Dan K. Thompson

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Dan K. Thompson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan K. Thompson has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 45 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Dan K. Thompson's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (54 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (36 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (22 papers). Dan K. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (54 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (36 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (22 papers). Dan K. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Dan K. Thompson's co-authors include J. M. Waddington, Mike Flannigan, Marc‐André Parisien, Nicholas Kettridge, Ellen Whitman, Paul Moore, Paul J. Morris, B. Mike Wotton, Brian W. Benscoter and Gustaf Granath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Dan K. Thompson

66 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hydrological feedbacks in northern peatlands 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2024 100 200 300
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. Hydrological feedbacks in northern peatlands
    2014 373 citations J. M. Waddington, Nicholas Kettridge et al. Ecohydrology profile →
  2. Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada
    2024 89 citations Piyush Jain, Quinn E. Barber et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan K. Thompson Canada 30 2.0k 1.9k 892 308 258 69 3.0k
Gitta Lasslop Germany 27 4.0k 2.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 391 1.3× 528 2.0× 48 4.6k
Niels Andela United States 22 3.6k 1.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 226 0.7× 520 2.0× 40 4.2k
Stijn Hantson Germany 34 3.5k 1.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 172 0.6× 501 1.9× 64 4.2k
Brian W. Benscoter United States 24 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 612 0.7× 306 1.0× 77 0.3× 30 2.2k
Lynn M. Gowman Canada 6 1.9k 0.9× 644 0.3× 536 0.6× 119 0.4× 303 1.2× 6 2.0k
A. J. Soja United States 23 3.0k 1.5× 639 0.3× 2.7k 3.0× 132 0.4× 302 1.2× 57 3.9k
Matthew Forrest Germany 18 1.6k 0.8× 465 0.3× 837 0.9× 99 0.3× 253 1.0× 46 2.0k
Ze’ev Gedalof Canada 18 1.3k 0.6× 525 0.3× 748 0.8× 141 0.5× 475 1.8× 36 1.8k
Patrick H. Freeborn United States 19 2.3k 1.2× 600 0.3× 766 0.9× 102 0.3× 203 0.8× 27 2.5k
W. Skinner Canada 17 2.1k 1.0× 639 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 93 0.3× 298 1.2× 22 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan K. Thompson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan K. Thompson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitman, Ellen, Quinn E. Barber, Piyush Jain, et al.. (2024). A modest increase in fire weather overcomes resistance to fire spread in recently burned boreal forests. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17363–e17363. 9 indexed citations
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Bona, Kelly Ann, Kara L. Webster, Dan K. Thompson, et al.. (2024). Using the Canadian Model for Peatlands (CaMP) to examine greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sink strength in Canada's boreal and temperate peatlands. Ecological Modelling. 490. 110633–110633. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Ilka E., Marissa A. Davies, Kelly Ann Bona, et al.. (2024). Peat profile database from peatlands in Canada. Ecology. 105(10). e4398–e4398. 3 indexed citations
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Barber, Quinn E., Piyush Jain, Ellen Whitman, et al.. (2024). The Canadian Fire Spread Dataset. Scientific Data. 11(1). 764–764. 11 indexed citations
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Anderson, Kerry, Jack Chen, Peter Englefield, et al.. (2024). The Global Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System version 1.0. Geoscientific model development. 17(21). 7713–7749. 3 indexed citations
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Whitman, Ellen, et al.. (2023). Peatlands promote fire refugia in boreal forests of northern Alberta, Canada. Ecosphere. 14(5). 16 indexed citations
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Robinne, François‐Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply. Scientific Data. 10(1). 807–807.
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Chasmer, L., et al.. (2023). Examining Drivers of Post-Fire Seismic Line Ecotone Regeneration in a Boreal Peatland Environment. Forests. 14(10). 1979–1979. 3 indexed citations
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Perrakis, Daniel D. B., Miguel G. Cruz, Martin E. Alexander, et al.. (2023). Improved logistic models of crown fire probability in Canadian conifer forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(10). 1455–1473. 14 indexed citations
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Johnston, Joshua M., Didier Davignon, Martin J. Wooster, et al.. (2020). Development of the User Requirements for the Canadian WildFireSat Satellite Mission. Sensors. 20(18). 5081–5081. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Jack, Kerry Anderson, Radenko Pavlovic, et al.. (2019). The FireWork v2.0 air quality forecast system with biomass burning emissions from the Canadian Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System v2.03. Geoscientific model development. 12(7). 3283–3310. 31 indexed citations
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Whitman, Ellen, Marc‐André Parisien, Dan K. Thompson, & Mike Flannigan. (2019). Short-interval wildfire and drought overwhelm boreal forest resilience. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18796–18796. 169 indexed citations
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Moore, Paul, Maxwell Lukenbach, Dan K. Thompson, et al.. (2019). Assessing the peatland hummock–hollow classification framework using high-resolution elevation models: implications for appropriate complexity ecosystem modeling. Biogeosciences. 16(18). 3491–3506. 24 indexed citations
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Thompson, Dan K., et al.. (2018). Hydrometeorological conditions preceding wildfire, and the subsequent burning of a fen watershed in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(1). 157–170. 29 indexed citations
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Gibson, Carolyn, L. Chasmer, Dan K. Thompson, et al.. (2018). Wildfire as a major driver of recent permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3041–3041. 217 indexed citations
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Kettridge, Nicholas, Merritt R. Turetsky, Dan K. Thompson, et al.. (2015). Moderate drop in water table increases peatland vulnerability to post-fire regime shift. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8063–8063. 145 indexed citations
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Benscoter, Brian W., Dan K. Thompson, J. M. Waddington, et al.. (2011). Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 20(3). 418–429. 159 indexed citations

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