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Peter J. Edwards

Peter J. Edwards

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
89
Citations
25201
World Ranking
507
National Ranking
15

Peter J. Edwards 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 Peter J. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 280 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter J. Edwards 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 Peter J. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2000 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: the role of oceanographic climate. Ecological Monographs 69:219–250.

Overview

Peter J. Edwards is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans fields primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered by Peter J. Edwards include Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter J. Edwards include:

  • "A conceptual framework to untangle the concept of urban ecosystem services", 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Urban Vegetation Types are Not Perceived Equally in Providing Ecosystem Services and Disservices", 2020, Sustainability
  • "Global variation in contributions to human well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services", 2022, One Earth
  • "Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients", 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Species richness both impedes and promotes alien plant invasions in the Brazilian Cerrado", 2020, Scientific Reports

Peter J. Edwards regularly publishes in venues including Scientific Reports, Ecosystem Services, Landscape and Urban Planning, Sustainability, and One Earth.

Frequent co-authors of Peter J. Edwards consist of Daniel R. Richards, Zuzana Drillet, Tze Kwan Fung, Rachel Leong, and Puay Yok Tan.

Among awards received, Peter J. Edwards was honored with the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2000 for work related to temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography and the influence of oceanographic climate factors.

Best Publications

  • Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study

    R. Billeter;J. Liira;D. Bailey;R.J.F. Bugter

  • Food system resilience: Defining the concept

    D. M. Tendall;J. Joerin;B. Kopainsky;P. Edwards

  • Colonization, Succession and Stability.

    J. P. Barkham;A. J. Gray;M. J. Crawley;P. J. Edwards

  • The life history of Salicaceae living in the active zone of floodplains

    S. Karrenberg;P. J. Edwards;J. Kollmann

  • Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

    Aníbal Pauchard;Christoph Kueffer;Hansjörg Dietz;Curtis C Daehler

  • Riparian vegetation and island formation along the gravel‐bed Fiume Tagliamento, Italy

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;David M. Hannah;Barnaby P.G. Smith

  • Effects of Land Cover on Stream Ecosystems: Roles of Empirical Models and Scaling Issues

    David L. Strayer;R. Edward Beighley;Lisa C. Thompson;Shane Brooks

  • RECOGNITION THAT CAUSAL PROCESSES CHANGE DURING PLANT INVASION HELPS EXPLAIN CONFLICTS IN EVIDENCE

    Hansjörg Dietz;Peter J. Edwards

  • Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering

    Jake M. Alexander;Christoph Kueffer;Curtis C. Daehler;Peter J. Edwards

  • The 2004 tsunami in Aceh and Southern Thailand: A review on coastal ecosystems, wave hazards and vulnerability

    Roland Cochard;Senaratne L. Ranamukhaarachchi;Ganesh P. Shivakoti;Oleg V. Shipin

  • STUDIES OF MINERAL CYCLING IN A MONTANE RAIN FOREST IN NEW GUINEA I. THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE VEGETATION AND SOIL

    P. J. Edwards;P. J. Grubb

  • Effects of deposited wood on biocomplexity of river corridors

    Angela M. Gurnell;Klement Tockner;Peter J. Edwards;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Genetic introgression from distant provenances reduces fitness in local weed populations

    M. Keller;J. Kollmann;P.J. Edwards

  • Introduced plants of the invasive Solidago gigantea (Asteraceae) are larger and grow denser than conspecifics in the native range

    Gabi Jakobs;Ewald Weber;Peter J. Edwards

  • The Tagliamento River: A model ecosystem of European importance

    Klement Tockner;James V. Ward;David B. Arscott;Peter J. Edwards

  • Enhancing insect diversity in agricultural grasslands: the roles of management and landscape structure

    Manuela Di Giulio;Peter J. Edwards;Erhard Meister

  • Altitudinal distribution of alien plant species in the Swiss Alps

    Thomas Becker;Hansjörg Dietz;Regula Billeter;Holger Buschmann;Holger Buschmann

  • A reference river system for the Alps: the ‘Fiume Tagliamento’

    James V. Ward;Klement Tockner;Peter J. Edwards;Johannes Kollmann

  • The value of biodiversity : Where ecology and economy blend

    Peter J. Edwards;Cyrus Abivardi

  • Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients

    Aud H. Halbritter;Aud H. Halbritter;Simone Fior;Irene Keller;Regula Billeter

  • A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics on gravel bars of a large Alpine river

    P.J. Edwards;J. Kollmann;A.M. Gurnell;G.E. Petts

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Olde Venterink
Harry Olde Venterink Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Johannes Kollmann
Johannes Kollmann Technical University of Munich
Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
James V. Ward
James V. Ward ETH Zurich
Geoffrey E. Petts
Geoffrey E. Petts University of Westminster
Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew Montana State University

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