David Shankman

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David Shankman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Shankman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Shankman's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (9 papers). David Shankman is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (9 papers). David Shankman collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. David Shankman's co-authors include Barry D. Keim, Li Chen, Jie Song, Chunmei Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiongbin Wang, Shixiong Cao, Justin L. Hart, Qiaoli Liang and Tadanobu Nakayama and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Earth-Science Reviews and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Shankman

36 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and s... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration
    2010 652 citations Shixiong Cao, Li Chen et al. Earth-Science Reviews 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 Shankman United States 21 1.4k 895 797 486 456 36 2.5k
Ray Froend Australia 29 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 640 0.8× 979 2.0× 402 0.9× 56 3.3k
F. N. Scatena United States 20 918 0.7× 518 0.6× 447 0.6× 568 1.2× 393 0.9× 33 1.8k
M. J. Waterloo Netherlands 18 1.6k 1.2× 503 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 342 0.7× 381 0.8× 45 2.3k
Frederick N. Scatena United States 28 909 0.7× 816 0.9× 392 0.5× 777 1.6× 319 0.7× 42 2.2k
Xiuqin Fang China 22 1.7k 1.3× 756 0.8× 632 0.8× 474 1.0× 254 0.6× 54 2.4k
Tagir G. Gilmanov United States 23 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 284 0.4× 385 0.8× 652 1.4× 37 2.6k
Keirith Snyder United States 22 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.3× 511 0.6× 833 1.7× 693 1.5× 48 3.2k
Marcelo D. Nosetto Argentina 26 1.5k 1.1× 575 0.6× 732 0.9× 324 0.7× 647 1.4× 62 2.5k
R. P. D. Walsh United Kingdom 32 2.1k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 601 0.8× 521 1.1× 998 2.2× 81 3.4k
Laura Turnbull United Kingdom 22 856 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 639 0.8× 571 1.2× 1000 2.2× 34 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Shankman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Shankman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nakayama, Tadanobu & David Shankman. (2013). Evaluation of uneven water resource and relation between anthropogenic water withdrawal and ecosystem degradation in Changjiang and Yellow River basins. Hydrological Processes. 27(23). 3350–3362. 20 indexed citations
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Keim, Barry D., et al.. (2011). Hydroclimatology of the U.S. Gulf Coast Under Global Climate Change Scenarios. Physical Geography. 32(6). 561–582. 25 indexed citations
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Cao, Shixiong, Ge Sun, Zhiqiang Zhang, et al.. (2011). Greening China Naturally. AMBIO. 40(7). 828–831. 87 indexed citations
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Cao, Shixiong, Li Chen, David Shankman, et al.. (2010). Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration. Earth-Science Reviews. 104(4). 240–245. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shankman, David, et al.. (2009). River management, landuse change, and future flood risk in China's Poyang Lake region. International Journal of River Basin Management. 7(4). 423–431. 34 indexed citations
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Leeuw, Jan de, David Shankman, Guofeng Wu, et al.. (2009). Strategic assessment of the magnitude and impacts of sand mining in Poyang Lake, China. Regional Environmental Change. 10(2). 95–102. 173 indexed citations
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Shankman, David & Justin L. Hart. (2007). The Fall Line: a Physiographic‐Forest Vegetation Boundary. Geographical Review. 97(4). 502–519. 161 indexed citations
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Hart, Justin L. & David Shankman. (2005). Disjunct eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands at its southern range boundary1. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 132(4). 602–612. 13 indexed citations
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Shankman, David, et al.. (2004). Stream Channelization and Swamp Formation in the U.S. Coastal Plain. Physical Geography. 25(1). 22–38. 18 indexed citations
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Shankman, David & Qiaoli Liang. (2003). Landscape Changes and Increasing Flood Frequency in China's Poyang Lake Region. The Professional Geographer. 55(4). 434–445. 130 indexed citations
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Shankman, David, et al.. (1992). Discharge response to channelization of a coastal plain stream. Wetlands. 12(3). 157–162. 33 indexed citations
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Shankman, David. (1991). Forest regeneration on abandoned meanders of a coastal plain river in western Tennessee.. Castanea. 56(3). 157–167. 20 indexed citations
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Shankman, David, et al.. (1990). CHANNEL MIGRATION AND REGENERATION OF BALD CYPRESS IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. Physical Geography. 11(4). 343–352. 25 indexed citations
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Soulé, Peter T. & David Shankman. (1990). THE RELATIONSHIPS OF PALMER'S DROUGHT INDICES TO RIVER STAGE IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. Physical Geography. 11(3). 206–219. 4 indexed citations
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Shankman, David, et al.. (1988). Forest Regeneration Above Tree Limit Depressed by Fire in the Colorado Front Range. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 115(4). 272–272. 24 indexed citations
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Shankman, David & Stephen F. Arno. (1986). Timberline: Mountain and Arctic Forest Frontiers. Arctic and Alpine Research. 18(1). 123–123. 99 indexed citations
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Shankman, David, et al.. (1985). Seedling Establishment by Conifers above tree Limit on Niwot Ridge, Front Range, Colorado, U.S.A.. Arctic and Alpine Research. 17(4). 389–400. 8 indexed citations
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Greenland, David, et al.. (1985). The Bioclimates of the Colorado Front Range. Mountain Research and Development. 5(3). 251–251. 15 indexed citations
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Daly, Christopher & David Shankman. (1985). Seedling Establishment by Conifers above Tree Limit on Niwot Ridge, Front Range, Colorado, U.S.A.. Arctic and Alpine Research. 17(4). 389–389. 54 indexed citations
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Shankman, David. (1984). Tree Regeneration Following Fire as Evidence of Timberline Stability in the Colorado Front Range, U.S.A.. Arctic and Alpine Research. 16(4). 413–417. 4 indexed citations

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