Alan Swanson

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Swanson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Swanson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alan Swanson's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Alan Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Alan Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan Swanson's co-authors include Zachary A. Holden, Robert P. Griffiths, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Michael D. Madritch, Michael K. Schwartz, Alison R. Mynsberge, Jonathan A. Greenberg, John T. Abatzoglou, Hugh D. Safford and Jared W. Oyler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alan Swanson

22 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Decreasing fire season precipitation increased recent western US forest wildfire activity

2018 315 citations Zachary A. Holden, Alan Swanson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Swanson United States	14	811	528	501	433	270	24	1.5k
John A. Kupfer United States	24	1.1k 1.3×	975 1.8×	825 1.6×	270 0.6×	228 0.8×	66	2.1k
Peter R. Long United Kingdom	11	803 1.0×	553 1.0×	332 0.7×	226 0.5×	276 1.0×	28	1.3k
Anthony R. Palmer South Africa	25	761 0.9×	763 1.4×	678 1.4×	197 0.5×	203 0.8×	95	1.9k
Consolata Siniscalco Italy	21	624 0.8×	641 1.2×	319 0.6×	316 0.7×	317 1.2×	92	1.7k
Alexa J. McKerrow United States	16	505 0.6×	798 1.5×	306 0.6×	295 0.7×	331 1.2×	34	1.4k
Todd R. Lookingbill United States	22	916 1.1×	981 1.9×	566 1.1×	306 0.7×	217 0.8×	43	1.8k
Laurent Bergès France	23	623 0.8×	609 1.2×	721 1.4×	248 0.6×	198 0.7×	57	1.4k
Udo Schickhoff Germany	22	880 1.1×	342 0.6×	515 1.0×	241 0.6×	801 3.0×	71	1.7k
Dave Spittlehouse Canada	13	911 1.1×	912 1.7×	882 1.8×	326 0.8×	518 1.9×	21	2.1k
John Stein Australia	24	764 0.9×	955 1.8×	858 1.7×	455 1.1×	104 0.4×	47	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Swanson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Swanson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Swanson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Swanson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Swanson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Swanson. Alan Swanson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Holden, Zachary A., et al.. (2025). Soil Moisture is a Stronger Predictor of Forest Fire Spread Potential Than Weather in the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(16).

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Holden, Zachary A., Kimberley T. Davis, Alan Swanson, et al.. (2025). A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States. Fire Ecology. 21(1). 83–83.

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Hoylman, Zachary, Zachary A. Holden, R. Kyle Bocinsky, et al.. (2024). Optimizing Drought Assessment for Soil Moisture Deficits. Water Resources Research. 60(6). 7 indexed citations

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Holden, Zachary A., et al.. (2024). Low-elevation forest extent in the western United States constrained by soil surface temperatures. Nature Geoscience. 17(12). 1249–1253. 3 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alan, et al.. (2022). Daily 1 km terrain resolving maps of surface fine particulate matter for the western United States 2003–2021. Scientific Data. 9(1). 466–466. 7 indexed citations

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Landguth, Erin L., Zachary A. Holden, Jonathan M. Graham, et al.. (2020). The delayed effect of wildfire season particulate matter on subsequent influenza season in a mountain west region of the USA. Environment International. 139. 105668–105668. 74 indexed citations

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Holden, Zachary A., et al.. (2020). Using climatic and biophysical attributes to model the presence and severity of root disease across the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. 474. 118355–118355. 1 indexed citations

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Holden, Zachary A., Alan Swanson, Charles H. Luce, et al.. (2018). Decreasing fire season precipitation increased recent western US forest wildfire activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(36). E8349–E8357. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morisette, Jeffrey T., Catherine S. Jarnevich, Tracy R. Holcombe, et al.. (2013). VisTrails SAHM: visualization and workflow management for species habitat modeling. Ecography. 36(2). 129–135. 123 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alan, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Andrew O. Finley, James H. Thorne, & Michael K. Schwartz. (2012). Spatial regression methods capture prediction uncertainty in species distribution model projections through time. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 22(2). 242–251. 39 indexed citations

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Dobrowski, Solomon Z., John T. Abatzoglou, Alan Swanson, et al.. (2012). The climate velocity of the contiguous United States during the 20th century. Global Change Biology. 19(1). 241–251. 243 indexed citations

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Huang, Shengli, et al.. (2010). Error analysis and correction for extracting the forest height from airborne C-band interferometric SAR and national elevation datasets. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 31(9). 2493–2512. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Shengli, et al.. (2009). A Comparison of Individual Tree and Forest Plot Height Derived from Lidar and InSAR. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 75(2). 159–167. 16 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alan, Shengli Huang, & Robert L. Crabtree. (2009). Using a LIDAR Vegetation Model to Predict UHF SAR Attenuation in Coniferous Forests. Sensors. 9(3). 1559–1573. 5 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert P., Michael D. Madritch, & Alan Swanson. (2008). The effects of topography on forest soil characteristics in the Oregon Cascade Mountains (USA): Implications for the effects of climate change on soil properties. Forest Ecology and Management. 257(1). 1–7. 225 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Stephen H., et al.. (2006). VISIBILITY AND VIGILANCE: BEHAVIOR AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF UINTA GROUND SQUIRRELS (SPERMOPHILUS ARMATUS) IN DIFFERENT HABITATS. Journal of Mammalogy. 87(2). 287–295. 26 indexed citations

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Swanson, Alan, et al.. (2005). Ecosystem Consequences of Forest Fragmentation in the Pacific Northwest: Biogeochemical Edge Effects within Old-Growth Forest Remnants. AGUFM. 2005. 3 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert I., Michael D. Madritch, & Alan Swanson. (2005). Conifer invasion of forest meadows transforms soil characteristics in the Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and Management. 208(1-3). 347–358. 31 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert P. & Alan Swanson. (2001). Forest soil characteristics in a chronosequence of harvested Douglas-fir forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(11). 1871–1879. 42 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert P. & Alan Swanson. (2001). Forest soil characteristics in a chronosequence of harvested Douglas-fir forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(11). 1871–1879. 11 indexed citations

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