Benjamin M. Jones

9.1k citations

185 papers · 6.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 42

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Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 166
- Climate change and permafrost 156
- Cryospheric studies and observations 117
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 72
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 33
Environmental Chemistry 40
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 40

Co-authors: Guido Grosse (62 shared papers)Christopher D. Arp (40 shared papers)Kenneth M. Hinkel (25 shared papers)Vladimir Romanovsky (18 shared papers)Ingmar Nitze (19 shared papers)Katey Walter Anthony (8 shared papers)Miriam C. Jones (7 shared papers)Mark Torre Jorgenson (9 shared papers)
Journals: Environmental Research Letters (18 papers)Remote Sensing (12 papers)Frontiers in Earth Science (7 papers)Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (7 papers)Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Canada

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Benjamin M. Jones

179 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Benjamin M. Jones's Hit Papers

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Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts 2022 · 148 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2022 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

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1	Modern thermokarst lake dynamics in the continuous permafrost zone, northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Benjamin M. Jones, Guido Grosse, Christopher D. Arp, Miriam C. Jones, Katey Walter Anthony, Vladimir Romanovsky	2011	296
2	8.21 Thermokarst Lakes, Drainage, and Drained Basins Elsevier eBooks ·Guido Grosse, Benjamin M. Jones, Chistopher D Arp	2013	276
3	Increase in the rate and uniformity of coastline erosion in Arctic Alaska Geophysical Research Letters ·Benjamin M. Jones, C. D. Arp, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Joel A. Schmutz, Paul L. Flint	2009	264
4	Remote sensing quantifies widespread abundance of permafrost region disturbances across the Arctic and Subarctic Nature Communications ·Ingmar Nitze, Guido Grosse, Benjamin M. Jones, Vladimir Romanovsky, Julia Boike	2018	248
5	21st-century modeled permafrost carbon emissions accelerated by abrupt thaw beneath lakes Nature Communications ·Katey Walter Anthony, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Ingmar Nitze, Steve Frolking, Abraham M. Emond, Ronald P. Daanen, Peter Anthony, Prajna R Lindgren	2018	235
6	Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions Biogeosciences ·Michael Mark Loranty, Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, Thomas Alexander Douglas, Howard E. Epstein, Bruce C. Forbes, Benjamin M. Jones, Alexander Kholodov	2018	185
7	Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development Scientific Reports ·Benjamin M. Jones, Guido Grosse, Christopher D. Arp, Eric A. Miller, Lin Liu, Daniel J. Hayes, Chris F. Larsen	2015	164
8	Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Anna Irrgang, Mette Bendixen, Louise Farquharson, Alisa Baranskaya, Li Erikson, Ann E. Gibbs, Stanislav Ogorodov, Pier Paul Overduin Hit paper breakdown →	2022	148
9	Methods to assess natural and anthropogenic thaw lake drainage on the western Arctic coastal plain of northern Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, Benjamin M. Jones, Wendy R. Eisner, Chris J. Cuomo, Richard Beck, Robert C. Frohn	2007	147
10	Landsat-Based Trend Analysis of Lake Dynamics across Northern Permafrost Regions Remote Sensing ·Ingmar Nitze, Guido Grosse, Benjamin M. Jones, Christopher D. Arp, Mathias Ulrich, Alexander N. Fedorov, Aleksandra A. Veremeeva	2017	128
11	Rapid initialization of retrogressive thaw slumps in the Canadian high Arctic and their response to climate and terrain factors Environmental Research Letters ·Melissa Ward Jones, Wayne H. Pollard, Benjamin M. Jones	2019	123
12	The footprint of Alaskan tundra fires during the past half-century: implications for surface properties and radiative forcing Environmental Research Letters ·Adrian V. Rocha, Michael Mark Loranty, Philip E. Higuera, Michelle C. Mack, Feng Sheng Hu, Benjamin M. Jones, Amy L. Breen, Edward B. Rastetter	2012	119
13	Fire Behavior, Weather, and Burn Severity of the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Tundra Fire, North Slope, Alaska Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Benjamin M. Jones, Crystal A. Kolden, Randi R. Jandt, John T. Abatzoglou, F. E. Urban, Christopher D. Arp	2009	117
14	Hydrogeomorphic processes of thermokarst lakes with grounded‐ice and floating‐ice regimes on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska Hydrological Processes ·Christopher D. Arp, Benjamin M. Jones, F. E. Urban, Guido Grosse	2011	110
15	Spatiotemporal remote sensing of ecosystem change and causation across Alaska Global Change Biology ·Neal J. Pastick, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Scott Goetz, Benjamin M. Jones, Bruce K. Wylie, Burke J. Minsley, Hélène Genet, Joseph Knight	2018	106
16	Peat accumulation in drained thermokarst lake basins in continuous, ice‐rich permafrost, northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Miriam C. Jones, Guido Grosse, Benjamin M. Jones, Katey Walter Anthony	2012	105
17	A decade of remotely sensed observations highlight complex processes linked to coastal permafrost bluff erosion in the Arctic Environmental Research Letters ·Benjamin M. Jones, Louise Farquharson, Carson A. Baughman, Richard M. Buzard, Christopher D. Arp, Guido Grosse, Diana Bull, Frank Günther	2018	99
18	Lake and drained lake basin systems in lowland permafrost regions Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Benjamin M. Jones, Guido Grosse, Louise Farquharson, Pascale Roy‐Léveillée, Aleksandra A. Veremeeva, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Benjamin V. Gaglioti, Amy L. Breen	2022	99
19	Tundra be dammed: Beaver colonization of the Arctic Global Change Biology ·Ken D. Tape, Benjamin M. Jones, Christopher D. Arp, Ingmar Nitze, Guido Grosse	2018	90
20	Observing a Catastrophic Thermokarst Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Benjamin M. Jones, Christopher D. Arp	2015	85

About Benjamin M. Jones

Benjamin M. Jones is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, General Health Professions and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 185 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (156 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (117 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (72 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (40 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (20 papers), Landslides and related hazards (12 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.4k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (852 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (480 citations) and Ecology (859 citations). Benjamin M. Jones has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Guido Grosse, Christopher D. Arp, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Vladimir Romanovsky, Ingmar Nitze, Katey Walter Anthony, Miriam C. Jones, Mark Torre Jorgenson, F. E. Urban and Joel A. Schmutz. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Remote Sensing, Frontiers in Earth Science, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes and Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.

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