Matthew W. Jones

16.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
66 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew W. Jones is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew W. Jones has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew W. Jones's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (17 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (15 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (13 papers). Matthew W. Jones is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (17 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (15 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (13 papers). Matthew W. Jones collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Matthew W. Jones's co-authors include Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell, Robbie M. Andrew, Glen P. Peters, Pierre Friedlingstein, Adam J. P. Smith, Robert B. Jackson, Anthony J. De-Gol, Cristina Santín and Felix Creutzig and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Matthew W. Jones

61 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement

2020 1.5k citations Corinne Le Quéré, Matthew W. Jones et al. profile →
Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change

2022 621 citations Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou et al. profile →
National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850

2023 271 citations Matthew W. Jones, Corinne Le Quéré et al. profile →
Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era

2021 202 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system

2022 139 citations Alysha I. Coppola, Thorsten Dittmar et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics

2024 51 citations Matthew W. Jones, Sander Veraverbeke et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew W. Jones United Kingdom	26	2.0k	874	610	553	543	66	4.1k
Rachel Warren United Kingdom	36	2.2k 1.1×	671 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	724 1.3×	672 1.2×	108	5.8k
Peter C. Frumhoff United States	26	1.6k 0.8×	363 0.4×	469 0.8×	492 0.9×	375 0.7×	39	3.3k
Min Liu China	33	1.4k 0.7×	918 1.1×	723 1.2×	641 1.2×	160 0.3×	230	3.7k
Tingting Li China	36	1.9k 0.9×	631 0.7×	627 1.0×	820 1.5×	359 0.7×	182	5.1k
Tang Ya China	35	763 0.4×	864 1.0×	799 1.3×	487 0.9×	171 0.3×	203	4.3k
Chi Xu China	30	1.7k 0.9×	507 0.6×	508 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	212 0.4×	147	3.9k
Nobukazu Nakagoshi Japan	34	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	281 0.5×	1.2k 2.2×	392 0.7×	216	4.6k
Yasuaki Hijioka Japan	30	1.7k 0.8×	760 0.9×	393 0.6×	424 0.8×	749 1.4×	111	4.0k
Yili Zhang China	44	2.9k 1.4×	495 0.6×	1.7k 2.8×	2.0k 3.7×	186 0.3×	303	7.1k
Susan Gross Solomon Canada	10	4.0k 2.0×	516 0.6×	2.8k 4.5×	1.3k 2.4×	468 0.9×	32	8.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Seydi, Seyd Teymoor, John T. Abatzoglou, Matthew W. Jones, et al.. (2025). Increasing global human exposure to wildland fires despite declining burned area. Science. 389(6762). 826–829.

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Jones, Matthew W., Sander Veraverbeke, Niels Andela, et al.. (2024). Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics. Science. 386(6719). eadl5889–eadl5889. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kolden, Crystal A., John T. Abatzoglou, Matthew W. Jones, & Piyush Jain. (2024). Wildfires in 2023. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5(4). 238–240. 42 indexed citations

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Heyde, Mieke van der, et al.. (2023). Rapid detection of subterranean fauna from passive sampling of groundwater eDNA. Environmental DNA. 5(6). 1706–1719. 13 indexed citations

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Quine, Timothy A., Elizabeth L. Cressey, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, et al.. (2022). Geomorphically mediated carbon dynamics of floodplain soils and implications for net effect of carbon erosion. Hydrological Processes. 36(9). 2 indexed citations

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Medinets, Sergiy, Nicholas Cowan, Julia Drewer, et al.. (2021). Impact of climate change on soil nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from typical land uses in Scotland. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 55035–55035. 9 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W., Adam J. P. Smith, Richard Betts, et al.. (2020). Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: January 2020. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Adam J. P., Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou, Josep G. Canadell, & Richard Betts. (2020). Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: September 2020. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 2 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W., Alysha I. Coppola, Cristina Santín, et al.. (2020). Fires prime terrestrial organic carbon for riverine export to the global oceans. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2791–2791. 103 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W., et al.. (2019). Dealing with a climate emergency. Physics World. 32(10). 25–25.

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Jones, Matthew W., Timothy A. Quine, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, et al.. (2017). Do Regional Aerosols Contribute to the Riverine Export of Dissolved Black Carbon?. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(11). 2925–2938. 26 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W., et al.. (2012). Tech to the Future: Problems with Balance, Troubles with Therapy. IEEE Potentials. 31(1). 34–41. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W. & William F. Hunt. (2008). Performance of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in the Southeastern United States. 7. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Fraser, Dylan J., et al.. (2006). Loss of historical immigration and the unsuccessful rehabilitation of extirpated salmon populations. Conservation Genetics. 8(3). 527–546. 63 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W. & Jeffrey A. Hutchings. (2001). The influence of male parr body size and mate competition on fertilization success and effective population size in Atlantic salmon. Heredity. 86(6). 675–684. 35 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W. & Jeffrey A. Hutchings. (2001). The influence of male parr body size and mate competition on fertilization success and effective population size in Atlantic salmon. Heredity. 86(6). 675–684. 69 indexed citations

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Hébert, Christian, et al.. (2000). Hydrography and population genetic structure in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis, Mitchill) from eastern Canada. Molecular Ecology. 9(7). 971–982. 40 indexed citations

18.

Jones, Matthew W., et al.. (1994). A prediction investigated: Antrim gas fields in central and southern Michigan. AAPG Bulletin. 1 indexed citations

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Morris, D.F.C. & Matthew W. Jones. (1969). Extraction of anions by a liquid cation-exchanger. Electrochimica Acta. 14(12). 1233–1257. 7 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew W., et al.. (1960). Gas calorimetry : the determination of the calorific value of gaseous fuels. 2 indexed citations

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