R. Webster

21.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
195 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

R. Webster is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Webster has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Environmental Engineering, 72 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 34 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in R. Webster's work include Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (126 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (70 papers) and Soil and Land Suitability Analysis (28 papers). R. Webster is often cited by papers focused on Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (126 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (70 papers) and Soil and Land Suitability Analysis (28 papers). R. Webster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. R. Webster's co-authors include Margaret A. Oliver, T. M. Burgess, Alex B. McBratney, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel, P. H. T. Beckett, R. M. Lark, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Marc Voltz, J.P. Dubois and Pierre Goovaerts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

R. Webster

193 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

Geostatistics for Environ... 1971 2026 1989 2007 2007 1990 1980 2013 1980 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Geostatistics for Environmental Scientists
    2007 1.7k citations R. Webster et al. profile →
  2. Kriging: a method of interpolation for geographical information systems
    1990 1.6k citations R. Webster et al. profile →
  3. OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION AND ISARITHMIC MAPPING OF SOIL PROPERTIES
    1980 674 citations R. Webster et al. Journal of Soil Science profile →
  4. A tutorial guide to geostatistics: Computing and modelling variograms and kriging
    2013 614 citations R. Webster et al. profile →
  5. OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION AND ISARITHMIC MAPPING OF SOIL PROPERTIES
    1980 531 citations R. Webster et al. Journal of Soil Science profile →
  6. Soil variability - a review
    1971 354 citations P. H. T. Beckett, R. Webster Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
R. Webster 8.8k 3.4k 3.3k 2.2k 2.0k 195 15.2k
Pierre Goovaerts 7.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 165 15.7k
G.B.M. Heuvelink 8.6k 1.0× 4.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.7× 3.6k 1.6× 1.8k 0.9× 272 18.1k
Tomislav Hengl 5.6k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 107 12.8k
Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel 9.4k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 5.8k 1.8× 2.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 187 13.3k
Budiman Minasny 14.8k 1.7× 9.2k 2.7× 4.9k 1.5× 4.7k 2.1× 5.1k 2.5× 418 23.4k
Alfred Stein 4.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 2.9k 1.3× 806 0.4× 476 13.0k
A‐Xing Zhu 4.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 320 11.9k
R. M. Lark 4.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 277 8.7k
Margaret A. Oliver 3.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 792 0.4× 104 8.5k
P.A. Burrough 3.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.8× 597 0.3× 87 10.5k

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All Works

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Gallant, John, Michael F. Hutchinson, N. J. McKenzie, et al.. (2025). Digital Terrain Analysis. Elsevier eBooks. 75–91. 3 indexed citations
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Rossel, Raphael A. Viscarra, Mingxi Zhang, Thorsten Behrens, & R. Webster. (2024). A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 8 indexed citations
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Rossel, Raphael A. Viscarra, R. Webster, Mingxi Zhang, et al.. (2023). How much organic carbon could the soil store? The carbon sequestration potential of Australian soil. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17053–e17053. 22 indexed citations
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Rossel, Raphael A. Viscarra, Thorsten Behrens, Eyal Ben‐Dor, et al.. (2022). Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century. European Journal of Soil Science. 73(4). 75 indexed citations
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Haefele, Stephan M., et al.. (2022). A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision-making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy. Precision Agriculture. 23(4). 1333–1353. 11 indexed citations
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Milne, Alice E., et al.. (2020). Predicting the growth of lettuce from soil infrared reflectance spectra: the potential for crop management. Precision Agriculture. 22(1). 226–248. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Songchao, Zongzheng Liang, R. Webster, et al.. (2018). A high-resolution map of soil pH in China made by hybrid modelling of sparse soil data and environmental covariates and its implications for pollution. The Science of The Total Environment. 655. 273–283. 168 indexed citations
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Milne, Alice E., R. Webster, & R. M. Lark. (2010). Spectral and wavelet analysis of gilgai patterns from air photography. Soil Research. 48(4). 309–325. 14 indexed citations
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Ortega-Larrocea, María del Pilar, et al.. (2007). Mycorrhizal inoculum potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils irrigated with wastewater for various lengths of time, as affected by heavy metals and available P. Applied Soil Ecology. 37(1-2). 129–138. 16 indexed citations
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Rawlins, Barry, et al.. (2007). Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England. Environmental Pollution. 155(1). 164–173. 32 indexed citations
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Webster, R.. (2006). Analysis of variance, inference, multiple comparisons and sampling effects in soil research. European Journal of Soil Science. 58(1). 74–82. 158 indexed citations
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Webster, R.. (2001). Statistics to support soil research and their presentation. European Journal of Soil Science. 52(2). 331–340. 275 indexed citations
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Webster, R., et al.. (1996). Mapping heavy metals in polluted soil by disjunctive kriging. Environmental Pollution. 94(2). 205–215. 104 indexed citations
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Atteia, O., J.P. Dubois, & R. Webster. (1994). Geostatistical analysis of soil contamination in the Swiss Jura. Environmental Pollution. 86(3). 315–327. 127 indexed citations
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Webster, R.. (1977). Spectral analysis of gilgai soil. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 15(3). 191–204. 67 indexed citations
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Webster, R., et al.. (1976). Soil classification and survey studies at Ginninderra. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 14(1). 1–24. 65 indexed citations
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Webster, R. & P.A. Burrough. (1974). MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS IN SOIL SURVEY. Journal of Soil Science. 25(1). 120–134. 53 indexed citations
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Beckett, P. H. T. & R. Webster. (1971). Soil variability - a review. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository). 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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