Jennifer C. McElwain

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Jennifer C. McElwain is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer C. McElwain has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 38 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jennifer C. McElwain's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers). Jennifer C. McElwain is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers). Jennifer C. McElwain collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Jennifer C. McElwain's co-authors include Matthew Haworth, Stephen P. Hesselbo, David J. Beerling, F. I. Woodward, Surangi W. Punyasena, Claire M. Belcher, Charilaos Yiotis, Caroline Elliott‐Kingston, Margret Steinthorsdottir and Wolfram M. Kürschner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer C. McElwain

122 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Fossil Plants and Global Warming at the Triassic-Jurassic... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Fossil Plants and Global Warming at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary
    1999 505 citations Jennifer C. McElwain et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jennifer C. McElwain Ireland 44 2.8k 2.5k 1.9k 1.6k 1.4k 126 6.7k
Dana L. Royer United States 38 2.6k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 81 6.8k
William A. DiMichele United States 52 3.6k 1.3× 3.8k 1.5× 4.2k 2.2× 1.4k 0.9× 468 0.3× 205 8.8k
Henk Visscher Netherlands 40 3.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 481 0.3× 532 0.4× 86 5.2k
Louis François Belgium 41 1.5k 0.5× 2.7k 1.1× 686 0.4× 576 0.4× 875 0.6× 123 5.5k
Joachim Reitner Germany 53 4.5k 1.6× 2.9k 1.2× 707 0.4× 460 0.3× 948 0.7× 287 10.5k
Andreas Mulch Germany 45 1.4k 0.5× 2.9k 1.2× 956 0.5× 267 0.2× 498 0.4× 156 6.5k
Gregory J. Retallack United States 57 7.2k 2.6× 6.1k 2.5× 1.8k 1.0× 460 0.3× 351 0.3× 260 11.5k
Christopher J. Poulsen United States 50 2.9k 1.1× 5.6k 2.3× 596 0.3× 229 0.1× 1.7k 1.2× 141 7.8k
Isabel P. Montañez United States 50 4.8k 1.7× 4.3k 1.7× 758 0.4× 229 0.1× 456 0.3× 161 7.6k
Paul A. Wilson United Kingdom 54 4.9k 1.8× 7.3k 2.9× 482 0.3× 237 0.2× 616 0.4× 159 9.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer C. McElwain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahmad, Sate, Adam J. Bates, Matthew Saunders, et al.. (2025). Flatlining fens? Small-scale variations in peat properties and microtopography as indicators of ecosystem homogenisation. Ecological Indicators. 172. 113317–113317. 3 indexed citations
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McElwain, Jennifer C., Kamila Kwaśniewska, Richard Nair, et al.. (2024). Functional traits of fossil plants. New Phytologist. 242(2). 392–423. 7 indexed citations
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Lyons, Craig, Jennifer C. McElwain, David A. O’Gorman, et al.. (2023). The effect of high‐flow nasal oxygen flow rate on gas exchange in apnoeic patients: a randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia. 79(6). 576–582. 4 indexed citations
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Kipp, Michael A., Eva E. Stüeken, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(1). 57–69. 8 indexed citations
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Richey, Jon D., Jonathan P. Wilson, Jennifer C. McElwain, et al.. (2021). Freeze tolerance influenced forest cover and hydrology during the Pennsylvanian. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(42). 11 indexed citations
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Haughey, E, Jennifer C. McElwain, & John A. Finn. (2020). Variability of water supply affected shoot biomass and root depth distribution of four temperate grassland species in monocultures and mixtures. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(5). 554–562. 6 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jonathan P., Joseph D. White, Isabel P. Montañez, et al.. (2020). Carboniferous plant physiology breaks the mold. New Phytologist. 227(3). 667–679. 19 indexed citations
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Yiotis, Charilaos, Andrew Parnell, Ian J. Wright, et al.. (2019). Rising CO 2 drives divergence in water use efficiency of evergreen and deciduous plants. Science Advances. 5(12). eaax7906–eaax7906. 69 indexed citations
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Laurin, Jiří, Richard S. Barclay, Bradley B. Sageman, et al.. (2019). Terrestrial and marginal-marine record of the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2): High-resolution framework, carbon isotopes, CO2 and sea-level change. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 524. 118–136. 34 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jonathan P., Isabel P. Montañez, Joseph D. White, et al.. (2017). Dynamic Carboniferous tropical forests: new views of plant function and potential for physiological forcing of climate. New Phytologist. 215(4). 1333–1353. 67 indexed citations
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Wright, Ian J., Karen L. Bacon, Tanja I. Lenz, et al.. (2017). A new paleo-leaf economic proxy reveals a shift in ecosystem function in response to global warming at the onset of the Triassic period. Nature Plants. 3. 1 indexed citations
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Montañez, Isabel P., Jennifer C. McElwain, Christopher J. Poulsen, et al.. (2016). Climate, pCO2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial–interglacial cycles. Nature Geoscience. 9(11). 824–828. 202 indexed citations
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Steinthorsdottir, Margret, et al.. (2016). Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO 2 prior to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary. Climate of the past. 12(2). 439–454. 46 indexed citations
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McElwain, Jennifer C., et al.. (2009). The stomatal-CO 2 proxy: Limitations and advances. GeCAS. 73. 2 indexed citations
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McElwain, Jennifer C., Mihai Emilian Popa, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Matthew Haworth, & Finn Surlyk. (2007). Macroecological responses of terrestrial vegetation to climatic and atmospheric change across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in East Greenland. Paleobiology. 33(4). 547–573. 147 indexed citations
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McElwain, Jennifer C., et al.. (2005). Thermogenic or biogenic methane? Interpreting negative isotopic excursion during Oceanic Anoxic Events using atmospheric pCO2 records from fossil plant stomata.. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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McElwain, Jennifer C.. (1998). Do fossil plants signal palaeoatmospheric CO, concentration in the geological past. 5 indexed citations

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