Merritt R. Turetsky

30.0k total citations · 14 hit papers
192 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Merritt R. Turetsky is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Merritt R. Turetsky has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Atmospheric Science, 121 papers in Ecology and 80 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Merritt R. Turetsky's work include Climate change and permafrost (112 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (108 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (70 papers). Merritt R. Turetsky is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (112 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (108 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (70 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

189 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change and the pe... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2015 2006 2020 2014 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 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. Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
    2015 2.5k citations Edward A. G. Schuur, A. David McGuire et al. 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 602 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →
  3. Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw
    2020 576 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Miriam C. Jones et al. profile →
  4. Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss
    2014 571 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Brian W. Benscoter et al. profile →
  5. Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
    2008 551 citations Mike Flannigan, Merritt R. Turetsky 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 408 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →
  7. Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes
    2016 405 citations David Olefeldt, Gustaf Hugelius et al. profile →
  8. Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
    2020 405 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 394 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 375 citations Mark P. Waldrop, Jack W. McFarland et al. profile →
  11. Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska
    2012 370 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Mark P. Waldrop et al. profile →
  12. Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils
    2019 339 citations Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer et al. profile →
  13. Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
    2019 285 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Miriam C. Jones et al. profile →
  14. Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic
    2022 266 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merritt R. Turetsky United States 67 10.2k 9.0k 7.7k 1.9k 1.5k 192 18.6k
A. David McGuire United States 64 9.8k 1.0× 5.5k 0.6× 7.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 143 16.9k
Jed O. Kaplan Switzerland 56 8.3k 0.8× 3.6k 0.4× 7.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 970 0.7× 149 15.3k
Edward A. G. Schuur United States 76 18.2k 1.8× 9.5k 1.1× 7.0k 0.9× 3.9k 2.1× 4.6k 3.1× 204 27.0k
J. W. Harden United States 68 11.3k 1.1× 6.8k 0.8× 6.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 4.5k 3.1× 178 19.2k
Charles J Vörösmarty United States 46 5.1k 0.5× 5.9k 0.7× 8.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.5× 82 20.6k
Walter C. Oechel United States 72 9.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 8.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 280 17.9k
Charles D. Koven United States 53 9.0k 0.9× 3.4k 0.4× 5.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 157 13.7k
Nigel T. Roulet Canada 75 6.8k 0.7× 12.8k 1.4× 5.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 224 17.9k
Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom 83 15.7k 1.5× 4.7k 0.5× 10.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 526 0.4× 296 22.8k
Benjamin Poulter United States 58 5.2k 0.5× 4.8k 0.5× 12.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 231 17.1k

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clay, Gareth D., Martin Evans, Chris D. Field, et al.. (2025). The effects of drought on Sphagnum moss species and the implications for hydrology in peatlands. New Phytologist. 247(5). 2003–2021. 1 indexed citations
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Baltzer, Jennifer L., M. Razu Ahmed, Suzanne Carrière, et al.. (2025). Impacts of novel wildfire disturbance on landcover and wildlife in boreal North America. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 13.
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Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Andrew D. Richardson, Sharon L. Smith, et al.. (2024). Permafrost instability negates the positive impact of warming temperatures on boreal radial growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50). e2411721121–e2411721121. 2 indexed citations
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Wyatt, Kevin H., Catherine M. Dieleman, Evan S. Kane, et al.. (2024). Legacy Effects of Plant Community Structure Are Manifested in Microbial Biofilm Development With Consequences for Ecosystem CO2 Emissions. Global Change Biology. 30(12). e17603–e17603. 1 indexed citations
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Cumming, Steven G., et al.. (2023). Permafrost thaw induces short‐term increase in vegetation productivity in northwestern Canada. Global Change Biology. 29(18). 5352–5366. 11 indexed citations
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Harris, Lorna I., David Olefeldt, Nicolas Pelletier, et al.. (2023). Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited. Global Change Biology. 29(19). 5720–5735. 17 indexed citations
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Day, Nicola J., Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez, Jill F. Johnstone, et al.. (2023). Black spruce (Picea mariana) seed availability and viability in boreal forests after large wildfires. Annals of Forest Science. 80(1). 10 indexed citations
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Walker, Xanthe J., Jennifer L. Baltzer, Nicola J. Day, et al.. (2023). Drivers of legacy soil organic matter decomposition after fire in boreal forests. Ecosphere. 14(11). 3 indexed citations
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Rober, Allison R., Kevin S. McCann, Merritt R. Turetsky, & Kevin H. Wyatt. (2022). Cascading effects of predators on algal size structure. Journal of Phycology. 58(2). 308–317. 6 indexed citations
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Dieleman, Catherine M., Brendan M. Rogers, Stefano Potter, et al.. (2020). Wildfire combustion and carbon stocks in the southern Canadian boreal forest: Implications for a warming world. Global Change Biology. 26(11). 6062–6079. 55 indexed citations
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Walker, Xanthe J., Brendan M. Rogers, Sander Veraverbeke, et al.. (2020). Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions. Nature Climate Change. 10(12). 1130–1136. 119 indexed citations
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Hugelius, Gustaf, Julie Loisel, Sarah Chadburn, et al.. (2020). Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20438–20446. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schütte, Ursel M. E., Jeremiah A. Henning, Yuzhen Ye, et al.. (2019). Effect of permafrost thaw on plant and soil fungal community in a boreal forest: Does fungal community change mediate plant productivity response?. Journal of Ecology. 107(4). 1737–1752. 36 indexed citations
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Potter, Stefano, Kylen Solvik, Angela Erb, et al.. (2019). Climate change decreases the cooling effect from postfire albedo in boreal North America. Global Change Biology. 26(3). 1592–1607. 36 indexed citations
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Waldrop, Mark P., Jack W. McFarland, E. S. Euskirchen, et al.. (2012). Carbon Balance and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Thermokarst Bog in Interior Alaska: Positive and Negative Feedbacks from Permafrost Thaw. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Schuur, Edward A. G., Rosvel Bracho, Bo Elberling, et al.. (2012). Pan-arctic permafrost C quality and vulnerability over time: A synthesis of long-term incubation studies. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Benscoter, Brian W., Dan K. Thompson, J. M. Waddington, et al.. (2011). Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 20(3). 418–429. 159 indexed citations
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Turetsky, Merritt R., et al.. (2010). Quantifying diffusion, ebullition, and plant-mediated transport of CH4 in Alaskan peatlands undergoing permafrost thaw. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 3 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Jonathan A., et al.. (2007). Interactive effects of fire, soil climate, and vegetation on CO2 fluxes in an upland black spruce forest and peatland in interior Alaska. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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