F. Stuart Chapin

179.1k citations

509 papers · 101.2k indexed · 41 hit papers · h-index 137

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.01%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 204
- Climate change and permafrost 177
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 73
- Cryospheric studies and observations 58
Global and Planetary Change 165
- Fire effects on ecosystems 64

Co-authors: Harold A. Mooney Gaius R. Shaver John P. Bryant Arnold J. Bloom Hans Lambers Thijs L. Pons Pamela A. Matson Phyllis D. Coley
Journals: Ecology (35 papers)Oecologia (22 papers)Journal of Ecology (17 papers)BioScience (14 papers)Global Change Biology (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Australia

In The Last Decade

F. Stuart Chapin

502 papers receiving 93.0k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Climate change, human impacts, and carbon sequestration in China 2018 · 558 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2012 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
2011 Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))
2009 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2009 Global Change Biology
2008 Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))
2008 Global Change Biology
2006 PLoS Biology
2006 Science
2006 Global and Planetary Change
2006 Nature
2006 Science
2005 Science
2005 Ecological Monographs
2004 Nature
2002 Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))
2001 Journal of Climate
2000 Climatic Change
2000 BioScience
2000 Science
2000 Nature
1998 Plant Physiological Ecology
1997 Science
1995 Ecology
1994 Ecological Monographs
1993 The American Naturalist
1993 Nature
1991 BioScience
1990 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
1988 Journal of Ecology
1987 BioScience
1986 The American Naturalist
1985 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
1985 Ecology
1985 Science
1983 Oikos
1983 Ecology
1980 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
1980 Ecology
1979 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside F. Stuart Chapin, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with F. Stuart Chapin Line = papers co-authored together F. Stuart Chapin links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

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1	A heart model of Earth Stewardship Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Marten Scheffer, John M. Anderies, H. L. Haken, Н.Л. Пономарёв, Stephen R. Carpenter, F. Stuart Chapin, Carl Folke, Yueming Jie, Milena Holmgren, 洋治宮田, Steve Polasky, Elke U. Weber, Frances Westley	2024	1
2	Factors limiting the potential range expansion of lodgepole pine in Interior Alaska Ecological Applications ·Xanthe J. Walker, Sarah J. Hart, Winslow D. Hansen, Mélanie Jean, Carissa D. Brown, F. Stuart Chapin, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Michelle C. Mack, Jill F. Johnstone	2024	0
3	Plant succession on glacial moraines in the Arctic Brooks Range along a >125,000-year glacial chronosequence/toposequence Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Charles R. Hamblet, Donald A. Walker, F. Stuart Chapin, Daniel H. Mann	2023	0
4	Reconciling well-being and resilience for sustainable development Nature Sustainability ·Tomas Chaigneau, Einhards Schweigen, Tim M. Daw, Lucy Szaboova, Laura Camfield, F. Stuart Chapin, Des Gasper, Georgina G. Gurney, Christina C. Hicks, Maggie Ibrahim, Thomas James, Lindsey Jones, Nathanial Matthews, Colin McQuistan, Belinda Reyers, Katrina Brown	2021	97
5	Future changes in the supply of goods and services from natural ecosystems: prospects for the European north Ecology and Society ·Roland Jansson, Christer Nilsson, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Jorge Iván Silva-Ortega, Marja‐Liisa Sutinen, Jon Moen, F. Stuart Chapin, Kari Anne Bråthen, Mar Cabeza, Terry V. Callaghan, Bob van Oort, Halvor Dannevig, Ingrid Bay-Larsen, Rolf A. Ims, Paul Eric Aspholm	2015	29
6	Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Resilience, and Resilience of Ecosystem Management Policy SSRN Electronic Journal ·J. B. Ruhl, F. Stuart Chapin	2012	4
7	Winter habitat selection by caribou in relation to lichen abundance, wildfires, grazing, and landscape characteristics in northwest Alaska Ecoscience ·Kyle Joly, F. Stuart Chapin, David R. Klein	2010	67
8	Dynamics of change in Alaska's boreal forests: resilience and vulnerability in response to climate warming Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·A. David McGuire, F. Stuart Chapin, Roger W. Ruess	2010	2
9	Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants Global Change Biology ·Katharine N. Suding, Sandra Lavorel, F. Stuart Chapin, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Dı́az, Éric Garnier, Deborah E. Goldberg, David U. Hooper, Stephen T. Jackson, Marie‐Laure Navas Hit paper breakdown →	2008	934
10	Thermokarst Lakes as a Source of Atmospheric CH ₄ During the Last Deglaciation Science ·K. M. Walter, Mary E. Edwards, Guido Grosse, S. A. Zimov, F. Stuart Chapin	2007	236
11	Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·F. Stuart Chapin, Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Erika S. Zavaleta, Joanna L. Nelson, Martin D. Robards, Gary P. Kofinas, Sarah F. Trainor, Garry Peterson, Henry P. Huntington, Rosamond L. Naylor	2006	118
12	Snow–Shrub Interactions in Arctic Tundra: A Hypothesis with Climatic Implications Journal of Climate ·Matthew Sturm, Jon Holmgren, J. P. McFadden, Glen E. Liston, F. Stuart Chapin, Charles H. Racine Hit paper breakdown →	2001	503
13	Recovery of Productivity and Species Diversity in Tussock Tundra Following Disturbance Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Milan C. Vavrek, Ned Fetcher, James B. McGraw, G. R. Shaver, F. Stuart Chapin, B. D. Bovard	1999	13
14	Recovery of Productivity and Species Diversity in Tussock Tundra following Disturbance Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Milan C. Vavrek, Ned Fetcher, James B. McGraw, Gaius R. Shaver, F. Stuart Chapin, B. D. Bovard	1999	27
15	Effects of historical changes in climate on carbon storage in Alaskan arctic tundra Robert B. McKane, Edward B. Rastetter, Gus Shaver, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Anne E. Giblin, James A. Laundre, F. Stuart Chapin	1994	1
16	The Jasper Ridge CO[sub 2] Project: First-year biomass from micro-ecosystem for climate change analysis (MECCA) experiments Christopher B. Field, F. Stuart Chapin, H.A. Mooney, Elisabeth A. Holland, Nona R. Chiariello	1994	1
17	Application of Successional Theory to Tundra Restoration: A Review Arctic and Alpine Research ·熊仲伯, F. Stuart Chapin	1987	41
18	Nutrient Allocation and Responses to Defoliation in Tundra Plants Arctic and Alpine Research ·F. Stuart Chapin	1980	12
19	Temperature Compensation in Phosphate Absorption Occurring Over Diverse Time Scales Arctic and Alpine Research ·F. Stuart Chapin	1977	11
20	Human activity patterns in the city University Microfilms International eBooks ·F. Stuart Chapin	1974	193

About F. Stuart Chapin

F. Stuart Chapin is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Ecology, having authored 509 papers that have together received 101.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (177 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (87 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (73 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (67 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (64 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (62 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (58 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (30.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (36.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (6.3k citations), Soil Science (13.9k citations) and Atmospheric Science (24.1k citations). F. Stuart Chapin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Harold A. Mooney, Gaius R. Shaver, John P. Bryant, Arnold J. Bloom, Hans Lambers, Thijs L. Pons, Pamela A. Matson, Phyllis D. Coley, Peter M. Vitousek and David U. Hooper. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, Oecologia, Journal of Ecology, BioScience and Global Change Biology.

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