Ryan C. Blackburn

640 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 442 citations indexed

About

Ryan C. Blackburn is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan C. Blackburn has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 442 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 7 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ryan C. Blackburn's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (4 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (4 papers). Ryan C. Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (4 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (4 papers). Ryan C. Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. Ryan C. Blackburn's co-authors include Holly P. Jones, Peter C. Jones, Karen D. Holl, José María Rey Beñayas, Michelle L. McCrackin, Edward B. Barbier, Paula Meli, David Moreno‐Mateos, Daniel Montoya and Andrew J. Sánchez Meador and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Ecology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ryan C. Blackburn

10 papers receiving 431 citations

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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.

Restoration and repair of Earth's damaged ecosystems

2018 254 citations Holly P. Jones, Peter C. Jones et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan C. Blackburn United States	9	231	217	170	56	52	12	442
Vincent P. Medjibe United States	11	216 0.9×	131 0.6×	369 2.2×	53 0.9×	52 1.0×	19	523
M. A. Scaranello Brazil	8	342 1.5×	189 0.9×	289 1.7×	116 2.1×	52 1.0×	10	590
Ricardo G. César Brazil	12	201 0.9×	86 0.4×	305 1.8×	67 1.2×	47 0.9×	18	450
Hsiang‐Hua Wang Taiwan	10	213 0.9×	99 0.5×	138 0.8×	53 0.9×	59 1.1×	21	372
Helle Skånes Sweden	9	146 0.6×	175 0.8×	274 1.6×	44 0.8×	28 0.5×	19	443
Daniel L. Druckenbrod United States	17	369 1.6×	134 0.6×	460 2.7×	40 0.7×	31 0.6×	34	726
Georgina Conti Argentina	8	383 1.7×	133 0.6×	325 1.9×	63 1.1×	87 1.7×	16	587
Ángel de Frutos Spain	14	157 0.7×	199 0.9×	232 1.4×	30 0.5×	92 1.8×	19	517
Sandro Pütz Germany	10	375 1.6×	248 1.1×	464 2.7×	91 1.6×	79 1.5×	12	746
Matheus Henrique Nunes United Kingdom	16	303 1.3×	216 1.0×	310 1.8×	201 3.6×	47 0.9×	34	636

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12 of 12 papers shown

Blackburn, Ryan C., et al.. (2025). UAV-derived models of vegetation characteristics do not transfer to extreme drought and wet conditions across a northern Arizona landscape. Landscape Ecology. 40(3).

Blackburn, Ryan C., Robert Buscaglia, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, et al.. (2025). Eigenfeature‐enhanced deep learning: advancing tree species classification in mixed conifer forests with lidar. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 11(6). 670–685.

Blackburn, Ryan C., et al.. (2021). Assessing changes to ecosystem structure and function following invasion by Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis: a meta-analysis. Biological Invasions. 23(9). 2695–2709. 27 indexed citations

Guiden, Peter W., Nicholas A. Barber, Ryan C. Blackburn, et al.. (2021). Effects of management outweigh effects of plant diversity on restored animal communities in tallgrass prairies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(5). 43 indexed citations

Blackburn, Ryan C. & Robert Joslin. (2021). Detectability of Clothing Color by Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Search and Rescue Operations. The Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research. 1 indexed citations

Donager, Jonathon J., Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, & Ryan C. Blackburn. (2021). Adjudicating Perspectives on Forest Structure: How Do Airborne, Terrestrial, and Mobile Lidar-Derived Estimates Compare?. Remote Sensing. 13(12). 2297–2297. 47 indexed citations

Blackburn, Ryan C., Robert Buscaglia, & Andrew J. Sánchez Meador. (2021). Mixtures of airborne lidar-based approaches improve predictions of forest structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 51(8). 1106–1116. 9 indexed citations

Blackburn, Ryan C., et al.. (2020). Monitoring ecological characteristics of a tallgrass prairie using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Restoration Ecology. 29(S1). 12 indexed citations

Blackburn, Ryan C., Nicholas A. Barber, & Holly P. Jones. (2020). Plant Community Shifts in Response to Fire and Bison in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie. Natural Areas Journal. 40(3). 9 indexed citations

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Blackburn, Ryan C., Nicholas A. Barber, & Holly P. Jones. (2020). Reintroduced bison diet changes throughout the season in restored prairie. Restoration Ecology. 29(S1). 9 indexed citations

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Barber, Nicholas A., et al.. (2019). Grassland restoration characteristics influence phylogenetic and taxonomic structure of plant communities and suggest assembly mechanisms. Journal of Ecology. 107(5). 2105–2120. 31 indexed citations

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Jones, Holly P., Peter C. Jones, Edward B. Barbier, et al.. (2018). Restoration and repair of Earth's damaged ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1873). 20172577–20172577. 254 indexed citations breakdown →

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