David Olefeldt

13.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
68 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

David Olefeldt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David Olefeldt has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David Olefeldt's work include Climate change and permafrost (53 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers). David Olefeldt is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (53 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers). David Olefeldt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. David Olefeldt's co-authors include Merritt R. Turetsky, Gustaf Hugelius, A. David McGuire, Edward A. G. Schuur, Peter Kuhry, Guido Grosse, Charles D. Koven, David M. Lawrence, Daniel J. Hayes and V. E. Romanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Olefeldt

64 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2021 2020 2020 2016 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 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. Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
    2015 2.5k citations Edward A. G. Schuur, Guido Grosse et al. profile →
  2. Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources
    2021 623 citations Peter A. Raymond, David Olefeldt et al. profile →
  3. Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw
    2020 576 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. profile →
  4. Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
    2020 405 citations Gustaf Hugelius, Julie Loisel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes
    2016 405 citations David Olefeldt, Santonu Goswami et al. Nature Communications profile →
  6. A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands
    2014 394 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, David Olefeldt et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  7. Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
    2019 285 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Olefeldt Canada 32 5.1k 2.8k 2.2k 1.5k 545 68 7.3k
S. A. Zimov Russia 43 8.7k 1.7× 3.3k 1.2× 2.9k 1.3× 2.7k 1.8× 1.0k 1.8× 82 11.2k
Kimberly P. Wickland United States 36 3.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 2.4× 74 5.9k
Claire C. Treat United States 25 3.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 890 0.6× 220 0.4× 49 5.0k
Susan M. Natali United States 35 4.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 844 0.6× 154 0.3× 100 6.6k
Xiaomei Xu United States 37 2.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 828 0.6× 498 0.9× 172 5.0k
Peter Kuhry Sweden 49 10.8k 2.1× 4.4k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 397 0.7× 125 12.9k
Ashley P. Ballantyne United States 34 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.5× 2.7k 1.3× 644 0.4× 565 1.0× 81 4.9k
Bo Elberling Denmark 53 5.4k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.4× 307 0.6× 252 9.6k
Atte Korhola Finland 49 4.3k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 901 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 2.0× 125 6.4k
Gustaf Hugelius Sweden 43 8.1k 1.6× 3.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 305 0.6× 127 11.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Olefeldt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Olefeldt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Emmerton, Craig A., Lorna I. Harris, Sara Knox, et al.. (2025). Large Carbon Losses From Burned Permafrost Peatlands During Post‐Fire Succession. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19). 1 indexed citations
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Heffernan, Liam, et al.. (2024). Changing climatic controls on the greenhouse gas balance of thermokarst bogs during succession after permafrost thaw. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17388–e17388. 2 indexed citations
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Buttle, Jim, Chad W. Cuss, K. J. Devito, et al.. (2024). Composition of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Across Canadian Forested Ecozones Varies in Three Dimensions Linked to Landscape and Climate. Water Resources Research. 60(5). 6 indexed citations
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Harris, Lorna I., David Olefeldt, Nicolas Pelletier, et al.. (2023). Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited. Global Change Biology. 29(19). 5720–5735. 17 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lauren, McKenzie A. Kuhn, Lucas P. P. Braga, et al.. (2023). Controls on methylmercury concentrations in lakes and streams of peatland‐rich catchments along a 1700 km permafrost gradient. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(3). 583–597. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Guibiao, Benjamin W. Abbott, David Olefeldt, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of methane emissions from alpine thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3121–3121. 44 indexed citations
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Braga, Lucas P. P., et al.. (2023). Climate warming has direct and indirect effects on microbes associated with carbon cycling in northern lakes. Global Change Biology. 29(11). 3039–3053. 7 indexed citations
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Hutchins, Ryan, Suzanne E. Tank, David Olefeldt, et al.. (2023). Influence of Wildfire on Downstream Transport of Dissolved Carbon, Nutrients, and Mercury in the Permafrost Zone of Boreal Western Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(10). 4 indexed citations
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An, Zhengfeng, Edward W. Bork, David Olefeldt, Cameron N. Carlyle, & Scott X. Chang. (2022). Simulated heat wave events increase CO2 and N2O emissions from cropland and forest soils in an incubation experiment. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 4 indexed citations
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Elder, Clayton D., David R. Thompson, Andrew K. Thorpe, et al.. (2021). Characterizing Methane Emission Hotspots From Thawing Permafrost. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35(12). 30 indexed citations
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Kuhn, McKenzie A., Lauren Thompson, Lucas P. P. Braga, et al.. (2021). Opposing Effects of Climate and Permafrost Thaw on CH4 and CO2 Emissions From Northern Lakes. AGU Advances. 2(4). 23 indexed citations
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Estop‐Aragonés, Cristian, David Olefeldt, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of 14C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(9). 53 indexed citations
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Hugelius, Gustaf, Julie Loisel, Sarah Chadburn, et al.. (2020). Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20438–20446. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Quinton, William L., Aaron Berg, L. Chasmer, et al.. (2019). A synthesis of three decades of hydrological research at Scotty Creek, NWT, Canada. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(4). 2015–2039. 43 indexed citations
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Tank, Suzanne E., David Olefeldt, William L. Quinton, et al.. (2019). Fire in the Arctic: The effect of wildfire across diverse aquatic ecosystems of the Northwest Territories. 1(1). 31–38. 7 indexed citations
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Tank, Suzanne E., et al.. (2018). Seasonal shifts in export of DOC and nutrients from burned and unburned peatland-rich catchments, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(8). 4455–4472. 55 indexed citations
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Olefeldt, David, Santonu Goswami, Guido Grosse, et al.. (2016). Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13043–13043. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, Jing, Paul Miller, Anders Persson, et al.. (2015). Carbon budget estimation of a subarctic catchment using a dynamic ecosystem model at high spatial resolution. Biogeosciences. 12(9). 2791–2808. 19 indexed citations

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