John M. Briggs

16.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

John M. Briggs is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. Briggs has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in John M. Briggs's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (33 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (31 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (22 papers). John M. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (33 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (31 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (22 papers). John M. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John M. Briggs's co-authors include Alan K. Knapp, Nancy B. Grimm, Xuemei Bai, Stanley H. Faeth, Jianguo Wu, Charles L. Redman, Nancy E. Golubiewski, John M. Blair, Scott L. Collins and Loretta C. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

John M. Briggs

80 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

2008 5.1k citations Nancy B. Grimm, Stanley H. Faeth et al. Science profile →
Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie

1998 818 citations Scott L. Collins, Alan K. Knapp et al. Science profile →
The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

1999 639 citations Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair et al. profile →
An Ecosystem in Transition: Causes and Consequences of the Conversion of Mesic Grassland to Shrubland

2005 583 citations John M. Briggs, Alan K. Knapp et al. profile →
Relationships between Leaf Area Index and Landsat TM Spectral Vegetation Indices across Three Temperate Zone Sites

1999 507 citations David P. Turner, Warren B. Cohen et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John M. Briggs United States	37	6.3k	5.3k	4.3k	2.1k	2.0k	82	12.3k
Carol Barford United States	17	7.4k 1.2×	4.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	767 0.4×	32	14.2k
David W. Schindler Canada	52	3.1k 0.5×	7.5k 1.4×	3.6k 0.8×	818 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	124	20.3k
Nancy B. Grimm United States	73	9.4k 1.5×	9.8k 1.9×	6.1k 1.4×	4.9k 2.3×	4.5k 2.2×	221	26.3k
P. K. Snyder United States	19	6.8k 1.1×	3.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	768 0.4×	30	11.4k
E. A. Howard United States	4	5.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	669 0.3×	4	10.1k
Michael T. Coe United States	58	12.9k 2.1×	6.1k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	849 0.4×	110	21.0k
Margaret A. Palmer United States	79	5.9k 0.9×	12.5k 2.4×	7.6k 1.7×	1.7k 0.8×	811 0.4×	188	21.4k
Pamela Green United States	22	4.8k 0.8×	5.8k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	696 0.3×	35	19.2k
John Downing United States	68	5.4k 0.9×	10.0k 1.9×	5.8k 1.3×	855 0.4×	794 0.4×	199	22.4k
Christopher J. Kucharik United States	54	12.0k 1.9×	6.7k 1.3×	3.3k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	157	21.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John M. Briggs

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Fairclough, David V., G. Jackson, Craig L. Skepper, et al.. (2024). Aerial drones and recreational fish finders: evaluating a low-cost method for surveying fish aggregations. Marine and Freshwater Research. 75(18). 1 indexed citations

Collins, Scott L., et al.. (2021). Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters. 24(4). 636–647. 3 indexed citations

Ungerer, Mark C., Chelsea A. Weitekamp, Anthony Joern, G. Towne, & John M. Briggs. (2012). Genetic Variation and Mating Success in Managed American Plains Bison. Journal of Heredity. 104(2). 182–191. 3 indexed citations

Butterfield, Bradley J. & John M. Briggs. (2010). Regeneration niche differentiates functional strategies of desert woody plant species. Oecologia. 165(2). 477–487. 90 indexed citations

Butterfield, Bradley J., Julio L. Betancourt, Raymond M. Turner, & John M. Briggs. (2010). Facilitation drives 65 years of vegetation change in the Sonoran Desert. Ecology. 91(4). 1132–1139. 67 indexed citations

Grimm, Nancy B., Stanley H. Faeth, Nancy E. Golubiewski, et al.. (2008). Global Change and the Ecology of Cities. Science. 319(5864). 756–760. 5103 indexed citations breakdown →

Briggs, John M., et al.. (2007). HOHOKAM FIELD BUILDING. KIVA. 72(4). 431–457. 13 indexed citations

Balling, Robert C., et al.. (2007). Birds of a feather: Interpolating distribution patterns of urban birds. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 32(1). 19–28. 21 indexed citations

Knapp, Alan K., John M. Briggs, Scott L. Collins, et al.. (2007). Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology. 14(3). 615–623. 459 indexed citations

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Lett, Michelle S., Alan K. Knapp, John M. Briggs, & John M. Blair. (2004). Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland. Canadian Journal of Botany. 82(9). 1363–1370. 65 indexed citations

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Heisler, Jana L., John M. Briggs, & Alan K. Knapp. (2003). Long‐term patterns of shrub expansion in a C₄‐dominated grassland: fire frequency and the dynamics of shrub cover and abundance. American Journal of Botany. 90(3). 423–428. 118 indexed citations

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Hoek, D.J. van der, et al.. (2002). White-Tailed Deer Browsing on Six Shrub Species of Tallgrass Prairie. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 12(1). 141–145. 10 indexed citations

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Briggs, John M., Greg Hoch, & Loretta C. Johnson. (2002). Assessing the Rate, Mechanisms, and Consequences of the Conversion of Tallgrass Prairie to Juniperus virginiana Forest. Ecosystems. 5(6). 578–586. 280 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy, Karin S. Fassnacht, & John M. Briggs. (1999). Relationships between Leaf Area Index and Landsat TM Spectral Vegetation Indices across Three Temperate Zone Sites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 70(1). 52–68. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Briggs, John M. & Alan K. Knapp. (1995). Interannual variability in primary production in tallgrass prairie: climate, soil moisture, topographic position, and fire as determinants of aboveground biomass. American Journal of Botany. 82(8). 1024–1030. 435 indexed citations

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Briggs, John M., et al.. (1994). Expansion of gallery forest on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas, USA. Landscape Ecology. 9(2). 117–125. 86 indexed citations

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Briggs, John M. & Mike Nellis. (1991). Seasonal variation of heterogeneity in the tallgrass prairie: a quantitative measure using remote sensing.. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 57(4). 407–411. 47 indexed citations

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Seastedt, Timothy R., John M. Briggs, & David J. Gibson. (1991). Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 87(1). 72–79. 197 indexed citations

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Briggs, John M., L. Farnell, & Edward W. Randall. (1973). Proton-noise-decoupled deuterium resonance at natural abundance by Fourier transform. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 70–70. 4 indexed citations

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Briggs, John M., Erkki Rahkamaa, & E. W. Randall. (1973). 15N and 13C magnetic resonance spectra of pyrrole. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969). 11(3). 416–420. 4 indexed citations

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