Howard E. Epstein

17.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Howard E. Epstein is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard E. Epstein has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Atmospheric Science, 51 papers in Ecology and 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Howard E. Epstein's work include Climate change and permafrost (80 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (58 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers). Howard E. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (80 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (58 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers). Howard E. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Howard E. Epstein's co-authors include Donald A. Walker, Gensuo Jia, Gerald V. Frost, Martha K. Raynolds, Gregory S. Okin, Junran Li, Jorge Enrique Díaz Pinzón, Uma S. Bhatt, C. Tucker and William K. Lauenroth and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Howard E. Epstein

151 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers

2012 654 citations Howard E. Epstein, José M. Paruelo et al. profile →
Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost

2022 188 citations Gerald V. Frost, Isla H. Myers‐Smith et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard E. Epstein United States	49	4.8k	3.2k	3.1k	1.1k	952	155	8.7k
E. S. Euskirchen United States	43	5.2k 1.1×	3.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	756 0.8×	114	9.3k
Tao Wang China	48	2.9k 0.6×	5.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.7×	947 0.9×	720 0.8×	171	8.3k
A. D. McGuire United States	42	4.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	631 0.6×	532 0.6×	82	7.8k
Kirsten Thonicke Germany	40	2.8k 0.6×	7.5k 2.4×	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	744 0.8×	110	9.6k
Govindasamy Bala India	46	4.4k 0.9×	7.9k 2.5×	1.8k 0.6×	737 0.7×	544 0.6×	140	10.3k
Jill F. Johnstone Canada	44	3.5k 0.7×	5.5k 1.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.6k 2.4×	538 0.6×	105	8.3k
Xu Lian China	31	2.1k 0.4×	5.5k 1.7×	2.6k 0.8×	993 0.9×	485 0.5×	57	7.4k
Elena Shevliakova United States	42	3.1k 0.6×	6.1k 1.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	965 1.0×	104	8.5k
Nicolas Viovy France	49	3.6k 0.7×	8.7k 2.8×	3.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	154	11.5k
C. Tague United States	45	2.3k 0.5×	4.4k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	992 0.9×	994 1.0×	156	7.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frost, Gerald V., et al.. (2025). Landscape patterns of shrubification in the Siberian Low Arctic: A machine learning perspective. Journal of Ecology. 113(10). 2813–2831.

Phoenix, Gareth K., Jarle W. Bjerke, Robert G. Björk, et al.. (2025). Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences. PLOS Climate. 4(1). e0000570–e0000570. 3 indexed citations

Lhotáková, Zuzana, Karel Klem, Michal Oravec, et al.. (2023). Leaf Functional Traits in Relation to Species Composition in an Arctic–Alpine Tundra Grassland. Plants. 12(5). 1001–1001. 1 indexed citations

Bhatt, Uma S., Gerald V. Frost, Donald A. Walker, et al.. (2023). Decadal Variability in Spring Sea Ice Concentration Linked to Summer Temperature and NDVI on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. Earth Interactions. 27(1). 4 indexed citations

Epstein, Howard E., Donald A. Walker, Gerald V. Frost, et al.. (2020). Spatial patterns of arctic tundra vegetation properties on different soils along the Eurasia Arctic Transect, and insights for a changing Arctic. Environmental Research Letters. 16(1). 14008–14008. 10 indexed citations

Scanlon, Todd M., Howard E. Epstein, Daniel L. Druckenbrod, et al.. (2020). Assessing Temperate Forest Growth and Climate Sensitivity in Response to a Long‐Term Whole‐Watershed Acidification Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(7). 6 indexed citations

Loranty, M. M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, et al.. (2018). Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

Loranty, M. M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, et al.. (2018). Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions. Biogeosciences. 15(17). 5287–5313. 161 indexed citations

Jia, Gensuo, et al.. (2017). ENSO Elicits Opposing Responses of Semi-arid Vegetation Between Hemispheres. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Epstein, Howard E., Zhongming Wen, Jie Zhao, et al.. (2017). Community-weighted mean traits but not functional diversity determine the changes in soil properties during wetland drying on the Tibetan Plateau. Solid Earth. 8(1). 137–147. 19 indexed citations

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Epstein, Howard E., et al.. (2017). Complex terrain influences ecosystem carbon responses to temperature and precipitation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(8). 1306–1317. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Jie Zhao, Howard E. Epstein, et al.. (2016). Community-level trait responses and intra-specific trait variability play important roles in driving community productivity in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw069–rtw069. 16 indexed citations

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Atkins, Jeff W., Howard E. Epstein, & D. L. Welsch. (2015). Vegetation and elevation influence the timing and magnitude of soil CO ₂ efflux in a humid, topographically complex watershed. Biogeosciences. 12(10). 2975–2994. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Jimin Cheng, Kailiang Yu, Howard E. Epstein, & Guozhen Du. (2015). Short-term responses of an alpine meadow community to removal of a dominant species along a fertilization gradient. Journal of Plant Ecology. 8(5). 513–522. 17 indexed citations

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Atkins, Jeff W., Howard E. Epstein, & D. L. Welsch. (2014). Vegetation heterogeneity and landscape position exert strong controls on soil CO ₂ efflux in a moist, Appalachian watershed. 4 indexed citations

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Frost, Gerald V. & Howard E. Epstein. (2013). Tall shrub and tree expansion in Siberian tundra ecotones since the 1960s. Global Change Biology. 20(4). 1264–1277. 236 indexed citations

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Alcaraz‐Segura, Domingo, José M. Paruelo, Howard E. Epstein, & Javier Cabello. (2013). Environmental and Human Controls of Ecosystem Functional Diversity in Temperate South America. Remote Sensing. 5(1). 127–154. 45 indexed citations

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Riveros‐Iregui, Diego, B. L. McGlynn, Howard E. Epstein, & D. L. Welsch. (2008). Landscape Structure Controls Soil CO2 Efflux Variability in Complex Terrain: Scaling From Point Observations to Watershed Scale Fluxes. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Epstein, Howard E., et al.. (2006). Wind erosion and vegetation interactions in a desert ecosystem. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Oesterling, Joseph E., Alfred J. Defalco, Steven A. Kaplan, et al.. (1994). The North American experience with the urolume endoprosthesis as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia: Long-term results. Urology. 44(3). 353–362. 63 indexed citations

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