Jennifer Howard

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Howard is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Howard has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Howard's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (8 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Jennifer Howard is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (8 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Jennifer Howard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Jennifer Howard's co-authors include Emily Pidgeon, Dorothée Herr, Maciej Telszewski, Kirsten Isensee, Elizabeth Mcleod, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier, Emily Landis, Stefanie Simpson, Joan A. Kleypas and Roger B. Griffis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Nature Climate Change and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Howard

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation

2017 353 citations Jennifer Howard, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review

2023 73 citations Albert Pessarrodona, Rita Melo Franco-Santos et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer Howard United States	14	1.0k	546	424	301	147	19	1.5k
Paul E. Carnell Australia	19	1.4k 1.4×	521 1.0×	388 0.9×	200 0.7×	263 1.8×	43	1.7k
Nathan J. Waltham Australia	26	1.5k 1.5×	513 0.9×	807 1.9×	414 1.4×	239 1.6×	105	2.2k
Dorothée Herr Switzerland	16	1.8k 1.7×	857 1.6×	545 1.3×	530 1.8×	379 2.6×	24	2.3k
David Bael United States	6	698 0.7×	160 0.3×	719 1.7×	342 1.1×	253 1.7×	7	1.3k
Emily Pidgeon United States	11	1.9k 1.8×	932 1.7×	466 1.1×	421 1.4×	396 2.7×	18	2.2k
Rebecca L. Morris Australia	22	1.5k 1.4×	909 1.7×	873 2.1×	685 2.3×	487 3.3×	64	2.3k
Richard A. MacKenzie United States	23	1.3k 1.3×	232 0.4×	424 1.0×	92 0.3×	294 2.0×	69	1.8k
Rosario Landgrave Mexico	9	465 0.4×	180 0.3×	439 1.0×	289 1.0×	239 1.6×	19	1.2k
Roy R. Lewis United States	17	2.0k 1.9×	632 1.2×	556 1.3×	277 0.9×	581 4.0×	24	2.4k
Yara Schaeffer-Novelli Brazil	19	864 0.8×	240 0.4×	267 0.6×	164 0.5×	174 1.2×	52	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Howard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jennifer Howard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Howard

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19 of 19 papers shown

Braun, Rudolf, Miguel Cifuentes, Daniel A. Friess, et al.. (2025). Implementation costs of restoring global mangrove forests. One Earth. 8(7). 101342–101342. 3 indexed citations

Pessarrodona, Albert, Jennifer Howard, Emily Pidgeon, Thomas Wernberg, & Karen Filbee‐Dexter. (2024). Carbon removal and climate change mitigation by seaweed farming: A state of knowledge review. The Science of The Total Environment. 918. 170525–170525. 31 indexed citations

Pessarrodona, Albert, Rita Melo Franco-Santos, Luka Seamus Wright, et al.. (2023). Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(6). 1945–1971. 73 indexed citations breakdown →

Howard, Jennifer, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier, Lindsey S. Smart, et al.. (2023). Blue carbon pathways for climate mitigation: Known, emerging and unlikely. Marine Policy. 156. 105788–105788. 42 indexed citations

Clay, Patricia M., Jennifer Howard, D. Shallin Busch, et al.. (2020). Ocean and coastal indicators: understanding and coping with climate change at the land-sea interface. Climatic Change. 163(4). 1773–1793. 7 indexed citations

Goldstein, Allie, Will R. Turner, S. Spawn, et al.. (2020). Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems. Nature Climate Change. 10(4). 287–295. 197 indexed citations

Sutton‐Grier, Ariana E. & Jennifer Howard. (2018). Coastal wetlands are the best marine carbon sink for climate mitigation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16(2). 73–74. 13 indexed citations

Howard, Jennifer, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier, Dorothée Herr, et al.. (2017). Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 15(1). 42–50. 353 indexed citations breakdown →

Howard, Jennifer, Elizabeth Mcleod, Sebastian Thomas, et al.. (2017). The potential to integrate blue carbon into MPA design and management. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 27(S1). 100–115. 76 indexed citations

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Herr, Dorothée, Tundi Agardy, Dominique Benzaken, et al.. (2016). Coastal "blue" carbon: A revised guide to supporting coastal wetland programs and projects using climate finance and other financial mechanisms. 29 indexed citations

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Howard, Jennifer, et al.. (2016). Adaptation and poverty reduction in Mozambique: an opportunity for developing countries to lead. Climate Policy. 18(2). 146–150. 4 indexed citations

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Morrison, Wendy E., Mark Nelson, Jennifer Howard, et al.. (2016). Methodology for assessing the vulnerability of marine fish and shellfish species to a changing climate.. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library. 30 indexed citations

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Alongi, Daniel M., Daniel Murdiyarso, James W. Fourqurean, et al.. (2015). Indonesia’s blue carbon: a globally significant and vulnerable sink for seagrass and mangrove carbon. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24(1). 3–13. 173 indexed citations

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Petes, Laura E., et al.. (2014). Science integration into US climate and ocean policy. Nature Climate Change. 4(8). 671–677. 15 indexed citations

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Fourqurean, James W., Beverly J. Johnson, J. Boone Kauffman, et al.. (2014). Field Sampling of Vegetative Carbon Pools in Coastal Ecosystems. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 5 indexed citations

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Howard, Jennifer, et al.. (2014). Coastal blue carbon: methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrasses. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 283 indexed citations

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Herr, Dorothée, et al.. (2014). Keep it Fresh or Salty: An introductory guide to financing wetland cargon programs and projects. 3 indexed citations

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Griffis, Roger B. & Jennifer Howard. (2013). Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 47 indexed citations

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Staudt, A. C., Allison K. Leidner, Jennifer Howard, et al.. (2013). The added complications of climate change: understanding and managing biodiversity and ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11(9). 494–501. 118 indexed citations

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