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The
Most-Cited Scientists In
Environment/Ecology, 1992-2002 |
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month, in-cites presents a listing of the top 20
scientists who, as of the last bimonthly update of
the ISI
Essential Science Indicators
Web product, attracted the highest total citations
to their papers published in ISI-indexed journals
of Environment/Ecology over the last 10 years.
These names are the top 20 out of a pool of 1,975
scientists comprising the top 1% ranked by total
citation count in this field. |
 Leading
the pack is G. David Tilman
of the University of Minnesota, with 3,132 citations—an
almost 500 citation lead over the next most-cited
scientist in this field. When we interviewed
Tilman for in-cites in 2001, his citation total was 1,596—it
is almost double that today. Tilman is the Distinguished
McKnight University Professor in the Department of
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, and the director of the
Cedar Creek Natural History Area at the University of
Minnesota. His research
focuses on patterns in ecosystems, particularly
biodiversity and population dynamics.
John
Lawton, the second most-cited scientist on our list
with 2,635 total citations,  also
lists population dynamics as a main research interest.
Lawton is Professor of Community Ecology at the Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine in the UK, as
well as an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial’s Centre
for Population Biology.
Stanford’s Peter Vitousek studies nutrient cycling in
forest ecosystems. His work is at #3 on our list, with
2,375 total citations to date. Kevin Jones, ranked at #4
on our list with 2,364 total citations to date,
concentrates on organic environmental contaminants at
Lancaster University in the UK. Rounding out the top 5 is
John Sumpter of Brunel University in the UK. His work on
the effects of aquatic contaminants has garnered a total
of 2,081 citations to date.
 The
scientists in the top 20 are from a wide variety of
institutions, giving the list a global feel. Looking at
the top 20 researchers also indicates what the hot
subfields are. A number of researchers—including John
Giesy of Michigan State University and Gerald Ankley of
the U.S. EPA—are concerned with ecosystem contaminants.
Others—including the top-ranked G. David Tilman—are
concerned with the myriad aspects of population ecology,
such as resource competition and the effects of habitat
destruction. Still others, like Ana
Soto of Tufts University and Joel Schwartz of the
Harvard University School of Public Health, are concerned
with the health consequences of environmental
contaminants.
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Rank |
Scientist |
Affiliation |
Papers |
Cites |
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1 |
G.
David Tilman* |
University of
Minnesota |
60 |
3,132 |
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2 |
John
Lawton |
Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine |
61 |
2,635 |
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3 |
Peter M.
Vitousek |
Stanford
University |
73 |
2,375 |
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4 |
Kevin C.
Jones |
Lancaster
University |
169 |
2,364 |
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5 |
John P.
Sumpter |
Brunel
University |
32 |
2,081 |
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6 |
Gerald T.
Ankley |
US
Environmental Protection Agency |
88 |
2,056 |
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7 |
John P. Giesy |
Michigan
State University |
130 |
1,800 |
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8 |
Derek C. G.
Muir |
Fisheries
& Oceans Canada |
99 |
1,782 |
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9 |
F. Stuart
Chapin |
University of
Alaska-Fairbanks |
72 |
1,780 |
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10 |
Fakhri A.
Bazzaz |
Harvard
University |
75 |
1,778 |
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11 |
John D. Aber |
University of
New Hampshire |
54 |
1,765 |
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12 |
Ilkka A.
Hanski |
University of
Helsinki |
47 |
1,742 |
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13 |
Peter B.
Reich |
University of
Minnesota |
60 |
1,735 |
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14 |
Shinsuke
Tanabe |
Ehime
University |
98 |
1,732 |
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15 |
Walter J.
Weber, Jr. |
University of
Michigan |
53 |
1,701 |
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16 |
Jerry M.
Melillo |
The
Ecosystems Center |
39 |
1,697 |
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17 |
Ana
Soto |
Tufts
University |
10 |
1,545 |
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18 |
Ryo
Tatsukawa |
Ehime
University; Kochi University |
64 |
1,524 |
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19 |
Joel Schwartz |
Harvard
University |
38 |
1,514 |
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20 |
Louis J.
Guillette |
University of
Florida |
22 |
1,507 |
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[Citations
to papers by these scientists published in
journals outside of the field of
Environment/Ecology were not taken into
account for these rankings.] |
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G. David Tilman also in New
Hot Papers and read his comments
about his paper in the field of Environment/Ecology.
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