Terry Ball

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Terry Ball is a scholar working on Plant Science, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terry Ball has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Terry Ball's work include Silicon Effects in Agriculture (17 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Terry Ball is often cited by papers focused on Silicon Effects in Agriculture (17 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Terry Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Spain. Terry Ball's co-authors include Marco Madella, Anne Alexandre, Luc Vrydaghs, John S. Gardner, Rosa M. Albert, Linda Scott Cummings, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Katharina Neumann, Jack D. Brotherson and Edmond De Langhe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annals of Botany and American Journal of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Terry Ball

28 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2019 200 400 600
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.

  1. International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0
    2005 714 citations Marco Madella, Anne Alexandre et al. Annals of Botany profile →
  2. International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0
    2019 407 citations Katharina Neumann, Caroline A. E. Strömberg et al. Annals of Botany profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Terry Ball United States 20 1.3k 1.1k 830 523 488 30 2.5k
Deborah M. Pearsall United States 32 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 709 0.9× 1.3k 2.4× 580 1.2× 64 2.9k
Luc Vrydaghs Belgium 18 929 0.7× 697 0.6× 467 0.6× 381 0.7× 318 0.7× 67 1.8k
Carol Lentfer Australia 21 719 0.6× 776 0.7× 377 0.5× 784 1.5× 451 0.9× 43 1.8k
Naiqin Wu China 20 425 0.3× 860 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 507 1.0× 520 1.1× 39 2.0k
Irene Holst Panama 18 839 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 244 0.3× 833 1.6× 471 1.0× 24 2.6k
Deke Xu China 19 287 0.2× 755 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 470 0.9× 454 0.9× 38 1.9k
Irwin Rovner United States 9 466 0.4× 463 0.4× 445 0.5× 251 0.5× 219 0.4× 21 998
Ruth Dickau United Kingdom 14 676 0.5× 528 0.5× 173 0.2× 462 0.9× 190 0.4× 20 1.6k
Isabel Figueiral France 22 514 0.4× 552 0.5× 545 0.7× 40 0.1× 343 0.7× 62 1.7k
Alison Weisskopf United Kingdom 17 336 0.3× 653 0.6× 303 0.4× 566 1.1× 266 0.5× 29 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Terry Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Terry Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terry Ball

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Terry Ball. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Terry Ball based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Terry Ball. Terry Ball is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Devos, Yannick, Luc Vrydaghs, Jan van der Valk, et al.. (2025). Understanding late medieval farming practices: an interdisciplinary study on byre remains from the historical centre of Brussels (Belgium). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(7). 154–154.
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Portillo, Marta, Terry Ball, Michael Wallace, et al.. (2019). Advances in Morphometrics in Archaeobotany. Environmental Archaeology. 25(2). 246–256. 24 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry, et al.. (2019). A study of phytoliths produced by selected native plant taxa commonly used by Great Basin Native Americans. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 29(2). 213–228. 7 indexed citations
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Neumann, Katharina, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Terry Ball, et al.. (2019). International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0. Annals of Botany. 124(2). 189–199. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ball, Terry, et al.. (2018). Early Middle Ages Houses of Gien (France) from the Inside: Geoarchaeology and Archaeobotany of 9th–11th c. Floors. Environmental Archaeology. 25(2). 151–169. 19 indexed citations
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Devos, Yannick, Luc Vrydaghs, Jan van der Valk, et al.. (2016). An integrated study of Dark Earth from the alluvial valley of the Senne river (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary International. 460. 175–197. 31 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry, et al.. (2015). Morphometric analysis of phytoliths: recommendations towards standardization from the International Committee for Phytolith Morphometrics. Journal of Archaeological Science. 68. 106–111. 66 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry, Karol Chandler-Ezell, Ruth Dickau, et al.. (2015). Phytoliths as a tool for investigations of agricultural origins and dispersals around the world. Journal of Archaeological Science. 68. 32–45. 119 indexed citations
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Ambrosia, Vincent G., et al.. (2014). UAS Developments Supporting Wildfire Observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Perrier, Xavier, Edmond De Langhe, Mark Donohue, et al.. (2011). Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana ( Musa spp.) domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(28). 11311–11318. 320 indexed citations
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Vrydaghs, Luc, et al.. (2009). Differentiating the Volcaniform Phytoliths of Bananas: Musa acuminata. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 7. 239–239. 29 indexed citations
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Brotherson, Jack D., et al.. (2005). Nutrient relationships between Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. and its host Artemisia pygmaea Gray in the Uinta Basin of Utah, USA. Western North American Naturalist. 65(2). 14. 4 indexed citations
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Madella, Marco, Anne Alexandre, & Terry Ball. (2005). International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0. Annals of Botany. 96(2). 253–260. 714 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berlin, Andrea M., et al.. (2003). Ptolemaic Agriculture, “Syrian Wheat”, and Triticum aestivum. Journal of Archaeological Science. 30(1). 115–121. 55 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry, et al.. (2002). Image Analysis Of Egyptian Mummy Hair. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 8(S02). 922–923. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry & Jack D. Brotherson. (1999). Environmental Lessons from Our Pioneer Heritage. BYU studies quarterly. 38(3). 6. 3 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry. (1996). The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5. Mormon Studies Review. 8 (1996)(1). 61–68.
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Ball, Terry, Jack D. Brotherson, & John S. Gardner. (1993). A typologic and morphometric study of variation in phytoliths from einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum). Canadian Journal of Botany. 71(9). 1182–1192. 41 indexed citations
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Ball, Terry & Jack D. Brotherson. (1992). The Effect of Varying Environmental Conditions on Phytolith Morphometries in Two Species of Grass (Bouteloua curtipendula and Panicum virgatum). Scanning microscopy. 6(4). 1163–1181. 17 indexed citations

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