James A. Westfall

2.9k total citations
106 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James A. Westfall is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Westfall has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 82 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 53 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in James A. Westfall's work include Forest ecology and management (80 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (52 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (40 papers). James A. Westfall is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (80 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (52 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (40 papers). James A. Westfall collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. James A. Westfall's co-authors include Christopher W. Woodall, Ronald E. McRoberts, John W. Coulston, Charles H. Perry, Christopher M. Oswalt, Mark D. Nelson, Charles T. Scott, Harold E. Burkhart, Andrew O. Finley and Paul L. Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Ecological Applications and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

James A. Westfall

98 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James A. Westfall United States 24 1.2k 1.0k 805 422 252 106 1.8k
Sonia Condés Spain 24 1.3k 1.1× 961 0.9× 653 0.8× 392 0.9× 304 1.2× 51 1.7k
Atticus Stovall United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 841 0.8× 992 1.2× 707 1.7× 310 1.2× 45 1.8k
David R. Larsen United States 26 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 311 0.4× 564 1.3× 322 1.3× 80 1.8k
David L.R. Affleck United States 18 745 0.6× 951 0.9× 349 0.4× 348 0.8× 137 0.5× 51 1.4k
Vincent Kint Belgium 22 1.0k 0.8× 856 0.8× 316 0.4× 270 0.6× 220 0.9× 46 1.6k
John A. Kershaw Canada 23 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.3× 898 1.1× 396 0.9× 444 1.8× 92 2.3k
Gerald Kändler Germany 20 656 0.5× 568 0.5× 297 0.4× 294 0.7× 245 1.0× 38 1.0k
Carlos A. López‐Sánchez Spain 20 615 0.5× 450 0.4× 561 0.7× 474 1.1× 114 0.5× 68 1.2k
Nicola Puletti Italy 23 588 0.5× 698 0.7× 860 1.1× 809 1.9× 295 1.2× 83 1.6k
Grégoire Vincent France 23 692 0.6× 591 0.6× 653 0.8× 643 1.5× 160 0.6× 66 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Edgar, Christopher B. & James A. Westfall. (2025). Annual estimates of wind disturbance in relation to time of observation in a panelized national forest inventory. Forest Ecology and Management. 596. 123082–123082.
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Westfall, James A., Philip J. Radtke, David Walker, & John W. Coulston. (2025). Model error propagation in a compatible tree volume, biomass, and carbon prediction system. Carbon Balance and Management. 20(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarlane, David W., Philip J. Radtke, Aaron R. Weiskittel, et al.. (2022). Testing a generalized leaf mass estimation method for diverse tree species and climates of the continental United States. Ecological Applications. 32(7). e2646–e2646. 2 indexed citations
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Lister, Andrew J., Hans Henrik Andersen, Tracey S. Frescino, et al.. (2020). Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Efficiency of National Forest Inventories: A Case Study from the United States National Forest Inventory. Forests. 11(12). 1364–1364. 66 indexed citations
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Coulston, John W., James A. Westfall, David N. Wear, et al.. (2018). Annual Monitoring of US Timber Production: Rationale and Design. Forest Science. 64(5). 533–543. 9 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A.. (2016). Strategies for the use of mixed-effects models in continuous forest inventories. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188(4). 245–245. 6 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A., Andrew J. Lister, & Charles T. Scott. (2015). Precision and cost considerations for two-stage sampling in a panelized forest inventory design. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188(1). 11–11. 5 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A., et al.. (2013). A statistical power analysis of woody carbon flux from forest inventory data. Climatic Change. 118(3-4). 919–931. 13 indexed citations
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Woodall, Christopher W., Kai Zhu, James A. Westfall, et al.. (2013). Assessing the stability of tree ranges and influence of disturbance in eastern US forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 291. 172–180. 37 indexed citations
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McWilliams, William H., et al.. (2012). Sampling forest regeneration across northern U.S. forests: filling a void in regeneration model input. 290–294.
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Westfall, James A. & William H. McWilliams. (2011). Detecting change in advance tree regeneration using forest inventory data: the implications of type II error. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 184(9). 5601–5611. 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Paul L., John W. Coulston, Francis A. Roesch, James A. Westfall, & A.D. Hill. (2011). A primer for nonresponse in the US forest inventory and analysis program. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 184(3). 1423–1433. 21 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A., Paul L. Patterson, & John W. Coulston. (2011). Post-stratified estimation: within-strata and total sample size recommendations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41(5). 1130–1139. 44 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A. & Charles T. Scott. (2010). Taper Models for Commercial Tree Species in the Northeastern United States. Forest Science. 56(6). 515–528. 39 indexed citations
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Kellndorfer, Josef, Wayne Walker, Elizabeth B. LaPoint, Michael Hoppus, & James A. Westfall. (2006). Modeling Height, Biomass, and Carbon in U.S. Forests from FIA, SRTM, and Ancillary National Scale Data Sets. 3591–3594. 10 indexed citations
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Kellndorfer, Josef, Wayne Walker, Michael Hoppus, James A. Westfall, & Elizabeth B. LaPoint. (2005). The National Biomass and Carbon Dataset 2000: A High Spatial Resolution Baseline to Reduce Uncertainty in Carbon Accounting and Flux Modeling. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A. & Charles T. Scott. (2005). Northeastern FIA Tree Taper Study: Current Status and Future Work. 69. 1 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A., et al.. (2004). Comparison of Annual Inventory Designs Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data. Forest Science. 50(2). 188–203. 8 indexed citations
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Westfall, James A., Harold E. Burkhart, & H. Lee Allen. (2004). Young Stand Growth Modeling for Intensively-Managed Loblolly Pine Plantations in Southeastern U.S. Forest Science. 50(6). 823–835. 20 indexed citations
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McWilliams, William H., Todd W. Bowersox, Patrick H. Brose, et al.. (2004). Indicators of regenerative capacity for eastern hardwood forests. 1 indexed citations

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