John H. Lawton

72.0k total citations · 25 hit papers
280 papers, 47.8k citations indexed

About

John H. Lawton is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Lawton has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 47.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 111 papers in Ecology and 93 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John H. Lawton's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (100 papers), Plant and animal studies (83 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (53 papers). John H. Lawton is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (100 papers), Plant and animal studies (83 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (53 papers). John H. Lawton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. John H. Lawton's co-authors include Clive G. Jones, Moshe Shachak, Stuart L. Pimm, Kevin J. Gaston, Donald R. Strong, Robert D. Holt, Tim M. Blackburn, J. R. Beddington, Andy Hector and M. P. Hassell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John H. Lawton

271 papers receiving 42.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John H. Lawton United Kingdom 101 21.6k 21.1k 18.0k 9.2k 7.7k 280 47.8k
Daniel Simberloff United States 102 25.7k 1.2× 22.1k 1.0× 14.9k 0.8× 10.7k 1.2× 7.9k 1.0× 382 52.5k
Michel Loreau France 88 20.9k 1.0× 24.6k 1.2× 14.5k 0.8× 14.2k 1.5× 3.9k 0.5× 289 49.5k
Robert K. Colwell United States 66 16.5k 0.8× 15.7k 0.7× 13.2k 0.7× 6.2k 0.7× 4.0k 0.5× 136 37.2k
Robert D. Holt United States 96 21.2k 1.0× 17.1k 0.8× 15.0k 0.8× 7.4k 0.8× 4.7k 0.6× 300 45.3k
David M. Lodge United States 79 27.0k 1.3× 18.1k 0.9× 7.3k 0.4× 10.4k 1.1× 4.0k 0.5× 236 43.5k
David M. Richardson South Africa 115 19.1k 0.9× 29.4k 1.4× 18.0k 1.0× 12.0k 1.3× 9.1k 1.2× 509 52.4k
Petr Pyšek Czechia 105 18.0k 0.8× 26.5k 1.3× 19.8k 1.1× 7.8k 0.8× 8.7k 1.1× 488 49.8k
Anne E. Magurran United Kingdom 74 14.7k 0.7× 15.3k 0.7× 13.0k 0.7× 8.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.3× 241 34.9k
Cajo J. F. ter Braak Netherlands 69 18.8k 0.9× 14.0k 0.7× 8.1k 0.4× 7.1k 0.8× 3.2k 0.4× 197 44.6k
Bernhard Schmid Switzerland 96 12.6k 0.6× 20.4k 1.0× 13.2k 0.7× 10.0k 1.1× 3.3k 0.4× 487 40.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John H. Lawton

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All Works

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Thomas, Jeremy A., Mark G. Telfer, David B. Roy, et al.. (2004). Comparative Losses of British Butterflies, Birds, and Plants and the Global Extinction Crisis. Science. 303(5665). 1879–1881. 705 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawton, John H.. (2001). All creatures great but mainly small. Ecological Entomology. 26(3). 225–226. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, T. Hefin, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Christian Körner, John H. Lawton, & L. J. Thompson. (2000). Comparing studies of artificial and natural ecosystem responses to CO2 enrichment.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 29. 1–7. 15 indexed citations
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Davis, Andrew, et al.. (1998). Individualistic species responses invalidate simple physiological models of community dynamics under global environmental change. Journal of Animal Ecology. 67(4). 600–612. 248 indexed citations
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Hodda, Mike, G. F. Bloemers, John H. Lawton, & P.J.D. Lambshead. (1997). The effects of clearing and subsequent land-use on abundance and biomass of soil nematodes in tropical forest. Pedobiologia. 41(4). 279–294. 8 indexed citations
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Awmack, C. S., R. Harrington, Simon R. Leather, & John H. Lawton. (1996). The impacts of elevated CO2 on aphid-plant interactions. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository). 30 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H.. (1996). Nessiteras Rhombopteryx. Oikos. 77(3). 378–378. 3 indexed citations
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Lewinsohn, Thomas M., et al.. (1995). First survey of insects feeding on Pteridium aquilinum in Brazil.. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 39(1). 151–156. 4 indexed citations
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Naeem, Shahid, Shahid Naeem, Lindsey J. Thompson, et al.. (1995). Empirical evidence that declining species diversity may alter the performance of terrestrial ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 347(1321). 249–262. 283 indexed citations
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Agassiz, David J. L., et al.. (1994). Estimating the Spread of Small Invading Organisms Using Information from the Public. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters. 4(1). 1–1. 6 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H., Shahid Naeem, Richard M. Woodfin, et al.. (1993). The Ecotron: a controlled environmental facility for the investigation of population and ecosystem processes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 341(1296). 181–194. 57 indexed citations
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Compton, Stephen G. & John H. Lawton. (1992). Ant‐Herbivore Interactions: Reasons for the Absence of Benefits to a Fern with Foliar Nectaries Vanessa K. Rashbrook. Ecology. 73(6). 2167–2174. 94 indexed citations
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Brown, V. K., John H. Lawton, & P. J. Grubb. (1991). Herbivory and the evolution of leaf size and shape. Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 333(1267). 265–272. 29 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H.. (1990). The U.K. biological control programme for bracken.. 34–39. 1 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H., et al.. (1988). prospects of biological control of bracken in Britain. Aspects of applied biology. 3 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H.. (1988). Biological control of bracken in Britain: constraints and opportunities. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 318(1189). 335–355. 25 indexed citations
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Thompson, Daniel J., et al.. (1984). The life history of Lestes sponsa (Hansemann): larval growth (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Odonatologica. 13(3). 451–459. 24 indexed citations
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Nisbet, Roger M., et al.. (1983). The systematic formulation of tractable single-species models incorporating age structure. Journal of Animal Ecology. 52(2). 479–495. 115 indexed citations
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Lawton, John H. & Walter Leuthold. (1978). African Ungulates, a Comparative Review of their Ethology and Behavioural Ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 47(2). 662–662. 47 indexed citations
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Beddington, J. R., et al.. (1976). Concepts of Stability and Resilience in Predator-Prey Models. Journal of Animal Ecology. 45(3). 791–791. 113 indexed citations

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