James A. Rusak

10.0k total citations
71 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

James A. Rusak is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Rusak has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in James A. Rusak's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (23 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers). James A. Rusak is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (23 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers). James A. Rusak collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. James A. Rusak's co-authors include Norman D. Yan, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, Peter R. Leavitt, Keith M. Somers, Paul C. Hanson, Andrew M. Paterson, Michael J. Paterson, Angela D. Kent, Kathryn L. Cottingham and Eric W. Triplett and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

James A. Rusak

70 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James A. Rusak Canada 35 2.0k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 967 71 4.3k
Rolf D. Vinebrooke Canada 33 2.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 677 0.7× 101 5.0k
Beatrix E. Beisner Canada 38 2.8k 1.4× 2.1k 1.5× 1.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 133 5.3k
Matthew E. S. Bracken United States 26 3.1k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 2.2k 1.6× 1.8k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 63 6.8k
Daniel S. Gruner United States 27 3.6k 1.8× 1.9k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.9× 1.4k 1.4× 61 7.8k
Florian Malard France 40 3.5k 1.7× 1.0k 0.8× 735 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 703 0.7× 98 5.5k
John S. Kominoski United States 37 2.5k 1.2× 849 0.6× 517 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 866 0.9× 109 4.1k
Thorsten Blenckner Sweden 41 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 777 0.6× 2.2k 2.2× 91 4.9k
Dietmar Straile Germany 39 2.8k 1.4× 3.2k 2.3× 2.9k 2.2× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 106 6.2k
Koren R. Nydick United States 19 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 655 0.5× 615 0.5× 729 0.8× 30 2.8k
Sarian Kosten Netherlands 35 2.2k 1.1× 2.6k 1.9× 2.3k 1.7× 773 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 98 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by James A. Rusak

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Fields of papers citing papers by James A. Rusak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Rusak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ghosh, Shyamolina, Blake Matthews, Sarah R. Supp, et al.. (2025). Synchrony and Tail‐Dependent Synchrony Have Different Effects on Stability of Terrestrial and Freshwater Communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(3).
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Fasching, Christina, et al.. (2024). Role of Lakes, Flood, and Low Flow Events in Modifying Catchment‐Scale DOC:TN:TP Stoichiometry and Export. Water Resources Research. 60(3). 4 indexed citations
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Isles, Peter D. F., Irena F. Creed, Dag O. Hessen, et al.. (2023). Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(4). 639–648. 15 indexed citations
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Corman, Jessica R., Jacob A. Zwart, Jennifer L. Klug, et al.. (2023). Response of lake metabolism to catchment inputs inferred using high‐frequency lake and stream data from across the northern hemisphere. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(12). 2617–2631. 7 indexed citations
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Arnott, Shelley E., et al.. (2022). Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(1). 56–64. 14 indexed citations
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Wells, Mathew G., Bailey C. McMeans, Hilary A. Dugan, et al.. (2021). A New Thermal Categorization of Ice-covered Lakes. 5 indexed citations
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Khoury, Sacha, et al.. (2021). Forest defoliator outbreaks alter nutrient cycling in northern waters. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6355–6355. 19 indexed citations
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Smyth, Robyn L., Brian Reid, Stéphanie Pincetl, et al.. (2020). Engaging stakeholders across a socio-environmentally diverse network of water research sites in North and South America. Environmental Development. 38. 100582–100582. 8 indexed citations
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Arnott, Shelley E., Anna M. DeSellas, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2020). Road Salt Impacts Freshwater Zooplankton at Concentrations below Current Water Quality Guidelines. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(15). 9398–9407. 96 indexed citations
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Wells, Mathew G., Bailey C. McMeans, Hilary A. Dugan, et al.. (2020). A New Thermal Categorization of Ice‐Covered Lakes. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(3). 45 indexed citations
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Lavender, Thomas Michael, Brandon S. Schamp, Shelley E. Arnott, & James A. Rusak. (2019). A comparative evaluation of five common pairwise tests of species association. Ecology. 100(4). e02640–e02640. 9 indexed citations
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Harmon, Thomas C., Robyn L. Smyth, Sudeep Chandra, et al.. (2018). Socioeconomic and Environmental Proxies for Comparing Freshwater Ecosystem Service Threats across International Sites: A Diagnostic Approach. Water. 10(11). 1578–1578. 3 indexed citations
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Woolway, R. Iestyn, Piet Verburg, John D. Lenters, et al.. (2018). Geographic and temporal variations in turbulent heat loss from lakes: A global analysis across 45 lakes. Limnology and Oceanography. 63(6). 2436–2449. 47 indexed citations
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Leach, Taylor H., Beatrix E. Beisner, Cayelan C. Carey, et al.. (2017). Patterns and drivers of deep chlorophyll maxima structure in 100 lakes: The relative importance of light and thermal stratification. Limnology and Oceanography. 63(2). 628–646. 129 indexed citations
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Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., Chris Evans, Mark O. Gessner, et al.. (2017). Widespread Increases in Iron Concentration in European and North American Freshwaters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(10). 1488–1500. 95 indexed citations
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Jeziorski, Adam, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Norman D. Yan, et al.. (2014). The jellification of north temperate lakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1798). 20142449–20142449. 54 indexed citations
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Shurin, Jonathan B., Monika Winder, Rita Adrian, et al.. (2010). Environmental stability and lake zooplankton diversity – contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability. Ecology Letters. 13(4). 453–463. 118 indexed citations
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Helmus, Matthew R., Wendel Keller, Michael J. Paterson, et al.. (2010). Communities contain closely related species during ecosystem disturbance. Ecology Letters. 13(2). 162–174. 181 indexed citations
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Krugner‐Higby, Lisa, Pieter T. J. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Shields, et al.. (2010). Ulcerative disease outbreak in crayfish Orconectes propinquus linked to Saprolegnia australis in Big Muskellunge Lake, Wisconsin. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 91(1). 57–66. 16 indexed citations
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Fraterrigo, Jennifer M. & James A. Rusak. (2008). Disturbance‐driven changes in the variability of ecological patterns and processes. Ecology Letters. 11(7). 756–770. 226 indexed citations

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