Nathan G. Swenson

31.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
161 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

Nathan G. Swenson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan G. Swenson has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 94 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 58 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Nathan G. Swenson's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (132 papers), Plant and animal studies (88 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (58 papers). Nathan G. Swenson is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (132 papers), Plant and animal studies (88 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (58 papers). Nathan G. Swenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Puerto Rico. Nathan G. Swenson's co-authors include Brian J. Enquist, Amy E. Zanne, David A. Coomes, Jérôme Chave, Steven Jansen, Simon L. Lewis, Jess K. Zimmerman, James Stegen, Nathan J. Sanders and Jill Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nathan G. Swenson

159 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

Towards a worldwide wood ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2010 2010 2009 2011 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. Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum
    2009 2.3k citations Nathan G. Swenson et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  2. Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist
    2010 1.9k citations Nathan G. Swenson et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  3. Biological stoichiometry of plant production: metabolism, scaling and ecological response to global change
    2010 790 citations Nathan G. Swenson et al. New Phytologist profile →
  4. Global patterns in plant height
    2009 620 citations Angela T. Moles, David I. Warton et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  5. Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients
    2011 580 citations Nathan G. Swenson et al. Science profile →
  6. Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama
    2009 566 citations Nathan G. Swenson 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
Nathan G. Swenson United States 53 10.4k 6.1k 4.2k 4.1k 3.4k 161 15.7k
Nathan J. B. Kraft United States 46 9.0k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 5.1k 1.2× 4.0k 1.2× 78 14.3k
Jeannine Cavender‐Bares United States 65 7.9k 0.8× 5.1k 0.8× 4.9k 1.2× 4.7k 1.1× 3.3k 1.0× 194 15.6k
William K. Cornwell Australia 50 7.8k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 5.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.0× 154 16.1k
Cyrille Violle France 55 9.0k 0.9× 6.1k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 4.5k 1.1× 3.4k 1.0× 191 15.4k
Mark Vellend Canada 52 8.5k 0.8× 5.6k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 7.1k 1.7× 3.5k 1.0× 132 16.2k
Richard P. Duncan New Zealand 60 7.2k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 3.6k 0.8× 6.7k 1.6× 2.5k 0.8× 218 14.9k
Richard Condit United States 59 11.6k 1.1× 5.3k 0.9× 5.1k 1.2× 4.2k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 148 15.6k
Francesco de Bello Czechia 67 11.5k 1.1× 7.5k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 5.4k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 182 17.0k
Daniel Borcard Canada 29 7.5k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 8.2k 2.0× 2.4k 0.7× 50 16.1k
Helene C. Muller‐Landau United States 55 10.0k 1.0× 4.9k 0.8× 4.3k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 121 13.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Worthy, Samantha J., Junyan Liu, Zheng Zheng, et al.. (2025). Cavities and the Demographic Performance of Tropical Rainforest Trees. Ecology Letters. 28(3). e70091–e70091.
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Jin, Lu, et al.. (2025). Integrated effects of neighbourhood composition and resource levels on growth of a dominant tree species in a tropical forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2041). 20242373–20242373.
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Junker, Robert R., Jianhua Xiao, Jesse R. Lasky, et al.. (2025). Genetic and environmental drivers of intraspecific variation in foliar metabolites in a tropical tree community. New Phytologist. 246(6). 2551–2564. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jie, et al.. (2024). Functional genomics and co‐occurrence in a diverse tropical tree genus: The roles of drought‐ and defence‐related genes. Journal of Ecology. 112(3). 575–589. 1 indexed citations
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Sezen, U. Uzay, Jessica Shue, Samantha J. Worthy, et al.. (2024). Leaf gene expression trajectories during the growing season are consistent between sites and years in American beech. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2020). 20232338–20232338. 2 indexed citations
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Metz, Margaret R., S. Joseph Wright‬, Jess K. Zimmerman, et al.. (2023). Functional traits of young seedlings predict trade‐offs in seedling performance in three neotropical forests. Journal of Ecology. 111(12). 2568–2582. 9 indexed citations
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Sezen, U. Uzay, Samantha J. Worthy, María Natalia Umaña, et al.. (2022). Comparative transcriptomics of tropical woody plants supports fast and furious strategy along the leaf economics spectrum in lianas. Biology Open. 11(7). 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Robin L. Chazdon, Nathan G. Swenson, Han Xu, & Tushou Luo. (2021). Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective logging and clear‐cutting. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(10). 2231–2242. 4 indexed citations
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Swenson, Nathan G., et al.. (2021). Functional groups, determinism and the dynamics of a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 110(1). 185–196. 9 indexed citations
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Sezen, U. Uzay, Sean M. McMahon, Paul G. Schaberg, et al.. (2021). Strategies of tolerance reflected in two North American maple genomes. The Plant Journal. 109(6). 1591–1613. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Jie, Xiaoyang Song, Jenny Zambrano, et al.. (2020). Intraspecific variation in tree growth responses to neighbourhood composition and seasonal drought in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 109(1). 26–37. 26 indexed citations
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Umaña, María Natalia, Min Cao, Luxiang Lin, Nathan G. Swenson, & Caicai Zhang. (2020). Trade‐offs in above‐ and below‐ground biomass allocation influencing seedling growth in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 109(3). 1184–1193. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Nathan G. Swenson, Niu‐Niu Ji, et al.. (2019). Differential soil fungus accumulation and density dependence of trees in a subtropical forest. Science. 366(6461). 124–128. 177 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhua, Parker L. Bussies, Alan R. Lemmon, et al.. (2019). Maple phylogeny and biogeography inferred from phylogenomic data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 57(6). 594–606. 54 indexed citations
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Kissling, W. Daniel, et al.. (2018). Spatial scale dependence of factors driving climate regulation services in the Americas. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27(7). 828–838. 10 indexed citations
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Swenson, Nathan G., Michael D. Weiser, E. Emiel van Loon, et al.. (2017). Strong biotic influences on regional patterns of climate regulation services. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(5). 787–803. 9 indexed citations
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Swenson, Nathan G. & María Natalia Umaña. (2014). Phylofloristics: an example from the Lesser Antilles. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7(2). 166–175. 23 indexed citations
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González‐Caro, Sebastian, María Natalia Umaña, Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila, Pablo R. Stevenson, & Nathan G. Swenson. (2014). Phylogenetic alpha and beta diversity in tropical tree assemblages along regional-scale environmental gradients in northwest South America. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7(2). 145–153. 77 indexed citations
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Moles, Angela T., David I. Warton, Laura Warman, et al.. (2009). Global patterns in plant height. Journal of Ecology. 97(5). 923–932. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Swenson, Nathan G., Jeanne M. Fair, & Jeffrey M. Heikoop. (2008). Water Stress and Hybridization between Quercus gambelii and Quercus grisea. Western North American Naturalist. 68(4). 498–507. 7 indexed citations

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