2026 Katherine J. Willis: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	82	738	699	109	103	276	31957

Overview

Katherine J. Willis is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a predominant focus on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of study include Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work addresses numerous topics frequently explored throughout their career. These include:

Species Distribution and Climate Change
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Recent notable papers authored by Willis include:

"A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands" (2021), published in Science
"Globally important plant functional traits for coping with climate change" (2021), published in Frontiers of Biogeography
"The global distribution of plants used by humans" (2024), published in Science
"Can Regenerative Agriculture increase national soil carbon stocks? Simulated country-scale adoption of reduced tillage, cover cropping, and ley-arable integration using RothC" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors of Willis include:

Marianne Sinka
Gillian Petrokofsky
Ivan Kiskin
Sandra Nogué
Eva Herreros-Moya

Their publications appear regularly in a variety of venues, with repeated contributions to:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Science
Environmental Research Letters
Research Square
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

2434
Citations
Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

Robert J. Whittaker;Katherine J. Willis;Richard Field

2035
Citations
Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect

Robert J. Whittaker;Miguel B. Araújo;Paul Jepson;Richard J. Ladle

1536
Citations
Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

1380
Citations
Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability

Alistair Seddon;Marc Macias-Fauria;Peter R Long;David Benz

1344
Citations
Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity?

Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;H. John B. Birks;Robert J. Whittaker

1029
Citations
QUATERNARY REFUGIA OF NORTH EUROPEAN TREES

K. D. Bennett;P. C. Tzedakis;K. J. Willis

996
Citations
The Evolution of Plants

K. J. Willis;J. C. McElwain

788
Citations
What is natural? The need for a long-term perspective in biodiversity conservation.

Katherine Jane Willis;Harry John Betteley Birks

770
Citations
Species Diversity--Scale Matters

Katherine J. Willis;Robert J. Whittaker

756
Citations
Trees or no trees? The environments of central and eastern Europe during the Last Glaciation

Katherine J. Willis;Tjeerd H. van Andel

731
Citations
The Full-Glacial Forests of Central and Southeastern Europe

Katherine J. Willis;Edina Rudner;Pal Sümegi

595
Citations
Alpines, trees, and refugia in Europe

H. John B. Birks;Katherine J. Willis

460
Citations
How "Virgin" Is Virgin Rainforest?

K. J. Willis;L. Gillson;T. M. Brncic

446
Citations
Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data

K.J. Willis;K.J. Willis;R.M. Bailey;S.A. Bhagwat;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

410
Citations
Species persistence in northerly glacial refugia of Europe: a matter of chance or biogeographical traits?

Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis

391
Citations
A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk.

Marianne Sinka;S Pironon;N Massey;Joshua Longbottom

375
Citations
Biodiversity and Climate Change

Kathy J. Willis;Kathy J. Willis;Shonil A. Bhagwat

353
Citations
How can a knowledge of the past help to conserve the future? Biodiversity conservation and the relevance of long-term ecological studies.

Katherine J. Willis;Miguel B. Miguel B. Araújo;Keith Bennett;Blanca Blanca Figueroa-Rangel

334
Citations
The vegetational history of the Balkans

K.J. Willis

322
Citations
Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability: data and R code

Seddon Awr;Macias Fauria M;Long Pr;Benz D

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shonil A. Bhagwat The Open University

Keith D. Bennett University of St Andrews

Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford

Angelica Feurdean Goethe University Frankfurt

Lindsey Gillson University of York

Marc Macias-Fauria University of Oxford

Alexandros Gasparatos University of Tokyo

José María Fernández-Palacios University of La Laguna

H. J. B. Birks University of Bergen

David W. Macdonald University of Oxford

External Links

Wikipedia of Katherine J. Willis Personal website of Katherine J. Willis Google Scholar page

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