Marc Macias‐Fauria

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Marc Macias‐Fauria is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Macias‐Fauria has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Marc Macias‐Fauria's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers). Marc Macias‐Fauria is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers). Marc Macias‐Fauria collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and Norway. Marc Macias‐Fauria's co-authors include Katherine J. Willis, Bruce C. Forbes, Edward A. Johnson, Alistair W. R. Seddon, Pentti Zetterberg, Peter R. Long, David Benz, Laia Andreu‐Hayles, Emília Gutiérrez and Timo Kumpula and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marc Macias‐Fauria

63 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

  1. Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability
    2016 1.0k citations Alistair W. R. Seddon, Marc Macias‐Fauria et al. Nature profile →
  2. The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world
    2019 337 citations Eric Post, Marc Macias‐Fauria et al. profile →
  3. Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome
    2020 265 citations Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Marc Macias‐Fauria
Isla H. Myers‐Smith United Kingdom
Glenn P. Juday United States
E. S. Euskirchen United States
Lori D. Daniels Canada
Daniel G. Gavin United States
T. Scott Rupp United States
Jill F. Johnstone Canada
Greg H. R. Henry Canada
Juha Aalto Finland
Martin P. Girardin Canada
Isla H. Myers‐Smith United Kingdom
Marc Macias‐Fauria
Citations per year, relative to Marc Macias‐Fauria Marc Macias‐Fauria (= 1×) peers Isla H. Myers‐Smith

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Macias‐Fauria

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Macias‐Fauria

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Macias‐Fauria

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marc Macias‐Fauria. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marc Macias‐Fauria 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 Marc Macias‐Fauria. Marc Macias‐Fauria is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bokhorst, Stef, et al.. (2025). Increases in Arctic Extreme Climatic Events Are Linked to Negative Fitness Effects on the Local Biota. Global Change Biology. 31(4). e70157–e70157.
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Burrell, Nancy, Elizabeth S. Jeffers, Marc Macias‐Fauria, & Katherine J. Willis. (2024). The inadequacy of current carbon storage assessment methods for rewilding: A Knepp Estate case study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 6 indexed citations
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Karlsen, Stein Rune, et al.. (2024). Greening of Svalbard. The Science of The Total Environment. 945. 174130–174130. 6 indexed citations
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Kristensen, J. A., Isabel C. Barrio, Jeffrey T. Kerby, et al.. (2024). Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes. Nature Geoscience. 17(11). 1087–1092. 11 indexed citations
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Post, Eric, Elina Kaarlejärvi, Marc Macias‐Fauria, et al.. (2023). Large herbivore diversity slows sea ice–associated decline in arctic tundra diversity. Science. 380(6651). 1282–1287. 9 indexed citations
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Kühn, Nicola, Carolina Tovar, Katherine J. Willis, & Marc Macias‐Fauria. (2023). Root trait variation along water gradients in the Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(3). 1 indexed citations
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Aguirre, Catalina, et al.. (2022). A Song of Wind and Ice: Increased Frequency of Marine Cold‐Spells in Southwestern Patagonia and Their Possible Effects on Giant Kelp Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(6). 11 indexed citations
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Martin, Andrew, Jakob J. Assmann, Richard Bradshaw, et al.. (2022). What evidence exists for temporal variability in Arctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity throughout the Holocene? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 11(1). 13–13. 2 indexed citations
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Althuizen, Inge, Shuli Chen, Aud H. Halbritter, et al.. (2021). Multiscale mapping of plant functional groups and plant traits in the High Arctic using field spectroscopy, UAV imagery and Sentinel-2A data. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 55006–55006. 53 indexed citations
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Friedlander, Alan M., Mauricio Palacios, Paul E. Brewin, et al.. (2021). One of the least disturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin’s sub‐Antarctic giant kelp forests. Journal of Biogeography. 48(10). 2562–2577. 26 indexed citations
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Grosse, Guido, Mathias Ulrich, Bruce C. Forbes, et al.. (2021). Large Herbivores Affecting Permafrost – Impacts of Grazing on Permafrost Soil Carbon Storage in Northeastern Siberia. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 5 indexed citations
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Berner, Logan T., Richard Massey, Patrick Jantz, et al.. (2020). Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4621–4621. 265 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pironon, Samuel, Thomas R. Etherington, James S. Borrell, et al.. (2019). Potential adaptive strategies for 29 sub-Saharan crops under future climate change. Nature Climate Change. 9(10). 758–763. 71 indexed citations
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Martin, Andrew, Elizabeth S. Jeffers, Gillian Petrokofsky, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, & Marc Macias‐Fauria. (2017). Shrub growth and expansion in the Arctic tundra: an assessment of controlling factors using an evidence-based approach. Environmental Research Letters. 12(8). 85007–85007. 117 indexed citations
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Macias‐Fauria, Marc, Stein Rune Karlsen, & Bruce C. Forbes. (2017). Disentangling the coupling between sea ice and tundra productivity in Svalbard. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8586–8586. 24 indexed citations
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Seddon, Alistair W. R., Marc Macias‐Fauria, Peter R. Long, David Benz, & Katherine J. Willis. (2016). Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability. Nature. 531(7593). 229–232. 1011 indexed citations breakdown →
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Forbes, Bruce C., Marc Macias‐Fauria, & Pentti Zetterberg. (2009). Russian Arctic warming and ‘greening’ are closely tracked by tundra shrub willows. Global Change Biology. 16(5). 1542–1554. 425 indexed citations

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