Michael J. Hayes

14.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
146 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Hayes is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Hayes has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Hayes's work include Hydrology and Drought Analysis (67 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (34 papers). Michael J. Hayes is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Drought Analysis (67 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (34 papers). Michael J. Hayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and United Kingdom. Michael J. Hayes's co-authors include Mark Svoboda, Donald A. Wilhite, Steve Goddard, Nathan P. Wells, Melissa Widhalm, Hong Wu, Tsegaye Tadesse, Nicole Wall, Brian Wardlow and Cody Knutson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Hayes

134 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index

2004 1.1k citations Michael J. Hayes et al. profile →
Monitoring the 1996 Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index

1999 981 citations Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
The Lincoln Declaration on Drought Indices: Universal Meteorological Drought Index Recommended

2010 722 citations Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
Understanding the complex impacts of drought: A key to enhancing drought mitigation and preparedness

2007 576 citations Donald A. Wilhite, Mark Svoboda et al. profile →
Are droughts becoming more frequent or severe in China based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: 1951–2010?

2013 513 citations Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda et al. profile →
Defining Ecological Drought for the Twenty-First Century

2017 328 citations Shelley D. Crausbay, Aaron R. Ramirez et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Michael J. Hayes

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael J. Hayes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Hayes

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Five Lessons for Closing the Last Mile: How to Make Climate Decision Support Actionable 2025 ·Earth s Future ·Kathy Baylis, Erin Lentz, K. K. Caylor, Minfeng Gu, Carla A. Gunderson, Tonya Haigh, Michael J. Hayes, Hana Lahr, Daniel Maxwell, Chris Funk	0
2	Drought Management in Zambia: Insights from the 2023/2024 Drought 2025 ·Climate ·(unknown), Michael J. Hayes, Deborah J. Bathke, Kelly Helm Smith, Rezaul Mahmood, Elizabeth Jones	0
3	The patchwork governance of ecologically available water: A case study in the Upper Missouri Headwaters, Montana, United States 2023 ·JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ·Amanda E. Cravens, Julia B. Goolsby, Theresa Jedd, Deborah J. Bathke, Shelley D. Crausbay, (unknown), Jason B. Dunham, Tonya Haigh, Kimberly R. Hall, Michael J. Hayes, Jamie McEvoy, Rebecca Nelson, (unknown), Aaron R. Ramirez, (unknown), (unknown)	2
4	Using seasonal climate scenarios in the ForageAhead annual forage production model for early drought impact assessment 2023 ·Ecosphere ·(unknown), Bruce K. Wylie, Michael J. Hayes, Deborah J. Bathke, Yared Bayissa, Stephen P. Boyte, Jesslyn F. Brown, Brian Wardlow	2
5	Monitoring Climate Impacts on Annual Forage Production across U.S. Semi-Arid Grasslands 2021 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Bruce K. Wylie, Deborah J. Bathke, Yared Bayissa, Devendra Dahal, Justin Derner, Philip A. Fay, Michael J. Hayes, Walter H. Schacht, Jerry D. Volesky, Pradeep Wagle, Brian Wardlow	13
6	Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based on Different Urbanization Levels in Nebraska, USA 2021 ·GeoHealth ·(unknown), Rezaul Mahmood, Michael J. Hayes, Clinton M. Rowe, (unknown), Martha Shulski, (unknown), (unknown), Jesse E. Bell	22
7	A typology of drought decision making: Synthesizing across cases to understand drought preparedness and response actions 2021 ·Weather and Climate Extremes ·Amanda E. Cravens, Jennifer Henderson, (unknown), Nina Burkardt, (unknown), Tonya Haigh, Michael J. Hayes, Jamie McEvoy, (unknown), Adam K. Wilke, Hailey Wilmer	27
8	Minimizing trade-offs for sustainable irrigation 2021 ·Nature Geoscience ·Sonali McDermid, Rezaul Mahmood, Michael J. Hayes, Jesse E. Bell, (unknown)	24
9	Agricultural Drought Assessment in East Asia Using Satellite-Based Indices 2020 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Won‐Ho Nam, (unknown), (unknown), Song Feng, Brian Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, Mark Svoboda, Michael J. Hayes, (unknown)	38
10	Mapping the Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Vegetation Response Lag to Drought in a Semi-Arid Region 2019 ·Remote Sensing ·Hua Li, Huidong Wang, Haigang Sui, Brian Wardlow, Michael J. Hayes, Jianxun Wang	44
11	Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response 2019 ·Advances in Meteorology ·Tonya Haigh, Jason A. Otkin, (unknown), Michael J. Hayes, Mark E. Burbach	18
12	Monitoring Drought Impact on Annual Forage Production in Semi-Arid Grasslands: A Case Study of Nebraska Sandhills 2019 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Bruce K. Wylie, Michael J. Hayes, Brian Wardlow, Deborah J. Bathke, Norman B. Bliss, Devendra Dahal	18
13	Ecological Drought: Accounting for the Non-Human Impacts of Water Shortage in the Upper Missouri Headwaters Basin, Montana, USA 2018 ·Resources ·Jamie McEvoy, Deborah J. Bathke, Nina Burkardt, Amanda E. Cravens, Tonya Haigh, Kimberly R. Hall, Michael J. Hayes, Theresa Jedd, (unknown), (unknown)	34
14	Flash drought risk assessment over China and Korea using Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) 2018 ·AGUFM ·Won‐Ho Nam, (unknown), Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda, Brian Fuchs, Eunmi Hong, (unknown), (unknown)	1
15	Estimation of Daily Air Temperature Based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products over the Corn Belt in the US 2015 ·Remote Sensing ·Linglin Zeng, Brian Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, Jie Shan, Michael J. Hayes, Deren Li, Daxiang Xiang	73
16	Farmer perceptions of sustainable\nagriculture practices and drought risk\nreduction in Nebraska, USA 2011 ·Insecta mundi ·Cody Knutson, Tonya Haigh, Michael J. Hayes, Melissa Widhalm, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	39
17	First-Receiver Hospital Decontamination 2007 ·JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Hayes, (unknown), Michael J. Hodgson, Margie A. Scott	1
18	Estimating the economic impacts of drought 2004 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda, Cody Knutson, Donald A. Wilhite	20
19	Recent Advances in Drought Monitoring 2004 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Mark Svoboda, Michael J. Hayes, Donald A. Wilhite, Tsegaye Tadesse	9
20	An Irrigation Scheduling Model for Summer Squash 1992 ·Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ·D. A. Smittle, (unknown), Michael J. Hayes	6

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