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Plant Science and Agronomy

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101
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148
National Ranking
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Ian J. Wright publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian J. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 224 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Ian J. Wright D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian J. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ian J. Wright is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses a wide range of subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research interests focus significantly on several main topics:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Ian J. Wright's recent publications provide insight into their research scope. Key papers include:

  • "Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function," 2021, Nature
  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Organizing principles for vegetation dynamics," 2020, Nature Plants
  • "Components of leaf-trait variation along environmental gradients," 2020, New Phytologist

Frequent coauthors in their work include Rachael V. Gallagher, Han Wang, I. Colin Prentice, Ning Dong, and Jens Kattge, reflecting collaborative efforts across multiple areas of study.

Their research has been featured in several notable publication venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Phytologist
  • Heart Rhythm
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species

    Mark Westoby;Daniel S. Falster;Angela T. Moles;Peter A. Vesk

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function

    Sandra Myrna Díaz;Jens Kattge;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Ian J. Wright

  • Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis.

    Hendrik Poorter;Ülo Niinemets;Lourens Poorter;Ian J. Wright

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  • Bivariate line-fitting methods for allometry.

    David I. Warton;Ian J. Wright;Daniel S. Falster;Mark Westoby

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

    Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

  • The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies

    P. B. Reich;I. J. Wright;J. Cavender-Bares;J. M. Craine

  • The Evolutionary ecology of seed size

    Michelle R. Leishman;Ian J. Wright;Angela T. Moles;Mark Westoby

  • Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits

    Mark Westoby;Ian J. Wright

  • Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

    S. Joseph Wright;Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Peter B. Reich

  • A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

    Jenny C. Ordoñez;Peter M. Van Bodegom;Jan Philip M. Witte;Ian J. Wright

  • Strategy shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient content between species of high- and low-rainfall and high- and low-nutrient habitats

    Ian J Wright;P. B Reich;Mark Westoby

  • Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

    L. Poorter;S. J. Wright;H. Paz;D. D. Ackerly

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    B. Choat;S. Jansen;T.J. Brodribb;H. Cochard

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
William K. Cornwell
William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales
Jacek Oleksyn
Jacek Oleksyn Polish Academy of Sciences
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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