S. Joseph Wright‬

56.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
338 papers, 30.5k citations indexed

About

S. Joseph Wright‬ is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Joseph Wright‬ has authored 338 papers receiving a total of 30.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 126 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 98 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in S. Joseph Wright‬'s work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (195 papers), Plant and animal studies (112 papers) and Forest ecology and management (75 papers). S. Joseph Wright‬ is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (195 papers), Plant and animal studies (112 papers) and Forest ecology and management (75 papers). S. Joseph Wright‬ collaborates with scholars based in Panama, United States and Canada. S. Joseph Wright‬'s co-authors include Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Stephen P. Hubbell, Kyle E. Harms, Osvaldo Calderón, Kaoru Kitajima, Carel P. van Schaik, Richard Condit, Stephen S. Mulkey, Andrés Hernández and Benjamin L. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

S. Joseph Wright‬

332 papers receiving 29.1k citations

Hit Papers

Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1999 2002 1993 2000 2010 250 500 750 1000
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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. Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree Diversity in a Neotropical Forest
    1999 1.2k citations Stephen P. Hubbell, Kyle E. Harms et al. profile →
  2. Plant diversity in tropical forests: a review of mechanisms of species coexistence
    2002 1.0k citations S. Joseph Wright‬ Oecologia profile →
  3. The Phenology of Tropical Forests: Adaptive Significance and Consequences for Primary Consumers
    1993 980 citations S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. profile →
  4. Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest
    2000 819 citations Kyle E. Harms, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. profile →
  5. Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade‐off in tropical trees
    2010 795 citations S. Joseph Wright‬, Nathan J. B. Kraft et al. Ecology profile →
  6. PLASTIC PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE TO LIGHT OF 16 CONGENERIC SHRUBS FROM A PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST
    2000 618 citations S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Ecology profile →
  7. ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS
    2008 593 citations Lourens Poorter, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Ecology profile →
  8. Tropical forests in a changing environment
    2005 569 citations S. Joseph Wright‬ profile →
  9. Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest
    2011 472 citations S. Joseph Wright‬, Kyle E. Harms et al. Ecology profile →
  10. Relationships between phyllosphere bacterial communities and plant functional traits in a neotropical forest
    2014 428 citations Steven W. Kembel, Timothy K. O’Connor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Joseph Wright‬ Panama 95 18.2k 10.5k 9.7k 9.2k 7.0k 338 30.5k
Éric Garnier France 53 16.2k 0.9× 9.3k 0.9× 7.2k 0.7× 5.8k 0.6× 8.1k 1.2× 113 24.1k
Andy Hector United Kingdom 50 14.1k 0.8× 7.2k 0.7× 8.3k 0.9× 9.1k 1.0× 5.1k 0.7× 105 26.1k
Ian J. Wright Australia 70 16.1k 0.9× 9.0k 0.9× 12.1k 1.2× 5.1k 0.6× 10.6k 1.5× 184 28.6k
William J. Bond South Africa 86 20.3k 1.1× 7.5k 0.7× 18.1k 1.9× 12.2k 1.3× 6.4k 0.9× 342 34.1k
Mark Westoby Australia 98 26.7k 1.5× 17.1k 1.6× 12.6k 1.3× 11.4k 1.2× 14.7k 2.1× 282 43.3k
Scott L. Collins United States 81 12.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.5× 9.7k 1.0× 11.1k 1.2× 4.8k 0.7× 325 24.3k
Fernando Valladares Spain 75 14.9k 0.8× 8.5k 0.8× 10.5k 1.1× 5.6k 0.6× 10.5k 1.5× 317 26.8k
J. Philip Grime United Kingdom 47 15.0k 0.8× 8.7k 0.8× 5.4k 0.6× 8.8k 1.0× 8.6k 1.2× 74 24.4k
David D. Ackerly United States 74 19.5k 1.1× 14.5k 1.4× 8.4k 0.9× 9.8k 1.1× 7.8k 1.1× 175 34.0k
Ragan M. Callaway United States 91 20.4k 1.1× 14.0k 1.3× 5.9k 0.6× 8.2k 0.9× 19.5k 2.8× 316 36.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Joseph Wright‬

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wright‬, S. Joseph & Osvaldo Calderón. (2025). Statistical power and the detection of global change responses: The case of leaf production in old‐growth forests. Ecology. 106(1). e4526–e4526. 2 indexed citations
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Knox, Ryan, Charles D. Koven, W. J. Riley, et al.. (2024). Nutrient Dynamics in a Coupled Terrestrial Biosphere and Land Model (ELM‐FATES‐CNP). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16(3). 5 indexed citations
3.
Ngute, Alain Senghor K., David S. Schoeman, Marion Pfeifer, et al.. (2024). Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate and topography. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17140–e17140. 14 indexed citations
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Lamour, Julien, Kenneth Davidson, Kim Ely, et al.. (2023). The effect of the vertical gradients of photosynthetic parameters on the CO2 assimilation and transpiration of a Panamanian tropical forest. New Phytologist. 238(6). 2345–2362. 16 indexed citations
5.
Metz, Margaret R., S. Joseph Wright‬, Jess K. Zimmerman, et al.. (2023). Functional traits of young seedlings predict trade‐offs in seedling performance in three neotropical forests. Journal of Ecology. 111(12). 2568–2582. 9 indexed citations
6.
Wright‬, S. Joseph, et al.. (2022). Pre‐dispersal seed predation could help explain premature fruit drop in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 110(4). 751–761. 7 indexed citations
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Fang, Yilin, L. Ruby Leung, Charles D. Koven, et al.. (2022). Modeling the topographic influence on aboveground biomass using a coupled model of hillslope hydrology and ecosystem dynamics. Geoscientific model development. 15(20). 7879–7901. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiqiang, Mingcheng Wang, Kailiang Yu, et al.. (2021). Global synthesis for the scaling of soil microbial nitrogen to phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44034–44034. 15 indexed citations
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Martínez, Isabel, Elena Shevliakova, Sergey Malyshev, et al.. (2020). Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA‐TV). Global Change Biology. 26(8). 4478–4494. 29 indexed citations
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Detto, Matteo, Marco D. Visser, S. Joseph Wright‬, & Stephen W. Pacala. (2019). Bias in the detection of negative density dependence in plant communities. Ecology Letters. 22(11). 1923–1939. 75 indexed citations
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Dickman, L. Turin, Nate G. McDowell, Charlotte Grossiord, et al.. (2018). Homoeostatic maintenance of nonstructural carbohydrates during the 2015–2016 El Niño drought across a tropical forest precipitation gradient. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(5). 1705–1714. 37 indexed citations
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Mendoza, Irene, Richard Condit, S. Joseph Wright‬, et al.. (2018). Inter‐annual variability of fruit timing and quantity at Nouragues (French Guiana): insights from hierarchical Bayesian analyses. Biotropica. 50(3). 431–441. 29 indexed citations
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Fortunel, Claire, Renato Valencia, S. Joseph Wright‬, Nancy C. Garwood, & Nathan J. B. Kraft. (2016). Functional trait differences influence neighbourhood interactions in a hyperdiverse Amazonian forest. Ecology Letters. 19(9). 1062–1070. 57 indexed citations
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Kembel, Steven W., Timothy K. O’Connor, Holly K. Arnold, et al.. (2014). Relationships between phyllosphere bacterial communities and plant functional traits in a neotropical forest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(38). 13715–13720. 428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Feeley, Kenneth J., S. Joseph Wright‬, M. N. Nur Supardi, Abd Rahman Kassim, & Stuart J. Davies. (2007). Decelerating growth in tropical forest trees. Ecology Letters. 10(6). 461–469. 246 indexed citations
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Wright, Ian J., David D. Ackerly, Frans Bongers, et al.. (2006). Relationships Among Ecologically Important Dimensions of Plant Trait Variation in Seven Neotropical Forests. Annals of Botany. 99(5). 1003–1015. 320 indexed citations
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Wright‬, S. Joseph, et al.. (1996). Tropical forest canopy programme. 1 indexed citations
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Wright‬, S. Joseph. (1995). Accessing the canopy : assessment of biological diversity and microclimate of the tropical forest canopy, phase 1. 5 indexed citations
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Lowman, Margaret D., Francis Hallé, Phyllis D. Coley, et al.. (1994). What's Up? Perspectives from the First International Forest Canopy Conference at Sarasota, Florida, 1994. 16(1). 1–11. 3 indexed citations
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Fisher, Brian L., Henry F. Howe, & S. Joseph Wright‬. (1991). Survival and growth of Virola surinamensis yearlings: Water augmentation in gap and understory. Oecologia. 86(2). 292–297. 67 indexed citations

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