W. S. C. Gurney

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

W. S. C. Gurney is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. S. C. Gurney has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in W. S. C. Gurney's work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (26 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). W. S. C. Gurney is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (26 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). W. S. C. Gurney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. W. S. C. Gurney's co-authors include Roger M. Nisbet, S. Blythe, G. Mani, William W. Murdoch, John H. Lawton, André M. de Roos, E. McCauley, Graeme D. Ruxton, Niall Broekhuizen and Michael R. Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

W. S. C. Gurney

77 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Modelling Fluctuating Populations.

1983 646 citations Roger M. Nisbet, W. S. C. Gurney et al. profile →
Nicholson's blowflies revisited

1980 572 citations W. S. C. Gurney, S. Blythe et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. S. C. Gurney United Kingdom	38	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	1.1k	945	78	4.9k
Lev R. Ginzburg United States	30	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	652 0.7×	77	5.1k
Mark Kot United States	28	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	674 0.7×	48	5.0k
William M. Schaffer United States	38	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	960 1.0×	74	5.6k
Nanako Shigesada Japan	27	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	904 0.8×	425 0.4×	52	4.3k
Roger Arditi France	35	2.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	805 0.7×	451 0.5×	78	5.0k
Lewi Stone Israel	44	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	173	7.4k
Luděk Berec Czechia	27	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	888 0.8×	734 0.8×	71	4.2k
Sergei Petrovskii United Kingdom	40	3.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.5×	961 0.6×	561 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	164	5.4k
Chris Cosner United States	36	3.6k 1.7×	2.6k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	865 0.8×	573 0.6×	140	5.9k
Michael G. Neubert United States	31	982 0.5×	883 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	958 1.0×	77	4.0k

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Bacon, P. J., et al.. (2004). Seasonal growth patterns of wild juvenile fish: partitioning variation among explanatory variables, based on individual growth trajectories of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr. Journal of Animal Ecology. 74(1). 1–11. 101 indexed citations

Petersen, Irene, Julie H. Winterbottom, Stuart Orton, et al.. (1999). Emergence and lateral dispersal of adult Plecoptera and Trichoptera from Broadstone Stream, U.K.. Freshwater Biology. 42(3). 401–416. 162 indexed citations

Murdoch, William W., Roger M. Nisbet, E. McCauley, André M. de Roos, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1998). Plankton Abundance and Dynamics across Nutrient Levels: Tests of Hypotheses. Ecology. 79(4). 1339–1339. 3 indexed citations

Murdoch, William W., Roger M. Nisbet, E. McCauley, André M. de Roos, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1998). PLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND DYNAMICS ACROSS NUTRIENT LEVELS: TESTS OF HYPOTHESES. Ecology. 79(4). 1339–1356. 111 indexed citations

Gurney, W. S. C. & David A.J. Middleton. (1996). Optimal Resource Allocation in a Randomly Varying Environment. Functional Ecology. 10(5). 602–602. 26 indexed citations

Casas, Jérôme, W. S. C. Gurney, Roger M. Nisbet, & Olivier Roux. (1993). A Probabilistic Model for the Functional Response of a Parasitoid at the Behavioural Time-Scale. Journal of Animal Ecology. 62(1). 194–194. 24 indexed citations

Gordon, D., Roger M. Nisbet, André M. de Roos, W. S. C. Gurney, & R. K. Stewart. (1991). Discrete Generations in Host--Parasitoid Models with Contrasting Life Cycles. Journal of Animal Ecology. 60(1). 295–295. 39 indexed citations

Gurney, W. S. C., et al.. (1988). Parameter evolution in a laboratory insect population. Theoretical Population Biology. 34(3). 248–265. 33 indexed citations

Nisbet, Roger M., et al.. (1988). Period to delay ratio near stability boundaries for systems with delayed feedback. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 135(1). 354–368. 10 indexed citations

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Gurney, W. S. C. & Roger M. Nisbet. (1985). Fluctuation periodicity, generation separation, and the expression of larval competition. Theoretical Population Biology. 28(2). 150–180. 110 indexed citations

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Nisbet, Roger M., S. Blythe, W. S. C. Gurney, & J.A.J. Metz. (1985). Stage-Structure Models of Populations with Distinct Growth and Development Processes. Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMA. 2(1). 57–68. 13 indexed citations

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Blythe, S., Roger M. Nisbet, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1984). The dynamics of population models with distributed maturation periods. Theoretical Population Biology. 25(3). 289–311. 60 indexed citations

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Nisbet, Roger M., et al.. (1983). A “strategic” model of material cycling in a closed ecosystem. Mathematical Biosciences. 64(1). 99–113. 37 indexed citations

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Beddington, J. R., Roger M. Nisbet, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1983). Modelling Fluctuating Populations.. Biometrics. 39(3). 819–819. 7 indexed citations

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Cooke, David E. L., Roger M. Nisbet, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1983). Modelling Fluctuating Populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. 52(3). 1003–1003. 79 indexed citations

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Nisbet, Roger M., Alex Cunningham, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1983). Endogenous metabolism and the stability of microbial prey–predator systems. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 25(1). 301–306. 32 indexed citations

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Ellner, Stephen P., Louis J. Gross, Roger M. Nisbet, & W. S. C. Gurney. (1982). Population Dynamics and Local Linearization. Ecology. 63(6). 1988–1988. 4 indexed citations

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Gurney, W. S. C. & Roger M. Nisbet. (1978). Predator-Prey Fluctuations in Patchy Environments. Journal of Animal Ecology. 47(1). 85–85. 51 indexed citations

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Gurney, W. S. C. & Roger M. Nisbet. (1976). A note on non-linear population transport. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 56(1). 249–251. 28 indexed citations

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Nisbet, Roger M. & W. S. C. Gurney. (1976). Population dynamics in a periodically varying environment. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 56(2). 459–475. 63 indexed citations

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