Nigel Willby

5.7k total citations
86 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Nigel Willby is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Willby has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nigel Willby's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (31 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (24 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (20 papers). Nigel Willby is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (31 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (24 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (20 papers). Nigel Willby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Nigel Willby's co-authors include Geoff Phillips, David Gilvear, Alan Law, Peter Hunter, Brian Moss, Andrew N. Tyler, Sebastian Birk, Sandra Poikāne, Benoît O. L. Demars and V. J. Abernethy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Willby

82 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nigel Willby United Kingdom 37 2.2k 1.7k 871 660 652 86 3.7k
Tenna Riis Denmark 36 3.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 797 1.2× 618 0.9× 150 4.4k
Hugo Coops Netherlands 34 2.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 531 0.8× 725 1.1× 64 3.9k
Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen Denmark 35 2.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 817 1.2× 396 0.6× 131 3.7k
Margaret A. Brock Australia 32 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 488 0.7× 777 1.2× 53 3.9k
Leyi Ni China 31 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 540 0.6× 283 0.4× 622 1.0× 130 3.2k
George G. Ganf Australia 31 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 842 1.0× 454 0.7× 455 0.7× 82 3.4k
John W. Barko United States 30 2.3k 1.0× 2.6k 1.5× 687 0.8× 417 0.6× 680 1.0× 110 4.2k
John D. Madsen United States 27 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 666 0.8× 213 0.3× 431 0.7× 104 2.7k
Don Monteith United Kingdom 32 2.3k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 638 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 251 0.4× 73 5.1k
Josef Hejzlar Czechia 36 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 499 0.6× 766 1.2× 173 0.3× 125 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel Willby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Willby

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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White, Hannah L., R.J. Fellows, Luke Woodford, et al.. (2025). The impact of beaver dams on distribution of waterborne Escherichia coli and turbidity in an agricultural landscape. The Science of The Total Environment. 968. 178871–178871.
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Wilkes, Martin, et al.. (2025). Revealing hidden sources of uncertainty in biodiversity trend assessments. Ecography. 2025(5). 1 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2025). The Role of Non‐Native Plant Species in Modulating Riverbank Erosion: A Systematic Review. River Research and Applications. 41(4). 757–772. 1 indexed citations
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Sellers, Graham S., Christopher L. Jerde, Lynsey R. Harper, et al.. (2024). Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 5 indexed citations
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Law, Alan, et al.. (2024). Invertebrate responses to rewilding: a monitoring framework for practitioners. Restoration Ecology. 32(5). 1 indexed citations
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Law, Alan, Ambroise Baker, Carl D. Sayer, et al.. (2024). Repeatable patterns in the distribution of freshwater biodiversity indicators across contrasting landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 39(11). 2 indexed citations
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Willby, Nigel, et al.. (2024). Multi-pollutant removal dynamics by aquatic plants in monoculture or mixed communities. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 120041–120041. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Alan, et al.. (2024). Tree felling by beaver promotes regeneration in riparian woodlands whilst increasing resource availability for deer. Forest Ecology and Management. 562. 121910–121910. 6 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Jonathan A., Nigel Willby, David M. Oliver, & Richard S. Quilliam. (2023). Field-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands: Quantifying Ecosystem Service Provision from Monoculture vs. Polyculture Macrophyte Communities. Land. 12(7). 1382–1382. 5 indexed citations
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Bennion, Helen, Carl D. Sayer, Ambroise Baker, et al.. (2023). Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes. Restoration Ecology. 32(1). 5 indexed citations
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Willby, Nigel, et al.. (2022). How beavers affect riverine aquatic macroinvertebrates: a review. PeerJ. 10. e13180–e13180. 14 indexed citations
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Law, Alan, Oded Levanoni, G. N. Foster, Frauke Ecke, & Nigel Willby. (2019). Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?. Diversity and Distributions. 25(11). 1763–1772. 41 indexed citations
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Phillips, Geoff, Nigel Willby, & Brian Moss. (2016). Submerged macrophyte decline in shallow lakes: What have we learnt in the last forty years?. Aquatic Botany. 135. 37–45. 250 indexed citations
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Birk, Sebastian, Nigel Willby, Martyn Kelly, et al.. (2013). Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe's quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 454-455. 490–499. 105 indexed citations
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Gilvear, David, et al.. (2011). AN ASSESSMENT OF VARIANTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT OF GEOMORPHOLOGICALLY BASED CHANNEL TYPES. River Research and Applications. 29(2). 236–249. 6 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Laurence, Stephen C. Maberly, Linda May, et al.. (2005). Risk assessment methodology for determining nutrient impacts in surface freshwater bodies. Science Summary SC020029/SS.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Elger, Arnaud & Nigel Willby. (2003). Leaf dry matter content as an integrative expression of plant palatability: the case of freshwater macrophytes. Functional Ecology. 17(1). 58–65. 87 indexed citations
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Combroux, Isabelle, Gudrun Bornette, Nigel Willby, & Claude Amoros. (2001). Regenerative strategies of aquatic macrophytes in flood disturbed habitats : the role of the propagule bank.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 152(2). 215–235. 52 indexed citations
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Willby, Nigel, et al.. (2001). Inter‐relationships between standing crop, biodiversity and trait attributes of hydrophytic vegetation in artificial waterways. Freshwater Biology. 46(7). 883–902. 37 indexed citations
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Abernethy, V. J. & Nigel Willby. (1999). Changes along a disturbance gradient in the density and composition of propagule banks in floodplain aquatic habitats. Plant Ecology. 140(2). 177–190. 108 indexed citations

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