R. D. Watson

782 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 550 citations indexed

About

R. D. Watson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. D. Watson has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 550 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in R. D. Watson's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (2 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (1 paper) and Microbial Metabolism and Applications (1 paper). R. D. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (2 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (1 paper) and Microbial Metabolism and Applications (1 paper). R. D. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. D. Watson's co-authors include D. M. Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Phytopathology, Soil Science and Phytopathology.

In The Last Decade

R. D. Watson

8 papers receiving 460 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.

Nitrogen Form and Plant Disease

1974 327 citations D. M. Huber, R. D. Watson Annual Review of Phytopathology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. D. Watson United States	7	452	124	73	67	43	8	550
P.T.W. Wong Australia	12	603 1.3×	269 2.2×	77 1.1×	44 0.7×	65 1.5×	28	716
H. L. Warren United States	15	493 1.1×	130 1.0×	122 1.7×	207 3.1×	67 1.6×	37	607
A. Moiroud France	16	550 1.2×	69 0.6×	63 0.9×	118 1.8×	92 2.1×	40	690
L. E. Gray United States	17	802 1.8×	328 2.6×	60 0.8×	22 0.3×	112 2.6×	49	865
J. M. Kraft United States	19	954 2.1×	242 2.0×	94 1.3×	142 2.1×	51 1.2×	51	1.1k
E. C. Humphries United States	16	606 1.3×	36 0.3×	77 1.1×	98 1.5×	135 3.1×	48	767
L. Couture Canada	10	375 0.8×	119 1.0×	30 0.4×	83 1.2×	49 1.1×	28	477
L. H. Rhodes United States	14	692 1.5×	101 0.8×	94 1.3×	142 2.1×	73 1.7×	34	797
J. R. de Freitas Canada	11	778 1.7×	58 0.5×	119 1.6×	60 0.9×	173 4.0×	18	957
H. J. Miller Netherlands	9	362 0.8×	76 0.6×	155 2.1×	31 0.5×	72 1.7×	19	481

Countries citing papers authored by R. D. Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. D. Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. D. Watson

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

1.

Watson, R. D., et al.. (1992). Plants in Agriculture. 78 indexed citations

2.

Huber, D. M. & R. D. Watson. (1974). Nitrogen Form and Plant Disease. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 12(1). 139–165. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Watson, R. D., et al.. (1968). Effect of Various Aqueous Plant Extracts upon Seed Germination. Botanical Gazette. 129(1). 57–62. 18 indexed citations

4.

Watson, R. D., et al.. (1967). INHIBITION OF PIGMENTATION IN ASPERGILLUS NIGER BY DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE. Canadian Journal of Botany. 45(8). 1451–1453. 11 indexed citations

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Watson, R. D., et al.. (1966). A NEW GRAVIMETRIC METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ROOT-SURFACE AREAS. Soil Science. 102(5). 289–291. 70 indexed citations

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Huber, D. M., et al.. (1965). CROP RESIDUES, NITROGEN, AND PLANT DISEASE. Soil Science. 100(5). 302–308. 19 indexed citations

7.

Watson, R. D.. (1960). Soil washing improves the value of the soil dilution and the plate count method of estimating populations of soil fungi.. Phytopathology. 50(11). 792–794. 24 indexed citations

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Watson, R. D.. (1955). Galls similar to crown gall and nematode injury produced by 2,4-D.. The Plant disease reporter. 39(5). 391–394. 3 indexed citations

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