William J. Edwards

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William J. Edwards is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Edwards has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Edwards's work include Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). William J. Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (15 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). William J. Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William J. Edwards's co-authors include Sherri A. Mason, Hannah Farley, Marcus Eriksen, Stephen Amato, Ann Zellers, David A. Culver, Christopher Hensley, Joseph D. Conroy, Douglas D. Kane and Hongyan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Marine Pollution Bulletin, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Freshwater Biology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Edwards

30 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

2013 1.4k citations Sherri A. Mason, William J. Edwards et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Edwards United States	18	1.4k	1.1k	488	366	355	31	2.3k
Sandra Ramos Portugal	21	474 0.3×	296 0.3×	385 0.8×	26 0.1×	218 0.6×	66	1.2k
Christopher M. Free United States	19	1.1k 0.8×	895 0.8×	543 1.1×	17 0.0×	332 0.9×	39	2.3k
Xia Liu China	20	377 0.3×	211 0.2×	276 0.6×	60 0.2×	109 0.3×	91	1.5k
Shuo Chen China	22	149 0.1×	244 0.2×	151 0.3×	324 0.9×	30 0.1×	59	1.2k
Eric D. Roy United States	19	132 0.1×	400 0.4×	328 0.7×	238 0.7×	49 0.1×	45	1.2k
Scott Wallace United States	20	802 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	445 0.9×	180 0.5×	25 0.1×	57	2.7k
Michelle L. Berger United States	15	384 0.3×	233 0.2×	117 0.2×	232 0.6×	114 0.3×	27	1.3k
Richard T. Wright United States	21	158 0.1×	35 0.0×	867 1.8×	369 1.0×	161 0.5×	25	2.2k
Michael Murray United States	12	527 0.4×	81 0.1×	826 1.7×	438 1.2×	253 0.7×	19	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by William J. Edwards

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of William J. Edwards's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by William J. Edwards with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites William J. Edwards more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Edwards

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William J. Edwards. 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 William J. Edwards. The network helps show where William J. Edwards may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Edwards

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Edwards, William J., et al.. (2021). Vertical structure of the bacterial diversity in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake. MicrobiologyOpen. 10(4). e1228–e1228. 15 indexed citations

Mason, Sherri A., et al.. (2020). High levels of pelagic plastic pollution within the surface waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 46(2). 277–288. 46 indexed citations

Conroy, Joseph D., Douglas D. Kane, Erin L. Quinlan, William J. Edwards, & David A. Culver. (2017). Abiotic and biotic controls of phytoplankton biomass dynamics in a freshwater tributary, estuary, and large lake ecosystem: Sandusky Bay (Lake Erie) chemostat. Inland Waters. 7(4). 473–492. 17 indexed citations

Brown, Natalie Novick, et al.. (2015). Prenatal alcohol exposure: An assessment strategy for the legal context. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 42-43. 144–148. 23 indexed citations

Matisoff, Gerald, et al.. (2015). Potential impact of Chironomus plumosus larvae on hypolimnetic oxygen in the central basin of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 41(2). 348–357. 7 indexed citations

Makarewicz, Joseph C., et al.. (2012). Assessment of phytoplankton distribution in the nearshore zone using continuous in situ fluorometry. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38. 78–84. 18 indexed citations

Makarewicz, Joseph C., Theodore W. Lewis, Gregory L. Boyer, & William J. Edwards. (2012). The influence of streams on nearshore water chemistry, Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38. 62–71. 47 indexed citations

Edwards, William J. & Stephen Greenspan. (2010). Adaptive Behavior Alcohol Spectrum and Fetal Disorders. The Journal of Psychiatry & Law. 38(4). 419–447. 15 indexed citations

Edwards, William J., et al.. (2009). The effect of mayfly (Hexagenia spp.) burrowing activity on sediment oxygen demand in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 35(4). 507–516. 8 indexed citations

10.

Edwards, William J., et al.. (2005). The impact of a benthic filter feeder: limitations imposed by physical transport of algae to the benthos. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 62(1). 205–214. 40 indexed citations

11.

Conroy, Joseph D., Douglas D. Kane, David M. Dolan, et al.. (2005). Temporal Trends in Lake Erie Plankton Biomass: Roles of External Phosphorus Loading and Dreissenid Mussels. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 31. 89–110. 129 indexed citations

12.

Conroy, Joseph D., William J. Edwards, Douglas D. Kane, et al.. (2005). Soluble nitrogen and phosphorus excretion of exotic freshwater mussels (Dreissena spp.): potential impacts for nutrient remineralisation in western Lake Erie. Freshwater Biology. 50(7). 1146–1162. 154 indexed citations

13.

Beail, Nigel & William J. Edwards. (2004). Rigidity and Flexibility in Diagnosing Mental Retardation in Capital Cases. Mental Retardation. 42(6). 480–483. 1 indexed citations

14.

Edwards, William J.. (2002). Impacts of the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena Polymorpha) on Large Lakes: Influence of Vertical Turbulent Mixing. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 2 indexed citations

15.

Edwards, William J., et al.. (2002). Field Testing of Protocols to Prevent the Spread of Zebra MusselsDreissena polymorphaduring Fish Hatchery and Aquaculture Activities. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 64(3). 220–223. 20 indexed citations

16.

Edwards, William J., et al.. (2002). People With Mental Retardation Are Dying, Legally: At Least 44 Have Been Executed. Mental Retardation. 40(3). 243–244. 7 indexed citations

17.

Edwards, William J.. (2000). Execution of People With Mental Retardation: A Violation of National and Customary International Law. Mental Retardation. 38(2). 173–178. 3 indexed citations

18.

Edwards, William J., et al.. (1998). Mental retardation and the death penalty: current status of exemption legislation.. PubMed. 21(5). 687–96. 3 indexed citations

19.

Edwards, William J., et al.. (1997). People With Mental Retardation Are Dying, Legally. Mental Retardation. 35(1). 59–63. 12 indexed citations

20.

Edwards, William J.. (1996). A measurement of delinquency differences between a delinquent and nondelinquent sample: what are the implications?. PubMed. 31(124). 973–89. 22 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact