W. B. Turrill

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W. B. Turrill is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. B. Turrill has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in W. B. Turrill's work include Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (9 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (9 papers) and Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (6 papers). W. B. Turrill is often cited by papers focused on Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (9 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (9 papers) and Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (6 papers). W. B. Turrill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. W. B. Turrill's co-authors include Henry J. Oosting, G. Ledyard Stebbins, C. W. Wardlaw, R. E. Holttum, E. Milne‐Redhead, George Neville Jones, Geo. D. Fuller, Hermann von Guttenberg, T. H. Goodspeed and Lucy M. Cranwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Soil Science.

In The Last Decade

W. B. Turrill

45 papers receiving 865 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.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

1958 403 citations W. B. Turrill Nature profile →
The Study of Plant Communities

1956 390 citations W. B. Turrill, Henry J. Oosting Kew Bulletin profile →

Peers

W. B. Turrill

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Walter V. Brown United States

Philip A. Munz United States

David E. Fairbrothers United States

Ira L. Wiggins United States

E. F. Warburg

Merritt Lyndon Fernald

S. M. Walters United Kingdom

T. M. Barkley United States

Jonathan D. Sauer United States

Harry E. Ahles United States

Walter V. Brown United States

W. B. Turrill

948 ×1.5

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858 ×1.7

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142 ×0.6

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505 ×2.2

MB

134 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to W. B. Turrill W. B. Turrill (= 1×) peers Walter V. Brown

Countries citing papers authored by W. B. Turrill

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. B. Turrill

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. B. Turrill. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. B. Turrill. The network helps show where W. B. Turrill may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. B. Turrill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. B. Turrill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. B. Turrill 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 W. B. Turrill. W. B. Turrill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Turrill, W. B.. (2014). Pioneer Plant Geography: The Phytogeographical Researches of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Schmid, Rudolf, et al.. (1993). REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. Taxon. 42(4). 937–952. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1964). Vistas in botany. Vol. 4. Recent researches in plant taxonomy.. 2 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1963). Recent research in plant physiology. Pergamon Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B., et al.. (1960). Saxifrages from Brandon Mountain, Co. Kerry. Kew Bulletin. 14(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1960). A New Species of Aristolochia from the Island of Samos. Kew Bulletin. 14(1). 108–108. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1959). The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew ; past and present. 8 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1959). Bicentenary of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Nature. 183(4674). 1488–1490. 2 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B., et al.. (1958). Flora of tropical East Africa. Alangiaceae.. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B. & Henry J. Oosting. (1956). The Study of Plant Communities. Kew Bulletin. 11(3). 522–522. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turrill, W. B., et al.. (1956). Additional breeding experiments withSaxifraga. Journal of Genetics. 54(1). 186–193. 5 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B. & T. H. Goodspeed. (1955). The Genus Nicotiana. Kew Bulletin. 10(3). 357–357. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1955). Some New Plants from Greece. Kew Bulletin. 10(3). 353–353. 1 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B., George Neville Jones, & Geo. D. Fuller. (1955). Vascular Plants of Illinois. Kew Bulletin. 10(4). 586–586. 7 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1953). Ecology of the Tropical Rain Forest. Nature. 172(4370). 177–178. 20 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B. & E. Milne‐Redhead. (1953). Flora of tropical East Africa : Pedaliaceae.. 3 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B. & C. W. Wardlaw. (1953). Phylogeny and Morphogenesis. Kew Bulletin. 8(2). 276–276. 51 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1952). Some Taxonomic Aims, Methods, and Principles: Their Possible Applications to the Algae. Nature. 169(4297). 388–393. 5 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B. & G. Ledyard Stebbins. (1951). Variation and Evolution in Plants. Kew Bulletin. 6(2). 307–307. 95 indexed citations

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Turrill, W. B.. (1951). Some Problems of Plant Range and Distribution. Journal of Ecology. 39(2). 205–205. 11 indexed citations

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