Ralph E. Good

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ralph E. Good is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph E. Good has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ralph E. Good's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers). Ralph E. Good is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers). Ralph E. Good collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Ralph E. Good's co-authors include Robert L. Simpson, Norma F. Good, Dennis F. Whigham, Glenn R. Matlack, Richard Stalter, David J. Gibson, Scott L. Collins, Mark Morgan, Scott K. Gleeson and Mary Allessio Leck and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Ralph E. Good

42 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Freshwater Wetlands. Ecological Processes and Management ... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Freshwater Wetlands. Ecological Processes and Management Potential.
    1979 291 citations Ralph E. Good, Dennis F. Whigham et al. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph E. Good United States 24 927 596 382 335 268 43 1.6k
Jan Květ Czechia 22 1.1k 1.1× 415 0.7× 460 1.2× 579 1.7× 304 1.1× 61 1.9k
S. M. Haslam United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.4× 399 0.7× 127 0.3× 457 1.4× 341 1.3× 41 1.7k
Barbara L. Bedford United States 25 1.4k 1.5× 462 0.8× 354 0.9× 595 1.8× 450 1.7× 40 2.1k
Frank P. Day United States 28 1.2k 1.3× 606 1.0× 947 2.5× 685 2.0× 386 1.4× 71 2.4k
Darrell A. Herbert United States 14 609 0.7× 526 0.9× 398 1.0× 298 0.9× 305 1.1× 20 1.5k
Claude Amoros France 23 1.5k 1.6× 627 1.1× 281 0.7× 208 0.6× 478 1.8× 37 1.9k
Kristine N. Hopfensperger United States 13 853 0.9× 411 0.7× 266 0.7× 248 0.7× 189 0.7× 27 1.3k
Ralph H. Riley United States 13 910 1.0× 602 1.0× 396 1.0× 241 0.7× 632 2.4× 24 2.0k
J. F. Dormaar Canada 30 935 1.0× 390 0.7× 214 0.6× 604 1.8× 606 2.3× 110 2.8k
Ralph W. Tiner United States 17 1.1k 1.2× 296 0.5× 547 1.4× 154 0.5× 279 1.0× 43 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph E. Good

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gleeson, Scott K. & Ralph E. Good. (2010). Root growth response to water and nutrients in the New Jersey Pinelands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40(1). 167–172. 3 indexed citations
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Gleeson, Scott K. & Ralph E. Good. (2003). Root allocation and multiple nutrient limitation in the New Jersey Pinelands. Ecology Letters. 6(3). 220–227. 35 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E., et al.. (1994). Some environmental impacts of recreation in the Australian Alps.. 30(4). 20–26. 7 indexed citations
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Matlack, Glenn R., David J. Gibson, & Ralph E. Good. (1993). Clonal propagation, local disturbance, and the structure of vegetation: Ericaceous shrubs in the pine barrens of New Jersey. Biological Conservation. 63(1). 1–8. 44 indexed citations
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Orson, Richard A., Robert L. Simpson, & Ralph E. Good. (1992). The Paleoecological Development of a Late Holocene, Tidal Freshwater Marsh of the Upper Delaware River Estuary. Estuaries. 15(2). 130–130. 32 indexed citations
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Whigham, Dennis F., Ralph E. Good, & Jan Květ. (1990). Wetland Ecology and Management: Case Studies. 23 indexed citations
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Morgan, Mark, Ralph E. Good, & Henry G. Spratt. (1988). Acidic deposition impacts mediated by sulfur cycling in a coastal plain forest ecosystem. GeoJournal. 17(2). 183–187. 4 indexed citations
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Collins, Scott L. & Ralph E. Good. (1987). Canopy-Ground Layer Relationships of Oak-pine Forests in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The American Midland Naturalist. 117(2). 280–280. 14 indexed citations
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Gibson, David J. & Ralph E. Good. (1987). The Seedling Habitat of Pinus echinata and Melampyrum lineare in Oak-Pine Forest of the New Jersey Pinelands. Oikos. 49(1). 91–91. 24 indexed citations
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Gibson, David J. & Ralph E. Good. (1986). Population structure and thinning in natural stands of Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP). Oecologia. 69(3). 348–353. 14 indexed citations
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Madsen, Eugene L., Mark Morgan, & Ralph E. Good. (1986). Simultaneous photoreduction and microbial oxidation of iron in a stream in the New Jersey Pinelands1. Limnology and Oceanography. 31(4). 832–838. 30 indexed citations
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Roman, Charles T. & Ralph E. Good. (1983). Wetlands of the New Jersey Pinelands: Values, functions, impacts and a proposed buffer delineation model. Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University). 8 indexed citations
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Simpson, Robert L., Ralph E. Good, Mary Allessio Leck, & Dennis F. Whigham. (1983). The Ecology of Freshwater Tidal Wetlands. BioScience. 33(4). 255–259. 117 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E., et al.. (1982). A REVIEW OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND DECOMPOSITION DYNAMICS OF THE BELOWGROUND MARSH COMPONENT. Elsevier eBooks. 139–157. 77 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E., et al.. (1982). DECOMPOSITION DYNAMICS OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA AND SPARTINA PATENS IN A NEW JERSEY SALT MARSH. American Journal of Botany. 69(3). 402–406. 33 indexed citations
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Buchholz, Kenneth & Ralph E. Good. (1982). Density, Age Structure, Biomass and Net Annual Aboveground Productivity of Dwarfed Pinus rigida Mill. from the New Jersey Pine Barren Plains. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 109(1). 24–24. 10 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E., et al.. (1982). Decomposition Dynamics of Spartina alterniflora and Spartina patens in a New Jersey Salt Marsh. American Journal of Botany. 69(3). 402–402. 16 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E., et al.. (1979). Production dynamics for above and belowground components of a New Jersey Spartina alterniflora tidal marsh. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science. 9(2). 189–201. 57 indexed citations
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Good, Ralph E. & Norma F. Good. (1975). Growth Characteristics of Two Populations of Pinus rigida Mill. from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Ecology. 56(5). 1215–1220. 16 indexed citations
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Olson, Charles E., et al.. (1964). AN ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENTS OF LIGHT REFLECTANCE FROM TREE FOLIAGE MADE DURING 1960 AND 1961.

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