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John S. Sperry

Active 1987–2020

66
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41,405
Citations
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Citations

Citations per year for John S. Sperry1986: 3 citations1988: 12 citations1989: 2 citations1990: 19 citations1991: 20 citations1992: 16 citations1993: 17 citations1994: 25 citations1995: 13 citations1996: 20 citations1997: 28 citations1998: 31 citations1999: 48 citations2000: 99 citations2001: 101 citations2002: 148 citations2003: 117 citations2004: 190 citations2005: 131 citations2006: 140 citations2007: 103 citations2008: 61 citations2009: 132 citations2010: 141 citations2011: 79 citations2012: 113 citations2013: 228 citations2014: 132 citations2015: 181 citations2016: 227 citations2017: 149 citations2018: 142 citations2019: 227 citations2020: 232 citations2021: 165 citations2022: 151 citations2023: 90 citations2024: 130 citations2025: 71 citations2026: 14 citations1987: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 835 citing papers, 22.2% of this breakdownChina: 320 citing papers, 8.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 212 citing papers, 5.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 207 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownGermany: 205 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownFrance: 185 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownSpain: 166 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 141 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownCanada: 118 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 100 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownItaly: 93 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownBrazil: 84 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Environmental Science57.1%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.9%
  • Engineering3.2%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences2.1%
  • Medicine1.9%
  • Other3.1%

Topics

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics17.3%
  • Tree-ring climate responses6.3%
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies4%
  • Forest ecology and management3.8%
  • Plant responses to water stress3.3%
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research3.1%
  • Other62.2%

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  1. Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit

    Authors: Charlotte Grossiord, Thomas N. Buckley, Lucas A. Cernusak, Kimberly A. Novick, Benjamin Poulter, Rolf Siegwolf, John S. Sperry, Nate G. McDowell - New Phytologist 2020 cited by 2,114

  2. The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions F

    Authors: William J. Lucas, Andrew Groover, Raffael Lichtenberger, Kaori Furuta, Shri‐Ram Yadav, Ykä Helariutta, Xin‐Qiang He, Hiroo Fukuda, Julie Kang, Siobhán M. Brady, John W. Patrick, John S. Sperry, Akiko Yoshida, Ana‐Flor López‐Millán, Michael A. Grusak, Pradeep Kachroo - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2013 cited by 767

  3. Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

    Authors: Nate G. McDowell, William T. Pockman, Craig D. Allen, David D. Breshears, Neil S. Cobb, Thomas E. Kolb, Jennifer A. Plaut, John S. Sperry, Adam G. West, David G. Williams, Enrico A. Yépez - New Phytologist 2008 cited by 4,407

  4. Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Authors: Brendan Choat, Steven Jansen, Timothy J. Brodribb, Hervé Cochard, Sylvain Delzon, Radika Bhaskar, Sandra J. Bucci, Taylor S. Feild, Sean M. Gleason, Uwe G. Hacke, Anna L. Jacobsen, Frederic Lens, Hafiz Maherali, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Stefan Mayr, Maurizio Mencuccini, Patrick J. Mitchell, Andrea Nardini, Jarmila Pittermann, R. Brandon Pratt, John S. Sperry, Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright, Amy E. Zanne - Nature 2012 cited by 2,786

  5. A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Authors: Henry D. Adams, Melanie Zeppel, William R. L. Anderegg, Henrik Hartmann, Simon M. Landhäusser, David T. Tissue, Travis E. Huxman, Patrick J. Hudson, Trenton E. Franz, Craig D. Allen, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, David J. Beerling, David D. Breshears, Timothy J. Brodribb, Harald Bugmann, Richard C. Cobb, Adam Collins, L. Turin Dickman, Honglang Duan, B. E. Ewers, Lucía Galiano, David A. Gálvez, Núria Garcia‐Forner, Monica L. Gaylord, Matthew J. Germino, Arthur Geßler, Uwe G. Hacke, Rodrigo Hakamada, Andy Hector, Michael W. Jenkins, Jeffrey M. Kane, Thomas E. Kolb, Darin J. Law, James D. Lewis, Jean-Marc Limousin, David M. Love, Alison K. Macalady, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Maurizio Mencuccini, Patrick J. Mitchell, J. D. Muss, Michael J. O’Brien, Anthony P. O’Grady, Robert E. Pangle, Elizabeth A. Pinkard, Frida I. Piper, Jennifer A. Plaut, William T. Pockman, Joe Quirk, Keith Reinhardt, Francesco Ripullone, Michael G. Ryan, Anna Sala, Sanna Sevanto, John S. Sperry, Rodrigo Vargas, M. Vennetier, Danielle A. Way, Chonggang Xu, Enrico A. Yépez, Nate G. McDowell - Nature Ecology & Evolution 2017 cited by 1,123

  6. Plant xylem hydraulics: What we understand, current research, and future challenges

    Authors: Martín Venturas, John S. Sperry, Uwe G. Hacke - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2017 cited by 477

  7. Survey and synthesis of intra‐ and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit

    Authors: Ram Oren, John S. Sperry, Gabriel G. Katul, Diane E. Pataki, B. E. Ewers, Nathan Phillips, Karina V. R. Schäfer - Plant Cell & Environment 1999 cited by 1,238

  8. Water transport in plants obeys Murray's law

    Authors: Katherine A. McCulloh, John S. Sperry, Frederick R. Adler - Nature 2003 cited by 463

  9. Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

    Authors: William R. L. Anderegg, Alexandra G. Konings, Anna T. Trugman, Kailiang Yu, D. R. Bowling, Robert Gabbitas, Daniel S. Karp, Stephen W. Pacala, John S. Sperry, Benjamin N. Sulman, Nicole Zenes - Nature 2018 cited by 675

  10. Vulnerability of Xylem to Cavitation and Embolism

    Authors: Melvin T. Tyree, John S. Sperry - Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 1989 cited by 1,568

  11. Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

    Authors: John S. Sperry, Martín Venturas, William R. L. Anderegg, Maurizio Mencuccini, D. S. Mackay, Yujie Wang, David M. Love - Plant Cell & Environment 2016 cited by 439

  12. Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

    Authors: William R. L. Anderegg, Alan L. Flint, Cho‐ying Huang, Lorraine E. Flint, Joseph A. Berry, Frank W. Davis, John S. Sperry, Christopher B. Field - Nature Geoscience 2015 cited by 417

  13. Root water uptake and transport: using physiological processes in global predictions

    Authors: Robert B. Jackson, John S. Sperry, Todd E. Dawson - Trends in Plant Science 2000 cited by 652

  14. Evolution of Water Transport and Xylem Structure

    Authors: John S. Sperry - International Journal of Plant Sciences 2003 cited by 513

  15. Limitation of plant water use by rhizosphere and xylem conductance: results from a model

    Authors: John S. Sperry, Frederick R. Adler, Gaylon S. Campbell, J. Comstock - Plant Cell & Environment 1998 cited by 790

  16. What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate‐change droughts

    Authors: John S. Sperry, David M. Love - New Phytologist 2015 cited by 467

  17. Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply

    Authors: John S. Sperry, Uwe G. Hacke, Ram Oren, J. Comstock - Plant Cell & Environment 2002 cited by 912

  18. Functional and ecological xylem anatomy

    Authors: Uwe G. Hacke, John S. Sperry - Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 2001 cited by 824

  19. Mechanism of Water Stress-Induced Xylem Embolism

    Authors: John S. Sperry, Melvin T. Tyree - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1988 cited by 748

  20. Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem‐specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

    Authors: Sean M. Gleason, Mark Westoby, Steven Jansen, Brendan Choat, Uwe G. Hacke, R. Brandon Pratt, Radika Bhaskar, Timothy J. Brodribb, Sandra J. Bucci, Kun‐Fang Cao, Hervé Cochard, Sylvain Delzon, Jean‐Christophe Domec, Ze‐Xin Fan, Taylor S. Feild, Anna L. Jacobsen, Daniel M. Johnson, Frederic Lens, Hafiz Maherali, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Stefan Mayr, Katherine A. McCulloh, Maurizio Mencuccini, Patrick J. Mitchell, Hugh Morris, Andrea Nardini, Jarmila Pittermann, Lenka Plavcová, Stefan G. Schreiber, John S. Sperry, Ian J. Wright, Amy E. Zanne - New Phytologist 2015 cited by 718

  21. Size and function in conifer tracheids and angiosperm vessels

    Authors: John S. Sperry, Uwe G. Hacke, Jarmila Pittermann - American Journal of Botany 2006 cited by 694

  22. The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

    Authors: William R. L. Anderegg, Joseph A. Berry, Duncan D. Smith, John S. Sperry, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Christopher B. Field - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 cited by 685

  23. Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests

    Authors: Nate G. McDowell, Craig D. Allen, Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira, Paulo Brando, Roel Brienen, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Brad Christoffersen, Stuart J. Davies, Christopher E. Doughty, Álvaro Duque, Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo, Rosie A. Fisher, Clarissa G. Fontes, David Galbraith, Devin W. Goodsman, Charlotte Grossiord, Henrik Hartmann, Jennifer A. Holm, Daniel J. Johnson, Abd Rahman Kassim, Michael Keller, Charles D. Koven, Lara M. Kueppers, Tomo’omi Kumagai, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, Maurizio Mencuccini, Patrick Meir, P. R. Moorcroft, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Oliver L. Phillips, Thomas L. Powell, Carlos A. Sierra, John S. Sperry, J. M. Warren, Chonggang Xu, Xiangtao Xu - New Phytologist 2018 cited by 581

  24. Xylem Embolism in Response to Freeze-Thaw Cycles and Water Stress in Ring-Porous, Diffuse-Porous, and Conifer Species

    Authors: John S. Sperry, June E. M. Sullivan - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992 cited by 501