Penny Williams

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Penny Williams is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Penny Williams has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Penny Williams's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (12 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (7 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers). Penny Williams is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (12 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (7 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers). Penny Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Penny Williams's co-authors include Jeremy Biggs, Mericia Whitfield, Pascale Nicolet, David Sear, Simon Bray, Anita Weatherby, Martin J. Hodson, Antony Corfield, David I. Walker and Stewart Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Science of The Total Environment and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Penny Williams

38 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Comparative biodiversity of rivers, streams, ditches and ponds in an agricultural landscape in Southern England

2003 710 citations Penny Williams, Mericia Whitfield et al. Biological Conservation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Penny Williams United Kingdom	21	2.1k	955	908	447	355	40	3.2k
Vinicius F. Farjalla Brazil	35	1.8k 0.8×	748 0.8×	956 1.1×	486 1.1×	208 0.6×	93	3.4k
Robert Ptáčník Austria	30	1.7k 0.8×	848 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	364 0.8×	150 0.4×	69	3.1k
Stina Drakare Sweden	25	1.6k 0.8×	664 0.7×	948 1.0×	289 0.6×	220 0.6×	55	2.6k
Dean Jacobsen Denmark	36	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	434 0.5×	392 0.9×	474 1.3×	105	4.5k
William V. Sobczak United States	22	1.8k 0.8×	956 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	834 1.9×	135 0.4×	33	3.7k
Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli Brazil	30	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	462 1.0×	102 0.3×	122	3.6k
Dani Boix Spain	31	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	654 1.5×	269 0.8×	121	3.2k
Noriko Takamura Japan	32	1.6k 0.7×	827 0.9×	1.8k 2.0×	451 1.0×	97 0.3×	129	3.3k
Beat Oertli Switzerland	27	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	939 1.0×	521 1.2×	479 1.3×	59	2.9k
Emmanuel Castella Switzerland	30	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	539 0.6×	313 0.7×	317 0.9×	87	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Penny Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Penny Williams

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Penny Williams

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hill, Matthew J., Paul J. Wood, James C. White, et al.. (2023). Environmental correlates of aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity in garden ponds: Implications for pond management. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17(2). 374–385. 5 indexed citations

Nicolet, Pascale, et al.. (2021). Dangers and opportunities in managing temporary ponds. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

Williams, Penny, et al.. (2017). Finding clean water habitats in urban landscapes: professional researcher vs citizen science approaches. The Science of The Total Environment. 581-582. 105–116. 35 indexed citations

Norton, Lisa, Lindsay C. Maskell, Simon M. Smart, et al.. (2012). Measuring stock and change in the GB countryside for policy – Key findings and developments from the Countryside Survey 2007 field survey. Journal of Environmental Management. 113. 117–127. 51 indexed citations

Williams, Penny, et al.. (2010). History, origins and importance of temporary ponds. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 17(1). 38 indexed citations

Maund, Steve, et al.. (2009). The influence of simulated immigration and chemical persistence on recovery of macroinvertebrates from cypermethrin and 3,4‐dichloroaniline exposure in aquatic microcosms. Pest Management Science. 65(6). 678–687. 10 indexed citations

Biggs, Jeremy, et al.. (2008). Making agricultural landscapes more sustainable for freshwater biodiversity: a case study from southern England. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 19(4). 439–447. 42 indexed citations

Biggs, Jeremy, Penny Williams, Mericia Whitfield, Pascale Nicolet, & Anita Weatherby. (2005). 15 years of pond assessment in Britain: results and lessons learned from the work of Pond Conservation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 15(6). 693–714. 330 indexed citations

Williams, Penny, Mericia Whitfield, Jeremy Biggs, et al.. (2002). How realistic are outdoor microcosms? A comparison of the biota of microcosms and natural ponds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(1). 143–150. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, Penny & John F. Burger. (1999). Patterns in the geographical distribution of members of the genus Lutzomyia França (Diptera: Psychodidae - Phlebotominae).. 60(3). 455–502. 6 indexed citations

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Whitfield, Mericia, et al.. (1998). The ecology and conservation of the glutinous snail Myxas Glutinosa (Müller) in Great Britain: A review. Journal of conchology. 209–222. 4 indexed citations

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Maund, Steve, Tom N. Sherratt, T. R. Stickland, et al.. (1997). Ecological Considerations in Pesticide Risk Assessment for Aquatic Ecosystems. Pesticide Science. 49(2). 185–190. 25 indexed citations

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Channick, Richard N., et al.. (1996). Pulsed Delivery of Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. CHEST Journal. 109(6). 1545–1549. 144 indexed citations

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Eglinton, G., Henry Elderfield, M. Whitfield, & Penny Williams. (1995). Preface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1324). 123–124. 3 indexed citations

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Collinson, N., Jeremy Biggs, Antony Corfield, et al.. (1995). Temporary and permanent ponds: An assessment of the effects of drying out on the conservation value of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities. Biological Conservation. 74(2). 125–133. 258 indexed citations

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Whiting, Mark J., Albert J. Rutten, Penny Williams, & Andrew D. Bersten. (1994). Determination of NG-nitro-l-arginine and NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 660(1). 170–175. 10 indexed citations

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Williams, Penny, et al.. (1991). The pupa of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae--Phlebotominae).. PubMed. 33 Suppl. 477–84. 10 indexed citations

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Williams, Penny, et al.. (1991). Mating behaviour between different lines of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae).. PubMed. 33 Suppl. 177–83. 3 indexed citations

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Cônsoli, Rotraut A. G. B. & Penny Williams. (1981). Aspects of the biology of laboratory-reared female Aedes fluviatilis.. Mosquito news. 41(1). 30–36. 6 indexed citations

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Williams, Penny. (1967). Aquatic Micro-Organisms. Nature. 216(5118). 896–896.

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