Jerry F. Franklin

43.4k total citations · 19 hit papers
222 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Jerry F. Franklin is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerry F. Franklin has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 122 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 69 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Jerry F. Franklin's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (74 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (73 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (69 papers). Jerry F. Franklin is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (74 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (73 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (69 papers). Jerry F. Franklin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Jerry F. Franklin's co-authors include Thomas A. Spies, Mark E. Harmon, C. T. Dyrness, Jiquan Chen, David B. Lindenmayer, Andrew J. Larson, James A. Lutz, Richard T. T. Forman, Frederick J. Swanson and Herman H. Shugart and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jerry F. Franklin

215 papers receiving 24.2k citations

Hit Papers

Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington 1979 2026 1994 2010 1988 2002 2009 1996 2016 400 800 1.2k
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. Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington
    1988 1.4k citations Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  2. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example
    2002 1.4k citations Jerry F. Franklin, Robert Van Pelt et al. profile →
  3. Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States
    2009 1.4k citations Jerry F. Franklin, Andrew J. Larson et al. profile →
  4. The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management
    1996 1.1k citations Jerry F. Franklin, James A. MacMahon et al. profile →
  5. Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience
    2016 998 citations Jerry F. Franklin, Brian J. Harvey et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
  6. Tree Death as an Ecological Process
    1987 770 citations Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  7. Preserving Biodiversity: Species, Ecosystems, or Landscapes?
    1993 745 citations Jerry F. Franklin profile →
  8. The forgotten stage of forest succession: early‐successional ecosystems on forest sites
    2010 744 citations Mark E. Swanson, Jerry F. Franklin et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
  9. Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology
    1999 740 citations Jiquan Chen, Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  10. Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: A World Perspective
    2012 632 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  11. Creating landscape patterns by forest cutting: Ecological consequences and principles
    1987 614 citations Jerry F. Franklin et al. Landscape Ecology profile →
  12. Growing‐Season Microclimatic Gradients from Clearcut Edges into Old‐Growth Douglas‐Fir Forests
    1995 577 citations Jiquan Chen, Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  13. Effects on Carbon Storage of Conversion of Old-Growth Forests to Young Forests
    1990 567 citations Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  14. Contrasting microclimates among clearcut, edge, and interior of old-growth Douglas-fir forest
    1993 492 citations Jiquan Chen, Jerry F. Franklin et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
  15. Coarse Woody Debris in Douglas‐Fir Forests of Western Oregon and Washington
    1988 483 citations Jerry F. Franklin, Ted Thomas et al. Ecology profile →
  16. Global Decline in Large Old Trees
    2012 476 citations David B. Lindenmayer, William F. Laurance et al. profile →
  17. Evergreen Coniferous Forests of the Pacific Northwest
    1979 455 citations Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  18. Reform forest fire management
    2015 371 citations Malcolm P. North, Jerry F. Franklin et al. profile →
  19. REVIEW: Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta‐analysis
    2014 334 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Jerry F. Franklin 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
Jerry F. Franklin United States 75 17.3k 14.6k 10.0k 6.9k 3.0k 222 27.1k
Monica G. Turner United States 96 23.8k 1.4× 13.8k 0.9× 17.6k 1.8× 2.8k 0.4× 3.3k 1.1× 296 37.4k
Yves Bergeron Canada 78 13.9k 0.8× 9.5k 0.7× 5.5k 0.5× 4.6k 0.7× 5.2k 1.7× 524 20.4k
David A. Coomes United Kingdom 70 8.7k 0.5× 11.6k 0.8× 6.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.7× 248 19.4k
Thomas T. Veblen United States 79 14.3k 0.8× 9.6k 0.7× 7.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.3× 5.8k 1.9× 286 19.8k
Rupert Seidl Germany 64 11.4k 0.7× 8.1k 0.6× 5.4k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 185 16.6k
Herman H. Shugart United States 67 9.5k 0.5× 8.1k 0.6× 6.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.2× 3.6k 1.2× 273 17.7k
Sarah E. Hobbie United States 88 8.3k 0.5× 8.8k 0.6× 12.2k 1.2× 2.0k 0.3× 4.6k 1.5× 245 30.8k
Robin L. Chazdon United States 81 11.6k 0.7× 13.4k 0.9× 7.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.3× 735 0.2× 232 25.6k
Christian Messier Canada 65 10.3k 0.6× 10.5k 0.7× 3.5k 0.3× 4.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 364 17.7k
Osvaldo E. Sala United States 82 15.8k 0.9× 15.6k 1.1× 14.9k 1.5× 1.3k 0.2× 3.7k 1.2× 205 36.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jerry F. Franklin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Jiquan, K.T. Paw U, Malcolm P. North, & Jerry F. Franklin. (2024). The contributions of microclimatic information in advancing ecosystem science. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 355. 110105–110105. 9 indexed citations
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Noss, Reed F., et al.. (2023). A Brief History of the Natural Areas Movement. Natural Areas Journal. 43(3). 3 indexed citations
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Kramer, Russell D., Stephen C. Sillett, Van R. Kane, & Jerry F. Franklin. (2020). Disturbance and species composition drive canopy structure and distribution of large trees in Olympic rainforests, USA. Landscape Ecology. 35(5). 1107–1125. 3 indexed citations
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Halofsky, Joshua S., et al.. (2018). The nature of the beast: examining climate adaptation options in forests with stand‐replacing fire regimes. Ecosphere. 9(3). 47 indexed citations
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Ford, Kevin R., Ian Breckheimer, Jerry F. Franklin, et al.. (2016). Competition alters tree growth responses to climate at individual and stand scales. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47(1). 53–62. 93 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Sam C. Banks, William F. Laurance, Jerry F. Franklin, & Gene E. Likens. (2013). Broad Decline of Populations of Large Old Trees. Conservation Letters. 7(1). 72–73. 19 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., David Blair, Lachlan McBurney, et al.. (2013). Principles and practices for biodiversity conservation and restoration forestry: a 30 year case study on the Victorian montane ash forests and the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum. Australian Zoologist. 36(4). 441–460. 27 indexed citations
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Donato, Daniel C., John L. Campbell, & Jerry F. Franklin. (2011). Multiple successional pathways and precocity in forest development: can some forests be born complex?. Journal of Vegetation Science. 23(3). 576–584. 218 indexed citations
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Swanson, Mark E., Jerry F. Franklin, Robert L. Beschta, et al.. (2010). The forgotten stage of forest succession: early‐successional ecosystems on forest sites. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9(2). 117–125. 744 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acker, Steven A., et al.. (2006). Two decades of stability and change in old-growth forest at Mount Rainier National Park.. Northwest Science. 8 indexed citations
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Hargrove, William W., et al.. (2005). Development of a Domain Map for Nodes of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiquan, Bo Song, Mark Rudnicki, et al.. (2004). Spatial Relationship of Biomass and Species Distribution in an Old-Growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Forest. Forest Science. 50(3). 364–375. 33 indexed citations
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Franklin, Jerry F. & Robert Van Pelt. (2004). Spatial Aspects of Structural Complexity in Old-Growth Forests. Journal of Forestry. 102(3). 22–28. 220 indexed citations
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North, Malcolm P., et al.. (1999). Forest Stand Structure of the Northern Spotted Owl's Foraging Habitat. Forest Science. 45(4). 520–527. 55 indexed citations
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Norris, Logan A., Jerry F. Franklin, Gordon Smith, & Dean Rae Berg. (1999). THE HISTORY OF DEMO : AN EXPERIMENT IN REGENERATION HARVEST OF NORTHWESTERN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS. Northwest Science. 73. 3–11. 19 indexed citations
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Gray, Andrew N. & Jerry F. Franklin. (1997). Effects of multiple fires on the structure of southwestern Washington forests. Northwest Science. 71(3). 174–185. 30 indexed citations
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North, Malcolm P., James M. Trappe, & Jerry F. Franklin. (1997). Standing Crop and Animal Consumption of Fungal Sporocarps in Pacific Northwest Forests. Ecology. 78(5). 1543–1543. 4 indexed citations
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Franklin, Jerry F., et al.. (1979). Riparian vegetation in Oregon's western Cascade Mountains : composition, biomass, and autumn phenology. 10 indexed citations
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Critchfield, William B., et al.. (1965). Early Verification of a Hybrid Between Noble and California Red Firs. Forest Science. 11(4). 460–462. 6 indexed citations

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