Pieter S. A. Beck

12.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
72 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Pieter S. A. Beck is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pieter S. A. Beck has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Pieter S. A. Beck's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (13 papers). Pieter S. A. Beck is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (13 papers). Pieter S. A. Beck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Pieter S. A. Beck's co-authors include S. J. Goetz, Andrew K. Skidmore, M. M. Loranty, Alessandro Baccini, Kjell Arild Høgda, Bernt Johansen, Clement Atzberger, M. Sun, Logan T. Berner and R. A. Houghton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pieter S. A. Beck

69 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforest... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2012 2005 2013 2018 2021 400 800 1.2k
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. Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps
    2012 1.3k citations Alessandro Baccini, S. J. Goetz et al. profile →
  2. Improved monitoring of vegetation dynamics at very high latitudes: A new method using MODIS NDVI
    2005 802 citations Pieter S. A. Beck, Andrew K. Skidmore et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  3. Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change
    2013 617 citations M. M. Loranty, Pieter S. A. Beck et al. profile →
  4. Previsual symptoms of Xylella fastidiosa infection revealed in spectral plant-trait alterations
    2018 271 citations Pablo J. Zarco‐Tejada, C. Camino et al. profile →
  5. Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests
    2021 215 citations Giovanni Forzieri, Marco Girardello et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pieter S. A. Beck United States 39 3.7k 3.4k 2.3k 1.4k 1.3k 72 7.1k
Kevin P. Price United States 30 3.4k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 779 0.6× 80 5.4k
James E. Vogelmann United States 32 3.7k 1.0× 4.3k 1.3× 997 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 59 6.6k
Jeffrey T. Morisette United States 36 3.5k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 986 0.4× 790 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 76 6.3k
Daniel W. McKenney Canada 46 4.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.5k 1.8× 572 0.4× 165 7.6k
D. A. Slayback United States 22 4.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 739 0.5× 938 0.7× 37 6.1k
S. R. Saleska United States 60 8.1k 2.2× 5.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.4× 2.3k 1.7× 1.4k 1.1× 164 12.4k
Stephen D. Prince United States 45 5.4k 1.5× 4.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.4× 115 8.2k
Jeffrey A. Hicke United States 44 7.5k 2.0× 6.1k 1.8× 1.8k 0.8× 2.9k 2.1× 1.1k 0.8× 89 11.1k
А. Shvidenko Austria 39 4.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 162 5.9k
Lee A. Vierling United States 51 2.9k 0.8× 4.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 3.6k 2.8× 146 8.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pieter S. A. Beck

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bourgoin, Clément, Guido Ceccherini, Marco Girardello, et al.. (2024). Human degradation of tropical moist forests is greater than previously estimated. Nature. 631(8021). 570–576. 44 indexed citations
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Ceccherini, Guido, Marco Girardello, Pieter S. A. Beck, et al.. (2023). Spaceborne LiDAR reveals the effectiveness of European Protected Areas in conserving forest height and vertical structure. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 18 indexed citations
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Mauri, Achille, Marco Girardello, Giovanni Forzieri, et al.. (2023). Assisted tree migration can reduce but not avert the decline of forest ecosystem services in Europe. Global Environmental Change. 80. 102676–102676. 20 indexed citations
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Strona, Giovanni, Pieter S. A. Beck, Mar Cabeza, et al.. (2021). Ecological dependencies make remote reef fish communities most vulnerable to coral loss. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7282–7282. 21 indexed citations
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Camino, C., Rocío Calderón, Stephen Parnell, et al.. (2021). Detection of Xylella fastidiosa in almond orchards by synergic use of an epidemic spread model and remotely sensed plant traits. Remote Sensing of Environment. 260. 112420–112420. 45 indexed citations
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Strona, Giovanni, Claudio Castellano, Simone Fattorini, et al.. (2020). Small world in the real world: Long distance dispersal governs epidemic dynamics in agricultural landscapes. Epidemics. 30. 100384–100384. 13 indexed citations
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Strona, Giovanni, et al.. (2018). The intrinsic vulnerability of networks to epidemics. Ecological Modelling. 383. 91–97. 16 indexed citations
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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2018). Predicting the spread of an invasive tree pest: The pine wood nematode in Southern Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(5). 2374–2385. 57 indexed citations
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Zarco‐Tejada, Pablo J., A. Hornero, Rocío Hernández‐Clemente, & Pieter S. A. Beck. (2018). Understanding the temporal dimension of the red-edge spectral region for forest decline detection using high-resolution hyperspectral and Sentinel-2a imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 137. 134–148. 80 indexed citations
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Strona, Giovanni, et al.. (2017). Network analysis reveals why Xylella fastidiosa will persist in Europe. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 71–71. 73 indexed citations
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Brando, Paulo, Susan Trumbore, Divino Vicente Silvério, et al.. (2016). Climate impacts of expanded soy agriculture in the arc of deforestation in Brazil. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiuchen, Hongyan Liu, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2016). Seasonal divergence in the interannual responses of Northern Hemisphere vegetation activity to variations in diurnal climate. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19000–19000. 43 indexed citations
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Fouchet, Thierry, Franck Montmessin, O. Forni, et al.. (2015). The Infrared Investigation on the SuperCam Instrument for the Mars2020 Rover. LPI. 1736. 6 indexed citations
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Silvério, Divino Vicente, Paulo Brando, Márcia N. Macedo, et al.. (2015). Agricultural expansion dominates climate changes in southeastern Amazonia: the overlooked non-GHG forcing. Environmental Research Letters. 10(10). 104015–104015. 135 indexed citations
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Berner, Logan T., Pieter S. A. Beck, M. M. Loranty, et al.. (2012). Cajander larch ( Larix cajanderi ) biomass distribution, fire regime and post-fire recovery in northeastern Siberia. Biogeosciences. 9(10). 3943–3959. 60 indexed citations
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Yan, Jin, J. T. Randerson, S. J. Goetz, et al.. (2011). The influence of burn severity on post-fire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Castello, Leandro, David McGrath, & Pieter S. A. Beck. (2011). Resource sustainability in small-scale fisheries in the Lower Amazon floodplains. Fisheries Research. 110(2). 356–364. 66 indexed citations
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Andreu‐Hayles, Laia, R. D’Arrigo, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, S. J. Goetz, & Pieter S. A. Beck. (2010). Varying Northern Forest Response to Arctic Environmental Change at the Firth River, Alaska. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhi‐Gao, Pieter S. A. Beck, Tiejun Wang, et al.. (2010). Effects of plant phenology and solar radiation on seasonal movement of golden takin in the Qinling Mountains, China. Journal of Mammalogy. 33 indexed citations
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Brando, Paulo, S. J. Goetz, Alessandro Baccini, et al.. (2010). Seasonal and interannual variability of climate and vegetation indices across the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(33). 14685–14690. 241 indexed citations

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