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

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	101	148	141	12	12	224	82933
Ecology and Evolution	102	243	229	21	20	224	83320

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

101

148

141

224

82933

Ecology and Evolution

102

243

229

224

83320

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

101

Citations

82933

World Ranking

148

National Ranking

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index

102

Citations

83320

World Ranking

243

National Ranking

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

9978
Citations
New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

4588
Citations
Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species

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

3602
Citations
Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

3348
Citations
The global spectrum of plant form and function

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

3228
Citations
Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis.

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

3036
Citations
TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

2885
Citations
Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

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

2863
Citations
Bivariate line-fitting methods for allometry.

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

2588
Citations
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

2461
Citations
TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

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

1922
Citations
Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

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

1762
Citations
The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies

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

1699
Citations
The Evolutionary ecology of seed size

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

1233
Citations
Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits

Mark Westoby;Ian J. Wright

1212
Citations
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

1195
Citations
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

1161
Citations
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

1088
Citations
Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

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

1022
Citations
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

1021
Citations
ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

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

876
Citations
Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

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

3
Citations