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John A. Ludwig publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

John A. Ludwig D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John A. Ludwig is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific focus on Infectious Diseases, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics, prominently including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Recent publications by Ludwig reflect this diversity. These include:

  • "Delivering 3 billion doses of Comirnaty in 2021," published in 2023 in Nature Biotechnology
  • "The unprecedented Paxlovid journey from milligrams to millions of patient doses during the Covid-19 pandemic," published in 2025 in Communications Medicine
  • "Can simple, on-ground vegetation and soil measures reliably indicate the health of rangelands? An application in Australia's semi-arid woodlands," published in 2024 in The Rangeland Journal

Collaboration plays a role in Ludwig's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mikael Dolsten
  • Nicholas W. Warne
  • Margaret Ruesch
  • Pamela Siwik
  • Paul Kojo Mensah

The scientist's publications are distributed across several venues, notably:

  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Communications Medicine
  • The Rangeland Journal

Best Publications

  • Statistical ecology: a primer on methods & computing

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  • VEGETATION PATCHES AND RUNOFF–EROSION AS INTERACTING ECOHYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN SEMIARID LANDSCAPES

    John A. Ludwig;Bradford P. Wilcox;David D. Breshears;David J. Tongway

  • Spatial organisation of landscapes and its function in semi-arid woodlands, Australia

    John A. Ludwig;David J. Tongway

  • Landscape Ecology, Function and Management: Principles from Australia's Rangelands

    J Ludwig;D Tongway;K Hodgkinson;D Freudenberger

  • LINKAGES BETWEEN MICROBIAL AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN ARID AND SEMIARID WATERSHEDS

    Jayne Belnap;Jill R. Welter;Nancy B. Grimm;Nichole Barger

  • Vegetation and soil patterning in semi-arid mulga lands of Eastern Australia

    D. J. Tongway;J. A. Ludwig

  • Runoff and erosion from Australia's tropical semi-arid rangelands: influence of ground cover for differing space and time scales

    Rebecca Bartley;Christian H. Roth;John Ludwig;David McJannet

  • Stripes, strands or stipples: modelling the influence of three landscape banding patterns on resource capture and productivity in semi-arid woodlands, Australia

    John A Ludwig;David J Tongway;Stephen G Marsden

  • Small-scale resource heterogeneity in semi-arid landscapes

    David J. Tongway;John A. Ludwig

  • A Scaling Rule for Landscape Patches and How It Applies to Conserving Soil Resources in Savannas

    John A. Ludwig;John A. Wiens;David J. Tongway

  • Leakiness: A new index for monitoring the health of arid and semiarid landscapes using remotely sensed vegetation cover and elevation data

    John A. Ludwig;Gary N. Bastin;Vanessa H. Chewings;Robert W. Eager

  • Locating Discontinuities along Ecological Gradients

    John A. Ludwig;Joe M. Cornelius

  • Proximity to rainforest enhances pollination and fruit set in orchards

    K. Rosalind Blanche;John A. Ludwig;Saul A. Cunningham

  • Size-biomass relationships of several Chihuahuan desert shrubs

    John A. Ludwig;James F. Reynolds;Paul D. Whitson

  • A leakiness index for assessing landscape function using remote sensing

    John A. Ludwig;Robert W. Eager;Gary N. Bastin;Vanessa H. Chewings

  • Monitoring ecological indicators of rangeland functional integrity and their relation to biodiversity at local to regional scales

    John A. Ludwig;David J. Tongway;Gary N. Bastin;Craig D. James

  • Mulga log mounds: Fertile patches in the semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia

    D. J. Tongway;J. A. Ludwig;W. G. Whitford

  • Grasshopper biodiversity and bioindicators in Australian tropical savannas: Responses to disturbance in Kakadu National Park

    Alan N. Andersen;J. A. Ludwig;Lyn M. Lowe;D. C. F. Rentz

  • Landscape Ecology, Function and Management

    J Ludwig;D Tongway;K Hodgkinson;D Freudenberger

  • Theories on the Origins, Maintenance, Dynamics, and Functioning of Banded Landscapes

    David J. Tongway;John A. Ludwig

  • Indicators of landscape function: comparing patchiness metrics using remotely-sensed data from rangelands

    Gary N Bastin;John A Ludwig;Robert W Eager;Vanessa H Chewings

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
Mark Tibbett
Mark Tibbett University of Reading
Stuart R. Phinn
Stuart R. Phinn University of Queensland
James F. Reynolds
James F. Reynolds Duke University
Stanley D. Smith
Stanley D. Smith University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Bradford P. Wilcox
Bradford P. Wilcox Texas A&M University
Michael B. Coughenour
Michael B. Coughenour Colorado State University
Alan N. Andersen
Alan N. Andersen Charles Darwin University
David D. Breshears
David D. Breshears University of Arizona

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