2026 David J. Gibson: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	51	1992	1830	523	457	181	11098
Ecology and Evolution	53	3266	3139	1155	1097	193	12110

Overview

David J. Gibson is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in the subfields of Genetics, Epidemiology, Surgery, Immunology, and Physiology.

Gibson's scholarly work focuses mainly on topics related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microscopic Colitis, Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, as well as Neonatal Health and Biochemistry.

Frequent publication venues for Gibson include:

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Gastroenterology
JGH Open
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Among several papers, notable recent publications authored or coauthored by Gibson include:

Review article: determination of the therapeutic range for therapeutic drug monitoring of adalimumab and infliximab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, 2020, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Accuracy of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound and Calprotectin in the Assessment of Inflammation and its Location in Patients with an Ileoanal Pouch, 2021, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Early Assessment With Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in Patients Hospitalised for a Flare of Ulcerative Colitis and Predicting the Need for Salvage Therapy: A Pilot Study, 2021, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Increase in the use of inhaled nitric oxide in neonatal intensive care units in England: a retrospective population study, 2021, BMJ Paediatrics Open
Review Article: Albumin and Its Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Old, the New, and the Future, 2025, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gibson has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Miles Sparrow, Peter R. Gibson, Mark G. Ward, Danny Con, and Antony B. Friedman. These associations indicate a research network active in clinical and biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Grasses and Grassland Ecology

David J. Gibson

859
Citations
Parallel Analysis: a method for determining significant principal components

Scott B. Franklin;David J. Gibson;Philip A. Robertson;John T. Pohlmann

503
Citations
Experimental Analysis of Intermediate Disturbance and Initial Floristic Composition: Decoupling Cause and Effect

Scott L. Collins;Susan M. Glenn;David J. Gibson

495
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Designs for greenhouse studies of interactions between plants

David. J. Gibson;John Connolly;David. C. Hartnett;Jeffrey. D. Weidenhamer

416
Citations
Effects of fire, topography and year-to-year climatic variation on species composition in tallgrass prairie

David J. Gibson;Lloyd C. Hulbert

407
Citations
From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present.

David J. Gibson;Gordon G. Whitney

398
Citations
Mycorrhizal influence on intra- and interspecific neighbour interactions among co-occurring prairie grasses

D. C. Hartnett;B. A. D. Hetrick;G. W. T. Wilson;D. J. Gibson

319
Citations
Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie

T. R. Seastedt;J. M. Briggs;D. J. Gibson

315
Citations
Methods in comparative plant population ecology

David J. Gibson

226
Citations
Population Biology of Grasses

David J. Gibson

193
Citations
New Flora of the British Isles, 2nd Edition.

David J. Gibson;Clive Stace

182
Citations
Competitive relationships of Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) from remnant and restored native populations and select cultivated varieties

D. J. Gustafson;D. J. Gibson;D. L. Nickrent

177
Citations
Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive grass in southern Illinois.

David J. Gibson;Greg Spyreas;Jennifer Benedict

172
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Effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen and fungal endophyte-infection on tall fescue: growth, photosynthesis, chemical composition and digestibility

J. A. Newman;M. L. Abner;R. G. Dado;D. J. Gibson

157
Citations
Effects of animal disturbance on tallgrass prairie vegetation.

David J. Gibson

156
Citations
How predictable are aphid population responses to elevated CO2

J. A. Newman;D. J. Gibson;D. J. Gibson;A. J. Parsons;J. H. M. Thornley

156
Citations
Management Practices in Tallgrass Prairie: Large- and Small-Scale Experimental Effects on Species Composition

David J. Gibson;T. R. Seastedt;John M. Briggs

131
Citations
The relationship of sheep grazing and soil heterogeneity to plant spatial patterns in dune grassland

David J. Gibson

130
Citations
Fire temperature heterogeneity in contrasting fire prone habitats: Kansas tallgrass prairie and Florida sandhill

David J. Gibson;David C. Hartnett;Gary L. S. Merrill

119
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Effects of mycorrhizae, phosphorus availability, and plant density on yield relationships among competing tallgrass prairie grasses

B. A. D. Hetrick;D. C. Hartnett;G. W. T. Wilson;D. J. Gibson

116
Citations
The effect of seeds of exotic species transported via horse dung on vegetation along trail corridors

Jonathan E. Campbell;David J. Gibson

115
Citations
Mechanisms for dominance in an early successional old field by the invasive non-native Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don

Alice L. Brandon;David J. Gibson;Beth A. Middleton

115
Citations
Conservation genetics of two co-dominant grass species in an endangered grassland ecosystem

D. J. Gustafson;D. J. Gibson;D. L. Nickrent

114
Citations
The relationship between the soil seed bank and above‐ground vegetation of a coastal barrier island

Paul B. Looney;David J. Gibson

114
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Additive partitioning of diversity across hierarchical spatial scales in a forested landscape

Shibi Chandy;David J. Gibson;Philip A. Robertson

97
Citations
The maintenance of plant and soil heterogeneity in dune grassland

David J. Gibson

95
Citations
Use of multiple criteria in an ecological assessment of a prairie restoration chronosequence

Michael J. Hansen;David J. Gibson

91
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