Alan R. Townsend

292 total papers · 35.1k total citations
170 papers, 24.5k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Townsend is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Townsend has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 24.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, 58 papers in Soil Science and 39 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Townsend’s work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (39 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (24 papers). Alan R. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (39 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (24 papers). Alan R. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Alan R. Townsend's co-authors include Cory C. Cleveland, James N. Galloway, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Luiz Antônio Martinelli, Elisabeth A. Holland, Gregory P. Asner, Mark A. Sutton, Jan Willem Erisman, J. R. Freney and Zucong Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan R. Townsend

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

Alan R. Townsend

168 papers receiving 23.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Alan R. Townsend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Alan R. Townsend

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