D. A. Sims

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

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D. A. Sims is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Sims has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in D. A. Sims's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (17 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (15 papers). D. A. Sims is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (17 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (15 papers). D. A. Sims collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. D. A. Sims's co-authors include John A. Gamon, Robert W. Pearcy, Yiqi Luo, Abdullah F. Rahman, V. D. Cordova, Jeffrey R. Seemann, Hans Peter Schmid, A. F. Rahman, Lawrence B. Flanagan and Dale W. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Sims

38 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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.

Relationships between leaf pigment content and spectral reflectance across a wide range of species, leaf structures and developmental stages

2002 2.7k citations D. A. Sims, John A. Gamon Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. A. Sims United States	30	3.2k	2.9k	2.5k	1.0k	703	38	5.6k
Shawn Serbin United States	39	2.7k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	819 0.8×	621 0.9×	114	4.9k
Lydia Serrano Spain	22	2.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	953 0.9×	365 0.5×	37	4.2k
Kenji Omasa Japan	41	1.9k 0.6×	3.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.7×	846 1.2×	192	5.8k
Nicolas Tremblay Canada	38	3.0k 0.9×	4.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	387 0.6×	149	6.6k
Timothy J. Arkebauer United States	38	4.6k 1.4×	3.4k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	857 1.2×	95	7.3k
J. E. McMurtrey United States	30	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	522 0.7×	94	4.7k
Donald C. Rundquist United States	40	4.8k 1.5×	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 2.0×	632 0.9×	92	7.6k
John R. Miller Canada	36	5.8k 1.8×	3.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	2.6k 2.5×	777 1.1×	101	7.0k
Éric Dufrêne France	41	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.8k 2.5×	90	6.6k
E. T. Kanemasu United States	44	2.8k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	180	6.7k

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Hwang, Taehee, Hamed Gholizadeh, D. A. Sims, et al.. (2017). Capturing species-level drought responses in a temperate deciduous forest using ratios of photochemical reflectance indices between sunlit and shaded canopies. Remote Sensing of Environment. 199. 350–359. 23 indexed citations

Brzostek, Edward, D. Dragoni, Hans Peter Schmid, et al.. (2014). Chronic water stress reduces tree growth and the carbon sink of deciduous hardwood forests. Global Change Biology. 20(8). 2531–2539. 152 indexed citations

Sims, D. A., Abdullah F. Rahman, V. D. Cordova, et al.. (2006). On the use of MODIS EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(G4). 303 indexed citations

Sims, D. A., Abdullah F. Rahman, & Dar A. Roberts. (2006). Use of Hyperspectral Reflectance Indices for Estimation of Gross Carbon Flux and light use Efficiency Crossdiverse Vegetation Types. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Rahman, A. F., V. D. Cordova, John A. Gamon, Hans Peter Schmid, & D. A. Sims. (2004). Potential of MODIS Ocean Bands for Estimating CO2 Flux from Terrestrial Vegetation: A Novel Approach. ScholarWorks @ UTRGV (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). 2004. 1 indexed citations

Rahman, A. F., V. D. Cordova, John A. Gamon, Hans Peter Schmid, & D. A. Sims. (2004). Potential of MODIS ocean bands for estimating CO₂ flux from terrestrial vegetation: A novel approach. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(10). 99 indexed citations

Sims, D. A. & John A. Gamon. (2002). Relationships between leaf pigment content and spectral reflectance across a wide range of species, leaf structures and developmental stages. Remote Sensing of Environment. 81(2-3). 337–354. 2734 indexed citations breakdown →

Rahman, Abdullah F., et al.. (2002). Optimum pixel size for hyperspectral studies of ecosystem function in southern California chaparral and grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment. 84(2). 192–207. 91 indexed citations

Fuentes, David, et al.. (2001). Mapping Canadian boreal forest vegetation using pigment and water absorption features derived from the AVIRIS sensor. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D24). 33565–33577. 60 indexed citations

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Hui, Dafeng, Yiqi Luo, Weixin Cheng, et al.. (2001). Canopy radiation‐ and water‐use efficiencies as affected by elevated [CO₂]. Global Change Biology. 7(1). 75–91. 54 indexed citations

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Luo, Yiqi, Dafeng Hui, Weixin Cheng, et al.. (2000). Canopy quantum yield in a mesocosm study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 100(1). 35–48. 48 indexed citations

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Cheng, Weixin, et al.. (2000). Photosynthesis, respiration, and net primary production of sunflower stands in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations: an invariant NPP:GPP ratio?. Global Change Biology. 6(8). 931–941. 55 indexed citations

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Sims, D. A., Jeffrey R. Seemann, & Yiqi Luo. (1998). The significance of differences in the mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light, nitrogen and CO₂ for return on investment in leaves. Functional Ecology. 12(2). 185–194. 53 indexed citations

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Sims, D. A., Yiqi Luo, & Jeffrey R. Seemann. (1998). Comparison of photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO₂ and limited nitrogen supply in soybean. Plant Cell & Environment. 21(9). 945–952. 65 indexed citations

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Balachandran, S., Vaughan Hurry, Steven E. Kelley, et al.. (1997). Concepts of plant biotic stress. Some insights into the stress physiology of virus‐infected plants, from the perspective of photosynthesis. Physiologia Plantarum. 100(2). 203–213. 144 indexed citations

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Luo, Yiqi, D. A. Sims, Richard B. Thomas, David T. Tissue, & J. Timothy Ball. (1996). Sensitivity of leaf photosynthesis to CO₂ concentration is an invariant function for C₃ plants: A test with experimental data and global applications. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10(2). 209–222. 36 indexed citations

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Griffin, Kevin L., D. A. Sims, Yiqi Luo, et al.. (1996). EcoCELLs: tools for mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange. Plant Cell & Environment. 19(10). 1210–1221. 34 indexed citations

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Sims, D. A. & Robert W. Pearcy. (1992). Response of Leaf Anatomy and Photosynthetic Capacity in Alocasia macrorrhiza (Araceae) to a Transfer from Low to High Light. American Journal of Botany. 79(4). 449–449. 53 indexed citations

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Sims, D. A. & Robert W. Pearcy. (1991). Photosynthesis and respiration in Alocasia macrorrhiza following transfers to high and low light. Oecologia. 86(3). 447–453. 99 indexed citations

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Sims, D. A. & Robert W. Pearcy. (1989). Photosynthetic characteristics of a tropical forest understory herb, Alocasia macrorrhiza, and a related crop species, Colocasia esculenta grown in contrasting light environments. Oecologia. 79(1). 53–59. 106 indexed citations

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