David Frank

30.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
185 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

David Frank is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David Frank has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Atmospheric Science, 156 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 47 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David Frank's work include Tree-ring climate responses (146 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (125 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers). David Frank is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (146 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (125 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers). David Frank collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. David Frank's co-authors include Jan Esper, Ulf Büntgen, Valérie Trouet, Benjamin Poulter, Rob Wilson, Patrick Fonti, Jürg Luterbacher, Flurin Babst, Philippe Ciais and Olivier Bouriaud and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Frank

182 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

2013 1.4k citations Markus Reichstein, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature profile →
Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

2014 1.1k citations Benjamin Poulter, David Frank et al. Nature profile →
2500 Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility

2011 958 citations Ulf Büntgen, David Frank et al. Science profile →
Persistent Positive North Atlantic Oscillation Mode Dominated the Medieval Climate Anomaly

2009 863 citations Valérie Trouet, Jan Esper et al. Science profile →
Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth

2019 358 citations Flurin Babst, Olivier Bouriaud et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by David Frank

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Frank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Frank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Frank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Frank 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 David Frank. David Frank is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fennoscandian tree-ring anatomy shows a warmer modern than medieval climate 2023 ·Nature ·Jesper Björklund, Kristina Seftigen, Markus Stoffel, Marina V. Fonti, (unknown), David Frank, Jan Esper, Patrick Fonti, Hugues Goosse, Håkan Grudd, Björn E. Gunnarson, Daniel Nievergelt, Elena Pellizzari, Marco Carrer, Georg von Arx	42
2	A multifault earthquake threat for the Seattle metropolitan region revealed by mass tree mortality 2023 ·Science Advances ·Bryan A. Black, (unknown), Charlotte Pearson, Patrick T. Pringle, David Frank, M. T. Page, Brendan M. Buckley, Edward R. Cook, Grant L. Harley, (unknown), (unknown), David J. Reynolds, Brian L. Sherrod	14
3	Growth portfolios buffer climate‐linked environmental change in marine systems 2022 ·Ecology ·Steven E. Campana, Szymon Smoliński, Bryan A. Black, John R. Morrongiello, (unknown), Carin Andersson, Bjarte Bogstad, Paul Butler, (unknown), David Frank, Audrey J. Geffen, Jane Aanestad Godiksen, Peter Grønkjær, Einar Hjörleifsson, Ingibjörg G. Jónsdóttir, Mark G. Meekan, (unknown), Susanne E. Tanner, Peter van der Sleen, (unknown)	16
4	Predicting spatiotemporal variability in radial tree growth at the continental scale with machine learning 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Paul Bodesheim, Flurin Babst, David Frank, Claudia Hartl, Christian Zang, Martin Jung, Markus Reichstein, Miguel D. Mahecha	8
5	Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth breakdown → 2019 ·Science Advances ·Flurin Babst, Olivier Bouriaud, Benjamin Poulter, Valérie Trouet, Martin P. Girardin, David Frank	358
6	A Combined Tree Ring and Vegetation Model Assessment of European Forest Growth Sensitivity to Interannual Climate Variability 2018 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Stefan Klesse, Flurin Babst, Sebastian Lienert, Renato Spahni, Fortunat Joos, Olivier Bouriaud, Marco Carrer, Alfredo Di Filippo, Benjamin Poulter, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Rob Wilson, David Frank	54
7	Quantification of uncertainties in conifer sap flow measured with the thermal dissipation method 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Richard L. Peters, Patrick Fonti, David Frank, Rafael Poyatos, Christoforos Pappas, Ansgar Kahmen, Vinicio Carraro, Angela Luisa Prendin, Loïc Schneider, Jennifer L. Baltzer, (unknown), Lars Dietrich, Ingo Heinrich, R. L. Minor, Oliver Sonnentag, Ashley M. Matheny, (unknown), Kathy Steppe	91
8	Intramolecular 13C analysis of tree rings provides multiple plant ecophysiology signals covering decades 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Thomas Wieloch, (unknown), Jun Yu, David Frank, Michael Grabner, Arthur Geßler, Jürgen Schleucher	18
9	Ecosystem functioning is enveloped by hydrometeorological variability 2017 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Christoforos Pappas, Miguel D. Mahecha, David Frank, Flurin Babst, Demetris Koutsoyiannis	31
10	20th century changes in carbon isotopes and water-use efficiency: tree-ring-based evaluation of the CLM4.5 and LPX-Bern models 2017 ·Biogeosciences ·K. Keller, Sebastian Lienert, (unknown), Thomas F. Stocker, Olga V. Churakova, David Frank, Stefan Klesse, Charles D. Koven, Markus Leuenberger, W. J. Riley, Matthias Saurer, Rolf Siegwolf, Rosemarie B. Weigt, Fortunat Joos	59
11	No growth stimulation of Canada’s boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO ₂ fertilization 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin P. Girardin, Olivier Bouriaud, Edward H. Hogg, Werner A. Kurz, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Juha M. Metsaranta, Rogier de Jong, David Frank, Jan Esper, Ulf Büntgen, Xiao Jing Guo, Jagtar S. Bhatti	243
12	Coincidences of climate extremes and anomalous vegetation responses: comparing tree ring patterns to simulated productivity 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·Anja Rammig, Marc Wiedermann, Jonathan F. Donges, Flurin Babst, Werner von Bloh, David Frank, Kirsten Thonicke, Miguel D. Mahecha	85
13	Six centuries of variability and extremes in a coupled marine-terrestrial ecosystem 2014 ·Science ·Bryan A. Black, William J. Sydeman, David Frank, Daniel Griffin, David W. Stahle, Marisol García‐Reyes, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Steven J. Bograd, William T. Peterson	65
14	Surface air temperature variability reconstructed with tree rings for the Gulf of Alaska over the past 1200 years 2014 ·The Holocene ·Gregory C. Wiles, Rosanne D’Arrigo, David J. Barclay, Rob Wilson, (unknown), Lauren Vargo, David Frank	66
15	Kinetics of tracheid development explain conifer tree‐ring structure 2014 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Cyrille Rathgeber, David Frank, Patrick Fonti, Mériem Fournier	231
16	Climate-mediated spatiotemporal variability in terrestrial productivity across Europe 2014 ·Biogeosciences ·Xiuchen Wu, Flurin Babst, Philippe Ciais, David Frank, Markus Reichstein, M. Wattenbach, Christian Zang, Miguel D. Mahecha	9
17	Coherence between woody carbon uptake and net ecosystem productivity at five eddy-covariance sites 2013 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Flurin Babst, Olivier Bouriaud, Dario Papale, Bert Gielen, Ivan A. Janssens, Eero Nikinmaa, Andreas Ibrom, Jianzhao Wu, Christian Bernhofer, (unknown), (unknown), G. Seufert, P. Ciais, David Frank	1
18	Tree-Ring-Reconstructed Summer Temperatures from Northwestern North America during the Last Nine Centuries* 2012 ·Journal of Climate ·Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Rosanne D’Arrigo, Laia Andreu‐Hayles, David Frank, Anne Verstege, Ashley Curtis, Brendan M. Buckley, Gordon C. Jacoby, Edward R. Cook	81
19	1200 years of regular outbreaks in alpine insects 2006 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jan Esper, Ulf Büntgen, David Frank, Daniel Nievergelt, Andrew M. Liebhold	172
20	The Geography of Centralization 1991 ·Acadiensis ·David Frank	1

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