–859. 1 indexed citations
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Yamulki, S., et al.. (2021). Effects of clear-fell harvesting on soil CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O fluxes in an upland Sitka spruce stand in England. Biogeosciences. 18(13). 4227–4241. 5 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Liz & Jack Forster. (2021). Physical Activity Supporting Connection to Nature, and Helping to Maintain Wellbeing during the Covid-19 Restrictions in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4585–4585. 22 indexed citations
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Barsoum, Nadia, et al.. (2020). Root ectomycorrhizal status of oak trees symptomatic and asymptomatic for Acute Oak Decline in southern Britain. Forest Ecology and Management. 482. 118800–118800. 7 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Liz & Jack Forster. (2020). Sustaining and changing sport and physical activity behaviours in the forest: An evaluated pilot intervention on five public forest sites in England. Urban forestry & urban greening. 55. 126844–126844. 4 indexed citations
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Riddell, Carolyn, Jack Forster, Pete E. Hedley, et al.. (2019). Metabarcoding reveals a high diversity of woody host-associatedPhytophthoraspp. in soils at public gardens and amenity woodlands in Britain. PeerJ. 7. e6931–e6931. 45 indexed citations
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Vanguelova, Elena, P. Crow, Sue Benham, et al.. (2019). Impact of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) afforestation on the carbon stocks of peaty gley soils – a chronosequence study in the north of England. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 92(3). 242–252. 15 indexed citations
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Dunn, Michael, Mariella Marzano, Jack Forster, & Robin Gill. (2018). Public attitudes towards “pest” management: Perceptions on squirrel management strategies in the UK. Biological Conservation. 222. 52–63. 52 indexed citations
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Broadmeadow, Samantha, T.R. Nisbet, & Jack Forster. (2018). Trends in surface water chemistry in afforested Welsh catchments recovering from acidification, 1991–2012. Environmental Pollution. 247. 27–38. 7 indexed citations
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Stokes, Victoria, et al.. (2018). A comparison of Sitka spruce x white spruce hybrid families as an alternative to pure Sitka spruce plantations in upland Britain. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 91(5). 650–661. 2 indexed citations
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Tubby, Katherine, I. Willoughby, & Jack Forster. (2017). The efficacy of chemical thinning treatments on Pinus sylvestris and Larix kaempferi and subsequent incidence and potential impact of Heterobasidion annosum infection in standing trees. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 90(5). 728–736. 3 indexed citations
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Denman, Sandra, James Doonan, Emma Ransom-Jones, et al.. (2017). Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline. The ISME Journal. 12(2). 386–399. 90 indexed citations
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Forster, Jack, Andrew G. Hirst, & Guy Woodward. (2011). Growth and Development Rates Have Different Thermal Responses. The American Naturalist. 178(5). 668–678. 138 indexed citations

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