S. Spawn

3.8k citations

30 papers · 1.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

Co-authors: Holly Gibbs Tyler J. Lark Matthew Bougie Clare Sullivan Juan Carlos Ledezma Allie Goldstein Susan C. Cook‐Patton Will R. Turner
Topics: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers)Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers)Climate change and permafrost (5 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Ecology Soil Science
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Russia

In The Last Decade

S. Spawn

27 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010

2020 276 citations S. Spawn, Clare Sullivan et al. Scientific Data profile →
Cropland expansion in the United States produces marginal yields at high costs to wildlife

2020 214 citations Tyler J. Lark, S. Spawn et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by S. Spawn

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Spawn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by S. Spawn. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by S. Spawn. The network helps show where S. Spawn may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Spawn

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatially explicit terrestrial carbon densities for calibrating the carbon cycle in human-Earth system Models 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Kanishka B. Narayan,Alan Di Vittorio,(unknown),S. Spawn,Holly Gibbs	0
2	Soil nutrient amendment increases the potential for inter-kingdom resource competition among foliar endophytes 2024 ·ISME Communications ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),S. Spawn,(unknown),Zewei Song,Matthew J. Smith,Georgiana May,Eric W. Seabloom,Elizabeth T. Borer,Linda L. Kinkel	0
3	Bomb radiocarbon evidence for strong global carbon uptake and turnover in terrestrial vegetation 2024 ·Science ·Heather Graven,(unknown),Holly Gibbs,Samar Khatiwala,Charles D. Koven,(unknown),Ingeborg Levin,S. Spawn,William R. Wieder	7
4	Cropland abandonment between 1986 and 2018 across the United States: spatiotemporal patterns and current land uses 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Yanhua Xie,S. Spawn,Volker C. Radeloff,He Yin,G. Philip Robertson,Tyler J. Lark	15
5	Shrubs Compensate for Tree Leaf Area Variation and Influence Vegetation Indices in Post‐Fire Siberian Larch Forests 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown),Heather D. Alexander,S. P. Davydov,Heather Kropp,Michelle C. Mack,Susan M. Natali,S. Spawn,N. Zimov,M. M. Loranty	8
6	Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tyler J. Lark,Nathan Hendricks,Aaron Smith,(unknown),S. Spawn,Matthew Bougie,Eric G. Booth,Christopher J. Kucharik,Holly Gibbs	139
7	Dietary change in high-income nations alone can lead to substantial double climate dividend 2022 ·Nature Food ·Zhongxiao Sun,Laura Scherer,Arnold Tukker,S. Spawn,Martin Brückner,Holly Gibbs,Paul Behrens	143
8	Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems 2021 ·Nature Sustainability ·Monica Noon,Allie Goldstein,Juan Carlos Ledezma,Patrick R. Roehrdanz,Susan C. Cook‐Patton,S. Spawn,Timothy M. Wright,Mariano González‐Roglich,David Hole,Johan Rockström,Will R. Turner	109
9	Network structure of resource use and niche overlap within the endophytic microbiome 2021 ·The ISME Journal ·Matthew J. Smith,Zewei Song,S. Spawn,(unknown),(unknown),Georgiana May,Elizabeth T. Borer,Eric W. Seabloom,Linda L. Kinkel	55
10	Land use leverage points to reduce GHG emissions in U.S. agricultural supply chains 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Rylie E. O. Pelton,S. Spawn,Tyler J. Lark,Tae‐Gon Kim,Nathaniel Springer,Peter Hawthorne,D. K. Ray,Jennifer Schmitt	14
11	Estimating the Potential for Conservation and Farming in the Amazon and Cerrado under Four Policy Scenarios 2020 ·Sustainability ·Amintas Brandão,Lisa Rausch,América Paz Durán,Ciniro Costa,S. Spawn,Holly Gibbs	18
12	Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010breakdown → 2020 ·Scientific Data ·S. Spawn,Clare Sullivan,Tyler J. Lark,Holly Gibbs	276
13	Cropland expansion in the United States produces marginal yields at high costs to wildlifebreakdown → 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Tyler J. Lark,S. Spawn,Matthew Bougie,Holly Gibbs	214
14	Monitoring cropland abandonment with Landsat time series 2020 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·He Yin,Amintas Brandão,Johanna Buchner,David P. Helmers,Benjamin Iuliano,(unknown),Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska,Elena Razenkova,Afag Rizayeva,(unknown),S. Spawn,Yanhua Xie,Volker C. Radeloff	157
15	Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010 2020 ·Figshare ·S. Spawn,Clare Sullivan,Tyler J. Lark,Holly Gibbs	1
16	Impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard - Linking Policy, Economics, and Environmental Outcomes 2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Tyler J. Lark,Nathan Hendricks,(unknown),(unknown),S. Spawn,Matthew Bougie,(unknown),Christopher J. Kucharik,Holly Gibbs	1
17	Carbon emissions from cropland expansion in the United States 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·S. Spawn,Tyler J. Lark,Holly Gibbs	48
18	A New Synthetic Global Biomass Carbon Map for the year 2010 2017 ·AGUFM ·S. Spawn,Tyler J. Lark,Holly Gibbs	0
19	Environmental constraints on transpiration and stomatal conductance in a Siberian Arctic boreal forest 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Heather Kropp,M. M. Loranty,Heather D. Alexander,Logan T. Berner,Susan M. Natali,S. Spawn	33
20	Ebullitive methane emissions from oxygenated wetland streams 2014 ·Global Change Biology ·John T. Crawford,Emily H. Stanley,S. Spawn,Jacques C. Finlay,Luke C. Loken,Robert G. Striegl	84

About S. Spawn

S. Spawn is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering, having authored 30 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (876 citations), Ecology (607 citations) and Soil Science (176 citations). S. Spawn has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Holly Gibbs, Tyler J. Lark, Matthew Bougie, Clare Sullivan, Juan Carlos Ledezma, Allie Goldstein, Susan C. Cook‐Patton, Will R. Turner, Johan Rockström and David Hole. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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