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Jackson R. Webster

Jackson R. Webster

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
80
Citations
29082
World Ranking
949
National Ranking
410

Jackson R. Webster publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jackson R. Webster sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 199 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jackson R. Webster D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jackson R. Webster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jackson R. Webster is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Pollution.

Their scholarly output addresses a variety of interconnected topics, notably Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Key recent publications authored or coauthored by Jackson R. Webster include:

  • "Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems," 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Distinctive Connectivities of Near-Stream and Watershed-Wide Land Uses Differentially Degrade Rural Aquatic Ecosystems," 2021, BioScience
  • "Diversity-production relationships of fish communities in freshwater stream ecosystems," 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Trophic basis of production of stream detritivores shifts with reduced forest inputs," 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • "Can small stream solute-land cover relationships predict river solute concentrations?", 2023, Hydrological Processes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jackson R. Webster are:

  • C. Rhett Jackson
  • Jennifer D. Knoepp
  • David M. Costello
  • Scott D. Tiegs
  • Luz Boyero

The scientist's work has appeared in several notable publication venues, including:

  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • BioScience
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Hydrological Processes

Best Publications

  • Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems

    Aaron M. Ellison;Michael S. Bank;Barton D. Clinton;Elizabeth A. Colburn

  • VASCULAR PLANT BREAKDOWN IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

    J. R. Webster;E. F. Benfield

  • Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams

    Bruce J. Peterson;Wilfred M. Wollheim;Patrick J. Mulholland;Jackson R. Webster

  • Multiple Trophic Levels of a Forest Stream Linked to Terrestrial Litter Inputs

    J. B. Wallace;S. L. Eggert;J. L. Meyer;J. R. Webster

  • The role of macroinvertebrates in stream ecosystem function.

    J B Wallace;J R Webster

  • Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Patrick J. Mulholland;Ashley M. Helton;Geoffrey C. Poole;Robert O. Hall

  • Patch Dynamics in Lotic Systems: The Stream as a Mosaic

    Catherine M. Pringle;Robert J. Naiman;Gernot Bretschko;James R. Karr

  • EFFECTS OF RESOURCE LIMITATION ON A DETRITAL‐BASED ECOSYSTEM

    J. Bruce Wallace;J. Bruce Wallace;S. L. Eggert;Judy L. Meyer;J. R. Webster

  • Inter‐biome comparison of factors controlling stream metabolism

    P. J. Mulholland;Christy Susan Fellows;J. L. Tank;N. B. Grimm

  • Effects of Watershed Perturbation on Stream Potassium and Calcium Dynamics

    Jackson R. Webster;Bernard C. Patten

  • What happens to allochthonous material that falls into streams? A synthesis of new and published information from Coweeta

    J. R. Webster;E. F. Benfield;T. P. Ehrman;M. A. Schaeffer

  • Evidence that hyporheic zones increase heterotrophic metabolism and phosphorus uptake in forest streams

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Erich R. Marzolf;Jackson R. Webster;Deborah R. Hart

  • Inter-regional comparison of land-use effects on stream metabolism

    Melody J. Bernot;Daniel J. Sobota;Daniel J. Sobota;Robert O. Hall;Patrick J. Mulholland

  • Organic Matter Budgets for Streams: A Synthesis

    J. R. Webster;Judy L. Meyer

  • Stream detritus dynamics: Regulation by invertebrate consumers

    J. Bruce Wallace;Jackson R. Webster;Thomas F. Cuffney

  • NITROGEN CYCLING IN A FOREST STREAM DETERMINED BY A 15N TRACER ADDITION

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Jennifer L. Tank;Diane M. Sanzone;Wilfred M. Wollheim

  • Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams – an inter‐biome perspective

    Jackson R. Webster;Patrick J. Mulholland;Jennifer L. Tank;H. Maurice Valett

  • N uptake as a function of concentration in streams

    Walter K. Dodds;Amanda J. Lopez;William B. Bowden;Stan Gregory

  • Phosphorus Spiralling in a Woodland Stream: Seasonal Variations

    Patrick J. Mulholland;J. Denis Newbold;Jerry W. Elwood;Leigh Ann Ferren

  • The Role of Filter Feeders in Flowing Waters

    J. Bruce Wallace;Jackson R. Webster;W. Robert Woodall

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest F. Benfield
Ernest F. Benfield Virginia Tech
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Patrick J. Mulholland
Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Judy L. Meyer
Judy L. Meyer University of Georgia
H. Maurice Valett
H. Maurice Valett University of Montana
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
J. Bruce Wallace
J. Bruce Wallace University of Georgia

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