Akasha M. Faist

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Akasha M. Faist is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Akasha M. Faist has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 25 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Akasha M. Faist's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (19 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (12 papers). Akasha M. Faist is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (19 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (12 papers). Akasha M. Faist collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Akasha M. Faist's co-authors include Nichole N. Barger, Scott Ferrenberg, Jayne Belnap, Sasha C. Reed, Anita J. Antoninka, Caroline A. Havrilla, Matthew A. Bowker, V. Bala Chaudhary, Emilio Rodríguez‐Caballero and Sharon K. Collinge and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Akasha M. Faist

50 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands
    2020 193 citations David J. Eldridge, Sasha C. Reed et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akasha M. Faist United States 16 649 318 251 237 222 53 1.2k
Caroline A. Havrilla United States 16 385 0.6× 184 0.6× 189 0.8× 119 0.5× 137 0.6× 26 719
Todd White New Zealand 13 156 0.2× 65 0.2× 179 0.7× 133 0.6× 182 0.8× 29 690
Weikang Yang China 15 288 0.4× 82 0.3× 394 1.6× 89 0.4× 87 0.4× 64 878
Eliso Kvavadze Georgia 20 308 0.5× 24 0.1× 197 0.8× 61 0.3× 111 0.5× 56 1.8k
Michael A. Gray United States 10 128 0.2× 74 0.2× 370 1.5× 138 0.6× 202 0.9× 14 668
J. B. Cragg United Kingdom 18 288 0.4× 54 0.2× 384 1.5× 139 0.6× 178 0.8× 40 1.1k
E. W. Jones United Kingdom 18 210 0.3× 25 0.1× 204 0.8× 256 1.1× 370 1.7× 39 957
J. Graveland Netherlands 13 364 0.6× 19 0.1× 769 3.1× 256 1.1× 266 1.2× 22 1.2k
Dirk Wessels South Africa 15 294 0.5× 62 0.2× 128 0.5× 62 0.3× 57 0.3× 53 705
Fred J.A. Daniëls Germany 18 428 0.7× 61 0.2× 562 2.2× 170 0.7× 132 0.6× 51 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Akasha M. Faist

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akasha M. Faist

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akasha M. Faist

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All Works

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Ferrenberg, Scott, et al.. (2025). Nurse plant shading is more important than soil fertility for dryland plant recruitment and diversity. Journal of Ecology. 113(9). 2639–2651.
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Okin, Gregory S., et al.. (2024). Connectivity measures across scales differentially influence dryland sediment and seed movement. Restoration Ecology. 32(6). 4 indexed citations
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Webb, Nicholas P., Akasha M. Faist, Beth A. Newingham, et al.. (2024). Dust transport pathways from The Great Basin. Aeolian Research. 72. 100958–100958. 2 indexed citations
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Webb, Nicholas P., C. Jason Williams, Akasha M. Faist, et al.. (2024). Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 96. 32–46. 1 indexed citations
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Webb, Nicholas P., et al.. (2024). Spatial Patterns and Controls on Wind Erosion in the Great Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(1). 7 indexed citations
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Chappell, Adrian, Miguel L. Villarreal, Michael C. Duniway, et al.. (2024). Oil and gas development influences potential for dust emission from the Upper Colorado River Basin, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(11). 3292–3307. 1 indexed citations
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Chappell, Adrian, Brandon L. Edwards, Akasha M. Faist, et al.. (2021). A North American dust emission climatology (2001–2020) calibrated to dust point sources from satellite observations. Aeolian Research. 54. 100766–100766. 27 indexed citations
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Reed, Sasha C., et al.. (2021). Plant growth and biocrust-fire interactions across five North American deserts. Geoderma. 401. 115325–115325. 8 indexed citations
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Eldridge, David J., Sasha C. Reed, Samantha K. Travers, et al.. (2020). The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 6003–6014. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fernald, Alexander G., et al.. (2020). Managing flood flow connectivity to landscapes to build buffering capacity to disturbances: An ecohydrologic modeling framework for drylands. Journal of Environmental Management. 278(Pt 2). 111486–111486. 8 indexed citations
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Antoninka, Anita J., Akasha M. Faist, Emilio Rodríguez‐Caballero, et al.. (2020). Biological soil crusts in ecological restoration: emerging research and perspectives. Restoration Ecology. 28(S2). 76 indexed citations
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Cibils, Andrés F., et al.. (2020). Germination of One-Seed Juniper Seeds Distributed by Different Frugivore Groups. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 73(3). 433–440. 4 indexed citations
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Havrilla, Caroline A., V. Bala Chaudhary, Scott Ferrenberg, et al.. (2019). Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Ecology. 107(6). 2789–2807. 111 indexed citations
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Faist, Akasha M., et al.. (2017). Invasive plant feedbacks promote alternative states in California vernal pools. Restoration Ecology. 26(2). 255–263. 10 indexed citations
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Faist, Akasha M., et al.. (2016). Using performance standards to guide vernal pool restoration and adaptive management. Restoration Ecology. 24(2). 145–152. 10 indexed citations
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Meystre, Pierre, et al.. (1973). Destruction of coherence by scattering of radiation on atoms. Lettere al nuovo cimento della societa italiana di fisica/Lettere al nuovo cimento. 6(8). 287–291. 8 indexed citations
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Faist, Akasha M., et al.. (1964). Frequency Shift in Magnetic Transitions between Hyperfine Levels of 2P3/2 States of Cs133. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 19(12). 2299–2305. 15 indexed citations

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