Peter Freer‐Smith

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Freer‐Smith is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Freer‐Smith has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Peter Freer‐Smith's work include Forest ecology and management (16 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (12 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (12 papers). Peter Freer‐Smith is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (16 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (12 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (12 papers). Peter Freer‐Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Peter Freer‐Smith's co-authors include Gail Taylor, Danielle Sinnett, Matthew J. Tallis, Ahmed El-Khatib, Jean-Michel Carnus, Christophe Orazio, T. W. Payn, Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez, Mark O. Kimberley and W. Kollert and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, New Phytologist and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Peter Freer‐Smith

54 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Changes in planted forests and future global implications

2015 539 citations Jean-Michel Carnus, Peter Freer‐Smith et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
Urban woodlands: their role in reducing the effects of particulate pollution

1998 530 citations Peter Freer‐Smith, Gail Taylor et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Freer‐Smith United Kingdom	23	1.7k	1.3k	1.3k	1.0k	995	55	4.0k
Daniel E. Crane United States	12	3.0k 1.7×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.8×	324 0.3×	18	4.4k
Zhiqiang Zhang China	37	636 0.4×	622 0.5×	2.5k 1.9×	756 0.7×	862 0.9×	151	4.5k
M. R. Ashmore United Kingdom	12	650 0.4×	854 0.6×	587 0.5×	292 0.3×	543 0.5×	30	3.0k
Carlo Calfapietra Italy	42	1.4k 0.8×	3.2k 2.4×	3.8k 2.9×	950 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	109	6.5k
U. Dragosits United Kingdom	30	944 0.5×	413 0.3×	791 0.6×	575 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	98	3.0k
Rüdiger Grote Germany	39	758 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	662 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	100	4.3k
Thomas A. M. Pugh United Kingdom	37	605 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.2×	722 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	93	6.0k
Pedro Pinho Portugal	30	935 0.5×	853 0.6×	926 0.7×	489 0.5×	220 0.2×	85	2.8k
Aohan Tang China	27	2.3k 1.3×	953 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	3.0k 3.0×	49	5.7k
Jeroen Staelens Belgium	32	413 0.2×	680 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	270 0.3×	637 0.6×	67	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Freer‐Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Freer‐Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Freer‐Smith

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Murtaza, Ghulam, et al.. (2024). Particulate and gaseous air pollutants exceed WHO guideline values and have the potential to damage human health in Faisalabad, Metropolitan, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(7). 659–659. 5 indexed citations

Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (2023). The good, the bad, and the future: Systematic review identifies best use of biomass to meet air quality and climate policies in California. GCB Bioenergy. 15(11). 1312–1328. 4 indexed citations

Freer‐Smith, Peter, Bart Muys, Niall Farrelly, Lars Drößler, & Gianfranco Minotta. (2022). The land use impacts of forestry and agricultural systems relative to natural vegetation; a fundamental energy dissipation approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 850. 158000–158000. 3 indexed citations

Levintal, Elad, Yonatan Ganot, Gail Taylor, et al.. (2022). An underground, wireless, open-source, low-cost system for monitoring oxygen, temperature, and soil moisture. SOIL. 8(1). 85–97. 20 indexed citations

Levintal, Elad, Yonatan Ganot, Gail Taylor, et al.. (2021). An underground, wireless, open-source, low-cost system for monitoring oxygen, temperature, and soil moisture. 1 indexed citations

Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (2018). Production, restoration, mitigation: a new generation of plantations. New Forests. 50(2). 153–168. 55 indexed citations

Broadmeadow, M. S. J., Joan Webber, Duncan Ray, et al.. (2009). An assessment of likely future impacts of climate change on UK forests.. JAAD Case Reports. 21. 67–98. 8 indexed citations

Sinnett, Danielle, et al.. (2009). Deposition and solubility of airborne metals to four plant species grown at varying distances from two heavily trafficked roads in London. Environmental Pollution. 157(8-9). 2291–2299. 35 indexed citations

Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (2009). Combating Climate Change: A Role for UK Forests. An Assessment of the Potential of the UK’s Trees and Woodlands to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change. The Synthesis Report. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 4 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter & Jean-Michel Carnus. (2008). The Sustainable Management and Protection of Forests: Analysis of the Current Position Globally. AMBIO. 37(4). 254–262. 17 indexed citations

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Burley, Jeffery, et al.. (2005). Forest education and research in the United Kingdom. Forest Science and Technology. 1(2). 67–76. 7 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (2004). Deposition velocities to Sorbus aria, Acer campestre, Populus deltoides × trichocarpa ‘Beaupré’, Pinus nigra and × Cupressocyparis leylandii for coarse, fine and ultra-fine particles in the urban environment. Environmental Pollution. 133(1). 157–167. 308 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter. (2001). Fire, Climate Change and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 74(2). 187–187. 54 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter. (1998). DO POLLUTANT-RELATED FOREST DECLINES THREATEN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FORESTS ?. AMBIO. 27(2). 123–131. 6 indexed citations

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Broadmeadow, Mark, et al.. (1998). Climate change - the evidence so far and predictions for tree growth.. Irish forestry. 1 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (1998). Urban woodlands: their role in reducing the effects of particulate pollution. Environmental Pollution. 99(3). 347–360. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freer‐Smith, Peter, et al.. (1997). The uptake of particulates by an urban woodland: Site description and particulate composition. Environmental Pollution. 95(1). 27–35. 134 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter, Martin Dobson, & Gail Taylor. (1989). Factors controlling the rates of O3 uptake by spruce and beech. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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Brown, Keith A., et al.. (1988). Rapporteurs' report on discussions at the workshop on excess nitrogen deposition, Leatherhead, September 1987. Environmental Pollution. 54(3-4). 285–295. 8 indexed citations

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Freer‐Smith, Peter. (1987). Acid deposition and the acidification of soils and waters. Forest Ecology and Management. 22(3-4). 307–309. 69 indexed citations

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