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D-Index
57
Citations
16908
World Ranking
2650
National Ranking
309

Wayne Dawson 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 Wayne Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne Dawson 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 Wayne Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wayne Dawson is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their work predominantly focuses on environmental and biological sciences, with extensive contributions in fields such as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The primary areas of study for Dawson include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling. Their research engages broadly with topics related to Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Dawson has been involved in publications in several notable scientific journals and platforms, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Ecography
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant-Environment Interactions
  • Global Change Biology

Their recent published papers illustrate the scope and impact of their research, including:

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species (2020) in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050 (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism (2022) in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dawson collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • Franz Essl
  • Mark van Kleunen
  • Petr Pyšek
  • Jan Pergl
  • Holger Kreft

The research conducted by Dawson spans a wide range of topics emphasizing invasive species, plant naturalization, biodiversity threats, and ecological changes tied to climate and human influence. Their work contributes to understanding species distribution and environmental dynamics through empirical studies and ecological modeling approaches.

Best Publications

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  • Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

    Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

  • Are invaders different? A conceptual framework of comparative approaches for assessing determinants of invasiveness.

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Daniel Schlaepfer;Daniel Schlaepfer;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Jonathan M. Jeschke

  • Naturalized alien flora of the world: species diversity, taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns, geographic distribution and global hotspots of plant invasion

    Petr Pyšek;Jan Pergl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Global trade will accelerate plant invasions in emerging economies under climate change

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Wayne Dawson;Nicol Fuentes

  • The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

    Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl;Giuseppe Brundu

  • Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success

    Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Xinyi Xu;Qiang Yang;Noëlie Maurel

  • The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database

    Mark van Kleunen;Petr Pyšek;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • United we stand, divided we fall: a meta-analysis of experiments on clonal integration and its relationship to invasiveness.

    Yao-Bin Song;Yao-Bin Song;Fei-Hai Yu;Fei-Hai Yu;Lidewij H. Keser;Lidewij H. Keser;Wayne Dawson

  • Characteristics of successful alien plants

    M. van Kleunen;W. Dawson;N. Maurel

  • The Ecology and Evolution of Alien Plants

    Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Oliver Bossdorf;Wayne Dawson

  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

    Kevin A. Hughes;Oliver L. Pescott;Jodey Peyton;Tim Adriaens

  • The role of enemy release, tolerance and resistance in plant invasions: linking damage to performance

    Young Jin Chun;Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson

  • Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide.

    Dietmar Moser;Bernd Lenzner;Patrick Weigelt;Wayne Dawson

  • Factors explaining alien plant invasion success in a tropical ecosystem differ at each stage of invasion

    Wayne Dawson;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Phil Hulme

  • A conceptual framework for prioritization of invasive alien species for management according to their impact

    Sabrina Kumschick;Sven Bacher;Wayne Dawson;Jaakko Heikkilä

  • PERSPECTIVE The role of enemy release, tolerance and resistance in plant invasions: linking damage to performance

    Young Jin Chun;Wayne Dawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Patrick Weigelt
Patrick Weigelt University of Göttingen
Marten Winter
Marten Winter Leipzig University
Hanno Seebens
Hanno Seebens Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Dietmar Moser
Dietmar Moser University of Vienna
Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna

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