Esther Lévesque

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Esther Lévesque is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther Lévesque has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Esther Lévesque's work include Climate change and permafrost (43 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (24 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers). Esther Lévesque is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (43 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (24 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers). Esther Lévesque collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and Denmark. Esther Lévesque's co-authors include Stéphane Boudreau, Gilles Gauthier, Greg H. R. Henry, Josef Svoboda, Ulf Molau, A. N. Parsons, G. M. Marion, Per Mølgaard, Jill F. Johnstone and Diana W. Freckman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Esther Lévesque

63 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems

1997 614 citations Esther Lévesque, Ulf Molau et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Esther Lévesque Canada	25	1.3k	871	493	482	426	65	2.3k
Elisabeth J. Cooper Norway	29	1.2k 1.0×	920 1.1×	338 0.7×	368 0.8×	460 1.1×	68	2.2k
Gregory H. R. Henry Canada	17	851 0.7×	488 0.6×	321 0.7×	336 0.7×	334 0.8×	25	1.5k
Patrick J. Webber United States	15	1.2k 0.9×	573 0.7×	407 0.8×	328 0.7×	224 0.5×	20	1.8k
A. N. Parsons United Kingdom	16	1.2k 1.0×	929 1.1×	452 0.9×	465 1.0×	481 1.1×	19	2.2k
Jörg Löffler Germany	27	1.2k 0.9×	456 0.5×	854 1.7×	584 1.2×	179 0.4×	81	2.0k
Stein Rune Karlsen Norway	24	822 0.6×	993 1.1×	746 1.5×	261 0.5×	173 0.4×	51	1.9k
Greger Hörnberg Sweden	23	802 0.6×	669 0.8×	921 1.9×	758 1.6×	529 1.2×	41	2.3k
Gus Shaver Sweden	18	868 0.7×	708 0.8×	679 1.4×	242 0.5×	185 0.4×	37	1.9k
Christopher L. Fastie United States	14	1.2k 1.0×	843 1.0×	997 2.0×	846 1.8×	339 0.8×	16	2.4k
J. T. Fahnestock United States	28	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	752 1.5×	420 0.9×	198 0.5×	36	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Esther Lévesque

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther Lévesque

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Gauthier, Gilles, et al.. (2025). Limited short-term impact of lemming grazing on vascular plants under experimentally reduced predation in the High Arctic. Arctic Science. 11. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

Dominé, Florent, et al.. (2025). Quantified positive radiative forcing at a greening Canadian boreal-Arctic transition over the last four decades. Remote Sensing of Environment. 322. 114715–114715.

Lussier, Isabelle, Noémie Boulanger‐Lapointe, Stéphane Boudreau, & Esther Lévesque. (2025). Impact of erect shrubs on the cover and fruit productivity of berry species in subarctic Canada. Botany. 103. 1–9.

Lamarque, Laurent J., Esther Lévesque, Daniel Fortier, et al.. (2023). Hydrological Regime and Plant Functional Traits Jointly Mediate the Influence of Salix spp. on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in a High Arctic Tundra. Ecosystems. 26(6). 1238–1259. 5 indexed citations

Kinnard, Christophe, et al.. (2023). Fine‐scale environment control on ground surface temperature and thaw depth in a High Arctic tundra landscape. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 34(4). 467–480. 5 indexed citations

Maire, Vincent, Lin Chen, Daniel Fortier, et al.. (2022). Increased nutrient availability speeds up permafrost development, while goose grazing slows it down in a Canadian High Arctic wetland. Journal of Ecology. 111(2). 449–463. 5 indexed citations

Lévesque, Esther, et al.. (2021). Diversity of plant assemblages dampens the variability of the growing season phenology in wetland landscapes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 91–91. 4 indexed citations

Maire, Vincent, Joël Bêty, Esther Lévesque, et al.. (2020). Long-term consequences of goose exclusion on nutrient cycles and plant communities in the High-Arctic. Polar Science. 27. 100631–100631. 6 indexed citations

Ropars, Pascale, et al.. (2017). Different parts, different stories: climate sensitivity of growth is stronger in root collars vs. stems in tundra shrubs. Global Change Biology. 23(8). 3281–3291. 39 indexed citations

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Lévesque, Esther, et al.. (2016). Thermo-erosion gullies boost the transition from wet to mesic tundra vegetation. Biogeosciences. 13(4). 1237–1253. 26 indexed citations

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Fortier, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Nonlinear thermal and moisture response of ice-wedge polygons to permafrost disturbance increases heterogeneity of high Arctic wetland. Biogeosciences. 13(5). 1439–1452. 14 indexed citations

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Duguay, Yannick, Monique Bernier, Esther Lévesque, & Florent Dominé. (2016). Land Cover Classification in SubArctic Regions Using Fully Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 Data. Remote Sensing. 8(9). 697–697. 17 indexed citations

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Ropars, Pascale, Esther Lévesque, & Stéphane Boudreau. (2015). Shrub densification heterogeneity in subarctic regions: the relative influence of historical and topographic variables. Ecoscience. 22(2-4). 83–95. 13 indexed citations

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Fortier, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Nonlinear thermal and moisture dynamics of high Arctic wetland polygons following permafrost disturbance. 3 indexed citations

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Elmendorf, Sarah C., Gregory H. R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, et al.. (2014). Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(2). 448–452. 191 indexed citations

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Bernier, Monique, et al.. (2014). Short term change detection in tundra vegetation near Umiujaq, subarctic Quebec, Canada. 4668–4670. 7 indexed citations

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Boulanger‐Lapointe, Noémie, Esther Lévesque, Stéphane Boudreau, Gregory H. R. Henry, & Niels Martin Schmidt. (2014). Population structure and dynamics of Arctic willow (Salix arctica) in the High Arctic. Journal of Biogeography. 41(10). 1967–1978. 29 indexed citations

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Lévesque, Esther, et al.. (2012). The importance of ecological constraints on the control of multi‐species treeline dynamics in eastern Nunavik, Québec. American Journal of Botany. 99(10). 1638–1646. 28 indexed citations

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Vincent, Warwick F., Daniel Fortier, Esther Lévesque, et al.. (2011). Extreme ecosystems and geosystems in the Canadian High Arctic: Ward Hunt Island and vicinity. Ecoscience. 18(3). 236–261. 39 indexed citations

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Fortier, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Periglacial Landscape Stabilization Following Rapid Permafrost Degradation by Thermo-erosion, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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