M. M. Loranty

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

M. M. Loranty is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. M. Loranty has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Atmospheric Science, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in M. M. Loranty's work include Climate change and permafrost (46 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (27 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers). M. M. Loranty is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (46 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (27 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers). M. M. Loranty collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. M. M. Loranty's co-authors include S. J. Goetz, Pieter S. A. Beck, Heather D. Alexander, Theodoros Damoulas, Sarah Knight, Steven J. Phillips, Richard G. Pearson, Michelle C. Mack, Yufang Jin and James T. Randerson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

M. M. Loranty

59 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change

2013 617 citations M. M. Loranty, Pieter S. A. Beck et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. M. Loranty United States	26	2.0k	1.3k	697	327	295	61	2.8k
Logan T. Berner United States	26	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	887 1.3×	263 0.8×	805 2.7×	58	3.0k
Viacheslav I. Kharuk Russia	31	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	897 1.3×	683 2.1×	625 2.1×	91	2.6k
Adrian V. Rocha United States	29	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	295 0.9×	525 1.8×	55	3.2k
Chandana Gangodagamage United States	10	966 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	520 0.7×	149 0.5×	622 2.1×	25	2.0k
Gregory Starr United States	30	984 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	974 1.4×	207 0.6×	505 1.7×	83	2.6k
Martha K. Raynolds United States	30	2.9k 1.5×	569 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	237 0.7×	126 0.4×	73	3.5k
Donghai Wu China	24	627 0.3×	1.6k 1.3×	971 1.4×	431 1.3×	345 1.2×	50	2.3k
Meixue Yang China	33	3.2k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	401 0.6×	260 0.8×	450 1.5×	100	3.9k
Ngar-Cheung Lau United States	11	2.0k 1.0×	2.9k 2.2×	553 0.8×	153 0.5×	411 1.4×	11	3.7k
Jörg Löffler Germany	27	1.2k 0.6×	854 0.7×	456 0.7×	117 0.4×	584 2.0×	81	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by M. M. Loranty

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. M. Loranty

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Phoenix, Gareth K., Jarle W. Bjerke, Robert G. Björk, et al.. (2025). Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences. PLOS Climate. 4(1). e0000570–e0000570. 3 indexed citations

Webb, Elizabeth E., Heather D. Alexander, Alison K. Paulson, et al.. (2024). Fire‐Induced Carbon Loss and Tree Mortality in Siberian Larch Forests. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(1). 7 indexed citations

Langer, Moritz, M. M. Loranty, Brendan M. Rogers, et al.. (2024). Environmental drivers and remote sensing proxies of post-fire thaw depth in eastern Siberian larch forests. Earth System Dynamics. 15(6). 1459–1482. 1 indexed citations

Alexander, Heather D., S. P. Davydov, Heather Kropp, et al.. (2023). Shrubs Compensate for Tree Leaf Area Variation and Influence Vegetation Indices in Post‐Fire Siberian Larch Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(3). 8 indexed citations

Curasi, Salvatore R., Ned Fetcher, Rebecca E. Hewitt, et al.. (2022). Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains. Environmental Research Letters. 17(4). 45024–45024. 9 indexed citations

Kropp, Heather, M. M. Loranty, Nick Rutter, et al.. (2022). Are vegetation influences on Arctic–boreal snow melt rates detectable across the Northern Hemisphere?. Environmental Research Letters. 17(10). 104010–104010. 7 indexed citations

Loranty, M. M., et al.. (2022). Siberian taiga and tundra fire regimes from 2001–2020. Environmental Research Letters. 17(2). 25001–25001. 60 indexed citations

Loranty, M. M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, et al.. (2018). Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

Loranty, M. M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, et al.. (2018). Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions. Biogeosciences. 15(17). 5287–5313. 161 indexed citations

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Loranty, M. M., S. P. Davydov, Heather Kropp, et al.. (2018). Vegetation Indices Do Not Capture Forest Cover Variation in Upland Siberian Larch Forests. Remote Sensing. 10(11). 1686–1686. 43 indexed citations

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Alexander, Heather D., M. M. Loranty, S. Ludwig, et al.. (2017). Linking tree demography to climate change feedbacks: fire, larch forests, and carbon pools of the Siberian Arctic. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, Elizabeth E., Susan M. Natali, Andrew G. Bunn, et al.. (2017). Variability in above- and belowground carbon stocks in a Siberian larch watershed. Biogeosciences. 14(18). 4279–4294. 23 indexed citations

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Lyu, Haobo, Kaighin A. McColl, Xinlu Li, et al.. (2017). Validation of the SMAP freeze/thaw product using categorical triple collocation. Remote Sensing of Environment. 205. 329–337. 34 indexed citations

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Kropp, Heather, M. M. Loranty, Heather D. Alexander, et al.. (2017). Environmental constraints on transpiration and stomatal conductance in a Siberian Arctic boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(3). 487–497. 33 indexed citations

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Berner, Logan T., Pieter S. A. Beck, M. M. Loranty, et al.. (2012). Cajander larch ( Larix cajanderi ) biomass distribution, fire regime and post-fire recovery in northeastern Siberia. Biogeosciences. 9(10). 3943–3959. 60 indexed citations

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Rocha, Adrian V., M. M. Loranty, Philip E. Higuera, et al.. (2012). The footprint of Alaskan tundra fires during the past half-century: implications for surface properties and radiative forcing. Environmental Research Letters. 7(4). 44039–44039. 112 indexed citations

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Yan, Jin, J. T. Randerson, S. J. Goetz, et al.. (2011). The influence of burn severity on post-fire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Loranty, M. M., et al.. (2010). Competition for light between individual trees lowers reference canopy stomatal conductance: Results from a model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(G4). 20 indexed citations

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Loranty, M. M., et al.. (2010). Contribution of competition for light to within‐species variability in stomatal conductance. Water Resources Research. 46(5). 18 indexed citations

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Loranty, M. M., et al.. (2008). Environmental drivers of spatial variation in whole‐tree transpiration in an aspen‐dominated upland‐to‐wetland forest gradient. Water Resources Research. 44(2). 62 indexed citations

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