Merritt R. Turetsky

413 total papers · 29.8k total citations
191 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Merritt R. Turetsky is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Merritt R. Turetsky has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Ecology, 122 papers in Atmospheric Science and 79 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Merritt R. Turetsky's work include Climate change and permafrost (111 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (109 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (69 papers). Merritt R. Turetsky is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (111 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (109 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (69 papers). Merritt R. Turetsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Merritt R. Turetsky's co-authors include Eric S. Kasischke, J. W. Harden, A. David McGuire, David Olefeldt, Edward A. G. Schuur, Gustaf Hugelius, Guido Grosse, Brian W. Benscoter, Evan S. Kane and V. E. Romanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Merritt R. Turetsky

188 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change and the pe... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2015 2006 2014 2020 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
    2015 2.4k citations Edward A. G. Schuur, A. David McGuire et al. Nature profile →
  2. Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region—Spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska
    2006 600 citations Eric S. Kasischke, Merritt R. Turetsky Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  3. Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss
    2014 565 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Brian W. Benscoter et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  4. Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw
    2020 561 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  5. Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
    2008 550 citations Mike Flannigan, B. J. Stocks et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  6. Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research
    2012 407 citations Dong‐Gill Kim, Rodrigo Vargas et al. Biogeosciences profile →
  7. Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes
    2016 402 citations David Olefeldt, Santonu Goswami et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
    2020 398 citations Gustaf Hugelius, Julie Loisel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands
    2014 393 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Agnieszka Kotowska et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  10. Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes
    2015 372 citations Jenni Hultman, Mark P. Waldrop et al. Nature profile →
  11. Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska
    2012 368 citations Dorthe Groth Petersen, Steven J. Blazewicz et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
  12. Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils
    2019 333 citations Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer et al. Nature profile →
  13. Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
    2019 278 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. Nature profile →
  14. Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic
    2022 258 citations Kimberley Miner, Merritt R. Turetsky et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Merritt R. Turetsky 10.1k 8.9k 7.7k 1.9k 1.5k 191 18.5k
A. David McGuire 9.7k 1.0× 5.5k 0.6× 7.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 143 16.8k
Jed O. Kaplan 8.2k 0.8× 3.6k 0.4× 7.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 966 0.7× 148 15.2k
J. W. Harden 11.2k 1.1× 6.8k 0.8× 5.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 4.5k 3.0× 177 19.1k
Edward A. G. Schuur 18.1k 1.8× 9.5k 1.1× 6.9k 0.9× 3.9k 2.1× 4.6k 3.1× 204 26.8k
Walter C. Oechel 9.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 8.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 280 17.8k
Nigel T. Roulet 6.8k 0.7× 12.7k 1.4× 5.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 222 17.9k
Charles J Vörösmarty 5.1k 0.5× 5.9k 0.7× 8.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.5× 81 20.5k
Berrien Moore 4.4k 0.4× 7.4k 0.8× 11.3k 1.5× 950 0.5× 2.0k 1.4× 132 17.4k
Charles D. Koven 8.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.4× 5.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 157 13.6k
Benjamin Poulter 5.1k 0.5× 4.8k 0.5× 12.3k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 231 16.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merritt R. Turetsky

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