Robert John

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert John is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert John has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Robert John's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Robert John is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Robert John collaborates with scholars based in India, China and United States. Robert John's co-authors include Joseph B. Yavitt, Kyle E. Harms, James W. Dalling, Renato Valencia, Hugo Navarrete, Stephen P. Hubbell, Robert F. Stallard, Robin B. Foster, Martha Isabel Vallejo and Jagdish Krishnaswamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Robert John

32 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Soil nutrients influence spatial distributions of tropical tree species

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert John India	14	1.2k	680	549	495	414	33	1.8k
Alexandre A. Oliveira Brazil	22	1.4k 1.1×	746 1.1×	882 1.6×	444 0.9×	251 0.6×	50	2.2k
Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Mexico	18	1.3k 1.1×	783 1.2×	734 1.3×	466 0.9×	294 0.7×	42	1.9k
Álvaro Duque Colombia	21	1.3k 1.1×	653 1.0×	801 1.5×	398 0.8×	426 1.0×	62	2.1k
Susan G. Letcher United States	16	1.4k 1.1×	739 1.1×	700 1.3×	412 0.8×	234 0.6×	27	1.9k
José Luís Camargo Brazil	19	1.2k 1.0×	635 0.9×	913 1.7×	729 1.5×	256 0.6×	47	2.1k
Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin Thailand	26	1.5k 1.2×	574 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	462 0.9×	360 0.9×	55	2.2k
Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago Brazil	20	994 0.8×	453 0.7×	685 1.2×	430 0.9×	225 0.5×	44	1.6k
Madelon Lohbeck Netherlands	19	1.3k 1.1×	546 0.8×	872 1.6×	365 0.7×	182 0.4×	31	1.8k
Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos Mexico	18	1.8k 1.5×	849 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	535 1.1×	363 0.9×	22	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert John

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert John

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Zhang, Hui, et al.. (2024). The recovery of soil N-cycling and P-cycling following reforestation in a degraded tropical limestone mine. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. 141580–141580. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Qingqing, et al.. (2024). The contributions of rainfall and fog to leaf water of tree and epiphyte communities in a tropical cloud forest. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1488163–1488163.

John, Robert, et al.. (2023). Grassland-woodland transitions over decadal timescales in the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands of the Indian subcontinent. Forest Ecology and Management. 530. 120764–120764. 4 indexed citations

Das, Amit Kumar, et al.. (2023). Grass fires and road structure influence plant invasions in a critical wildlife habitat in north-eastern India. Environmental Conservation. 50(2). 99–107. 2 indexed citations

Sarkar, Mriganka Shekhar, et al.. (2022). Assessing the vulnerability of protected areas in the eastern Himalayas based on their biological, anthropogenic, and environmental aspects. Trees Forests and People. 8. 100228–100228. 9 indexed citations

Sarkar, Mriganka Shekhar, et al.. (2022). Habitat connectivity for conserving cervids in a multifunctional landscape. Journal for Nature Conservation. 68. 126212–126212. 3 indexed citations

Lehmkuhl, John F., et al.. (2021). The influence of abiotic and spatial variables on woody and herbaceous species abundances in a woodland–grassland system in the Eastern Terai of India. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(1). 155–167. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Xue, Robert John, Xiang Liu, et al.. (2021). Rocket launching activities are associated with reduced insect species richness and abundance in two types of tropical plantations around the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, southern China. Ecological Indicators. 127. 107751–107751. 5 indexed citations

John, Robert, et al.. (2019). Using Functional Trait Diversity Patterns to Disentangle the Processes Influencing the Recovery of Subalpine Grasslands Following Abandonment of Agricultural Use. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 8 indexed citations

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John, Robert, et al.. (2019). Predicting the distribution and abundance of invasive plant species in a sub-tropical woodland-grassland ecosystem in northeastern India. Plant Ecology. 220(10). 935–950. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, Robert John, Shidan Zhu, et al.. (2018). Shifts in functional trait–species abundance relationships over secondary subalpine meadow succession in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Oecologia. 188(2). 547–557. 18 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Mriganka Shekhar, Gajendra Singh, Robert John, et al.. (2018). Multiscale statistical approach to assess habitat suitability and connectivity of common leopard (Panthera pardus) in Kailash Sacred Landscape, India. Spatial Statistics. 28. 304–318. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, Shidan Zhu, Robert John, et al.. (2017). Habitat filtering and exclusion of weak competitors jointly explain fern species assemblage along a light and water gradient. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 298–298. 12 indexed citations

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Baldeck, Claire A., Steven W. Kembel, Kyle E. Harms, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities. Oecologia. 182(2). 547–557. 11 indexed citations

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Baldeck, Claire A., Kyle E. Harms, Joseph B. Yavitt, et al.. (2013). Habitat filtering across tree life stages in tropical forest communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1766). 20130548–20130548. 102 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, et al.. (2012). The Relationship between Species Richness and Evenness in Plant Communities along a Successional Gradient: A Study from Sub-Alpine Meadows of the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49024–e49024. 73 indexed citations

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Baldeck, Claire A., Kyle E. Harms, Joseph B. Yavitt, et al.. (2012). Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1753). 20122532–20122532. 228 indexed citations

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Dalling, James W., Stefan A. Schnitzer, Claire A. Baldeck, et al.. (2012). Resource‐based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community. Journal of Ecology. 100(5). 1174–1182. 76 indexed citations

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John, Robert, et al.. (2011). Population densities, activity, microhabitats, and thermal biology of a unique crevice- and litter-dwelling assemblage of reptiles on Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.. Herpetological conservation and biology. 6(1). 40–50. 6 indexed citations

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John, Robert, H. S. Dattaraja, H. S. Suresh, & Raman Sukumar. (2002). Density‐dependence in common tree species in a tropical dry forest in Mudumalai, southern India. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(1). 45–45. 26 indexed citations

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