Mark Torre Jorgenson

11.9k citations
108 papers · 8.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

  • Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
    • Climate change and permafrost
    • Cryospheric studies and observations
    • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

  • Atmospheric Science 103
    • Climate change and permafrost 103
    • Cryospheric studies and observations 81
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 40
    • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 26
  • Ecology 17
    • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 11
Co-authors
Yuri L. Shur (16 shared papers)Mikhail Kanevskiy (27 shared papers)Erik R. Pullman (3 shared papers)Tom E. Osterkamp (5 shared papers)Steven V. Kokelj (1 shared paper)Charles H. Racine (8 shared papers)James C. Walters (4 shared papers)Yuri Shur (11 shared papers)
Journals
Environmental Research Letters (11 papers)Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (8 papers)Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research (6 papers)Global Change Biology (4 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesCanadaRussia

In The Last Decade

Mark Torre Jorgenson

108 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Mark Torre Jorgenson's Hit Papers

Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost 2022 · 242 citations
2420+8+16Years since publication200400600
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2022 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  2. 2013 Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  3. 2010 Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  4. 2006 Geophysical Research Letters
  5. 2001 Climatic Change

Peers

Mark Torre Jorgenson
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
  • Atmospheric Science 7.8k
  • Environmental Chemistry 946
  • Ecology 1.8k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.3k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 547
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1
Abrupt increase in permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska
Geophysical Research Letters ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Yuri L. Shur, Erik R. Pullman
Hit paper breakdown →		2006633
2
Permafrost Degradation and Ecological Changes Associated with a WarmingClimate in Central Alaska
Climatic Change ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Charles H. Racine, James C. Walters, Thomas E. Osterkamp
Hit paper breakdown →		2001620
3
Patterns of permafrost formation and degradation in relation to climate and ecosystems
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Yuri L. Shur, Mark Torre Jorgenson
2007477
4
Resilience and vulnerability of permafrost to climate changeThis article is one of a selection of papers from The Dynamics of Change in Alaska’s Boreal Forests: Resilience and Vulnerability in Response to Climate Warming.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Vladimir Romanovsky, J. W. Harden, Yuri Shur, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Edward A. G. Schuur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Sergei S. Marchenko
Hit paper breakdown →		2010474
5
Advances in Thermokarst Research
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Steven V. Kokelj, Mark Torre Jorgenson
Hit paper breakdown →		2013423
6
Response of boreal ecosystems to varying modes of permafrost degradation
Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Tom E. Osterkamp
2005280
7
High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region
Nature Geoscience ·Chien‐Lu Ping, Gary J. Michaelson, Mark Torre Jorgenson, J. M. Kimble, Howard E. Epstein, Vladimir Romanovsky, Donald A. Walker
2008279
8
Increase in the rate and uniformity of coastline erosion in Arctic Alaska
Geophysical Research Letters ·Benjamin M. Jones, C. D. Arp, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Joel A. Schmutz, Paul L. Flint
2009264
9
Permafrost soils and carbon cycling
SOIL ·Chien‐Lu Ping, JULIE D. JASTROW, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Gary J. Michaelson, Yuri L. Shur
2015253
10
Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Monique M. P. D. Heijmans, Rúna Í. Magnússon, Mark Jason Lara, Gerald Verner Frost, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Jacobus van Huissteden, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Alexander N. Fedorov
Hit paper breakdown →		2022242
11
Physical and ecological changes associated with warming permafrost and thermokarst in Interior Alaska
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Edward A. G. Schuur, Yuri L. Shur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Jason G. Vogel, Vladimir Tumskoy
2009220
12
Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes
Environmental Research Letters ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, J. W. Harden, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Kimberly P. Wickland, Stephanie Ewing, Kristen Manies, Qianlai Zhuang
2013204
13
Evolution of lakes and basins in northern Alaska and discussion of the thaw lake cycle
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Yuri L. Shur
2007198
14
Observations of Thermokarst and Its Impact on Boreal Forests in Alaska, U.S.A.
Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Leslie A. Viereck, Yuri Shur, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Charles H. Racine, Allen P. Doyle, Richard D. Boone
2000190
15
Cryostratigraphy of late Pleistocene syngenetic permafrost (yedoma) in northern Alaska, Itkillik River exposure
Quaternary Research ·Mikhail Kanevskiy, Yuri L. Shur, Daniel Fortier, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Eva Stephani
2011182
16
Airborne electromagnetic imaging of discontinuous permafrost
Geophysical Research Letters ·Burke J. Minsley, Jared D. Abraham, Bruce D. Smith, James C. Cannia, Clifford I. Voss, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Michelle Ann Walvoord, Bruce K. Wylie
2011179
17
The Effects of Permafrost Thaw on Soil Hydrologic, Thermal, and Carbon Dynamics in an Alaskan Peatland
Ecosystems ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Mark Torre Jorgenson, J. W. Harden, A. DAVID McGUIRE, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Kimberly P. Wickland
2011168
18
Distribution of near-surface permafrost in Alaska: Estimates of present and future conditions
Remote Sensing of Environment ·Neal J. Pastick, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Bruce K. Wylie, Shawn J. Nield, Kristofer D Johnson, Andrew O. Finley
2015168
19
Ground ice in the upper permafrost of the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska
Cold Regions Science and Technology ·Mikhail Kanevskiy, Yuri L. Shur, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Chien‐Lu Ping, Gary J. Michaelson, Daniel Fortier, Eva Stephani, M. Dillon
2012157
20
A raster version of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM)
Remote Sensing of Environment ·Martha K. Raynolds, Donald A. Walker, Andrew W. Balser, Christian Bay, Mitch Campbell, Mikhail Cherosov, Fred J.A. Daniëls, Pernille Bronken Eidesen
2019157

About Mark Torre Jorgenson

Mark Torre Jorgenson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, General Health Professions and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 108 papers that have together received 8.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (103 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (81 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (26 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (13 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (9 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (946 citations), Ecology (1.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.3k citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (547 citations). Mark Torre Jorgenson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Yuri L. Shur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Erik R. Pullman, Tom E. Osterkamp, Steven V. Kokelj, Charles H. Racine, James C. Walters, Yuri Shur, J. W. Harden and Vladimir Romanovsky. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, Global Change Biology and Geophysical Research Letters.

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