Michael L. Goulden

34.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
183 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Goulden is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Goulden has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 62 papers in Ecology and 53 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Goulden's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (123 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (54 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (33 papers). Michael L. Goulden is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (123 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (54 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (33 papers). Michael L. Goulden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Michael L. Goulden's co-authors include Steven C. Wofsy, J. William Munger, Bruce C. Daube, Songmiao Fan, A. E. Kelly, Roger C. Bales, S. D. Miller, James T. Randerson, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha and Christopher E. Doughty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Goulden

176 papers receiving 19.3k citations

Hit Papers

Measurements of carbon sequestration by long‐term eddy co... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1996 2008 1995 1993 2006 250 500 750 1000
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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. Measurements of carbon sequestration by long‐term eddy covariance: methods and a critical evaluation of accuracy
    1996 1.2k citations Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Rapid shifts in plant distribution with recent climate change
    2008 948 citations A. E. Kelly, Michael L. Goulden profile →
  3. Relationships Between NDVI, Canopy Structure, and Photosynthesis in Three Californian Vegetation Types
    1995 888 citations Christopher B. Field, Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  4. Net Exchange of CO 2 in a Mid-Latitude Forest
    1993 728 citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  5. The Impact of Boreal Forest Fire on Climate Warming
    2006 672 citations James T. Randerson, Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  6. Sensitivity of Boreal Forest Carbon Balance to Soil Thaw
    1998 641 citations Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy et al. profile →
  7. Exchange of Carbon Dioxide by a Deciduous Forest: Response to Interannual Climate Variability
    1996 600 citations Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy et al. profile →
  8. Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes
    2007 570 citations Wenping Yuan, Shuguang Liu et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
  9. Factors Controlling Long- and Short-Term Sequestration of Atmospheric CO 2 in a Mid-latitude Forest
    2001 543 citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  10. Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses
    2003 539 citations S. R. Saleska, Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  11. Microbial abundance and composition influence litter decomposition response to environmental change
    2012 361 citations Michael L. Goulden et al. profile →
  12. California forest die-off linked to multi-year deep soil drying in 2012–2015 drought
    2019 257 citations Michael L. Goulden, Roger C. Bales Nature Geoscience profile →
  13. Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds
    2023 123 citations Michael L. Goulden, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha 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
Michael L. Goulden United States 70 15.0k 6.3k 5.7k 3.7k 3.6k 183 20.2k
David Y. Hollinger United States 58 13.0k 0.9× 6.5k 1.0× 4.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 130 16.6k
B. E. Law United States 81 17.1k 1.1× 6.5k 1.0× 4.8k 0.9× 5.2k 1.4× 3.1k 0.9× 212 22.5k
Benjamin Poulter United States 58 12.4k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 5.2k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 231 17.1k
Stephen Sitch United Kingdom 77 23.3k 1.6× 7.0k 1.1× 10.0k 1.8× 4.6k 1.2× 4.4k 1.2× 263 30.5k
Trevor F. Keenan United States 60 10.6k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 151 14.2k
Travis E. Huxman United States 67 10.6k 0.7× 3.9k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 4.4k 1.2× 3.7k 1.0× 174 16.2k
Derek Eamus Australia 66 11.0k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 5.0k 1.4× 4.2k 1.2× 253 15.8k
Patrick Meir United Kingdom 75 10.9k 0.7× 4.7k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 5.6k 1.5× 3.7k 1.0× 214 17.3k
Shushi Peng China 59 10.8k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 4.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 189 17.1k
Alessandro Cescatti Italy 63 10.5k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 3.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 172 14.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Randerson, James T., Yue Li, Weiwei Fu, et al.. (2025). The weak land carbon sink hypothesis. Science Advances. 11(37). eadr5489–eadr5489.
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Haya, Barbara, Christa M. Anderson, Grayson Badgley, et al.. (2024). Funding forests’ climate potential without carbon offsets. One Earth. 7(7). 1147–1150. 5 indexed citations
3.
Wu, Chao, Shane Coffield, Michael L. Goulden, et al.. (2023). Uncertainty in US forest carbon storage potential due to climate risks. Nature Geoscience. 16(5). 422–429. 44 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomei, et al.. (2023). Implications of alder shrub growth for alpine tundra soil properties in Interior Alaska. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 55(1). 1 indexed citations
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Buotte, Polly C., Roger C. Bales, Bradley Christoffersen, et al.. (2023). Coordination of rooting, xylem, and stomatal strategies explains the response of conifer forest stands to multi-year drought in the southern Sierra Nevada of California. Biogeosciences. 20(22). 4491–4510. 3 indexed citations
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Foufoula‐Georgiou, Efi, Andrew B. Gray, James T. Randerson, et al.. (2023). Predicting Postfire Sediment Yields of Small Steep Catchments Using Airborne Lidar Differencing. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(16). 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Weichao, Mohammad Safeeq, Hongyan Liu, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms Controlling Carbon Sinks in Semi‐Arid Mountain Ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(3). 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Losses of Tree Cover in California Driven by Increasing Fire Disturbance and Climate Stress. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 29 indexed citations
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Chen, Yang, Stijn Hantson, Niels Andela, et al.. (2022). California wildfire spread derived using VIIRS satellite observations and an object-based tracking system. Scientific Data. 9(1). 249–249. 40 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Morgan Barnes, et al.. (2022). Climate Warming Alters Nutrient Storage in Seasonally Dry Forests: Insights From a 2,300 m Elevation Gradient. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(11). 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Chonggang, Brian H. Aukema, Polly C. Buotte, et al.. (2021). Warming increased bark beetle‐induced tree mortality by 30% during an extreme drought in California. Global Change Biology. 28(2). 509–523. 56 indexed citations
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Buotte, Polly C., Charles D. Koven, Chonggang Xu, et al.. (2021). Capturing functional strategies and compositional dynamics in vegetation demographic models. Biogeosciences. 18(14). 4473–4490. 9 indexed citations
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Madakumbura, Gavin D., Michael L. Goulden, Alex Hall, et al.. (2020). Recent California tree mortality portends future increase in drought-driven forest die-off. Environmental Research Letters. 15(12). 124040–124040. 23 indexed citations
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Tan, Zhenghong, Natalia Restrepo‐Coupé, Shushi Peng, et al.. (2019). Surface conductance for evapotranspiration of tropical forests: Calculations, variations, and controls. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 275. 317–328. 32 indexed citations
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Bowling, D. R., Philipp Köhler, Christian Frankenberg, et al.. (2018). Solar‐Induced Fluorescence Detects Interannual Variation in Gross Primary Production of Coniferous Forests in the Western United States. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(14). 7184–7193. 47 indexed citations
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Ma, Qin, et al.. (2018). Vegetation water use responses to forest fires in the Sierra Nevada, California using remote sensing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Guiling, et al.. (2016). Combined measurement and modeling of the hydrological impact of hydraulic redistribution using CLM4.5 at eight AmeriFlux sites. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(5). 2001–2018. 32 indexed citations
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Yuan, Wenping, Shuguang Liu, Guangsheng Zhou, et al.. (2007). Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 143(3-4). 189–207. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rocha, Adrian V., Michael L. Goulden, Allison L. Dunn, & Steven C. Wofsy. (2006). On linking interannual tree ring variability with observations of whole‐forest CO 2 flux. Global Change Biology. 12(8). 1378–1389. 95 indexed citations
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Dickinson, Robert E., Joseph A. Berry, Gordon B. Bonan, et al.. (2002). Nitrogen Controls on Climate Model Evapotranspiration. Journal of Climate. 15(3). 278–295. 71 indexed citations

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