Matt Bradford

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 679 citations indexed

About

Matt Bradford is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Bradford has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 679 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 12 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Matt Bradford's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Forest ecology and management (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Matt Bradford is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Forest ecology and management (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Matt Bradford collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Matt Bradford's co-authors include David A. Westcott, Adam McKeown, J. M. Bentrupperbaumer, Daniel J. Metcalfe, Andrew Ford, Helen Murphy, Lucas A. Cernusak, Helen T. Murphy, Susan G. W. Laurance and Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matt Bradford

24 papers receiving 649 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.

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

2022 139 citations D.E. Bauman, Claire Fortunel et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matt Bradford Australia	13	411	313	257	153	101	24	679
Janet S. Prevéy United States	13	325 0.8×	242 0.8×	380 1.5×	114 0.7×	149 1.5×	26	597
Hideo Miguchi Japan	13	428 1.0×	231 0.7×	221 0.9×	176 1.2×	39 0.4×	21	609
Sandra MacFadyen South Africa	12	380 0.9×	250 0.8×	360 1.4×	131 0.9×	141 1.4×	24	699
Christine Fletcher Malaysia	15	373 0.9×	244 0.8×	289 1.1×	248 1.6×	142 1.4×	28	694
Laurence Kruger South Africa	14	491 1.2×	296 0.9×	363 1.4×	153 1.0×	48 0.5×	27	743
Jiekun He China	14	405 1.0×	309 1.0×	230 0.9×	131 0.9×	114 1.1×	28	725
Lionel R. Hertzog Belgium	13	393 1.0×	227 0.7×	143 0.6×	226 1.5×	91 0.9×	25	642
Karl J. Niklas United States	6	427 1.0×	278 0.9×	152 0.6×	217 1.4×	51 0.5×	8	762
Valentine Lafond France	13	290 0.7×	306 1.0×	190 0.7×	87 0.6×	176 1.7×	18	616
Stephanie Eby United States	11	361 0.9×	300 1.0×	425 1.7×	85 0.6×	43 0.4×	20	659

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Bradford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Bradford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Bradford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matt Bradford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matt Bradford 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 Matt Bradford. Matt Bradford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bauman, D.E., Michael N. Evans, Ingrid Coughlin, et al.. (2025). Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source. Nature. 646(8085). 611–618. 1 indexed citations

Binks, Oliver, Lucas A. Cernusak, Michael J. Liddell, et al.. (2023). Vapour pressure deficit modulates hydraulic function and structure of tropical rainforests under nonlimiting soil water supply. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1405–1420. 12 indexed citations

Bradford, Matt, Karen L. Bell, Geoffrey C. Smith, et al.. (2022). The diet of a specialist nectarivore in Australia: The little red flying‐fox (Pteropus scapulatus, Pteropodidae). Austral Ecology. 47(3). 619–628. 3 indexed citations

Bauman, D.E., Claire Fortunel, Guillaume Delhaye, et al.. (2022). Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress. Nature. 608(7923). 528–533. 139 indexed citations breakdown →

Bauman, D.E., Claire Fortunel, Lucas A. Cernusak, et al.. (2021). Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits. Global Change Biology. 28(4). 1414–1432. 32 indexed citations

Binks, Oliver, Lucas A. Cernusak, Michael J. Liddell, et al.. (2021). Forest system hydraulic conductance: partitioning tree and soil components. New Phytologist. 233(4). 1667–1681. 13 indexed citations

Bell, Karen L., et al.. (2021). Optimisation of a pollen DNA metabarcoding method for diet analysis of flying-foxes (Pteropus spp.). Australian Journal of Zoology. 68(6). 273–284. 14 indexed citations

Bradford, Matt & Helen Murphy. (2019). The importance of large-diameter trees in the wet tropical rainforests of Australia. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0208377–e0208377. 29 indexed citations

Togashi, Henrique Fürstenau, Owen K. Atkin, Keith J. Bloomfield, et al.. (2018). Functional trait variation related to gap dynamics in tropical moist forests: A vegetation modelling perspective. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 35. 52–64. 9 indexed citations

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Kato, Akira, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Yuichi S. Hayakawa, et al.. (2017). Tropical forest disaster monitoring with multi-scale sensors from terrestrial laser, UAV, to satellite radar. 9 indexed citations

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Osuri, Anand M., Jayashree Ratnam, Varun Varma, et al.. (2016). Contrasting effects of defaunation on aboveground carbon storage across the global tropics. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11351–11351. 97 indexed citations

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Bradford, Matt, et al.. (2014). FLORISTICS, STAND STRUCTURE AND ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS OF A 25-HA RAINFOREST PLOT IN THE WET TROPICS OF AUSTRALIA. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 26(4). 543–553. 28 indexed citations

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Bradford, Matt, et al.. (2014). Long‐term stem inventory data from tropical rain forest plots in Australia. Ecology. 95(8). 2362–2362. 22 indexed citations

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Murphy, Helen T., Matt Bradford, Alicia Dalongeville, Andrew Ford, & Daniel J. Metcalfe. (2013). No evidence for long‐term increases in biomass and stem density in the tropical rain forests of Australia. Journal of Ecology. 101(6). 1589–1597. 25 indexed citations

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Bradford, Matt & David A. Westcott. (2009). Consequences of southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius, L.) gut passage and deposition pattern on the germination of rainforest seeds. Austral Ecology. 35(3). 325–333. 28 indexed citations

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Murphy, Helen T., et al.. (2008). Recruitment and growth dynamics of Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae) in tropical forest impacted by Cyclone Larry.. Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries archive of scientific and research publications (Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries). 9(27). 137–139. 1 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Daniel J. & Matt Bradford. (2008). Rain forest recovery from dieback, Queensland, Australia. Forest Ecology and Management. 256(12). 2073–2077. 7 indexed citations

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Westcott, David A., J. M. Bentrupperbaumer, Matt Bradford, & Adam McKeown. (2005). Incorporating patterns of disperser behaviour into models of seed dispersal and its effects on estimated dispersal curves. Oecologia. 146(1). 57–67. 156 indexed citations

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Bradford, Matt, et al.. (2002). Pond apple - are the endangered cassowary and feral pig helping this weed to invade Queensland's Wet Tropics?. 173–176. 12 indexed citations

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Chapman, Angela, Matt Bradford, & Conrad J. Hoskin. (1999). Sap Suckers: A Novel Bird ‘Guild’ in Wet Sclerophyll Forests of Tropical North Queensland. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 99(1). 69–72. 8 indexed citations

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