Craig D. Allen

263 total papers · 43.2k total citations
158 papers, 28.9k citations indexed

About

Craig D. Allen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig D. Allen has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 28.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 54 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Craig D. Allen's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (67 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (55 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (47 papers). Craig D. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (67 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (55 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (47 papers). Craig D. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Craig D. Allen's co-authors include David D. Breshears, Nate G. McDowell, Thomas W. Swetnam, Neil S. Cobb, N. G. McDowell, Alison K. Macalady, Julio L. Betancourt, William T. Pockman, R. J. Fensham and Thomas Kitzberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Craig D. Allen

153 papers receiving 27.7k citations

Hit Papers

A global overview of drou... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2009 2008 2015 2005 2012 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
    2009 5.6k citations Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
  2. Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?
    2008 3.3k citations Nate G. McDowell, William T. Pockman et al. New Phytologist profile →
  3. On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene
    2015 1.9k citations Craig D. Allen, David D. Breshears et al. Ecosphere profile →
  4. Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought
    2005 1.7k citations David D. Breshears, Neil S. Cobb et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality
    2012 1.5k citations Park Williams, Craig D. Allen et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  6. APPLIED HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: USING THE PAST TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE
    1999 1.1k citations Thomas W. Swetnam, Craig D. Allen et al. Ecological Applications profile →
  7. Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience
    2016 986 citations Jill F. Johnstone, Craig D. Allen et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
  8. Drought-induced shift of a forest–woodland ecotone: Rapid landscape response to climate variation
    1998 864 citations Craig D. Allen, David D. Breshears Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEMS: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE
    2002 745 citations Craig D. Allen, Melissa Savage et al. Ecological Applications profile →
  10. Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide
    2015 656 citations Amy C. Bennett, N. G. McDowell et al. Nature Plants profile →
  11. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate
    2015 639 citations William R. L. Anderegg, Jeffrey A. Hicke et al. New Phytologist profile →
  12. Darcy's law predicts widespread forest mortality under climate warming
    2015 563 citations N. G. McDowell, Craig D. Allen Nature Climate Change profile →
  13. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States
    2016 408 citations James S. Clark, Louis R. Iverson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  14. Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area
    2017 372 citations Sarah Greenwood, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  15. Global field observations of tree die-off reveal hotter-drought fingerprint for Earth’s forests
    2022 362 citations William M. Hammond, Park Williams et al. Nature Communications profile →
  16. Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide
    2022 272 citations Henrik Hartmann, Ana Bastos et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
  17. Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought‐induced forest dieback
    2017 271 citations Alistair S. Jump, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  18. Climate-induced tree-mortality pulses are obscured by broad-scale and long-term greening
    2024 57 citations Yuchao Yan, Shilong Piao et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Craig D. Allen 22.9k 13.0k 10.8k 7.8k 4.5k 158 28.9k
Nate G. McDowell 22.5k 1.0× 11.1k 0.9× 11.5k 1.1× 5.2k 0.7× 7.5k 1.7× 210 28.2k
David D. Breshears 20.8k 0.9× 11.0k 0.8× 9.8k 0.9× 7.1k 0.9× 4.9k 1.1× 180 28.4k
I. Colin Prentice 18.8k 0.8× 7.1k 0.5× 11.4k 1.0× 9.2k 1.2× 3.7k 0.8× 99 33.7k
I. Colin Prentice 12.8k 0.6× 5.5k 0.4× 9.8k 0.9× 5.8k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 263 24.4k
Benjamin Smith 13.1k 0.6× 5.2k 0.4× 5.7k 0.5× 5.5k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 202 20.5k
Nina Buchmann 15.5k 0.7× 9.5k 0.7× 5.8k 0.5× 8.0k 1.0× 7.7k 1.7× 352 29.4k
Stephen Sitch 23.7k 1.0× 4.6k 0.4× 10.3k 0.9× 7.1k 0.9× 4.5k 1.0× 263 31.0k
Todd E. Dawson 15.3k 0.7× 6.5k 0.5× 8.7k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 8.2k 1.8× 276 26.5k
Alan K. Knapp 15.5k 0.7× 12.2k 0.9× 3.7k 0.3× 11.4k 1.5× 7.0k 1.5× 303 28.9k
Herman H. Shugart 9.5k 0.4× 8.1k 0.6× 3.6k 0.3× 6.3k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 273 17.6k

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