William T. Stearn

2.6k total citations
150 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William T. Stearn is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William T. Stearn has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Plant Science, 61 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William T. Stearn's work include Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (30 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (30 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (28 papers). William T. Stearn is often cited by papers focused on Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (30 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (30 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (28 papers). William T. Stearn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland. William T. Stearn's co-authors include Livy Williams, Dan H. Nicolson, Philip Miller, Wilfrid Blunt, Carl von Linné, Louis K. Mann, Marie Åsberg, Ray Desmond, R. M. Polhill and H. S. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Systematic Biology, Taxon and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

In The Last Decade

William T. Stearn

120 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William T. Stearn United Kingdom	17	805	686	314	124	91	150	1.6k
Carl S. Keener United States	11	670 0.8×	999 1.5×	540 1.7×	98 0.8×	30 0.3×	29	1.6k
Frans A. Stafleu Netherlands	23	1.8k 2.2×	1.8k 2.7×	706 2.2×	188 1.5×	49 0.5×	110	3.1k
F. N. Hepper United Kingdom	20	798 1.0×	696 1.0×	283 0.9×	143 1.2×	8 0.1×	99	1.6k
Edgar Anderson United States	14	527 0.7×	355 0.5×	229 0.7×	70 0.6×	28 0.3×	65	1.1k
E. Charles Nelson Australia	8	895 1.1×	802 1.2×	567 1.8×	231 1.9×	18 0.2×	125	1.6k
S. M. Walters United Kingdom	16	931 1.2×	692 1.0×	198 0.6×	70 0.6×	15 0.2×	57	1.5k
Rolf Sattler Canada	27	1.1k 1.3×	1.4k 2.1×	1.0k 3.3×	140 1.1×	37 0.4×	83	2.1k
Charles E. Jarvis United Kingdom	16	579 0.7×	528 0.8×	197 0.6×	42 0.3×	18 0.2×	116	843
W. B. Turrill United Kingdom	12	621 0.8×	499 0.7×	225 0.7×	70 0.6×	12 0.1×	54	1.2k
Harlan Lewis United States	25	1.3k 1.6×	1.4k 2.0×	524 1.7×	79 0.6×	10 0.1×	59	2.2k

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Desmond, Ray & William T. Stearn. (1999). John Lindley, 1799-1865: Gardener: Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist. Garden History. 27(2). 253–253. 5 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1994). Linnaeus as an Economic Botanist. Botanical Journal of Scotland. 46(4). 702–706. 6 indexed citations

Stearn, William T., et al.. (1988). An English florilegium : flowers, trees, shrubs, fruits, herbs : the Tradescant legacy. 1 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1988). James Edward Smith (1759-1828): first President of the Linnean Society and his herbarium. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 96(3). 199–216. 4 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1986). The Wilkins Lecture, 1985 John Wilkins, John Ray and Carl Linnaeus. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 40(2). 101–123. 2 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1986). NOTHOSCORDUM GRACILE, THE CORRECT NAME OF N. FRAGRANS AND THE N. INODORUM OF AUTHORS (ALLIACEAE). Taxon. 35(2). 335–338. 9 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1981). The Natural History Museum at South Kensington : a history of the Museum, 1753-1980. 18 indexed citations

Nicolson, Dan H., et al.. (1980). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Taxon. 29(2/3). 384–384. 160 indexed citations

Stearn, William T.. (1980). African species of Chionanthus L. (Oleaceae) hitherto included in Linociera Swartz. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 80(3). 191–206. 4 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T., et al.. (1980). Plants of Colonial Williamsburg. Garden History. 8(1). 12–12. 2 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1978). The Botanical Results of Captain Cook's Three Voyages and Their Later Influence. Pacific studies. 1(2). 147–162. 5 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T., et al.. (1972). From Medieval Park to Modern Arboretum: the Arnold Arboretum and its Historic Background. Arnoldia.. 32(4). 173–197. 1 indexed citations

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Miller, Philip & William T. Stearn. (1969). The gardeners dictionary. 77 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1969). A Royal Society appointment with Venus in 1769: the voyage of Cook and Banks in the Endeavour In 1768-1771 and its botanical results. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 24(1). 64–90. 7 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1968). Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth and tropical American botany. 11 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T., et al.. (1968). LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS OF AGNES ARBER, E. A. N. ARBER AND ETHEL SARGANT. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. 4(Part_7). 370–384. 3 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1967). Overlooked synonyms of Philippine species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 15(2). 283–284. 1 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1959). A BOTANIST'S RANDOM IMPRESSIONS OF JAMAICA. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 170(2). 134–147. 2 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1956). FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT KUNTH'S ‘NOVA GENERA ET SPECIES PLANTARUM’ AND ‘MIMOSES‘. Taxon. 5(7). 153–156. 4 indexed citations

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Stearn, William T.. (1952). LINDLEY'S "VEGETATION OF THE SWAN RIVER COLONY". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. 2(9). 381–382. 1 indexed citations

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