James H. Brown

87.8k total citations · 30 hit papers
394 papers, 62.7k citations indexed

About

James H. Brown is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James H. Brown has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 62.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Ecology, 154 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 97 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James H. Brown's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (117 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (79 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (74 papers). James H. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (117 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (79 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (74 papers). James H. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. James H. Brown's co-authors include Geoffrey B. West, Brian J. Enquist, James F. Gillooly, Van M. Savage, Astrid Kodric‐Brown, Andrew P. Allen, Eric L. Charnov, Brian A. Maurer, S. K. Morgan Ernest and Richard M. Sibly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James H. Brown

376 papers receiving 57.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY

2004 5.7k citations James H. Brown, James F. Gillooly et al. Ecology profile →
A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology

1997 3.5k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Science profile →
Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

2001 2.8k citations James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown et al. Science profile →
On the Relationship between Abundance and Distribution of Species

1984 2.6k citations James H. Brown profile →
Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map

2006 2.2k citations James H. Brown, Jed A. Fuhrman et al. profile →
Turnover Rates in Insular Biogeography: Effect of Immigration on Extinction

1977 2.0k citations James H. Brown et al. Ecology profile →
The Fourth Dimension of Life: Fractal Geometry and Allometric Scaling of Organisms

1999 1.2k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Science profile →
THE GEOGRAPHIC RANGE: Size, Shape, Boundaries, and Internal Structure

1996 1.1k citations James H. Brown, Dawn M. Kaufman et al. profile →
A general model for the structure and allometry of plant vascular systems

1999 1.1k citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management

1996 1.1k citations James H. Brown et al. profile →
A general model for ontogenetic growth

2001 859 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
Effects of size and temperature on developmental time

2002 753 citations James F. Gillooly, Eric L. Charnov et al. Nature profile →
Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions

2007 719 citations James H. Brown et al. profile →
Don't judge species on their origins

2011 717 citations James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
Effects of Body Size and Temperature on Population Growth

2004 714 citations James H. Brown, Eric L. Charnov et al. profile →
Allometric scaling of plant energetics and population density

1998 690 citations Brian J. Enquist, James H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
Global Biodiversity, Biochemical Kinetics, and the Energetic-Equivalence Rule

2002 665 citations Andrew P. Allen, James H. Brown et al. Science profile →
Truth in Advertising: The Kinds of Traits Favored by Sexual Selection

1984 616 citations James H. Brown et al. profile →
Why are there so many species in the tropics?

2013 610 citations James H. Brown Journal of Biogeography profile →
Spatial Variation in Abundance

1995 607 citations James H. Brown et al. Ecology profile →
Mammals on Mountaintops: Nonequilibrium Insular Biogeography

1971 593 citations James H. Brown profile →
Macroecology: The Division of Food and Space Among Species on Continents

1989 574 citations James H. Brown, Brian A. Maurer Science profile →
The origin of allometric scaling laws in biology from genomes to ecosystems: towards a quantitative unifying theory of biological structure and organization

2005 556 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown profile →
The predominance of quarter‐power scaling in biology

2004 526 citations James F. Gillooly, Geoffrey B. West et al. profile →
Evolution of Body Size: Consequences of an Energetic Definition of Fitness

1993 523 citations James H. Brown et al. profile →
Allometric scaling of metabolic rate from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals

2002 523 citations Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria

2008 515 citations Jed A. Fuhrman, Joshua A. Steele et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants

1999 507 citations Brian J. Enquist, Geoffrey B. West et al. Nature profile →
Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

2016 503 citations Brian J. Enquist, James H. Brown et al. profile →
Control of a Desert-Grassland Transition by a Keystone Rodent Guild

1990 492 citations James H. Brown et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global Impact of Experiment-centric Pedagogy and Home-based, Hands-on Learning Workshop at a Historically Black University 2024 ·2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), K. A. Connor, Aldo A. Ferri, (unknown), (unknown), James H. Brown, Krishna Bista, (unknown)	1
2	Life, Death and Energy: What Does Nature Select? 2024 ·Ecology Letters ·James H. Brown, Chen Hou, Charles A. S. Hall, Joseph R. Burger	7
3	White Paper: An Integrated Perspective on the Causes of Hypometric Metabolic Scaling in Animals 2022 ·Integrative and Comparative Biology ·Jon F. Harrison, Andrew A. Biewener, Joanna R. Bernhardt, Joseph R. Burger, James H. Brown, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Lynch, (unknown), Tommy Norin, Amanda K. Pettersen, Felisa A. Smith, Ummat Somjee, James F. A. Traniello, Terrie M. Williams	24
4	Universal rules of life: metabolic rates, biological times and the equal fitness paradigm 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Joseph R. Burger, Chen Hou, Charles A. S. Hall, James H. Brown	45
5	Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators 2019 ·Science ·John M. Grady, Brian Maitner, Ara S. Winter, Kristin Kaschner, Derek P. Tittensor, Sydne Record, Felisa A. Smith, Adam M. Wilson, Anthony I. Dell, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Helen J. Wearing, (unknown), James H. Brown	80
6	Toward a metabolic theory of life history 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joseph R. Burger, Chen Hou, James H. Brown	62
7	Why are there so many species in the tropics? breakdown → 2013 ·Journal of Biogeography ·James H. Brown	610
8	Models and tests of optimal density and maximal yield for crop plants 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jianming Deng, Jinzhi Ran, Zhiqiang Wang, (unknown), Genxu Wang, Mingfei Ji, Jing Liu, Yun Wang, Jianquan Liu, James H. Brown	75
9	A general basis for quarter-power scaling in animals 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jayanth R. Banavar, Melanie E. Moses, James H. Brown, John Damuth, Andrea Rinaldo, Richard M. Sibly, Amos Maritan	158
10	Long‐term monitoring and experimental manipulation of a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem near Portal, Arizona, USA 2009 ·Ecology ·S. K. Morgan Ernest, Thomas J. Valone, James H. Brown	33
11	Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jonathan L. Payne, Alison G. Boyer, James H. Brown, Seth Finnegan, Michał Kowalewski, Richard A. Krause, S. Kathleen Lyons, Craig R. McClain, Daniel W. McShea, Philip M. Novack‐Gottshall, Felisa A. Smith, Jennifer Stempien, Steve C. Wang	185
12	A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria breakdown → 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jed A. Fuhrman, Joshua A. Steele, Ian Hewson, Michael S. Schwalbach, Mark V. Brown, Jessica L. Green, James H. Brown	515
13	The rate of DNA evolution: Effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James F. Gillooly, Andrew P. Allen, Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown	384
14	Similarities in body size distributions of small-bodied flying vertebrates 2004 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Brian A. Maurer, James H. Brown, Tamar Dayan, Brian J. Enquist, Elizabeth A. Hadly, John P. Haskell, David Jablonski, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, S. Kathleen Lyons, Karl J. Niklas, Warren P. Porter, Kaustuv Roy, Felisa A. Smith, Bruce H. Tiffney, Michael R. Willig	21
15	The Global Distribution of Mesospheric Ozone Measured by the Infrared Sensors on the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) 2003 ·EAEJA ·(unknown), James J. Gibson, James H. Brown, J. W. Duff, A. S. Zachor	0
16	Correction: Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants 2000 ·Nature ·Brian J. Enquist, Geoffrey B. West, Eric L. Charnov, James H. Brown	51
17	Complex ecological systems 1999 ·Complexity ·James H. Brown	15
18	Diversity of animal communities on southwestern rangelands: Species patterns, habitat relationships, and land management 1995 ·Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) ·Robert Parmenter, Sandra L. Brantley, James H. Brown, Clifford S. Crawford, David C. Lightfoot, Terry L. Yates	16
19	The theory of insular biogeography and the distribution of boreal birds and mammals 1978 ·ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University) ·James H. Brown	163
20	PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS OF SEA ICE. 1958 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·James H. Brown, (unknown)	2

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