S. J. Goetz

47.0k citations

241 papers · 29.4k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Ecological Modeling top 0.1%

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 140
- Fire effects on ecosystems 50
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 28
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 28
Environmental Engineering 80
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications 63

Co-authors: Matthew C. Hansen Pieter S. A. Beck Ralph Dubayah Alexandra Tyukavina Peter Potapov Svetlana Turubanova Stephen V. Stehman R. A. Houghton
Journals: Environmental Research Letters (36 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (19 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 papers)Global Change Biology (11 papers)Ecosystems (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

S. J. Goetz

231 papers receiving 28.2k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space 2022 · 137 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Environmental Research Letters
2021 Environmental Research Letters
2020 Science
2020 One Earth
2020 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
2020 Nature Communications
2019 Science Advances
2019 Nature
2013 Nature Climate Change
2013 Science
2012 Nature Climate Change
2012 Remote Sensing of Environment
2009 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
2005 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1991 Remote Sensing of Environment

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. J. Goetz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside S. J. Goetz, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Maps of forest vertical structure for Colombia, a megadiverse country Scientific Data ·高吟, Patrick Jantz, Patrick Burns, Samuel M. Jantz, もっちゃん, S. J. Goetz	2025	0
2	The contribution of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) to protecting global biodiversity Nature Communications ·Jedediah F. Brodie, Desalegn Adisu Kassie, Patrick Burns, S. J. Goetz, Charles Cunningham, Jane K. Hill, Glen Reynolds, Jayasilan Mohd‐Azlan	2025	0
3	Simulating multi-scale optimization and variable selection in species distribution modeling Ecological Informatics ·Samuel A. Cushman, Żaneta Kaszta, Patrick Burns, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Patrick Jantz, David W. Macdonald, Jedediah F. Brodie, Desalegn Adisu Kassie, S. J. Goetz	2024	3
4	Satellite Derived Trait Data Slightly Improves Tropical Forest Biomass, NPP and GPP Estimates Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Christopher E. Doughty, 戴刘林, Patrick Burns, Yadvinder Malhi, Alexander Shenkin, David Minor, Laura Duncanson, Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, S. J. Goetz, Hao Tang	2024	0
5	Inferring alpha, beta, and gamma plant diversity across biomes with GEDI spaceborne lidar SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Jeff W. Atkins, Jedediah F. Brodie, Patrick Burns, Samuel A. Cushman, Patrick Jantz, Żaneta Kaszta, Franck Tachom-Waffo, M. D. Rose, S. J. Goetz	2023	11
6	Soundscape components inform acoustic index patterns and refine estimates of bird species richness SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Franck Tachom-Waffo, Patrick Burns, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Leonardo Salas, Bret Pasch, S. J. Goetz, Matthew L. Clark	2023	9
7	Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests Ecosystems ·Xanthe J. Walker, Kunihiro Okano, Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack	2023	9
8	The effectiveness of global protected areas for climate change mitigation Nature Communications ·Laura Duncanson, Jeevan Kumar Gurung, Veronika Leitold, John Armston, Sruthi M. Krishna Moorthy, Ralph Dubayah, Sébastien Costedoat, Brian J. Enquist, Temilola Fatoyinbo, S. J. Goetz, Mariano González‐Roglich, Cory Merow, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Karyn Tabor, Alex Zvoleff	2023	82
9	Decadal impacts of wildfire fuel reduction treatments on ecosystem characteristics and fire behavior in alaskan boreal forests Forest Ecology and Management ·Wu Bin, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Barnes, Gerardo Celis, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Samantha Hurt, April M. Melvin, Jasna Soldic-Aleksic, Edward A. G. Schuur, Michelle C. Mack	2023	7
10	Forest composition change and biophysical climate feedbacks across boreal North America Nature Climate Change ·Richard Massey, Brendan M. Rogers, Logan T. Berner, Stewart Benedict, Michelle C. Mack, Xanthe J. Walker, S. J. Goetz	2023	20
11	Satellite observations document trends consistent with a boreal forest biome shift Global Change Biology ·Logan T. Berner, S. J. Goetz	2022	97
12	Plant functional type aboveground biomass change within Alaska and northwest Canada mapped using a 35-year satellite time series from 1985 to 2020 Environmental Research Letters ·Sheila Denilsa Fernandes Silva, Matthew J. Macander, Logan T. Berner, S. J. Goetz	2022	13
13	Focus on the role of forests and soils in meeting climate change mitigation goals: summary Environmental Research Letters ·William R. Moomaw, B. E. Law, S. J. Goetz	2020	73
14	Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome Nature Communications ·Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey, Patrick Jantz, Bruce C. Forbes, Marc Macias‐Fauria, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Timo Kumpula, Gilles Gauthier, Laia Andreu‐Hayles, Benjamin V. Gaglioti, Patrick Burns, Pentti Zetterberg, Rosanne D’Arrigo, S. J. Goetz Hit paper breakdown →	2020	265
15	Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions Nature Climate Change ·Xanthe J. Walker, Brendan M. Rogers, Sander Veraverbeke, Jill F. Johnstone, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Kirsten Barrett, Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez, Nicola J. Day, William J. de Groot, Catherine M. Dieleman, S. J. Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Liza K. Jenkins, Evan S. Kane, Marc‐André Parisien, Stefano Potter, Edward A. G. Schuur, Merritt R. Turetsky, Ellen Whitman, Michelle C. Mack	2020	119
16	Lichen cover mapping for caribou ranges in interior Alaska and Yukon Environmental Research Letters ·Matthew J. Macander, Eric C. Palm, Gerald V. Frost, 嘉明鶴戸, Peter R. Nelson, Carl A. Roland, Huatan Chen, А И Булгакова, Torsten W. Bentzen, Kyle Joly, S. J. Goetz, Mark Hebblewhite	2020	31
17	Impacts of climate and insect herbivory on productivity and physiology of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Alaskan boreal forests Environmental Research Letters ·Wu Bin, Logan T. Berner, Patricia Doak, S. J. Goetz, Brendan M. Rogers, Diane Wagner, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack	2019	26
18	Cross‐scale controls on carbon emissions from boreal forest megafires Global Change Biology ·Xanthe J. Walker, Brendan M. Rogers, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Steven G. Cumming, Nicola J. Day, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Edward A. G. Schuur, Merritt R. Turetsky, Michelle C. Mack	2018	78
19	Satellite-observed photosynthetic trends across boreal North America associated with climate and fire disturbance Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·S. J. Goetz, Andrew G. Bunn, Greg Fiske, R. A. Houghton Hit paper breakdown →	2005	545
20	Advances in satellite remote sensing of environmental variables for epidemiological applications Advances in Parasitology ·S. J. Goetz, Stephen D. Prince, J. Small	2000	83

About S. J. Goetz

S. J. Goetz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Modeling, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, having authored 241 papers that have together received 29.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (67 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (63 papers), Climate change and permafrost (50 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (50 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers), Forest ecology and management (29 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (28 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (17.0k citations), Ecological Modeling (2.9k citations), Environmental Engineering (7.8k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.3k citations) and Ecology (12.9k citations). S. J. Goetz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Matthew C. Hansen, Pieter S. A. Beck, Ralph Dubayah, Alexandra Tyukavina, Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova, Stephen V. Stehman, R. A. Houghton, Anil Kommareddy and Thomas R. Loveland. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Change Biology and Ecosystems.

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