John Busby

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

John Busby is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Busby has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecological Modeling, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John Busby's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers). John Busby is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers). John Busby collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. John Busby's co-authors include Michael F. Hutchinson, H. A. Nix, Trevor H. Booth, L. C. Bliss, D. W. A. Whitfield, J. Platt Bradbury, Vera Markgraf, Robert S. Hill, Jennifer Read and Peter Kershaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecological Monographs and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

In The Last Decade

John Busby

17 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

bioclim: the first species distribution modelling package, its early applications and relevance to most current MaxEnt studies

2013 689 citations Trevor H. Booth, H. A. Nix et al. Diversity and Distributions profile →
BIOCLIM - a bioclimate analysis and prediction system

1991 505 citations John Busby Plant protection quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Busby Australia	14	1.1k	891	710	556	348	19	2.0k
Gerold Kier Germany	10	817 0.8×	759 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	458 1.3×	13	2.4k
Michael Mühlenberg Germany	26	382 0.4×	965 1.1×	916 1.3×	661 1.2×	447 1.3×	60	2.0k
Sam Veloz United States	18	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	845 1.2×	482 0.9×	611 1.8×	29	2.2k
Roger Earl Latham United States	15	423 0.4×	852 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	752 1.4×	534 1.5×	24	2.1k
Michael P. Nobis Switzerland	25	1.0k 1.0×	934 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	757 1.4×	611 1.8×	56	2.4k
Urs A. Treier Denmark	17	874 0.8×	647 0.7×	748 1.1×	683 1.2×	230 0.7×	34	2.0k
Naia Morueta‐Holme Denmark	21	1.1k 1.1×	789 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	876 1.6×	514 1.5×	35	2.4k
Richard Fitter United Kingdom	16	669 0.6×	858 1.0×	745 1.0×	957 1.7×	388 1.1×	80	2.2k
Tobias Kawohl Germany	5	1.1k 1.1×	827 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	879 1.6×	735 2.1×	7	2.8k
Andrew N. Gillison Australia	16	546 0.5×	596 0.7×	669 0.9×	493 0.9×	379 1.1×	27	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Busby

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Busby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Busby

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

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19 of 19 papers shown

Godfree, Robert C., et al.. (2019). Historical reconstruction unveils the risk of mass mortality and ecosystem collapse during pancontinental megadrought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(31). 15580–15589. 26 indexed citations

Booth, Trevor H., H. A. Nix, John Busby, & Michael F. Hutchinson. (2013). bioclim: the first species distribution modelling package, its early applications and relevance to most current MaxEnt studies. Diversity and Distributions. 20(1). 1–9. 689 indexed citations breakdown →

Busby, John, et al.. (2006). Bird Families Of The World: Pelicans, Cormorants And Their Relatives. 15 indexed citations

Nelson, Bryan Raveen, et al.. (2005). Pelicans, cormorants and their relatives : Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Phaethontidae. Oxford University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations

Busby, John. (2000). BCIS Biodiversity Conservation Information System Framework for information sharing : executive overview.

Busby, John. (1999). Framework for information sharing : principles. 1 indexed citations

Busby, John, et al.. (1996). GUIDE TO INFORMATION MANAGEMENT In the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 8 indexed citations

Kershaw, Peter, et al.. (1994). An examination of modern and pre-European settlement pollen samples from southeastern Australia—assessment of their application to quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation and climate. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 82(1-2). 83–96. 54 indexed citations

Busby, John, et al.. (1992). Recorded and predicted distribution of the Golden-tipped Bat Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson, 1878) in Australia. Australian Zoologist. 28(1-4). 52–54. 11 indexed citations

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McKenzie, G. Merna & John Busby. (1992). A Quantitative Estimate of Holocene Climate Using a Bioclimatic Profile of Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst.. Journal of Biogeography. 19(5). 531–531. 19 indexed citations

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Busby, John. (1991). BIOCLIM - a bioclimate analysis and prediction system. Plant protection quarterly. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, W. D. & John Busby. (1991). The geographical distribution of Triops australiensis (Crustacea: Notostraca) in Australia: a biogeoclimatic analysis. Hydrobiologia. 212(1). 235–240. 16 indexed citations

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Hill, Robert S., Jennifer Read, & John Busby. (1988). The Temperature-Dependence of Photosynthesis of Some Australian Temperate Rainforest Trees and its Biogeographical Significance. Journal of Biogeography. 15(3). 431–431. 56 indexed citations

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Booth, Trevor H., H. A. Nix, Michael F. Hutchinson, & John Busby. (1987). Grid matching: A new method for homoclime analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 39(2-3). 241–255. 43 indexed citations

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Busby, John. (1986). A biogeoclimatic analysis of Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst. in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology. 11(1). 1–7. 175 indexed citations

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Markgraf, Vera, J. Platt Bradbury, & John Busby. (1986). Paleoclimates in Southwestern Tasmania during the Last 13,000 Years. Palaios. 1(4). 368–368. 62 indexed citations

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Busby, John, et al.. (1978). Microclimate Control of Growth Rates and Habitats of the Boreal Forest Mosses, Tomenthypnum nitens and Hylocomium splendens. Ecological Monographs. 48(2). 95–110. 179 indexed citations

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Busby, John & D. W. A. Whitfield. (1978). Water potential, water content, and net assimilation of some boreal forest mosses. Canadian Journal of Botany. 56(13). 1551–1558. 74 indexed citations

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Busby, John. (1976). Energy and water relations of some boreal forest mosses. University of Alberta Library. 4 indexed citations

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