Paul I. Boon

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Paul I. Boon is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul I. Boon has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Paul I. Boon's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (15 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (13 papers). Paul I. Boon is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (15 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (13 papers). Paul I. Boon collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Switzerland and Ireland. Paul I. Boon's co-authors include Stuart E. Bunn, Brian K. Sorrell, Kay Morris, Daniel J. Vogt, Kristiina A. Vogt, Heidi Asbjornsen, Jennifer L. O’Hara, Peter A. Palmiotto, Paul Bailey and Ellen R. Herbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Oecologia, Plant and Soil and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Paul I. Boon

94 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

A global perspective on wetla... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2015 1995 200 400 600
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.

  1. A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands
    2015 679 citations Paul I. Boon et al. profile →
  2. Review of root dynamics in forest ecosystems grouped by climate, climatic forest type and species
    1995 551 citations Paul I. Boon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul I. Boon Australia 30 2.3k 1.1k 955 781 600 97 4.0k
Jennifer D. Knoepp United States 29 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 513 0.7× 379 0.6× 68 3.8k
Margaret A. Brock Australia 32 2.6k 1.1× 543 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 513 0.9× 53 3.9k
William H. Conner United States 37 3.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 783 0.8× 529 0.7× 315 0.5× 125 4.4k
William V. Sobczak United States 22 1.8k 0.8× 834 0.8× 956 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 1.0k 1.7× 33 3.7k
David G. Tilman United States 4 1.9k 0.8× 959 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 1.7k 2.2× 611 1.0× 5 5.0k
Hugo Coops Netherlands 34 2.5k 1.1× 539 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 2.2× 669 1.1× 64 3.9k
Andrew J. Tanentzap United Kingdom 36 1.9k 0.8× 703 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 418 0.5× 506 0.8× 124 3.6k
Bill Freedman Canada 34 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 689 0.9× 184 0.3× 110 3.7k
Jacqueline T. Ngai Canada 13 2.4k 1.0× 938 0.9× 1.7k 1.8× 1.8k 2.3× 1.1k 1.9× 16 5.6k
A. I. Robertson Australia 46 4.6k 2.0× 1.9k 1.8× 1.5k 1.5× 474 0.6× 1.7k 2.8× 101 6.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul I. Boon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul I. Boon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boon, Paul I.. (2019). River Dreams: the People and Landscapes of the Cooks River. Australian Zoologist. 40(4). 656–662.
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Boon, Paul I., et al.. (2018). Why has Phragmites australis persisted in the increasingly saline Gippsland Lakes? A test of three competing hypotheses. Marine and Freshwater Research. 70(4). 469–492. 1 indexed citations
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Creighton, Colin, Paul I. Boon, Justin D. Brookes, & Marcus Sheaves. (2015). Repairing Australia's estuaries for improved fisheries production – what benefits, at what cost?. Marine and Freshwater Research. 66(6). 493–507. 67 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I.. (2011). The rehabilitation of coastal wetlands: Why small-scale variations in microtopography are critical to success. Australasian Plant Conservation journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation. 20(2). 9–10. 2 indexed citations
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Hadwen, Wade L., Angela H. Arthington, & Paul I. Boon. (2010). Guidelines for Design and Implementation of Monitoring Programs to Assess Visitor Impacts In and Around Aquatic Ecosystems Within Protected Areas. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 3 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I., et al.. (2008). Distribution of Clonal and Non-clonal Wetland Plants at Clydebank Morass, Gippsland Lakes, in Relation to Elevation and Salinity Gradients. The Victorian naturalist. 125(1). 11. 1 indexed citations
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Linton, Valerie, Nicholas Laycock, David A. Keen, & Paul I. Boon. (2008). Failure Analysis: SCC Failure of a Super Duplex Separator Vessel in an Ammonium Nitrate Plant. Materials performance. 47(9). 64–68.
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Bailey, Paul, et al.. (2005). Effects of salinity on the decay of the freshwater macrophyte, Triglochin procerum. Aquatic Botany. 84(1). 45–52. 55 indexed citations
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Morris, Kay, et al.. (2003). Alternative stable states in the aquatic vegetation of shallow urban lakes. II. Catastrophic loss of aquatic plants consequent to nutrient enrichment. Marine and Freshwater Research. 54(3). 201–215. 50 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I., et al.. (2002). A Case for Supply-led Nature-based Tourism Within the Marine and Coastal Temperate Systems of South-Eastern Australia. Journal of Ecotourism. 1(2-3). 93–103. 6 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I., et al.. (1996). Variations in the fluorescence intensity of intact DAPI-stained bacteria and their implications for rapid bacterial quantification. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 22(4). 283–287. 14 indexed citations
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Bunn, Stuart E. & Paul I. Boon. (1993). What sources of organic carbon drive food webs in billabongs? A study based on stable isotope analysis. Oecologia. 96(1). 85–94. 169 indexed citations
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Sorrell, Brian K. & Paul I. Boon. (1992). Biogeochemistry of billabong sediments. II. Seasonal variations in methane production. Freshwater Biology. 27(3). 435–445. 71 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I.. (1991). Bacterial assemblages in rivers and billabongs of Southeastern Australia. Microbial Ecology. 22(1). 27–52. 34 indexed citations
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Boon, Paul I. & Brian K. Sorrell. (1991). Biogeochemistry of billabong sediments. I. The effect of macrophytes. Freshwater Biology. 26(2). 209–226. 60 indexed citations
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Serrano, Laura & Paul I. Boon. (1991). Effect of polyphenylic compounds on alkaline phosphatase activity: Its implication for phosphorus regeneration in Australian freshwaters. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 123(1). 1–9. 12 indexed citations
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Moriarty, D. J. W., Paul I. Boon, W. Grainger Hunt, et al.. (1985). Microbial biomass and productivity in seagrass beds. Geomicrobiology Journal. 4(1). 21–51. 74 indexed citations

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