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2026

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D-Index
126
Citations
99264
World Ranking
75
National Ranking
8

Mark Westoby 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 Mark Westoby sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 335 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark Westoby 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 Mark Westoby sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2020 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Mark Westoby is a researcher affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their work spans multiple fields related to environmental and biological sciences with a primary focus on ecological and plant sciences.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Westoby has contributed to several subfields:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Westoby's recent publications include the following:

  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "A synthesis of bacterial and archaeal phenotypic trait data," 2020, Scientific Data
  • "Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography," 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset," 2022, Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Westoby include:

  • Ian J. Wright
  • Julian Schrader
  • Daniel S. Falster
  • Holger Kreft
  • Rachael V. Gallagher

Westoby's work has appeared in various publication venues multiple times, including:

  • Scientific Data
  • Plant and Soil
  • New Phytologist
  • Ecology Letters
  • Journal of Biogeography

Throughout their career, they have received several awards:

  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2009)

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits.

    Brian J. McGill;Brian J. Enquist;Evan Weiher;Mark Westoby

  • Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species

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

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function

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

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

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

  • Opportunistic management for rangelands not at equilibrium.

    Mark Westoby;Brian Walker;Imanuel Noy-Meir

  • Bivariate line-fitting methods for allometry.

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

  • 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

  • A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme

    Mark Westoby

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

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

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

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

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

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

  • The Evolutionary ecology of seed size

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

  • Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits

    Mark Westoby;Ian J. Wright

  • Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature

    Angela T. Moles;Mark Westoby

  • 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

  • Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

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

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Michelle R. Leishman
Michelle R. Leishman Macquarie University
Daniel S. Falster
Daniel S. Falster University of New South Wales
Sean M. Gleason
Sean M. Gleason Agricultural Research Service
Jacek Oleksyn
Jacek Oleksyn Polish Academy of Sciences
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
William K. Cornwell
William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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