Marten Scheffer

115.1k total citations · 34 hit papers
308 papers, 58.2k citations indexed

About

Marten Scheffer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marten Scheffer has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 58.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 86 papers in Ecology and 74 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marten Scheffer's work include Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (110 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (72 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers). Marten Scheffer is often cited by papers focused on Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (110 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (72 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers). Marten Scheffer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Marten Scheffer's co-authors include Egbert H. van Nes, Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Vasilis Dakos, Milena Holmgren, Jonathan A. Foley, Brian R. Walker, Brian Walker, Johan Rockström and Erik Jeppesen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marten Scheffer

306 papers receiving 55.4k citations

Hit Papers

Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems 1993 2026 2004 2015 2001 2009 2010 2004 1993 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marten Scheffer Netherlands 106 25.9k 18.7k 11.4k 10.6k 8.6k 308 58.2k
Stephen R. Carpenter United States 119 38.2k 1.5× 31.4k 1.7× 20.5k 1.8× 19.1k 1.8× 11.4k 1.3× 398 96.7k
Christopher B. Field United States 120 37.6k 1.5× 21.8k 1.2× 10.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.5× 354 72.9k
Carl Folke Sweden 117 44.7k 1.7× 25.9k 1.4× 8.7k 0.8× 2.8k 0.3× 7.6k 0.9× 300 93.8k
Simon A. Levin United States 117 16.6k 0.6× 16.6k 0.9× 13.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.2× 4.8k 0.6× 602 67.8k
Robert B. Jackson United States 131 34.1k 1.3× 23.4k 1.2× 16.2k 1.4× 6.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.2× 460 84.9k
Peter M. Vitousek United States 122 22.0k 0.8× 30.7k 1.6× 23.8k 2.1× 14.1k 1.3× 3.3k 0.4× 353 83.2k
Pamela A. Matson United States 78 13.0k 0.5× 11.8k 0.6× 5.6k 0.5× 6.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.2× 227 40.5k
David Tilman United States 149 27.8k 1.1× 45.5k 2.4× 49.1k 4.3× 10.5k 1.0× 8.2k 1.0× 306 125.0k
Jonathan A. Foley United States 73 24.4k 0.9× 13.4k 0.7× 6.3k 0.6× 2.8k 0.3× 1.7k 0.2× 134 49.8k
Shahid Naeem United States 46 17.2k 0.7× 15.9k 0.9× 11.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.2× 4.2k 0.5× 124 41.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Marten Scheffer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marten Scheffer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marten Scheffer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nes, Egbert H. van, et al.. (2024). Monitoring resilience in bursts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(31). e2407148121–e2407148121. 2 indexed citations
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Robinaugh, Donald J., Jonas M B Haslbeck, Lourens Waldorp, et al.. (2024). Advancing the network theory of mental disorders: A computational model of panic disorder.. Psychological Review. 131(6). 1482–1508. 4 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Egbert H. van Nes, Luke Kemp, et al.. (2023). The vulnerability of aging states: A survival analysis across premodern societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(48). e2218834120–e2218834120. 11 indexed citations
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Lenton, Timothy M., Marten Scheffer, Thomas M. Bury, et al.. (2023). Universal early warning signals of phase transitions in climate systems. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(201). 20220562–20220562. 16 indexed citations
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Lenton, Timothy M. & Marten Scheffer. (2023). Spread of the cycles: a feedback perspective on the Anthropocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1893). 20220254–20220254. 20 indexed citations
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Benincà, Elisa, et al.. (2022). Species abundance correlations carry limited information about microbial network interactions. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(9). e1010491–e1010491. 12 indexed citations
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Arani, Babak M. S., Stephen R. Carpenter, Leo Lahti, Egbert H. van Nes, & Marten Scheffer. (2021). Exit time as a measure of ecological resilience. Science. 372(6547). 90 indexed citations
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Xu, Chi, et al.. (2021). Global inequality remotely sensed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 52 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, et al.. (2021). Loss of resilience preceded transformations of pre-Hispanic Pueblo societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Chi, Timothy A. Kohler, Timothy M. Lenton, Jens‐Christian Svenning, & Marten Scheffer. (2020). Future of the human climate niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11350–11355. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nes, Egbert H. van, Arie Staal, Stijn Hantson, et al.. (2018). Fire forbids fifty-fifty forest. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191027–e0191027. 45 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Jordi Bascompte, Stephen R. Carpenter, et al.. (2015). Dual thinking for scientists. Ecology and Society. 20(2). 61 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Rémi Vergnon, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, et al.. (2014). Why trees and shrubs but rarely trubs?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 29(8). 433–434. 44 indexed citations
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Leemput, Ingrid A. van de, Marieke Wichers, Angélique O. J. Cramer, et al.. (2013). Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(1). 87–92. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dakos, Vasilis, Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock, et al.. (2012). Methods for Detecting Early Warnings of Critical Transitions in Time Series Illustrated Using Simulated Ecological Data. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41010–e41010. 636 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenton, Timothy M., Valerie Livina, Vasilis Dakos, Egbert H. van Nes, & Marten Scheffer. (2012). Early warning of climate tipping points from critical slowing down: comparing methods to improve robustness. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 370(1962). 1185–1204. 210 indexed citations
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Kosten, Sarian, Vera L. M. Huszar, Eloy Bécares, et al.. (2011). Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes. Global Change Biology. 18(1). 118–126. 689 indexed citations breakdown →
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Folke, Carl, Stephen R. Carpenter, Brian Walker, et al.. (2010). Resilience Thinking: Integrating Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability. Ecology and Society. 15(4). 2778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheffer, Marten, Victor Brovkin, & Peter M. Cox. (2006). Positive feedback between global warming and atmospheric CO 2 concentration inferred from past climate change. Geophysical Research Letters. 33(10). 131 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Milena Holmgren, Victor Brovkin, & Martin Claußen. (2005). Synergy between small‐ and large‐scale feedbacks of vegetation on the water cycle. Global Change Biology. 11(7). 1003–1012. 108 indexed citations

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