Karen E. Frey

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Frey is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Frey has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Oceanography and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Frey's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (61 papers), Climate change and permafrost (41 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers). Karen E. Frey is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (61 papers), Climate change and permafrost (41 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers). Karen E. Frey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Karen E. Frey's co-authors include L. C. Smith, J. W. McClelland, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper, R. M. Holmes, Sue E. Moore, James E. Overland, Sarah B. Das, Eddy C. Carmack and Glen M. MacDonald and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Frey

87 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Major Ecosystem Shift in the Northern Bering Sea 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2008 200 400 600
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. A Major Ecosystem Shift in the Northern Bering Sea
    2006 721 citations Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Sue E. Moore et al. profile →
  2. Impacts of permafrost degradation on arctic river biogeochemistry
    2008 536 citations Karen E. Frey, J. W. McClelland profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen E. Frey United States 34 3.8k 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 953 88 5.3k
Jeff Ridley United Kingdom 36 3.3k 0.9× 348 0.2× 809 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 302 0.3× 94 4.3k
A. P. Barrett United States 30 6.3k 1.7× 554 0.3× 880 0.6× 3.0k 2.5× 810 0.8× 61 7.0k
Sebastian H. Mernild United States 36 3.6k 1.0× 423 0.2× 285 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 250 0.3× 100 4.0k
Stephen J. Déry Canada 38 3.5k 0.9× 438 0.3× 361 0.2× 1.8k 1.5× 321 0.3× 123 4.7k
Cunde Xiao China 31 3.0k 0.8× 483 0.3× 225 0.1× 1.4k 1.2× 208 0.2× 210 3.8k
L. D. Hinzman United States 49 6.8k 1.8× 1.6k 0.9× 260 0.2× 1.4k 1.1× 744 0.8× 131 8.2k
Daniel Joswiak China 24 3.6k 1.0× 481 0.3× 232 0.2× 1.8k 1.5× 164 0.2× 37 4.6k
Douglas R. Hardy United States 29 3.2k 0.8× 635 0.4× 146 0.1× 1.3k 1.0× 173 0.2× 57 3.8k
Tuomo Saloranta Norway 27 1.3k 0.3× 327 0.2× 476 0.3× 696 0.6× 469 0.5× 61 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen E. Frey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen E. Frey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen E. Frey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karen E. Frey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karen E. Frey based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Karen E. Frey. Karen E. Frey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frey, Karen E., et al.. (2024). Peatlands Versus Permafrost: Landscape Features as Drivers of Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in West Siberian Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(2). 2 indexed citations
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Kurek, Martin R., Fenix Garcia‐Tigreros, Kimberly P. Wickland, et al.. (2022). Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Dissolved Organic Matter Composition Across Western North American Arctic Lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(1). 15 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Anne, Julia Boike, Michael Fritz, et al.. (2021). First pan-Arctic assessment of dissolved organic carbon in lakes of the permafrost region. Biogeosciences. 18(12). 3917–3936. 21 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Anne, Julia Boike, Michael Fritz, et al.. (2020). First Pan-Arctic Assessment of Dissolved Organic Carbon inPermafrost-Region Lakes. 2 indexed citations
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Bebbington, Anthony, et al.. (2018). Mining and climate change: A review and framework for analysis. The Extractive Industries and Society. 5(1). 201–214. 91 indexed citations
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Frey, Karen E.. (2017). Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity.. 4 indexed citations
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Frey, Karen E., William V. Sobczak, P. J. Mann, & R. M. Holmes. (2016). Optical properties and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter along a flow-path continuum from soil pore waters to the Kolyma River mainstem, East Siberia. Biogeosciences. 13(8). 2279–2290. 60 indexed citations
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Cooper, Lee W., et al.. (2014). A Shift to Melted Sea Ice From Runoff as the Major Component of Chukchi Shelf Open Water Freshwater Fractions, 1993-2013. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shugang, Jinping Zhao, Karen E. Frey, & Jie Su. (2013). Dual-polarized ratio algorithm for retrieving Arctic sea ice concentration from passive microwave brightness temperature. Journal of Oceanography. 69(2). 215–227. 10 indexed citations
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Griffin, C. G., J. W. McClelland, Karen E. Frey, & Ryan M. Holmes. (2012). Quantifying and correcting the impacts of freezing samples on dissolved organic matter absorbance. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Griffin, C. G., J. W. McClelland, Jorien E. Vonk, R. M. Holmes, & Karen E. Frey. (2012). Chromophoric dissolved organic matter during the Mackenzie River spring freshet: Observations and freeze-thaw experiments. EGUGA. 11878. 2 indexed citations
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Tank, Suzanne E., Karen E. Frey, Robert G. Striegl, et al.. (2012). Landscape‐level controls on dissolved carbon flux from diverse catchments of the circumboreal. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26(4). 83 indexed citations
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Frey, Karen E., et al.. (2011). Trends in Sea Ice Cover, Sea Surface Temperature, and Chlorophyll Biomass Across a Marine Distributed Biological Observatory in the Pacific Arctic Region. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Panday, P. K., Jeanne M. Thibeault, & Karen E. Frey. (2011). A multi-model analysis of changing climate in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region using CMIP3 projections for temperature and precipitation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Sue E. Moore, Lee W. Cooper, Karen E. Frey, & Robert S. Pickart. (2011). The Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO)-A Change Detection Array in the Pacific Arctic Sector. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Frey, Karen E., Donald I. Siegel, & L. C. Smith. (2005). Effects of Permafrost Degradation on the River Transport of Solutes to the Kara Sea. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, L. C., Yongwei Sheng, R. R. Forster, et al.. (2003). Melting of small Arctic ice caps observed from ERS scatterometer time series. AGUFM. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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