Ken W. Krauss

14.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
164 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Ken W. Krauss is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken W. Krauss has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Ecology, 46 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 43 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ken W. Krauss's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (129 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (48 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (41 papers). Ken W. Krauss is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (129 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (48 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (41 papers). Ken W. Krauss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Ken W. Krauss's co-authors include Catherine E. Lovelock, Donald R. Cahoon, Kerrylee Rogers, James A. Allen, Daniel A. Friess, Neil Saintilan, Thomas W. Doyle, William H. Conner, Karen L. McKee and Michael J. Osland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ken W. Krauss

159 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

2015 616 citations Daniel A. Friess, Ken W. Krauss et al. profile →
Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review

2008 597 citations Ken W. Krauss, Karen L. McKee et al. profile →
The State of the World's Mangrove Forests: Past, Present, and Future

2019 526 citations Daniel A. Friess, Ken W. Krauss et al. profile →
How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level

2013 503 citations Ken W. Krauss, Karen L. McKee et al. New Phytologist profile →
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at mangrove poleward limits

2013 462 citations Neil Saintilan, Ken W. Krauss et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Marshes and Mangroves as Nature-Based Coastal Storm Buffers

2022 129 citations Stijn Temmerman, Erik Horstman et al. Annual Review of Marine Science profile →
Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

2023 124 citations Shanshan Song, Yali Ding et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken W. Krauss United States	50	8.1k	3.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	164	9.3k
Robert R. Twilley United States	55	8.9k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	178	11.2k
Ilka C. Feller United States	48	7.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	880 0.6×	127	8.0k
Neil Saintilan Australia	45	6.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	666 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	181	7.5k
Daniel M. Alongi Australia	50	10.4k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	143	12.5k
Norman C. Duke Australia	44	8.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	768 0.5×	135	9.9k
Kerrylee Rogers Australia	39	5.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	533 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	120	6.5k
Steven Bouillon Belgium	51	9.4k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.7×	904 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	149	13.1k
Víctor H. Rivera‐Monroy United States	40	4.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	783 0.5×	829 0.6×	99	5.8k
J. Patrick Megonigal United States	58	9.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	3.8k 2.0×	2.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.7×	182	13.4k
Donald R. Cahoon United States	52	9.5k 1.2×	5.8k 1.8×	3.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	3.6k 2.6×	104	11.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken W. Krauss

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Chen, Luzhen, Donald R. Schoolmaster, Ken W. Krauss, et al.. (2025). Elevated CO2 enables brackish marsh transgression into freshwater forested wetlands while stimulating CH4 emissions. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 323. 109385–109385.

Duberstein, Jamie A., et al.. (2024). Aboveground Carbon Stocks across a Hydrological Gradient: Ghost Forests to Non-Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands. Forests. 15(9). 1502–1502. 1 indexed citations

Demopoulos, Amanda W.J., et al.. (2024). Benthic Community Metrics Track Hydrologically Stressed Mangrove Systems. Diversity. 16(11). 659–659.

Song, Shanshan, Yali Ding, Wei Li, et al.. (2023). Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change. Nature Communications. 14(1). 756–756. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

Liang, Jie, Ken W. Krauss, John Finnigan, et al.. (2023). Linking water use efficiency with water use strategy from leaves to communities. New Phytologist. 240(5). 1735–1742. 14 indexed citations

MacKenzie, Richard A., et al.. (2023). Relative Effectiveness of a Radionuclide (210Pb), Surface Elevation Table (SET), and LiDAR At Monitoring Mangrove Forest Surface Elevation Change. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(7). 2080–2092. 6 indexed citations

Temmerman, Stijn, et al.. (2022). Marshes and Mangroves as Nature-Based Coastal Storm Buffers. Annual Review of Marine Science. 15(1). 95–118. 129 indexed citations breakdown →

Stagg, Camille L., et al.. (2022). Presence of the Herbaceous Marsh Species Schoenoplectus americanus Enhances Surface Elevation Gain in Transitional Coastal Wetland Communities Exposed to Elevated CO2 and Sediment Deposition Events. Plants. 11(9). 1259–1259. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhiliang, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive assessment of mangrove species and carbon stock on Pohnpei, Micronesia. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0271589–e0271589. 9 indexed citations

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McDowell, Nate G., Marilyn C. Ball, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, et al.. (2022). Processes and mechanisms of coastal woody‐plant mortality. Global Change Biology. 28(20). 5881–5900. 46 indexed citations

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Friess, Daniel A., Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas, Behara Satyanarayana, et al.. (2020). Scientific contributions of the Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management (MMM) conference series, 2000–2019. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 248. 106742–106742. 4 indexed citations

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MacKenzie, R. A., et al.. (2020). The Future Resiliency of Mangrove Forests to Sea-Level Rise in the Western Pacific: Initiating a National Assessment Approach. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

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MacKenzie, Richard A., et al.. (2020). Surface elevation change evaluation in mangrove forests using a low‐cost, rapid‐scan terrestrial laser scanner. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 19(1). 8–20. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Xueyang, et al.. (2018). Ecosystem respiration in coastal tidal flats can be modelled from air temperature, plant biomass and inundation regime. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations

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Krauss, Ken W., et al.. (2017). Performance measures for a Mississippi River reintroduction into the forested wetlands of Maurepas Swamp. Scientific investigations report. 3 indexed citations

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Hester, Mark W., Stewart Jones, Camille L. Stagg, & Ken W. Krauss. (2016). Spartina alterniflora Salt Marsh Elevation Change and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Response to Climate Change: Effects of Altered Hydrology and Increased Atmospheric CO 2. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Olsson, Linda, et al.. (2015). Factors influencing CO ₂ and CH ₄ emissions from coastal wetlands in the Liaohe Delta, Northeast China. Biogeosciences. 12(16). 4965–4977. 96 indexed citations

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Krauss, Ken W., et al.. (2013). Leaf Gas Exchange and Nutrient Use Efficiency Help Explain the Distribution of Two Neotropical Mangroves under Contrasting Flooding and Salinity. International Journal of Forestry Research. 2013. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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Noe, Gregory B., Cliff R. Hupp, Edward R. Schenk, et al.. (2013). Linkages between hydrogeomorphology and nutrient availability in wetlands (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Allen, James A., Ken W. Krauss, Norman C. Duke, et al.. (2000). Bruguiera Species in Hawai'i: Systematic Considerations and Ecological Implications. Pacific Science. 54(4). 331–343. 8 indexed citations

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