Mark D. Schwartz

11.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
93 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Mark D. Schwartz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D. Schwartz has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 51 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Mark D. Schwartz's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (50 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (43 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (42 papers). Mark D. Schwartz is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (50 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (43 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (42 papers). Mark D. Schwartz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Mark D. Schwartz's co-authors include Rein Ahas, Anto Aasa, Liang Liang, Julio L. Betancourt, Toby R. Ault, Bradley C. Reed, Jonathan M. Hanes, David W. Wolfe, Jake F. Weltzin and Songlin Fei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Schwartz

91 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemi... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2012 2006 2003 2013 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. Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemisphere
    2006 828 citations Mark D. Schwartz et al. profile →
  2. Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change
    2012 729 citations E. M. Wolkovich, Benjamin I. Cook et al. Nature profile →
  3. Past and future changes in climate and hydrological indicators in the US Northeast
    2006 719 citations Mark D. Schwartz et al. profile →
  4. Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science
    2003 584 citations Mark D. Schwartz profile →
  5. Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science
    2013 329 citations Mark D. Schwartz profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark D. Schwartz United States 42 4.1k 3.9k 2.9k 1.5k 1.5k 93 8.1k
Solomon Z. Dobrowski United States 44 5.5k 1.3× 3.8k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 84 9.5k
Daniel W. McKenney Canada 46 4.2k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 883 0.6× 165 7.6k
Roberta E. Martin United States 57 4.1k 1.0× 6.4k 1.6× 2.1k 0.7× 939 0.6× 970 0.6× 147 10.4k
Yongshuo H. Fu China 55 6.8k 1.7× 5.9k 1.5× 2.7k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 171 10.6k
Isabelle Chuine France 41 4.0k 1.0× 3.5k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 2.3k 1.5× 83 9.3k
Patrick González United States 18 5.6k 1.4× 2.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 1.6× 928 0.6× 29 8.6k
Andreas Hamann Canada 46 3.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 129 7.6k
Jeffrey A. Hicke United States 44 7.5k 1.8× 6.1k 1.6× 733 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 921 0.6× 89 11.1k
Bethany A. Bradley United States 47 4.1k 1.0× 5.2k 1.3× 2.6k 0.9× 557 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 132 9.1k
Anke Jentsch Germany 46 3.5k 0.9× 2.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 182 8.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schwartz, Mark D., Toby R. Ault, Alison C. Donnelly, et al.. (2025). Building spring development indices for woody species in the conterminous United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 364. 110443–110443.
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Chen, Xiaoqiu, et al.. (2024). Temperature variations impacting leaf senescence initiation pathways alter leaf fall timing patterns in northern deciduous forests. The Science of The Total Environment. 934. 173280–173280. 1 indexed citations
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Donnelly, Alison, et al.. (2024). Variation in the timing and duration of autumn leaf phenology among temperate deciduous trees, native shrubs and non-native shrubs. International Journal of Biometeorology. 68(8). 1663–1673. 2 indexed citations
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Donnelly, Alison, et al.. (2024). Characterizing spring phenology in a temperate deciduous urban woodland fragment: trees and shrubs. International Journal of Biometeorology. 68(5). 871–882. 5 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Mark D. & Theresa M. Crimmins. (2024). Phenoclimatology: development and applications in North America. Physical Geography. 46(1). 60–78. 2 indexed citations
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Primack, Richard B., Amanda S. Gallinat, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, et al.. (2023). Ten best practices for effective phenological research. International Journal of Biometeorology. 67(10). 1509–1522. 14 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Mark D., et al.. (2022). Misalignment of Reward Response With Healthful Behavior: An Underappreciated Driver of Population Health Deficits and Health Disparities?. International Journal of Public Health. 67. 1604830–1604830. 1 indexed citations
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Gerst, Katharine L., Theresa M. Crimmins, Erin Posthumus, Alyssa Rosemartin, & Mark D. Schwartz. (2020). How well do the spring indices predict phenological activity across plant species?. International Journal of Biometeorology. 64(5). 889–901. 17 indexed citations
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Yu, Rong, Mark D. Schwartz, Alison Donnelly, & Liang Liang. (2015). An observation-based progression modeling approach to spring and autumn deciduous tree phenology. International Journal of Biometeorology. 60(3). 335–349. 46 indexed citations
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Zurita‐Milla, R., et al.. (2014). On the use of gridded daily temperature data to calculate the extended spring indices phenological models : abstract. University of Twente Research Information. 13427. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Isaac & Mark D. Schwartz. (2014). Long-term herbarium records reveal temperature-dependent changes in flowering phenology in the southeastern USA. International Journal of Biometeorology. 59(3). 347–355. 50 indexed citations
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Wolkovich, E. M., Benjamin I. Cook, Jenica M. Allen, et al.. (2012). Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change. Nature. 485(7399). 494–497. 729 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liang, Liang, Mark D. Schwartz, & Songlin Fei. (2011). Photographic assessment of temperate forest understory phenology in relation to springtime meteorological drivers. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(2). 343–355. 25 indexed citations
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Weiss, Jeremy, Toby R. Ault, Julio L. Betancourt, et al.. (2009). The post-1984 step change in spring temperatures and spring onset in the Western U.S.A.: Proximal and distant drivers. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Westerling, A. L., Julio L. Betancourt, & Mark D. Schwartz. (2007). Reevaluation of the spring onset/fire association in the western U.S. using Phenological vs. Hydrological Models. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Eric F., et al.. (2006). Measurement of protection afforded by ultraviolet-absorbing window film using an in vitro model of photodamage. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 38(4). 337–342. 20 indexed citations
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Borchert, Rolf, Kevin M. Robertson, Mark D. Schwartz, & Guadalupe Williams‐Linera. (2005). Phenology of temperate trees in tropical climates. International Journal of Biometeorology. 50(1). 57–65. 97 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Eric F., Douglas B. Brown, Mark D. Schwartz, Kays H. Kaidbey, & Sergey M. Ksenzenko. (2004). The Polyhydroxy Acid Gluconolactone Protects Against Ultraviolet Radiation in an In Vitro Model of Cutaneous Photoaging. Dermatologic Surgery. 30(2). 189–196. 49 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Mark D., Gregory J. Carbone, G.L. Reighard, & W.R. Okie. (1997). A Model to Predict Peach Phenology and Maturity Using Meteorological Variables. HortScience. 32(2). 213–216. 25 indexed citations
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Lerman, Caryn, Mark D. Schwartz, Suzanne M. Miller, et al.. (1996). A randomized trial of breast cancer risk counseling: Interacting effects of counseling, educational level, and coping style.. Health Psychology. 15(2). 75–83. 153 indexed citations

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