William R. Buck

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
290 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

William R. Buck is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Buck has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 264 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 202 papers in Plant Science and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William R. Buck's work include Bryophyte Studies and Records (184 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (167 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (162 papers). William R. Buck is often cited by papers focused on Bryophyte Studies and Records (184 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (167 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (162 papers). William R. Buck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Brazil. William R. Buck's co-authors include Bernard Goffinet, Howard Crum, Lewis E. Anderson, Robert R. Ireland, Daniel H. Norris, Thomas B. Croat, Bruce Allen, A. Jonathan Shaw, Ronald A. Pursell and Dale H. Vitt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

William R. Buck

263 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

List of the Mosses of North America North of Mexico

1990 375 citations William R. Buck et al. The Bryologist profile →

Peers

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Barbara M. Thiers United States

S. Rob Gradstein Netherlands

Nils Cronberg Sweden

Lewis E. Anderson United States

Reidar Elven Norway

Jairo Patiño Spain

Peter B. Heenan New Zealand

Zdeněk Kaplan Czechia

Eckehart J. Jäger Germany

Kristian Hassel Norway

Barbara M. Thiers United States

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1.2k ×0.6

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196 ×1.0

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214 ×1.3

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Countries citing papers authored by William R. Buck

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Buck

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Buck

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Wolski, Grzegorz J., et al.. (2024). Why Plagiothecium sylvaticum (Brid.) Schimp. (Plagiothecium, Plagiotheciaceae) has priority over P. platyphyllum Mönk.?. PhytoKeys. 241. 103–120. 3 indexed citations

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Buck, William R.. (2023). Richard Clinton Harris (1939–2021). The Bryologist. 126(2). 1 indexed citations

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Wolski, Grzegorz J., Paulina Nowicka‐Krawczyk, & William R. Buck. (2021). Plagiothecium schofieldii, a new species from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA). PhytoKeys. 184. 127–138. 6 indexed citations

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Costa, Denise Pinheiro da, Denílson Fernandes Peralta, William R. Buck, Juan Larraín, & Matt von Konrat. (2017). SERRA DO CURICURIARI, AMAZONAS STATE, BRAZIL: THE FIRST BRYOFLORISTIC ANALYSIS FOR A BRAZILIAN MOUNTAIN IN THE AMAZONIAN FOREST. Phytotaxa. 303(3). 12 indexed citations

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Brodo, Irwin M., et al.. (2013). Lichens of the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario: Results from the 17th Tuckerman Workshop, 18-22 Sept. 2008. Opuscula philolichenum.. 12. 198–232. 14 indexed citations

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Buck, William R. & Bruce Allen. (2012). A new species of Ectropothecium subgenus Trachyphyllaria (Hypnaceae) from Suriname: another Asian-South American disjunct. Polish Botanical Journal. 57(1). 2 indexed citations

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Buck, William R. & James C. Lendemer. (2012). Puttea (Pilocarpaceae) in eastern North America.. Opuscula philolichenum.. 11. 141–144. 1 indexed citations

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Lücking, Robert, Ralph S. Common, Othmar Breuss, et al.. (2011). The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 49(4). 127–186. 60 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cymon J. Cox, William R. Buck, et al.. (2010). Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses). American Journal of Botany. 97(9). 1511–1531. 58 indexed citations

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Harris, Richard C., et al.. (2009). Lichens and related fungi of Highstead Arboretum, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Opuscula philolichenum.. 6. 81–86. 1 indexed citations

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Buck, William R., et al.. (2004). Reviews and Notices of Publications. Taxon. 53(3). 867–887. 1 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. Jonathan, A. Jonathan Shaw, Karen S. Renzaglia, et al.. (2000). Bryophyte Biology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 64 indexed citations

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Buck, William R., Bernard Goffinet, & A. Jonathan Shaw. (2000). Testing Morphological Concepts of Orders of Pleurocarpous Mosses (Bryophyta) Using Phylogenetic Reconstructions Based on TRNL-TRNF and RPS4 Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 16(2). 180–198. 111 indexed citations

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Buck, William R.. (1995). The systematic position of the moss genus Rhacocarpus. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica. 40(1). 2 indexed citations

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Buck, William R.. (1994). A new attempt at understanding the Meteoriaceae. Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 75. 51–72. 31 indexed citations

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Givnish, Thomas J., Roy W. McDiarmid, & William R. Buck. (1986). Fire adaptation in Neblinaria celiae (Theaceae), a high-elevation rosette shrub endemic to a wet equatorial tepui. Oecologia. 70(4). 481–485. 23 indexed citations

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Buck, William R. & Ronald A. Pursell. (1980). Fissidens brachypus: A moss restricted to a freshwater Amazonian sponge. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 7(1). 81–85. 6 indexed citations

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Buck, William R.. (1980). A generic revision of the Entodontaceae. Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 71–159. 39 indexed citations

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Buck, William R.. (1980). A Re-interpretation of the Fabroniaceae--Additions and Corrections. Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 45–55. 13 indexed citations

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Buck, William R., et al.. (1977). Ramayana: King Rama's Way.. Pacific Affairs. 50(3). 545–545.

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