R. H. Whittaker

36.4k total citations · 18 hit papers
101 papers, 25.1k citations indexed

About

R. H. Whittaker is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. H. Whittaker has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 25.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in R. H. Whittaker's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (18 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (16 papers). R. H. Whittaker is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (18 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (16 papers). R. H. Whittaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. R. H. Whittaker's co-authors include William A. Niering, George M. Woodwell, Helmut Lieth, Hugh G. Gauch, Paul Feeny, Simon A. Levin, Gene E. Likens, Thomas G. Siccama, Franz–Josef Bormann and Leon Kelso and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

R. H. Whittaker

101 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

EVOLUTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SPECIES DIVERSITY 1952 2026 1976 2001 1972 1960 1956 1965 1967 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. EVOLUTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SPECIES DIVERSITY
    1972 3.9k citations R. H. Whittaker Taxon profile →
  2. Vegetation of the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California
    1960 2.9k citations R. H. Whittaker Ecological Monographs profile →
  3. Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains
    1956 1.4k citations R. H. Whittaker Ecological Monographs profile →
  4. Dominance and Diversity in Land Plant Communities
    1965 1.2k citations R. H. Whittaker profile →
  5. GRADIENT ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION*
    1967 1.2k citations R. H. Whittaker profile →
  6. Primary Productivity of the Biosphere
    1975 1.1k citations Helmut Lieth, R. H. Whittaker Ecological studies profile →
  7. Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
    1999 1.1k citations R. H. Whittaker profile →
  8. Allelochemics: Chemical Interactions between Species
    1971 846 citations R. H. Whittaker et al. profile →
  9. Evolution of Species Diversity in Land Communities
    1977 536 citations R. H. Whittaker Evolutionary Biology profile →
  10. Niche, Habitat, and Ecotope
    1973 498 citations R. H. Whittaker et al. profile →
  11. New Concepts of Kingdoms of Organisms
    1969 488 citations R. H. Whittaker profile →
  12. Classification of Plant Communities
    1978 456 citations R. H. Whittaker profile →
  13. A Study of Summer Foliage Insect Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains
    1952 451 citations R. H. Whittaker Ecological Monographs profile →
  14. The Biota and the World Carbon Budget
    1978 418 citations George M. Woodwell, R. H. Whittaker et al. profile →
  15. Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: A Gradient Analysis of the South Slope
    1965 385 citations R. H. Whittaker, William A. Niering Ecology profile →
  16. Communities and Ecosystems
    1971 384 citations R. H. Whittaker et al. profile →
  17. Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. V. Biomass, Production, and Diversity along the Elevation Gradient
    1975 383 citations R. H. Whittaker, William A. Niering Ecology profile →
  18. A Consideration of Climax Theory: The Climax as a Population and Pattern
    1953 354 citations R. H. Whittaker Ecological Monographs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. H. Whittaker United States 58 12.5k 10.1k 6.5k 6.2k 5.9k 101 25.1k
J. Philip Grime United Kingdom 47 15.0k 1.2× 8.8k 0.9× 8.7k 1.3× 8.6k 1.4× 5.4k 0.9× 74 24.4k
John L. Harper United Kingdom 70 17.9k 1.4× 10.8k 1.1× 14.2k 2.2× 14.8k 2.4× 5.1k 0.9× 154 35.5k
M. O. Hill United Kingdom 44 6.2k 0.5× 6.2k 0.6× 5.1k 0.8× 5.6k 0.9× 2.7k 0.5× 119 17.1k
James B. Grace United States 74 13.3k 1.1× 14.1k 1.4× 6.0k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 8.1k 1.4× 210 28.7k
David U. Hooper United States 31 13.0k 1.0× 11.0k 1.1× 6.7k 1.0× 4.4k 0.7× 8.4k 1.4× 41 27.0k
Joseph H. Connell United States 37 9.5k 0.8× 11.9k 1.2× 5.3k 0.8× 2.9k 0.5× 7.2k 1.2× 71 22.7k
Stephen P. Hubbell United States 90 21.9k 1.7× 9.9k 1.0× 13.5k 2.1× 4.8k 0.8× 8.5k 1.4× 208 33.8k
Osvaldo E. Sala United States 82 15.6k 1.2× 14.9k 1.5× 6.2k 1.0× 6.2k 1.0× 15.8k 2.7× 205 36.6k
Russell A. Mittermeier United States 52 10.4k 0.8× 12.4k 1.2× 10.7k 1.6× 4.3k 0.7× 10.2k 1.7× 181 34.4k
Aaron M. Ellison United States 65 6.2k 0.5× 8.5k 0.8× 5.4k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 4.9k 0.8× 291 19.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. H. Whittaker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. H. Whittaker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. H. Whittaker 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. H. Whittaker. R. H. Whittaker 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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Shmida, A. & R. H. Whittaker. (1981). Pattern and Biological Microsite Effects in Two Shrub Communities, Southern California. Ecology. 62(1). 234–251. 144 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H., William A. Niering, & Michael D. Crisp. (1979). Structure, pattern, and diversity of a mallee community in New South Wales. Plant Ecology. 39(2). 65–76. 81 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H., et al.. (1979). Bird niches in a subalpine forest: An indirect ordination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(3). 1338–1342. 24 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1977). Evolution of species diversity in land communities [Birds and vascular plants].. Evolutionary Biology. 5 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1977). Evolution of Species Diversity in Land Communities. Evolutionary Biology. 10. 1–67. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gauch, Hugh G. & R. H. Whittaker. (1976). Simulation of community patterns. Plant Ecology. 33(1). 13–16. 39 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H. & William A. Niering. (1975). Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. V. Biomass, Production, and Diversity along the Elevation Gradient. Ecology. 56(4). 771–790. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westman, W. E. & R. H. Whittaker. (1975). The Pygmy Forest Region of Northern California: Studies on Biomass and Primary Productivity. Journal of Ecology. 63(2). 493–493. 68 indexed citations
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Lieth, Helmut & R. H. Whittaker. (1975). Primary Productivity of the Biosphere. Ecological studies. 1094 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1972). EVOLUTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SPECIES DIVERSITY. Taxon. 21(2-3). 213–251. 3909 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1969). A View toward a National Institute of Ecology. Ecology. 50(2). 169–170. 2 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H. & William A. Niering. (1968). Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona III. Species Distribution and Floristic Relations on the North Slope. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 5(1). 3–3. 19 indexed citations
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Woodwell, George M. & R. H. Whittaker. (1968). Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems. American Zoologist. 8(1). 19–30. 162 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H. & George M. Woodwell. (1968). Dimension and Production Relations of Trees and Shrubs in the Brookhaven Forest, New York. Journal of Ecology. 56(1). 1–1. 372 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H., et al.. (1964). Plant Succession and Indicators.. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 91(6). 512–512. 141 indexed citations
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Niering, William A. & R. H. Whittaker. (1963). Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 141 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H., et al.. (1963). Net Production Relations of Three Tree Species at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ecology. 44(4). 806–810. 22 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1962). The Pine‐Oak Woodland Community. Ecology. 43(1). 180–181. 3 indexed citations
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1960). Vegetation of the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California. Ecological Monographs. 30(3). 279–338. 2932 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whittaker, R. H.. (1957). The Kingdoms of the Living World. Ecology. 38(3). 536–538. 11 indexed citations

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