J. S. Clein

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J. S. Clein is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. S. Clein has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J. S. Clein's work include Climate change and permafrost (17 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (12 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (11 papers). J. S. Clein is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (17 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (12 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (11 papers). J. S. Clein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. J. S. Clein's co-authors include Joshua P. Schimel, Jerry M. Melillo, A. David McGuire, David W. Kicklighter, Roger Dargaville, A. D. McGuire, Qianlai Zhuang, John S. Kimball, Ronny Meier and V. E. Romanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

J. S. Clein

28 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO₂, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

2001 632 citations A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. S. Clein United States	21	1.7k	1.7k	1.0k	577	268	29	3.1k
Evan S. Kane United States	30	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	392 0.7×	295 1.1×	97	3.2k
Rosvel Bracho United States	26	852 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	820 0.8×	449 0.8×	208 0.8×	52	2.4k
Mingkui Cao China	24	1.8k 1.1×	594 0.4×	992 1.0×	428 0.7×	243 0.9×	31	2.5k
Tomomichi Kato Japan	28	1.9k 1.1×	684 0.4×	955 0.9×	501 0.9×	141 0.5×	68	2.8k
Jinzhi Ding China	23	920 0.6×	894 0.5×	730 0.7×	721 1.2×	140 0.5×	54	2.2k
Annalea Lohila Finland	34	1.4k 0.9×	878 0.5×	1.9k 1.8×	419 0.7×	381 1.4×	136	3.0k
Mingyuan Du China	29	1.9k 1.1×	942 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	656 1.1×	85 0.3×	127	3.2k
Yoshinobu Harazono Japan	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	567 0.6×	286 0.5×	82 0.3×	101	2.4k
Michele Freppaz Italy	28	476 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	560 0.6×	661 1.1×	202 0.8×	125	2.5k
Tagir G. Gilmanov United States	23	1.7k 1.0×	413 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	652 1.1×	240 0.9×	37	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. S. Clein

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Jafarov, Elchin, Hélène Genet, Velimir V. Vesselinov, et al.. (2025). Estimation of above- and below-ground ecosystem parameters for DVM-DOS-TEM v0.7.0 using MADS v1.7.3. Geoscientific model development. 18(12). 3857–3875.

Jafarov, Elchin, Hélène Genet, Brendan M. Rogers, et al.. (2024). Exploring the interplay between soil thermal and hydrological changes and their impact on carbon fluxes in permafrost ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters. 19(7). 74003–74003. 2 indexed citations

He, Yujie, Qianlai Zhuang, A. D. McGuire, et al.. (2017). The Role of Driving Factors in Historical and Projected Carbon Dynamics in Wetland Ecosystems of Alaska. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Genet, Hélène, Yujie He, A. D. McGuire, et al.. (2017). The role of driving factors in historical and projected carbon dynamics of upland ecosystems in Alaska. Ecological Applications. 28(1). 5–27. 26 indexed citations

McGuire, A. David, Roger W. Ruess, Andrea H. Lloyd, et al.. (2010). Vulnerability of white spruce tree growth in interior Alaska in response to climate variability: dendrochronological, demographic, and experimental perspectivesThis article is one of a selection of papers from The Dynamics of Change in Alaska’s Boreal Forests: Resilience and Vulnerability in Response to Climate Warming.. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40(7). 1197–1209. 59 indexed citations

McGuire, A. D., John E. Walsh, John S. Kimball, et al.. (2008). The Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE): Overview and Synthesis. Earth Interactions. 12(7). 1–13. 32 indexed citations

Balshi, M. S., A. David McGuire, Qianlai Zhuang, et al.. (2007). The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan‐boreal region: A process‐based analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(G2). 153 indexed citations

Sitch, Stephen, A. David McGuire, John S. Kimball, et al.. (2007). ASSESSING THE CARBON BALANCE OF CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC TUNDRA USING REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESS MODELING. Ecological Applications. 17(1). 213–234. 107 indexed citations

Balshi, M. S., A. David McGuire, Qianlai Zhuang, et al.. (2006). The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2006. 5 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Qianlai, A. D. McGuire, Jerry M. Melillo, et al.. (2003). Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century: a modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics. Tellus B. 55(3). 751–751. 141 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Qianlai, A. David McGuire, Jerry M. Melillo, et al.. (2003). Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century: a modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics. Tellus B. 55(3). 751–776. 147 indexed citations

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Dargaville, Roger, Martin Heimann, A. David McGuire, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models with atmospheric CO₂ measurements: Results from transient simulations considering increasing CO₂, climate, and land‐use effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 16(4). 51 indexed citations

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McGuire, A. D., Stephen Sitch, J. S. Clein, et al.. (2001). The effects of CO2, climate and land-use on terrestrial carbon balance, 1920-1992: An analysis with four process-based ecosystem models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 6 indexed citations

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Amthor, Jeffrey S., J. S. Clein, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2001). Boreal forest CO₂ exchange and evapotranspiration predicted by nine ecosystem process models: Intermodel comparisons and relationships to field measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D24). 33623–33648. 144 indexed citations

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Clein, J. S., Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, A. David McGuire, et al.. (2000). Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: a comparison of a plot‐ and a global‐scale ecosystem model to identify process‐based uncertainties. Global Change Biology. 6(S1). 127–140. 58 indexed citations

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McGuire, A. David, J. S. Clein, Jerry M. Melillo, et al.. (2000). Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: sensitivity of pan‐Arctic carbon storage to temporal and spatial variation in climate. Global Change Biology. 6(S1). 141–159. 110 indexed citations

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Schimel, Joshua P. & J. S. Clein. (1996). Microbial response to freeze-thaw cycles in tundra and taiga soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 28(8). 1061–1066. 406 indexed citations

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Clein, J. S. & Joshua P. Schimel. (1995). Microbial activity of tundra and taiga soils at sub-zero temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 27(9). 1231–1234. 256 indexed citations

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Clein, J. S. & Joshua P. Schimel. (1995). Nitrogen turnover and availability during succession from alder to poplar in Alaskan taiga forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 27(6). 743–752. 79 indexed citations

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Clein, J. S. & Joshua P. Schimel. (1994). Reduction in microbial activity in Birch litter due to drying and rewetting event. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 26(3). 403–406. 95 indexed citations

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