L. J. Webb

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

L. J. Webb is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. J. Webb has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in L. J. Webb's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (6 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). L. J. Webb is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (6 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). L. J. Webb collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Russia. L. J. Webb's co-authors include J. G. Tracey, W. T. Williams, G. N. Lance, William T. Williams, M. B. Dale, KP Haydock, JJH Simes, Justyna Wolinska, R. G. Cooke and J. R. CANNON and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

L. J. Webb

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Physiognomic Classification of Australian Rain Forests 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. A Physiognomic Classification of Australian Rain Forests
    1959 418 citations L. J. Webb Journal of Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. J. Webb Australia 19 881 528 450 405 376 31 1.6k
J. G. Tracey Australia 16 978 1.1× 509 1.0× 522 1.2× 320 0.8× 366 1.0× 23 1.5k
S. K. Seth India 7 784 0.9× 489 0.9× 769 1.7× 475 1.2× 556 1.5× 18 2.0k
F. Buchanan White 11 518 0.6× 624 1.2× 355 0.8× 446 1.1× 336 0.9× 22 1.7k
F. Raymond Fosberg United States 20 447 0.5× 691 1.3× 663 1.5× 479 1.2× 263 0.7× 174 2.1k
R. L. Specht Australia 21 796 0.9× 353 0.7× 569 1.3× 418 1.0× 493 1.3× 58 1.6k
F. White United Kingdom 13 556 0.6× 882 1.7× 371 0.8× 536 1.3× 261 0.7× 26 1.9k
Andrew M. Greller United States 16 630 0.7× 579 1.1× 450 1.0× 490 1.2× 311 0.8× 59 1.4k
Mary Kalin Arroyo Chile 15 695 0.8× 641 1.2× 365 0.8× 455 1.1× 341 0.9× 24 1.4k
D. J. Anderson Australia 15 505 0.6× 326 0.6× 587 1.3× 570 1.4× 375 1.0× 29 1.6k
Jonas E. Lawesson Denmark 19 1.1k 1.2× 666 1.3× 522 1.2× 894 2.2× 367 1.0× 51 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. J. Webb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. J. Webb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. J. Webb based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with L. J. Webb. L. J. Webb is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Webb, L. J., et al.. (2024). The effect of microplastics on Daphnia fitness – Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Freshwater Biology. 69(4). 461–476. 5 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (2009). The Use of Plant Medicines and Poisons by Australian Aborigines. Mankind. 7(2). 137–146. 30 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1978). A structural comparison of New Zealand and south-east Australian rain forests and their tropical affinities. Austral Ecology. 3(1). 7–21. 14 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J., J. G. Tracey, & William T. Williams. (1976). The value of structural features in tropical forest typology. Australian Journal of Ecology. 1(1). 3–28. 39 indexed citations
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Dale, M. B. & L. J. Webb. (1975). Numerical methods for the establishment of associations. Plant Ecology. 30(2). 77–87. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, W. T., G. N. Lance, L. J. Webb, & J. G. Tracey. (1973). Studies in the Numerical Analysis of Complex Rain-Forest Communities: VI. Models for the Classification of Quantitative Data. Journal of Ecology. 61(1). 47–47. 42 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J., J. G. Tracey, W. T. Williams, & G. N. Lance. (1971). Prediction of Agricultural Potential from Intact Forest Vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 8(1). 99–99. 12 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J., J. G. Tracey, William T. Williams, & G. N. Lance. (1970). Studies in the Numerical Analysis of Complex Rain-Forest Communities: V. A Comparison of the Properties of Floristic and Physiognomic-Structural Data. Journal of Ecology. 58(1). 203–203. 43 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1969). Edaphic Differentiation of Some Forest Types in Eastern Australia: II. Soil Chemical Factors. Journal of Ecology. 57(3). 817–817. 32 indexed citations
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Williams, W. T., et al.. (1969). Studies in the Numerical Analysis of Complex Rain-Forest Communities: IV. A Method for the Elucidation of Small-Scale Forest Pattern. Journal of Ecology. 57(3). 635–635. 37 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1968). Environmental Relationships of the Structural Types of Australian Rain Forest Vegetation. Ecology. 49(2). 296–311. 268 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1965). An ecological comparison of forest-fringe grassland habitats in eastern Australia and eastern Brazil.. 3 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1964). An Historical Interpretation of the Grass Balds of the Bunya Mountains, South Queensland. Ecology. 45(1). 159–162. 20 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1961). Some new records of medicinal plants used by the aborigines of tropical Queensland and New Guinea.. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 71. 18 indexed citations
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CANNON, J. R., et al.. (1961). ‘Antibiotic Effects’ in Plant Communities. Nature. 190(4771). 189–190. 1 indexed citations
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Webb, L. J.. (1955). A Preliminary Phytochemical Survey of Papua-New Guinea. Pacific Science. 9(4). 430–441. 14 indexed citations
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Cooke, R. G., et al.. (1952). Naphthoquinones from Diospyros hebecarpa. Nature. 169(4310). 974–974. 3 indexed citations

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