Justin P. Wright

15.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
81 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Justin P. Wright is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin P. Wright has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 42 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Justin P. Wright's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (18 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers). Justin P. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (18 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers). Justin P. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Justin P. Wright's co-authors include Clive G. Jones, Bradley J. Cardinale, Diane S. Srivastava, Shahid Naeem, Alexander S. Flecker, J. Emmett Duffy, Mahesh Sankaran, Amy L. Downing, Emily S. Bernhardt and Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Justin P. Wright

76 papers receiving 7.8k citations

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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.

Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems

2006 1.4k citations Bradley J. Cardinale, Diane S. Srivastava et al. profile →
Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity

2007 1.1k citations Bradley J. Cardinale, Justin P. Wright et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

2016 590 citations Jennifer L. Funk, Julie E. Larson et al. profile →
Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: deriving solutions to a seemingly insurmountable problem

2003 507 citations Justin P. Wright et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin P. Wright United States	37	3.6k	3.5k	1.9k	1.8k	1.6k	81	8.1k
Amy J. Symstad United States	22	4.2k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	50	7.8k
Lars Gamfeldt Sweden	26	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	882 0.6×	39	7.1k
Craig W. Osenberg United States	42	3.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	921 0.6×	111	7.1k
Lin Jiang United States	53	3.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	187	9.2k
Brian J. Wilsey United States	40	4.1k 1.1×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	107	6.9k
Béla Tóthmérész Hungary	52	4.0k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	256	8.6k
R.H.G. Jongman United Kingdom	11	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	37	6.4k
Shahid Naeem United States	16	4.9k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	25	9.7k
Jari Oksanen Finland	39	3.6k 1.0×	4.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	2.4k 1.6×	108	10.6k
François Gillet France	33	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	114	6.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wright, Justin P., et al.. (2025). Short‐term prescribed fire frequency manipulation alters community response to subsequent fires in a southeastern pine savanna. Journal of Ecology. 113(3). 701–712. 2 indexed citations

Emanuel, R. E., Todd K. BenDor, Justin P. Wright, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion. UNC Libraries.

Anderson, S. M., et al.. (2025). Form, physiology, and fire response explain key dimensions of litter flammability in fire‐adapted longleaf pine savanna. New Phytologist. 247(5). 2063–2073.

Ury, Emily A., Marcelo Ardón, Justin P. Wright, & Emily S. Bernhardt. (2023). Restored forested wetland surprisingly resistant to experimental salinization. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0296128–e0296128.

Ury, Emily A., Xi Yang, Justin P. Wright, & Emily S. Bernhardt. (2021). Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea‐level rise and extreme events. Ecological Applications. 31(5). e02339–e02339. 82 indexed citations

Ury, Emily A., Justin P. Wright, Marcelo Ardón, & Emily S. Bernhardt. (2021). Saltwater intrusion in context: soil factors regulate impacts of salinity on soil carbon cycling. Biogeochemistry. 157(2). 215–226. 17 indexed citations

Rocca, Jennifer D., Marie Simonin, Emily S. Bernhardt, Alex Washburne, & Justin P. Wright. (2019). Rare microbial taxa emerge when communities collide: freshwater and marine microbiome responses to experimental mixing. Ecology. 101(3). e02956–e02956. 78 indexed citations

Ury, Emily A., Steven M. Anderson, Robert K. Peet, Emily S. Bernhardt, & Justin P. Wright. (2019). Succession, regression and loss: does evidence of saltwater exposure explain recent changes in the tree communities of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain?. Annals of Botany. 125(2). 255–264. 24 indexed citations

Reese, Aspen T., Fátima C. Pereira, Arno Schintlmeister, et al.. (2018). Microbial nitrogen limitation in the mammalian large intestine. Nature Microbiology. 3(12). 1441–1450. 92 indexed citations

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Funk, Jennifer L., Julie E. Larson, Gregory M. Ames, et al.. (2017). Revisiting the Holy Grail: Using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 36 indexed citations

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Ficken, Cari & Justin P. Wright. (2017). Contributions of microbial activity and ash deposition to post-fire nitrogen availability in a pine savanna. Biogeosciences. 14(1). 241–255. 19 indexed citations

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Ficken, Cari & Justin P. Wright. (2016). Plant controls on post-fire nitrogen availability in a pine savanna. 1 indexed citations

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Reese, Aspen T., Gregory M. Ames, & Justin P. Wright. (2016). Variation in Plant Response to Herbivory Underscored by Functional Traits. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0166714–e0166714. 14 indexed citations

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Berman, Benjamin P., et al.. (2012). Parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification for an epidemic model. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering. 9(3). 553–576. 51 indexed citations

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Yin, Liyan, Benjamin P. Colman, Bonnie M. McGill, Justin P. Wright, & Emily S. Bernhardt. (2012). Effects of Silver Nanoparticle Exposure on Germination and Early Growth of Eleven Wetland Plants. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47674–e47674. 264 indexed citations

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Beck, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2011). Potential and Pitfalls of Prescribed Burning Big Sagebrush Habitat to Enhance Nesting and Early Brood-Rearing Habitats for Greater Sage-Grouse. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 16(1). 5. 4 indexed citations

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Srivastava, Diane S., Bradley J. Cardinale, Amy L. Downing, et al.. (2009). Diversity has stronger top‐down than bottom‐up effects on decomposition. Ecology. 90(4). 1073–1083. 180 indexed citations

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Cardinale, Bradley J., Justin P. Wright, Marc W. Cadotte, et al.. (2007). Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(46). 18123–18128. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wright, Justin P., William S. C. Gurney, & Clive G. Jones. (2004). Patch dynamics in a landscape modified by ecosystem engineers. Oikos. 105(2). 336–348. 110 indexed citations

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Wright, Justin P. & Clive G. Jones. (2004). PREDICTING EFFECTS OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS ON PATCH-SCALE SPECIES RICHNESS FROM PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY. Ecology. 85(8). 2071–2081. 122 indexed citations

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