Herman H. Shugart

27.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
273 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Herman H. Shugart is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman H. Shugart has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 128 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 81 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Herman H. Shugart's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (89 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (78 papers) and Forest ecology and management (58 papers). Herman H. Shugart is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (89 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (78 papers) and Forest ecology and management (58 papers). Herman H. Shugart collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Herman H. Shugart's co-authors include Gordon B. Bonan, Thomas M. Smith, Dean L. Urban, Jerry F. Franklin, Mark E. Harmon, D.C. West, William R. Emanuel, Robert V. O’Neill, Raymond D. Dueser and Stephen A. Macko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Herman H. Shugart

269 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Theory of Forest Dynamics 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1987 1989 2006 2011 250 500 750
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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.

  1. A Theory of Forest Dynamics
    1984 807 citations Herman H. Shugart profile →
  2. Tree Death as an Ecological Process
    1987 770 citations Herman H. Shugart et al. profile →
  3. Environmental Factors and Ecological Processes in Boreal Forests
    1989 652 citations Herman H. Shugart et al. profile →
  4. Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations
    2006 584 citations A. J. Soja, Herman H. Shugart et al. profile →
  5. The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle
    2011 525 citations Sassan Saatchi, Herman H. Shugart et al. profile →
  6. Landscape Ecology
    1987 464 citations Herman H. Shugart et al. profile →
  7. Tree height explains mortality risk during an intense drought
    2019 253 citations Herman H. Shugart 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
Herman H. Shugart United States 67 9.5k 8.1k 6.3k 3.6k 3.0k 273 17.7k
Richard H. Waring United States 62 9.8k 1.0× 7.0k 0.9× 4.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.5× 147 14.7k
David A. Coomes United Kingdom 70 8.7k 0.9× 11.6k 1.4× 6.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 248 19.4k
David L. Peterson United States 63 10.3k 1.1× 4.7k 0.6× 6.2k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 323 15.8k
G. C. Hurtt United States 50 12.4k 1.3× 4.4k 0.5× 4.6k 0.7× 4.9k 1.4× 3.5k 1.2× 147 19.6k
Benjamin Smith Sweden 64 13.2k 1.4× 5.3k 0.7× 5.5k 0.9× 5.7k 1.6× 1.5k 0.5× 203 20.6k
Sassan Saatchi United States 71 10.4k 1.1× 5.7k 0.7× 8.1k 1.3× 2.8k 0.8× 7.3k 2.4× 269 20.0k
Jérôme Chave France 57 7.3k 0.8× 10.5k 1.3× 4.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 3.4k 1.1× 178 17.2k
Michael Keller United States 66 8.7k 0.9× 4.0k 0.5× 5.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.1× 185 16.1k
Rupert Seidl Germany 64 11.4k 1.2× 8.1k 1.0× 5.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 185 16.6k
M. J. Kirkby United Kingdom 51 7.8k 0.8× 4.6k 0.6× 8.8k 1.4× 3.1k 0.9× 3.9k 1.3× 131 24.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Hao, Xiaobo Wang, & Herman H. Shugart. (2023). Large latitudinal difference in soil nitrogen limitation on global vegetation response to elevated CO2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 342. 109717–109717. 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Jing, et al.. (2022). FORCCHN V2.0: an individual-based model for predicting multiscale forest carbon dynamics. Geoscientific model development. 15(17). 6863–6872. 4 indexed citations
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Druckenbrod, Daniel L., Darío Martin‐Benito, David A. Orwig, et al.. (2019). Redefining temperate forest responses to climate and disturbance in the eastern United States: New insights at the mesoscale. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(5). 557–575. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Herman H. Shugart, & Manuel Lerdau. (2019). Complexities between plants and the atmosphere. Nature Geoscience. 12(9). 693–694. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Paul E. Brewer, Herman H. Shugart, Manuel Lerdau, & Steven Allison. (2018). Soil aggregates as biogeochemical reactors and implications for soil–atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases—A concept. Global Change Biology. 25(2). 373–385. 94 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, J. K. Shuman, Herman H. Shugart, & Manuel Lerdau. (2018). Biodiversity matters in feedbacks between climate change and air quality: a study using an individual‐based model. Ecological Applications. 28(5). 1223–1231. 17 indexed citations
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Yan, Hao, Kailiang Yu, Bin Wang, et al.. (2017). A Novel Diffuse Fraction‐Based Two‐Leaf Light Use Efficiency Model: An Application Quantifying Photosynthetic Seasonality across 20 AmeriFlux Flux Tower Sites. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 9(6). 2317–2332. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomei, Kailiang Yu, Herman H. Shugart, & Gang Wang. (2015). Species richness loss after nutrient addition as affected by N:C ratios and phytohormone GA3contents in an alpine meadow community. Journal of Plant Ecology. 9(2). 201–211. 33 indexed citations
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Dubayah, Ralph, Kathleen M. Bergen, F. G. HALL, et al.. (2008). Global Vegetation Structure from NASA's DESDynI Mission: An Overview. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 8 indexed citations
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Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Robert Washington‐Allen, Marc Simard, & Herman H. Shugart. (2006). Landscape Scale Height, Biomass and Carbon Estimation of Mangrove Forests with SRTM Elevation Data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Soja, A. J., А. И. Сухинин, Donald R. Cahoon, Herman H. Shugart, & Paul W. Stackhouse. (2004). AVHRR-derived fire frequency, distribution and area burned in Siberia. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25(10). 1939–1960. 71 indexed citations
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Soja, A. J., et al.. (2002). Fire Frequency, Distribution, and Area Burned in Siberia Described Using AVHRR-Derived Products. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Aranibar, Julieta N., Stephen A. Macko, Iris C. Anderson, et al.. (2001). Does Nutrient Dynamics Determine C3-C4 Plant Abundance in Southern African Ecosystems?. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Shugart, Herman H., Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez, & E. S. Kasischke. (2000). Determination of Stand Properties in Boreal and Temperate Forests Using High-Resolution Imagery. Forest Science. 46(4). 478–486. 24 indexed citations
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Doyle, Thomas W., Herman H. Shugart, & D.C. West. (1982). FORICO: gap dynamics model of the lower montane rain forest in Puerto Rico. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 15(4). 4047–4052. 1 indexed citations
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Shugart, Herman H., S. B. McLaughlin, & D.C. West. (1980). Forest models: their development and potential applications for air pollution effects research. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 17(8). e0273024–e0273024. 3 indexed citations
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Shugart, Herman H. & D.C. West. (1979). Size and Pattern of Simulated Forest Stands. Forest Science. 25(1). 120–122. 40 indexed citations
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Shugart, Herman H.. (1978). Time series and ecological processes : proceedings of a conference sponsored by SIAM Institute for Mathematics and Society and supported by the National Science Foundation. 2 indexed citations
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West, D.C., et al.. (1978). Air pollution effects on forest growth and succession: applications of a mathematical model. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 33(19). 5942–6. 5 indexed citations
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Odum, Eugene P., et al.. (1976). TOTALITY INDEXES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF HIGHWAY ALTERNATIVES. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 8 indexed citations

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