José L. Hierro

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

José L. Hierro is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, José L. Hierro has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 43 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 29 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in José L. Hierro's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (43 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (21 papers). José L. Hierro is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (43 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (21 papers). José L. Hierro collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, United States and Türkiye. José L. Hierro's co-authors include Ragan M. Callaway, John L. Maron, Özkan Eren, Dean E. Pearson, Diego Villarreal, Yvette K. Ortega, Christopher J. Lortie, Krikor Andonian, Mariana C. Chiuffo and Lyn C. Branch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

José L. Hierro

55 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A biogeographical approach to plant invasions: the importance of studying exotics in their introduced and native range

2004 669 citations José L. Hierro, John L. Maron et al. Journal of Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
José L. Hierro Argentina	24	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	662	343	58	2.5k
Julio M. Alcántara Spain	23	1.7k 1.3×	891 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	848 1.3×	230 0.7×	69	2.6k
Enrique J. Chaneton Argentina	32	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.9×	432 1.3×	64	3.3k
Richard A. Lankau United States	28	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	500 0.8×	494 1.4×	54	2.5k
Joyce Maschinski United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	896 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	650 1.0×	250 0.7×	58	2.1k
Hansjörg Dietz Switzerland	28	1.6k 1.1×	944 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	625 0.9×	255 0.7×	47	2.3k
Olivier Chabrerie France	29	1.2k 0.9×	884 0.7×	805 0.7×	826 1.2×	614 1.8×	62	2.5k
Eduardo de la Peña Belgium	22	753 0.5×	903 0.7×	621 0.6×	613 0.9×	379 1.1×	87	2.1k
Kurt O. Reinhart United States	28	1.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	681 1.0×	505 1.5×	67	3.6k
Luis Navarro Spain	29	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	421 0.6×	209 0.6×	89	2.8k
Carol J. West Australia	5	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	891 1.3×	693 2.0×	8	3.2k

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Slate, Mandy L., Isabell Hensen, José L. Hierro, et al.. (2025). Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage. Functional Ecology. 1 indexed citations

Montesinos, Daniel, Anurag Chaturvedi, Ian R. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Trait evolution during a rapid global weed invasion despite little genetic differentiation. Evolutionary Applications. 16(5). 997–1011. 5 indexed citations

Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, et al.. (2023). Exotic success following disturbance explained by weak native resilience and ruderal exotic bias. Journal of Ecology. 111(11). 2412–2423. 9 indexed citations

Callaway, Ragan M., et al.. (2022). The EICA is dead? Long live the EICA !. Ecology Letters. 25(10). 2289–2302. 20 indexed citations

Pearson, Dean E., Özkan Eren, Yvette K. Ortega, et al.. (2022). Combining biogeographical approaches to advance invasion ecology and methodology. Journal of Ecology. 110(9). 2033–2045. 5 indexed citations

Lortie, Christopher J. & José L. Hierro. (2021). A synthesis of local adaptation to climate through reciprocal common gardens. Journal of Ecology. 110(5). 1015–1021. 42 indexed citations

Hierro, José L., Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Özkan Eren, et al.. (2021). Experimental admixture among geographically disjunct populations of an invasive plant yields a global mosaic of reproductive incompatibility and heterosis. Journal of Ecology. 109(5). 2152–2162. 16 indexed citations

Reinhart, Kurt O., Jonathan T. Bauer, Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann, et al.. (2021). Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. Ecology and Evolution. 11(4). 1756–1768. 28 indexed citations

Hierro, José L., et al.. (2020). Plant interactions balance under biotic and abiotic stressors: the importance of herbivory in semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia. 194(4). 685–694. 5 indexed citations

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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2018). Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33(5). 313–325. 191 indexed citations

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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2016). Quantifying “apparent” impact and distinguishing impact from invasiveness in multispecies plant invasions. Ecological Applications. 26(1). 162–173. 62 indexed citations

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Chiuffo, Mariana C., Andrew S. MacDougall, & José L. Hierro. (2015). Native and non-native ruderals experience similar plant–soil feedbacks and neighbor effects in a system where they coexist. Oecologia. 179(3). 843–852. 23 indexed citations

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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2015). Quantifying "apparent" impact and distinguishing impact from invasiveness in multispecies plant invasions. Ecological Applications. 3905419585–3905419585. 1 indexed citations

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Pearson, Dean E., et al.. (2014). Are Local Filters Blind to Provenance? Ant Seed Predation Suppresses Exotic Plants More than Natives. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e103824–e103824. 35 indexed citations

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Dlugosch, Katrina M., Zhao Lai, Aurélie Bonin, José L. Hierro, & Loren H. Rieseberg. (2013). Allele Identification for Transcriptome-Based Population Genomics in the Invasive PlantCentaurea solstitialis. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 3(2). 359–367. 33 indexed citations

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Hierro, José L., Özkan Eren, Diego Villarreal, & Mariana C. Chiuffo. (2012). Non‐native conditions favor non‐native populations of invasive plant: demographic consequences of seed size variation?. Oikos. 122(4). 583–590. 35 indexed citations

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MacDougall, Andrew S., Brian C. Husband, José L. Hierro, et al.. (2012). Expansion of a globally pervasive grass occurs without substantial trait differences between home and away populations. Oecologia. 170(4). 1123–1132. 8 indexed citations

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Hierro, José L., Özkan Eren, Liana Khetsuriani, et al.. (2009). Germination responses of an invasive species in native and non-native ranges. Oikos. 118(4). 529–538. 59 indexed citations

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Hierro, José L., John L. Maron, & Ragan M. Callaway. (2004). A biogeographical approach to plant invasions: the importance of studying exotics in their introduced and native range. Journal of Ecology. 93(1). 5–15. 669 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hierro, José L., Lyn C. Branch, Diego Villarreal, & Kenneth L. Clark. (2000). Predictive Equations for Biomass and Fuel Characteristics of Argentine Shrubs. Journal of Range Management. 53(6). 617–617. 38 indexed citations

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