John A. Wiens

26.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
174 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

John A. Wiens is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Wiens has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 87 papers in Ecology and 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John A. Wiens's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (75 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (39 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). John A. Wiens is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (75 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (39 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). John A. Wiens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. John A. Wiens's co-authors include John T. Rotenberry, Natasha B. Kotliar, Beatrice Van Horne, Stephen M. Redpath, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Bruce T. Milne, Robert L. Schooley, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Dennis Jongsomjit and Rolf A. Ims and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John A. Wiens

171 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Species diversity in ecological communities

1994 1.5k citations John A. Wiens profile →
Multiple Scales of Patchiness and Patch Structure: A Hierarchical Framework for the Study of Heterogeneity

1990 946 citations John A. Wiens et al. Oikos profile →
Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

2006 861 citations Monica G. Turner, John A. Wiens et al. Ecosystems profile →
Ecological Mechanisms and Landscape Ecology

1993 801 citations John A. Wiens et al. Oikos profile →
Population Responses to Patchy Environments

1976 785 citations John A. Wiens profile →
The Ecology of Bird Communities

1994 776 citations John A. Wiens et al. profile →
Niches, models, and climate change: Assessing the assumptions and uncertainties

2009 742 citations John A. Wiens, Diana Stralberg et al. profile →
The Ecology of Bird Communities

1989 738 citations John A. Wiens Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Riverine landscapes: taking landscape ecology into the water

2002 678 citations John A. Wiens profile →
An Approach to the Study of Ecological Relationships among Grassland Birds

1969 320 citations John A. Wiens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Wiens United States	68	11.7k	9.4k	5.0k	4.3k	3.5k	174	18.3k
Gary G. Mittelbach United States	49	7.8k 0.7×	10.2k 1.1×	4.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	76	15.4k
Navjot S. Sodhi Singapore	59	9.0k 0.8×	6.7k 0.7×	7.0k 1.4×	4.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	170	19.1k
Michael L. Rosenzweig United States	55	8.5k 0.7×	7.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	5.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	141	17.2k
Charles J. Krebs Canada	78	17.3k 1.5×	8.0k 0.9×	3.3k 0.7×	5.8k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	345	23.5k
Marie‐Josée Fortin Canada	65	8.6k 0.7×	7.0k 0.7×	6.2k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	274	17.2k
Michael R. Willig United States	59	7.8k 0.7×	6.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	5.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.1×	222	16.7k
Stephen T. Jackson United States	59	6.0k 0.5×	6.1k 0.7×	5.2k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	4.6k 1.3×	163	16.7k
Eric Post United States	50	9.6k 0.8×	4.9k 0.5×	5.2k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	5.5k 1.6×	133	17.7k
Colin R. Townsend New Zealand	76	16.1k 1.4×	12.5k 1.3×	3.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	216	23.8k
Michael L. McKinney United States	39	6.3k 0.5×	5.4k 0.6×	4.6k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	110	14.5k

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Norgaard, Richard B., John A. Wiens, Stephen B. Brandt, et al.. (2020). Preparing Scientists, Policymakers, and Managers for a Fast-Forward Future. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 19(2). 6 indexed citations

Wiens, John A., Joy B. Zedler, Vincent H. Resh, et al.. (2017). Facilitating Adaptive Management in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 15(2). 14 indexed citations

Wiens, John A. & Richard J. Hobbs. (2015). Integrating Conservation and Restoration in a Changing World. BioScience. 65(3). 302–312. 96 indexed citations

Harwell, Mark A., John H. Gentile, Keith R. Parker, et al.. (2012). Quantitative Assessment of Current Risks to Harlequin Ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska, from theExxon ValdezOil Spill. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 18(2). 261–328. 7 indexed citations

Nur, Nadav, Jaime Jahncke, Mark P. Herzog, et al.. (2011). Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System. Ecological Applications. 21(6). 2241–2257. 98 indexed citations

Wiens, John A., Joseph Fargione, & Jason Hill. (2011). Biofuels and biodiversity. Ecological Applications. 21(4). 1085–1095. 69 indexed citations

Scott, James M., Dale D. Goble, Aaron M. Haines, John A. Wiens, & Maile C. Neel. (2010). Conservation‐reliant species and the future of conservation. Conservation Letters. 3(2). 91–97. 162 indexed citations

Wiens, John A.. (2007). Foundation papers in landscape ecology. Columbia University Press eBooks. 51 indexed citations

Liu, Jianguo, Eugene P. Odum, John A. Wiens, et al.. (2002). Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 231 indexed citations

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Ward, J. V. & John A. Wiens. (2001). Ecotones of riverine ecosystems: Role and typology, spatio-temporal dynamics, and river regulation. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 1(1). 25–36. 51 indexed citations

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Ludwig, John A., John A. Wiens, & David J. Tongway. (2000). A Scaling Rule for Landscape Patches and How It Applies to Conserving Soil Resources in Savannas. Ecosystems. 3(1). 84–97. 123 indexed citations

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Farmer, Adrian H. & John A. Wiens. (1998). Optimal Migration Schedules Depend on the Landscape and the Physical Environment: A Dynamic Modeling View. Journal of Avian Biology. 29(4). 405–405. 42 indexed citations

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Crist, Thomas O. & John A. Wiens. (1994). Scale Effects of Vegetation on Forager Movement and Seed Harvesting by Ants. Oikos. 69(1). 37–37. 92 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A.. (1989). Processes and variations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 63 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A.. (1989). Foundations and patterns. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 75 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A. & John T. Rotenberry. (1979). Diet niche relationships among North American grassland and shrubsteppe birds. Oecologia. 42(3). 253–292. 128 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A.. (1977). On Competition and Variable Environment. 65(5). 590–597. 10 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A.. (1977). Model estimation of energy flow in North American grassland bird communities. Oecologia. 31(2). 135–151. 18 indexed citations

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Ellis, James E., et al.. (1976). A conceptual model of diet selection as an ecosystem process. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 60(1). 93–108. 92 indexed citations

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Wiens, John A.. (1973). Interterritorial Habitat Variation in Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows. Ecology. 54(4). 877–884. 53 indexed citations

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