Isla H. Myers‐Smith

20.3k citations

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

Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
Ecology top 0.5%
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%

Co-authors: David S. Hik Mark Vellend Carissa D. Brown Anne D. Bjorkman Andrew M. Cunliffe Gergana N. Daskalova Lander Baeten Jakob J. Assmann
Topics: Climate change and permafrost (44 papers)Cryospheric studies and observations (31 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers)
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Atmospheric Science Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United Kingdom Canada United States

In The Last Decade

Isla H. Myers‐Smith

68 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

2014 394 citations Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Martin Wilmking et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

2013 387 citations Mark Vellend, Lander Baeten et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities

2014 329 citations Mark Vellend, Carissa D. Brown et al. Oikos profile →
Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome

2020 265 citations Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey et al. Nature Communications profile →
Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

2021 196 citations Logan T. Berner, Amy Breen et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost

2022 188 citations Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Howard E. Epstein et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences 2025 ·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	3
2	Post-drainage vegetation, microtopography and organic matter in Arctic drained lake basins 2024 ·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	5
3	Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead 2023 ·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	45
4	Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale‐dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems 2023 ·Oikos ·(unknown),Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Gergana N. Daskalova,Jeffrey T. Kerby,Haydn J. D. Thomas,Andrew M. Cunliffe	2
5	Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains 2022 ·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,(unknown),Stan D. Wullschleger,Adrian V. Rocha	9
6	Incorporating dead material in ecosystem assessments and projections 2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·(unknown),J. Murray Roberts,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Mathew Williams,Kyle G. Dexter,Casey M. Ryan,Uwe Wolfram,Sebastian Hennige	15
7	Rare and common vertebrates span a wide spectrum of population trends 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Gergana N. Daskalova,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,John L. Godlee	45
8	Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biomebreakdown → 2020 ·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	265
9	Woody plant encroachment intensifies under climate change across tundra and savanna biomes 2020 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Mariana García Criado,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Anne D. Bjorkman,Caroline E. R. Lehmann,Nicola Stevens	137
10	Seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations 2019 ·Science Advances ·Anna L. Hargreaves,Esteban Suárez,Klaus Mehltreter,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Sula Vanderplank,Heather L. Slinn,(unknown),Sybille Haeussler,(unknown),(unknown),R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez,(unknown),(unknown),David A. Moeller,Jedediah F. Brodie,Haydn J. D. Thomas,(unknown)	50
11	Status and trends in Arctic vegetation: Evidence from experimental warming and long-term monitoring 2019 ·AMBIO ·Anne D. Bjorkman,Mariana García Criado,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Virve Ravolainen,Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir,Kristine Bakke Westergaard,James P. Lawler,(unknown),(unknown),Hans Gardfjell,Starri Heiðmarsson,Lærke Stewart,Signe Normand	139
12	Vegetation monitoring using multispectral sensors — best practices and lessons learned from high latitudes 2018 ·Edinburgh Research Explorer ·Jakob J. Assmann,Jeffrey T. Kerby,Andrew M. Cunliffe,Isla H. Myers‐Smith	128
13	Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions 2018 ·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	2
14	Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions 2018 ·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	161
15	Different parts, different stories: climate sensitivity of growth is stronger in root collars vs. stems in tundra shrubs 2017 ·Global Change Biology ·Pascale Ropars,Sandra Angers‐Blondin,(unknown),Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Esther Lévesque,Stéphane Boudreau	39
16	Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra: an assessment of controlling factors using an evidence-based approach 2017 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Andrew Martin,Elizabeth S. Jeffers,Gillian Petrokofsky,Isla H. Myers‐Smith,Marc Macias‐Fauria	117
17	Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns 2014 ·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	191
18	Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over timebreakdown → 2013 ·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	387
19	Shrub line advance in Arctic and alpine tundra of the Yukon Territory 2010 ·AGUFM ·Isla H. Myers‐Smith,David S. Hik	1
20	Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst 2008 ·Biogeosciences ·Isla H. Myers‐Smith,J. W. Harden,Martin Wilmking,Christopher C. Fuller,A. David McGuire,F. Stuart Chapin	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) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 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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