John Harte

23.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
166 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

John Harte is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Harte has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 51 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John Harte's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (41 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). John Harte is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (41 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). John Harte collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John Harte's co-authors include Margaret Torn, Julia A. Klein, Ann P. Kinzig, Jennifer A. Dunne, Rebecca Shaw, M. Rebecca Shaw, Xin‐Quan Zhao, Michael E. Loik, S. R. Saleska and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Harte

159 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency 2000 2026 2008 2017 2004 2003 2000 2021 250 500 750
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. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
    2004 979 citations Travis E. Huxman, Melinda D. Smith et al. Nature profile →
  2. Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation
    2003 704 citations Jake F. Weltzin, Michael E. Loik et al. profile →
  3. Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis
    2000 588 citations John Harte et al. profile →
  4. Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
    2021 277 citations John Harte 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
John Harte United States 54 4.3k 4.0k 3.8k 2.1k 2.0k 166 11.5k
Juan J. Armestó Chile 46 3.7k 0.8× 5.7k 1.4× 6.3k 1.7× 2.0k 1.0× 4.4k 2.2× 203 13.8k
Thomas Hickler Germany 53 4.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 184 10.1k
Gary Yohe United States 38 5.0k 1.2× 4.3k 1.1× 3.1k 0.8× 4.0k 1.9× 3.4k 1.7× 143 14.3k
Stephen E. Fick United States 16 2.8k 0.7× 3.8k 1.0× 3.2k 0.8× 3.9k 1.8× 2.9k 1.5× 24 11.4k
Philip W. Rundel United States 58 6.1k 1.4× 4.0k 1.0× 5.7k 1.5× 1.0k 0.5× 4.2k 2.1× 230 14.9k
Kathleen C. Weathers United States 55 3.8k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 738 0.3× 870 0.4× 174 11.8k
Wolfgang Crämer Germany 60 12.2k 2.8× 5.1k 1.3× 4.9k 1.3× 2.5k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 160 20.2k
Lawrence R. Walker United States 52 3.4k 0.8× 4.9k 1.3× 7.3k 1.9× 791 0.4× 3.6k 1.8× 134 13.1k
Clive G. Jones United States 51 4.1k 0.9× 7.9k 2.0× 4.6k 1.2× 687 0.3× 3.5k 1.8× 126 16.5k
Michael A. Huston United States 36 4.5k 1.1× 6.3k 1.6× 8.7k 2.3× 1.5k 0.7× 4.2k 2.1× 53 14.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Harte

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Harte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Harte

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saleska, S. R., Steven C. Wofsy, David S. Battisti, et al.. (2025). What Is Endangered Now? Climate Science at the Crossroads. AGU Advances. 6(3). 1 indexed citations
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Harte, John, et al.. (2024). Dynamical theory of complex systems with two-way micro–macro causation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50). e2408676121–e2408676121. 3 indexed citations
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Harte, John, et al.. (2022). An equation of state unifies diversity, productivity, abundance and biomass. Communications Biology. 5(1). 874–874. 15 indexed citations
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Harte, John, et al.. (2021). DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt‐plus‐mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology. Ecology Letters. 24(5). 935–949. 25 indexed citations
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Harte, John, et al.. (2021). Relating the Strength of Density Dependence and the Spatial Distribution of Individuals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 5 indexed citations
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Georgiou, Katerina, Rose Abramoff, John Harte, W. J. Riley, & Margaret Torn. (2017). Microbial community-level regulation explains soil carbon responses to long-term litter manipulations. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1223–1223. 118 indexed citations
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Harte, John & Justin Kitzes. (2015). Inferring Regional-Scale Species Diversity from Small-Plot Censuses. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0117527–e0117527. 17 indexed citations
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Harte, John, Adam B. Smith, & David Štorch. (2009). Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species–area curve. Ecology Letters. 12(8). 789–797. 156 indexed citations
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Harte, John, Tommaso Zillio, Erin Conlisk, & Adam B. Smith. (2008). MAXIMUM ENTROPY AND THE STATE-VARIABLE APPROACH TO MACROECOLOGY. Ecology. 89(10). 2700–2711. 177 indexed citations
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Adler, Lynn S., et al.. (2007). Effects of Long-term Experimental Warming on Aphid Density in the Field. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 80(2). 156–168. 26 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Umesh, Jennifer A. Dunne, John Harte, & Neo D. Martinez. (2007). RESPONSE OF COMPLEX FOOD WEBS TO REALISTIC EXTINCTION SEQUENCES. Ecology. 88(3). 671–682. 130 indexed citations
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Klein, Julia A., John Harte, & Xinquan Zhao. (2007). EXPERIMENTAL WARMING, NOT GRAZING, DECREASES RANGELAND QUALITY ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU. Ecological Applications. 17(2). 541–557. 330 indexed citations
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Torn, Margaret & John Harte. (2006). Missing feedbacks, asymmetric uncertainties, and the underestimation of future warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 33(10). 57 indexed citations
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Huxman, Travis E., Melinda D. Smith, Philip A. Fay, et al.. (2004). Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature. 429(6992). 651–654. 979 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harte, John. (2001). Consider a cylindrical cow : more adventures in environmental problem solving. 4 indexed citations
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Harte, John, Tim M. Blackburn, & Annette Ostling. (2001). Self‐Similarity and the Relationship between Abundance and Range Size. The American Naturalist. 157(4). 374–386. 60 indexed citations
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Loik, Michael E. & John Harte. (1996). High-temperature tolerance of Artemisia tridentata and Potentilla gracilis under a climate change manipulation. Oecologia. 108(2). 224–231. 37 indexed citations
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Harte, John, et al.. (1983). The Potential for Acid-Precipitation Damage to Lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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