Erica A. H. Smithwick

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Erica A. H. Smithwick is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Erica A. H. Smithwick has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Erica A. H. Smithwick's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). Erica A. H. Smithwick is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). Erica A. H. Smithwick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Erica A. H. Smithwick's co-authors include Monica G. Turner, Michael McCormack, David M. Eissenstat, William H. Romme, Thomas S. Adams, Michael G. Ryan, A. L. Westerling, Mark E. Harmon, Kristine L. Metzger and F. Stuart Chapin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Erica A. H. Smithwick

76 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century

2011 458 citations Monica G. Turner, Erica A. H. Smithwick et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

2012 374 citations Erica A. H. Smithwick et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erica A. H. Smithwick United States	28	2.0k	1.1k	1.0k	845	602	80	3.3k
Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira United States	33	2.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	951 0.9×	634 0.8×	500 0.8×	61	4.3k
Creighton M. Litton United States	30	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	755 0.9×	571 0.9×	74	3.3k
Lauren T. Bennett Australia	33	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	990 1.0×	467 0.6×	416 0.7×	90	2.7k
Charles C. Rhoades United States	30	2.0k 1.0×	929 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	823 1.0×	406 0.7×	99	3.5k
Pablo L. Peri Argentina	30	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	965 1.0×	601 0.7×	615 1.0×	232	3.5k
Heidi Asbjornsen United States	40	3.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	950 1.6×	129	5.3k
Kenneth A. Byrne Ireland	26	1.3k 0.7×	693 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	399 0.7×	80	3.2k
Robert J. Zomer China	23	1.8k 0.9×	814 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	943 1.1×	476 0.8×	44	4.4k
Chris B. Zou United States	36	3.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	819 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	118	5.0k
Susan C. Cook‐Patton United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	599 0.6×	842 0.8×	550 0.7×	338 0.6×	53	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2025). Historical land policies influence contemporary landscape patterns in agropastoral landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 40(8).

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2025). Scaling Nature‐Based Solutions for Fluvial Floods: A Worldwide Systematic Review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 12(2). 4 indexed citations

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2025). Heterogeneous Perceptions of Rainfall Patterns Among Agropastoral Land Users in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 115(6). 1286–1308. 1 indexed citations

Helgeson, Casey, Klaus Keller, Robert E. Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Integrating Values to Improve the Relevance of Climate‐Risk Research. Earth s Future. 12(10).

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2024). Observations of enhanced rainfall variability in Kenya, East Africa. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12915–12915. 11 indexed citations

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2024). Predicting the suitable habitat distribution of berry plants under climate change. Landscape Ecology. 39(2). 4 indexed citations

Spangler, Kaitlyn, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Stephanie Buechler, & Jennifer Baka. (2023). Just energy imaginaries? Examining realities of solar development on Pennsylvania's farmland. Energy Research & Social Science. 108. 103394–103394. 27 indexed citations

Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2023). Integrating Menominee model for sustainable forestry with Systems Thinking competency through 3D virtual tours. Sustainability Science. 18(6). 2605–2628. 1 indexed citations

Taylor, Alan H., et al.. (2021). Prescribed fire alters structure and composition of a mid-Atlantic oak forest up to eight years after burning. Fire Ecology. 17(1). 13 indexed citations

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Field, John, Tom L. Richard, Erica A. H. Smithwick, et al.. (2020). Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 21968–21977. 128 indexed citations

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Mansfield, Becky, M. Jahi Chappell, Erica A. H. Smithwick, et al.. (2019). The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography. The AAG Review of Books. 7(3). 203–213. 9 indexed citations

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Manfreda, Salvatore, et al.. (2019). Estimating Root Zone Soil Moisture Across the Eastern United States with Passive Microwave Satellite Data and a Simple Hydrologic Model. Remote Sensing. 11(17). 2013–2013. 27 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Matthew E. Fagan, Amy Ickowitz, et al.. (2019). Forest pattern, not just amount, influences dietary quality in five African countries. Global Food Security. 25. 100331–100331. 34 indexed citations

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Buma, Brian, Brian J. Harvey, Daniel G. Gavin, et al.. (2018). The value of linking paleoecological and neoecological perspectives to understand spatially-explicit ecosystem resilience. Landscape Ecology. 34(1). 17–33. 27 indexed citations

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Manfreda, Salvatore, et al.. (2017). Predicting root zone soil moisture with soil properties and satellite near-surface moisture data across the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrology. 546. 393–404. 78 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Michael L., et al.. (2017). A decade of colonization: the spread of the Asian tiger mosquito in Pennsylvania and implications for disease risk. Journal of Vector Ecology. 42(1). 3–12. 9 indexed citations

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Smithwick, Erica A. H., Kusum Naithani, Teri C. Balser, William H. Romme, & Monica G. Turner. (2012). Post-Fire Spatial Patterns of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization and Microbial Abundance. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50597–e50597. 26 indexed citations

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Turner, Monica G., William H. Romme, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Daniel B. Tinker, & Jun Zhu. (2011). Variation in Aboveground Cover Influences Soil Nitrogen Availability at Fine Spatial Scales Following Severe Fire in Subalpine Conifer Forests. Ecosystems. 14(7). 1081–1095. 22 indexed citations

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Metzger, Kristine L., Erica A. H. Smithwick, Daniel B. Tinker, et al.. (2008). Influence of coarse wood and pine saplings on nitrogen mineralization and microbial communities in young post-fire Pinus contorta. Forest Ecology and Management. 256(1-2). 59–67. 18 indexed citations

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Smithwick, Erica A. H., Mark E. Harmon, Suzanne M. Remillard, Steven A. Acker, & Jerry F. Franklin. (2002). Potential Upper Bounds of Carbon Stores in Forests of the Pacific Northwest. Ecological Applications. 12(5). 1303–1303. 12 indexed citations

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