John McNeill

22.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
266 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

John McNeill is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John McNeill has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Plant Science, 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 44 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in John McNeill's work include Botanical Studies and Applications (52 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (44 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (41 papers). John McNeill is often cited by papers focused on Botanical Studies and Applications (52 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (44 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (41 papers). John McNeill collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John McNeill's co-authors include Will Steffen, Paul J. Crutzen, Jacques Grinevald, Nicholas J. Turland, Werner Greuter, David L. Hawksworth, Fred R. Barrie, V. Demoulin, John H. Wiersema and Jefferson Prado and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John McNeill

230 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

The Anthropocene: Are Humans Now Overwhelming the Great Forces of Nature

2007 1.8k citations Will Steffen, John McNeill et al. profile →
The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives

2011 1.2k citations Will Steffen, Jacques Grinevald et al. profile →
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)

2012 907 citations John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie et al. profile →
The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

2016 547 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters et al. profile →
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia

2012 471 citations John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John McNeill	2.3k	2.2k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	266	9.9k
Camilla Toulmin	2.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.9×	1.9k 1.4×	647 0.5×	708 0.5×	88	13.2k
David Pimentel	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	666 0.5×	469 0.3×	111	9.9k
Paul West	2.3k 1.0×	4.4k 2.0×	2.6k 1.9×	367 0.3×	672 0.5×	79	11.2k
Colin D. Campbell	1.5k 0.6×	4.7k 2.1×	820 0.6×	302 0.2×	2.2k 1.7×	191	14.4k
Richard J. Ladle	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.7×	606 0.4×	689 0.5×	201	9.9k
David Pimentel	3.2k 1.4×	5.5k 2.4×	3.0k 2.1×	816 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	233	22.8k
John Ingram	1.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	490 0.4×	187 0.1×	71	10.3k
Daniel Müller	579 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	4.6k 3.3×	421 0.3×	432 0.3×	146	8.8k
Werner Ulrich	4.3k 1.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	822 0.6×	924 0.7×	350	11.2k
Mark W. Schwartz	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	3.6k 2.6×	345 0.3×	294 0.2×	153	9.7k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Summerhayes, Colin, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, et al.. (2024). The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis. Global and Planetary Change. 242. 104568–104568. 12 indexed citations

McNeill, John. (2023). (379–382) Proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants to ensure that the names of algae and fungi are not subject to uncertainty on the applicability of the rules of any other Code and to further clarify Art. 45.1. Taxon. 72(5). 1171–1172. 1 indexed citations

Mosyakin, Sergei L., et al.. (2023). (217) Proposal to amend Article 38.4 to allow binding decisions on whether a name was accepted by its author(s) in the original publication. Taxon. 72(2). 452–453.

Wiersema, John H., et al.. (2023). (369–373) Proposals to eliminate the future application of Article 20.2 to generic names matching technical terms in morphology. Taxon. 72(5). 1158–1167. 1 indexed citations

Bertling, Markus, et al.. (2021). (2809) Proposal to conserve the name Tetraphyllum Griff. ex C.B. Clarke (Gesneriaceae) against Tetraphyllum Hosius & Marck (published as fossil Magnoliophyta). Taxon. 70(2). 437–438. 1 indexed citations

Callmander, Martin W., Timothy Gallaher, John McNeill, et al.. (2020). Neotypification ofPandanus odorifer, the correct name forP. odoratissimus(Pandanaceae). Taxon. 70(1). 182–184. 4 indexed citations

Syvitski, James P. M., Colin N. Waters, John W. Day, et al.. (2020). Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch. Communications Earth & Environment. 1(1). 131 indexed citations

Mosyakin, Sergei L., et al.. (2019). Comments on proper type designation for names of taxa validated by Turczaninow in his Animadversiones, with case studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 76(5). 379–389. 10 indexed citations

McNeill, John, et al.. (2013). Global environmental history : an introductory reader. Routledge eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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McNeill, John, Fred R. Barrie, Will Buck, et al.. (2012). International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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McNeill, John & Verena Winiwarter. (2010). Soils and societies : perspectives from environmental history. 26 indexed citations

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McNeill, John. (2008). Gigantic Follies? Human Exploration and the Space Age in Long-term Historical Perspective. NASSP. 4703. 3. 1 indexed citations

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Steffen, Will, P. J. Crutzen, John McNeill, & K. A. Hibbard. (2008). Stages of the Anthropocene: Assessing the Human Impact on the Earth System. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations

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Hornborg, Alf, John McNeill, & Joan Martínez Alier. (2007). Rethinking environmental history: World-system history and global environmental change. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 205 indexed citations

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McNeill, John. (2002). El sistema internacional y el cambio medioambiental en el siglo XX. Ayer. 19–42. 1 indexed citations

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McNeill, John. (1999). Ecology, Epidemics and Empires: Environmental Change and the Geopolitics of Tropical America, 1600-1825. Environment and History. 5(2). 175–184. 12 indexed citations

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McNeill, John, et al.. (1986). Synopsis and achene morphology of Polygonum section Polygonum (Polygonaceae) in Canada. Rhodora. 88(856). 457–479. 12 indexed citations

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Arnason, John T., et al.. (1982). Local and improved corns (Zea mays) in small farm agriculture in Belize, C.A.; their taxonomy, productivity, and resistance to Sitophilus zeamais.. Phytoprotection. 63(2). 68–78. 10 indexed citations

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McNeill, John & William J. Cody. (1978). Species-area relationships for vascular plants of some St. Lawrence River Islands. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 92(1). 10–18. 9 indexed citations

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McNeill, John. (1969). NEW SPECIES OF MINUARTIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 29(3). 325–327.

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