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John R. Healey 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 John R. Healey sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 166 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John R. Healey 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 John R. Healey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John R. Healey is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the domains of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial contributions to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering, and Soil Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental areas. Among the most prominent are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Healey has coauthored with a number of researchers frequently, including Graeme Shannon, Paul J. Young, Jos Barlow, Andrew R. Smith, and Owain Barton.

Publication venues where Healey has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Global Change Biology
  • Geoderma
  • Ecography

Recent papers published by John R. Healey highlight various aspects of forest ecology, carbon emission mitigation, and forest resilience. Among them are:

  • "Commercial afforestation can deliver effective climate change mitigation under multiple decarbonisation pathways" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Secondary forests offset less than 10% of deforestation-mediated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "The Effect of Forest Management Options on Forest Resilience to Pathogens" (2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change)
  • "Old-growth forest loss and secondary forest recovery across Amazonian countries" (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Circular wood use can accelerate global decarbonisation but requires cross-sectoral coordination" (2023, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Dissolved organic nitrogen uptake by plants—an important N uptake pathway?

    David L. Jones;John R. Healey;Victoria B. Willett;John F. Farrar

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

    L. Poorter;M. T. van der Sande;J. Thompson;E. J. M. M. Arets

  • Struvite: a slow-release fertiliser for sustainable phosphorus management?

    Peter J. Talboys;James Heppell;Tiina Roose;John R. Healey

  • Feed the crop not the soil: rethinking phosphorus management in the food chain.

    Paul J A Withers;Roger Sylvester-Bradley;Davey L Jones;John R Healey

  • Does community forest management provide global environmental benefits and improve local welfare

    Diana E Bowler;Lisette M Buyung-Ali;John R Healey;Julia Pg Jones

  • Hurricane effects on forest ecosystems in the Caribbean

    Edmund V J Tanner;Valerie Kapos;John Healey

  • Sprouting of trees in Jamaican montane forests after a hurricane

    Peter J Bellingham;Edmund V J Tanner;John Healey

  • Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

    Andrew S Pullin;Mukdarut Bangpan;Sarah Dalrymple;Kelly Dickson

  • Damage and Responsiveness of Jamaican Montane Tree Species after Disturbance by a Hurricane

    Peter J Bellingham;Peter J Bellingham;Edmund V J Tanner;John Healey

  • Whole tree harvesting can reduce second rotation forest productivity

    J. D. Walmsley;D. L. Jones;Brian R. Reynolds;Martin F. Price

  • The effects of secondary forest clearance and subsequent land-use on erosion losses and soil properties in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

    M.A. McDonald;J.R. Healey;P.A. Stevens

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization of Jamaican montane forest trees

    E. V. J. Tanner;V. Kapos;S. Freskos;J. R. Healey

  • Remediation of metal polluted mine soil with compost: co-composting versus incorporation.

    Susan Tandy;John R. Healey;Mark A. Nason;Julie C. Williamson

  • Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: Threats, opportunities and implications for their management

    Raf Aerts;Koen Van Overtveld;Eva November;Alemayehu Wassie

  • Commercial afforestation can deliver effective climate change mitigation under multiple decarbonisation pathways.

    Eilidh J. Forster;John R. Healey;Caren Dymond;David Styles;David Styles

  • Finding alternatives to swidden agriculture: does agroforestry improve livelihood options and reduce pressure on existing forest?

    Syed Ajijur Rahman;Syed Ajijur Rahman;Syed Ajijur Rahman;Jette Bredahl Jacobsen;John Robert Healey;James M. Roshetko

  • Resilience of tropical dry forests – a meta‐analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession

    Géraldine Derroire;Géraldine Derroire;Patricia Balvanera;Carolina Castellanos-Castro;Guillaume Decocq

  • Impacts of logging roads on tropical forests

    Fritz Kleinschroth;John R. Healey

  • Kinetics of soil microbial uptake of free amino acids.

    L. C. Vinolas;J. R. Healey;D. L. Jones

  • Greenhouse gas emissions in coffee grown with differing input levels under conventional and organic management

    Martin R.A. Noponen;Martin R.A. Noponen;Gareth Edwards-Jones;Jeremy P. Haggar;Jeremy P. Haggar;Gabriela Soto

  • An overview of invasive woody plants in the tropics

    Pierre Binggeli;John Hall;John Healey

  • The cost of carbon retention by reduced impact logging

    John R. Healey;Colin Price;John Tay

  • Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica

    P.J. Bellingham;Valerie Kapos;N Varty;John Healey

  • Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican montane rain forests

    Peter J. Bellingham;Edmund V.J. Tanner;John R. Healey

Frequent Co-Authors

Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Edmund V. J. Tanner
Edmund V. J. Tanner University of Cambridge
Nick Hanley
Nick Hanley University of Glasgow
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Peter J. Bellingham
Peter J. Bellingham Landcare Research
Andrew S. Pullin
Andrew S. Pullin Bangor University
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Julia P. G. Jones
Julia P. G. Jones Bangor University
Paul J. A. Withers
Paul J. A. Withers Lancaster University
Gavin M. Siriwardena
Gavin M. Siriwardena British Trust for Ornithology

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