Isla H. Myers‐Smith

20.3k citations

70 papers · 5.2k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 37

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 11
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Climate change and permafrost 44
- Cryospheric studies and observations 31
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 21
- Tree-ring climate responses 9
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 9
Ecology top 0.5%
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 13
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Plant and animal studies 6

Co-authors: David S. Hik Mark Vellend Carissa D. Brown Anne D. Bjorkman Andrew M. Cunliffe Gergana N. Daskalova Lander Baeten Jakob J. Assmann
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Atmospheric Science Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Science (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Canada United States

In The Last Decade

Isla H. Myers‐Smith

68 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

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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.

2022 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2021 Environmental Research Letters
2020 Nature Communications
2014 Oikos
2014 Global Change Biology
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences PLOS Climate ·Gareth K. Phoenix,Jarle W. Bjerke,Robert G. Björk,Daan Blok,Anders Bryn,Terry V. Callaghan,Casper T. Christiansen,Andrew M. Cunliffe,Scott J. Davidson,Howard E. Epstein,M. M. Loranty,Andrew Martin,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Johan Olofsson,Thomas C. Parker,Frans‐Jan W. Parmentier,Frøde Stordal,Rachael Treharne,Hans Tømmervik,Carolina Voigt	2025	3
2	Post-drainage vegetation, microtopography and organic matter in Arctic drained lake basins Environmental Research Letters ·Juliane Wolter,Benjamin Jones,Matthias Fuchs,Amy Breen,Ingeborg Bussmann,Boris Koch,Josefine Lenz,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Torsten Sachs,Jens Strauß,Ingmar Nitze,Guido Grosse	2024	5
3	Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·María Dornelas,Jonathan M. Chase,Nicholas J. Gotelli,Anne E. Magurran,Brian J. McGill,Laura H. Antão,Shane A. Blowes,Gergana N. Daskalova,Brian Leung,Inês S. Martins,Faye Moyes,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Chris D. Thomas,Mark Vellend	2023	45
4	Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale‐dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems Oikos ·Elise Gallois,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Gergana N. Daskalova,Jeffrey T. Kerby,Haydn J. D. Thomas,Andrew M. Cunliffe	2023	2
5	Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains Environmental Research Letters ·Salvatore R. Curasi,Ned Fetcher,Rebecca E. Hewitt,Peter M. Lafleur,M. M. Loranty,Michelle C. Mack,Jeremy L. May,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Susan M. Natali,Steven F. Oberbauer,Thomas C. Parker,Oliver Sonnentag,S. A. Vargas,Stan D. Wullschleger,Adrian V. Rocha	2022	9
6	Incorporating dead material in ecosystem assessments and projections Nature Climate Change ·Kelsey Archer Barnhill,J. Murray Roberts,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Mathew Williams,Kyle G. Dexter,Casey M. Ryan,Uwe Wolfram,Sebastian Hennige	2022	15
7	Rare and common vertebrates span a wide spectrum of population trends Nature Communications ·Gergana N. Daskalova,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,John L. Godlee	2020	45
8	Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biomebreakdown → Nature Communications ·Logan T. Berner,Richard Massey,Patrick Jantz,Bruce C. Forbes,Marc Macias‐Fauria,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Timo Kumpula,Gilles Gauthier,Laia Andreu‐Hayles,Benjamin V. Gaglioti,Patrick Burns,Pentti Zetterberg,Rosanne D’Arrigo,S. J. Goetz	2020	265
9	Woody plant encroachment intensifies under climate change across tundra and savanna biomes Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Mariana García Criado,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Anne D. Bjorkman,Caroline E. R. Lehmann,Nicola Stevens	2020	137
10	Seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations Science Advances ·Anna L. Hargreaves,Esteban Suárez,Klaus Mehltreter,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Sula Vanderplank,Heather L. Slinn,Yalma L. Vargas‐Rodriguez,Sybille Haeussler,Santiago David,Jenny Muñoz,R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez,Deirdre Loughnan,John W. Benning,David A. Moeller,Jedediah F. Brodie,Haydn J. D. Thomas,Paula Andrea Morales-Morales	2019	50
11	Status and trends in Arctic vegetation: Evidence from experimental warming and long-term monitoring AMBIO ·Anne D. Bjorkman,Mariana García Criado,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Virve Ravolainen,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Kristine Bakke Westergaard,James P. Lawler,Mora Aronsson,Bruce Bennett,Hans Gardfjell,Starri Heiðmarsson,Lærke Stewart,Signe Normand	2019	139
12	Vegetation monitoring using multispectral sensors — best practices and lessons learned from high latitudes Edinburgh Research Explorer ·Jakob J. Assmann,Jeffrey T. Kerby,Andrew M. Cunliffe,Isla H. Myers‐Smith	2018	128
13	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) ·M. M. Loranty,Benjamin W. Abbott,Daan Blok,Thomas A. Douglas,Howard E. Epstein,Bruce C. Forbes,Benjamin Jones,Alexander Kholodov,Heather Kropp,Avni Malhotra,Steven D. Mamet,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Susan M. Natali,Jonathan A. O’Donnell,Gareth K. Phoenix,Adrian V. Rocha,Oliver Sonnentag,Ken D. Tape,Donald A. Walker	2018	2
14	Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions Biogeosciences ·M. M. Loranty,Benjamin W. Abbott,Daan Blok,Thomas A. Douglas,Howard E. Epstein,Bruce C. Forbes,Benjamin Jones,Alexander Kholodov,Heather Kropp,Avni Malhotra,Steven D. Mamet,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Susan M. Natali,Jonathan A. O’Donnell,Gareth K. Phoenix,Adrian V. Rocha,Oliver Sonnentag,Ken D. Tape,Donald A. Walker	2018	161
15	Different parts, different stories: climate sensitivity of growth is stronger in root collars vs. stems in tundra shrubs Global Change Biology ·Pascale Ropars,Sandra Angers‐Blondin,Marianne Gagnon,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Esther Lévesque,Stéphane Boudreau	2017	39
16	Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra: an assessment of controlling factors using an evidence-based approach Environmental Research Letters ·Andrew Martin,Elizabeth S. Jeffers,Gillian Petrokofsky,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Marc Macias‐Fauria	2017	117
17	Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sarah C. Elmendorf,Gregory H. R. Henry,Robert D. Hollister,Anna Maria Fosaa,William A. Gould,Luise Hermanutz,Annika Hofgaard,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Janet C. Jorgenson,Esther Lévesque,Borgþór Magnússon,Ulf Molau,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Steven F. Oberbauer,Christian Rixen,C. E. Tweedie,Marilyn D. Walker	2014	191
18	Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over timebreakdown → Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark Vellend,Lander Baeten,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Sarah C. Elmendorf,Robin Beauséjour,Carissa D. Brown,Pieter De Frenne,Kris Verheyen,Sonja Wipf	2013	387
19	Shrub line advance in Arctic and alpine tundra of the Yukon Territory AGUFM ·Isla H. Myers‐Smith,David S. Hik	2010	1
20	Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst Biogeosciences ·Isla H. Myers‐Smith,J. W. Harden,Martin Wilmking,Christopher C. Fuller,A. David McGuire,F. Stuart Chapin	2008	72

About Isla H. Myers‐Smith

Isla H. Myers‐Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, having authored 70 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (44 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (31 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (9 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (775 citations), Atmospheric Science (2.6k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.2k citations). Isla H. Myers‐Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include David S. Hik, Mark Vellend, Carissa D. Brown, Anne D. Bjorkman, Andrew M. Cunliffe, Gergana N. Daskalova, Lander Baeten, Jakob J. Assmann, Sarah C. Elmendorf and Jeffrey T. Kerby. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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