Robert G. Way

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Robert G. Way is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Way has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Way's work include Climate change and permafrost (25 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Robert G. Way is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (25 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Robert G. Way collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Robert G. Way's co-authors include Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Andrew J. Trant, Yu Zhang, Emma L. Davis, Luise Hermanutz, Nicholas E. Barrand, James D. Ford, André Viau, Darroch M. Whitaker and Philip P. Bonnaventure and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Way

30 papers receiving 621 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment
    2019 298 citations Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Robert G. Way 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
Robert G. Way Canada 11 543 117 95 81 57 30 627
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans Netherlands 10 528 1.0× 31 0.3× 109 1.1× 129 1.6× 20 0.4× 19 603
Pavel Y. Konstantinov Russia 10 401 0.7× 42 0.4× 62 0.7× 47 0.6× 31 0.5× 17 443
Dagrun Vikhamar-Schuler Norway 10 342 0.6× 61 0.5× 119 1.3× 80 1.0× 58 1.0× 12 466
Mark J. Lara United States 18 895 1.6× 48 0.4× 200 2.1× 284 3.5× 42 0.7× 33 1.0k
Anja Kade United States 12 438 0.8× 26 0.2× 57 0.6× 179 2.2× 29 0.5× 15 553
Н. Г. Москаленко Russia 8 643 1.2× 20 0.2× 81 0.9× 139 1.7× 32 0.6× 10 702
Robert Busey United States 10 251 0.5× 36 0.3× 178 1.9× 60 0.7× 41 0.7× 21 457
Nathanael Melia New Zealand 9 324 0.6× 30 0.3× 188 2.0× 85 1.0× 27 0.5× 13 541
K. S. Chin Canada 5 386 0.7× 53 0.5× 20 0.2× 84 1.0× 32 0.6× 6 456
T. E. Skaugen Norway 5 308 0.6× 19 0.2× 133 1.4× 74 0.9× 21 0.4× 7 418

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert G. Way

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert G. Way

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2025). Future Trajectories of Peatland Permafrost Under Climate and Ecosystem Change in Northeastern Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 130(2). 2 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2024). Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle–Based Assessments of Peatland Permafrost Vulnerability Along the Labrador Sea Coastline, Northern Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 35(4). 461–477. 2 indexed citations
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Trant, Andrew J., Luise Hermanutz, Emma L. Davis, et al.. (2024). Climate warming impacts tuttuk (caribou) forage availability in Tongait (Torngat) Mountains, Labrador. Arctic Science. 11. 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Robert G. Way, Joseph M. Young, et al.. (2024). The Canadian Permafrost Electrical Resistivity Survey (CPERS) database: 15 years of permafrost resistivity data. Arctic Science. 10(4). 850–856. 2 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(1). 63–78. 9 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Multi-decadal degradation and fragmentation of palsas and peat plateaus in coastal Labrador, northeastern Canada. Environmental Research Letters. 19(1). 14009–14009. 8 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2021). A low-cost method for monitoring snow characteristics at remote field sites. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(1). 1–15. 5 indexed citations
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Davis, Emma L., Andrew J. Trant, Robert G. Way, Luise Hermanutz, & Darroch M. Whitaker. (2021). Rapid Ecosystem Change at the Southern Limit of the Canadian Arctic, Torngat Mountains National Park. Remote Sensing. 13(11). 2085–2085. 17 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2021). Consensus-Based Rock Glacier Inventorying in the Torngat Mountains, Northern Labrador. 130–141. 3 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2021). Does tall vegetation warm or cool the ground surface? Constraining the ground thermal impacts of upright vegetation in northern environments. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 54077–54077. 29 indexed citations
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Trant, Andrew J., et al.. (2020). Ecological research should consider Indigenous peoples and stewardship. FACETS. 5(1). 534–537. 9 indexed citations
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Davis, Emma L., Andrew J. Trant, Luise Hermanutz, et al.. (2020). Plant–Environment Interactions in the Low Arctic Torngat Mountains of Labrador. Ecosystems. 24(5). 1038–1058. 27 indexed citations
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Lewkowicz, Antoni G. & Robert G. Way. (2019). Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1329–1329. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Way, Robert G., Antoni G. Lewkowicz, & Yu Zhang. (2018). Characteristics and fate of isolated permafrost patches in coastal Labrador, Canada. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(8). 2667–2688. 29 indexed citations
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Ford, James D., et al.. (2018). The Impacts of Climate and Social Changes on Cloudberry (Bakeapple) Picking: a Case Study from Southeastern Labrador. Human Ecology. 46(6). 849–863. 24 indexed citations
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Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Robert G. Way, Luise Hermanutz, et al.. (2017). Interactions between Shrubs and Permafrost in the Torngat Mountains, Northern Labrador, Canada. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Barrand, Nicholas E., Robert G. Way, Trevor Bell, & Martin Sharp. (2017). Recent changes in area and thickness of Torngat Mountain glaciers (northern Labrador, Canada). ˜The œcryosphere. 11(1). 157–168. 6 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., Antoni G. Lewkowicz, & Philip P. Bonnaventure. (2016). Development of moderate-resolution gridded monthly air temperature and degree-day maps for the Labrador-Ungava region of northern Canada. International Journal of Climatology. 37(1). 493–508. 18 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (2015). Glacier change from the early Little Ice Age to 2005 in the Torngat Mountains, northern Labrador, Canada. Geomorphology. 246. 558–569. 9 indexed citations
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Way, Robert G., et al.. (1996). Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biological Control against the Banded Ash Clearwing Borer. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 14(2). 67–71. 4 indexed citations

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