David J. Cooper

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
222 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

David J. Cooper is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Cooper has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Ecology, 61 papers in Atmospheric Science and 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David J. Cooper's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (71 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (43 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (42 papers). David J. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (71 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (43 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (42 papers). David J. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David J. Cooper's co-authors include Rodney A. Chimner, David M. Merritt, Douglas C. Andersen, E. S. Saltzman, N. Thompson Hobbs, Cherie J. Westbrook, John S. Sanderson, Jared R. Lindahl, Willoughby B. Britton and Evan C. Wolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David J. Cooper

214 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists

2017 266 citations Jared R. Lindahl, Nathan E. Fisher et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Cooper United States	46	3.6k	2.2k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	222	7.5k
Reiner Giesler Sweden	48	2.0k 0.5×	979 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	108	7.1k
Susan Gross Solomon Canada	10	1.3k 0.4×	4.0k 1.9×	2.8k 1.9×	655 0.6×	769 0.7×	32	8.3k
Alan Jenkins United Kingdom	39	1.1k 0.3×	862 0.4×	662 0.5×	659 0.6×	536 0.5×	166	7.4k
Thomas E. Jordan United States	44	2.3k 0.6×	916 0.4×	255 0.2×	614 0.6×	213 0.2×	172	5.8k
Martin Evans United Kingdom	40	2.3k 0.6×	638 0.3×	500 0.3×	805 0.7×	417 0.4×	189	7.0k
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe United States	42	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	4.4k 4.0×	656 0.6×	126	8.1k
David B. Baker United States	36	1.1k 0.3×	698 0.3×	147 0.1×	635 0.6×	273 0.2×	99	5.7k
Mark Williams United Kingdom	48	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	3.4k 2.3×	428 0.4×	609 0.5×	330	9.9k
Line Gordon Sweden	40	1.5k 0.4×	4.6k 2.1×	574 0.4×	580 0.5×	699 0.6×	73	8.1k
Michael J. White United States	38	613 0.2×	2.4k 1.1×	401 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	788 0.7×	118	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Cooper

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sullivan, Patrick F., Roman Dial, David J. Cooper, et al.. (2025). Wild, scenic, and toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(37). e2425644122–e2425644122.

Zhu, Liangjun, J. Julio Camarero, David J. Cooper, et al.. (2025). Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests. Forest Ecosystems. 13. 100336–100336.

Canby, Nicholas K., et al.. (2025). The Teacher Matters: The Role and Impact of Meditation Teachers in the Trajectories of Western Buddhist Meditators Experiencing Meditation-Related Challenges. Contemporary Buddhism. 25(1-2). 9–53.

Westbrook, Cherie J. & David J. Cooper. (2024). Comparing the Sources of Sediment Retained by Beaver Dams and Beaver Dam Analogs. Water Resources Research. 60(10). 4 indexed citations

Hobbs, N. Thompson, et al.. (2024). Does restoring apex predators to food webs restore ecosystems? Large carnivores in Yellowstone as a model system. Ecological Monographs. 94(2). 24 indexed citations

Chimner, Rodney A. & David J. Cooper. (2024). Mountain Peatland Restoration: Assessment, Goals, and Approaches. Digital Commons - Michigan Tech (Michigan Technological University). 1 indexed citations

Cooper, David J., et al.. (2023). Establishing peat‐forming plant communities: A comparison of wetland reclamation methods in Alberta's oil sands region. Ecological Applications. 34(2). e2929–e2929. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Rong, et al.. (2023). Tree-ring data reveal trees are suffering from severe drought stress in the humid subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 546. 121330–121330. 19 indexed citations

Cooper, David J., et al.. (2020). Differences in tree and shrub growth responses to climate change in a boreal forest in China. Dendrochronologia. 63. 125744–125744. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liangjun, David J. Cooper, Shijie Han, et al.. (2020). Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on drought in northern Daxing’an Mountains, Northeast China. CATENA. 198. 105017–105017. 27 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liangjun, David J. Cooper, Dejian Yuan, et al.. (2020). Regional Scale Temperature Rather than Precipitation Determines Vessel Features in Earlywood of Manchurian Ash in Temperate Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(11). 13 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J., et al.. (2019). Drivers of peatland water table dynamics in the central Andes, Bolivia and Peru. Hydrological Processes. 33(13). 1913–1925. 33 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J., et al.. (2018). Tolerance of fen mosses to submergence, and the influence on moss community composition and ecosystem resilience. Journal of Vegetation Science. 29(2). 127–135. 18 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J., et al.. (2018). Glacial loss and its effect on riparian vegetation of alpine streams. Freshwater Biology. 63(6). 518–529. 11 indexed citations

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Chimner, Rodney A., et al.. (2018). A new method for restoring ditches in peatlands: ditch filling with fiber bales. Restoration Ecology. 27(1). 63–69. 6 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J., et al.. (2018). Irrigation canals are newly created streams of semi-arid agricultural regions. The Science of The Total Environment. 646. 770–781. 17 indexed citations

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Lindahl, Jared R., Nathan E. Fisher, David J. Cooper, Rochelle K. Rosen, & Willoughby B. Britton. (2017). The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0176239–e0176239. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chimner, Rodney A., David J. Cooper, Frederic C. Wurster, & Line Rochefort. (2016). An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?. Restoration Ecology. 25(2). 283–292. 110 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J., et al.. (2015). Fens of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: Patterns of Distribution and Vegetation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Guangzhi & David J. Cooper. (2008). A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS IN THE UK. Environmental Technology. 29(10). 1139–1144. 4 indexed citations

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