Sarah Butler

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Sarah Butler is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Butler has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sarah Butler's work include Forest Management and Policy (8 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers). Sarah Butler is often cited by papers focused on Forest Management and Policy (8 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers). Sarah Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Sarah Butler's co-authors include Jennifer E. Johnson, Jacqueline E. Mohan, Paul A. Steudler, Francis P. Bowles, Heidi Lux, Elizabeth H. Burrows, Troy D. Hill, Jerry M. Melillo, Rose Marie Smith and Lindsay Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oecologia and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Butler

16 papers receiving 830 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.

Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets

2011 447 citations Jerry M. Melillo, Sarah Butler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah Butler United States	9	425	324	272	164	151	20	840
Duncan C. McKinley United States	9	496 1.2×	335 1.0×	296 1.1×	93 0.6×	139 0.9×	13	929
K. Kalif United States	5	437 1.0×	204 0.6×	186 0.7×	66 0.4×	103 0.7×	6	723
Catherine Périé Canada	15	467 1.1×	236 0.7×	284 1.0×	179 1.1×	73 0.5×	21	994
Johannes Ingrisch Austria	14	413 1.0×	368 1.1×	347 1.3×	195 1.2×	235 1.6×	22	1.0k
Bart R. Johnson United States	20	415 1.0×	98 0.3×	264 1.0×	76 0.5×	212 1.4×	45	1.1k
Tamara Fetzel Austria	10	622 1.5×	127 0.4×	400 1.5×	111 0.7×	68 0.5×	10	1.0k
Tomás Schlichter Argentina	20	570 1.3×	131 0.4×	155 0.6×	185 1.1×	141 0.9×	34	937
Marcos D. Robles United States	16	471 1.1×	194 0.6×	314 1.2×	145 0.9×	62 0.4×	23	799
Yudan Xu China	17	193 0.5×	265 0.8×	332 1.2×	86 0.5×	186 1.2×	35	787
Philipp Schönbach Germany	18	210 0.5×	344 1.1×	515 1.9×	95 0.6×	200 1.3×	21	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Butler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Butler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Butler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Butler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Butler 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 Sarah Butler. Sarah Butler 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

Butler, Sarah. (2025). Understanding literature reviews: a guide for enhancing nursing practice globally. Nurse Researcher. 33(2). 27–33.

Butler, Sarah. (2025). Enhancing induction and support for nurses transitioning to academic roles in higher education: a service evaluation. Nursing Management. 32(6). 21–27.

Butler, Sarah. (2024). Using journalling to support nurses’ mental well-being and self-care in challenging times. Nursing Management. 31(6). 22–27.

Butler, Brett J., Sarah Butler, & Kristin Floress. (2022). Studies of Family Forest Owners in the USA: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2000 through 2019. Small-scale Forestry. 22(1). 1–35. 13 indexed citations

O’Brien, Patricia, et al.. (2022). Inclusive Research and Intellectual Disabilities: Moving Forward on a Road Less Well-Travelled. Social Sciences. 11(10). 483–483. 29 indexed citations

Chawla, Purnima, et al.. (2022). Social Marketing Works: Results from Ten Years of Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively Trainings. Journal of Forestry. 121(1). 84–94. 2 indexed citations

Huff, Emily S., Kristin Floress, Stephanie A. Snyder, Zhao Ma, & Sarah Butler. (2019). Where farm and forest meet: Comparing National Woodland Owner Survey respondents with and without farmland. Land Use Policy. 87. 104007–104007. 8 indexed citations

Butler, Sarah, John Schelhas, & Brett J. Butler. (2019). Minority Family Forest Owners in the United States. Journal of Forestry. 118(1). 70–85. 19 indexed citations

Butler, Sarah, et al.. (2018). Piloting the C-MAMI approach in the Rohingya response in Bangladesh. 51. 2 indexed citations

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Floress, Kristin, et al.. (2018). Factors associated with family forest owner actions: A vote-count meta-analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning. 188. 19–29. 63 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah, et al.. (2018). C-MAMI tool evaluation: Learnings from Bangladesh and Ethiopia. 62. 4 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah, Brett J. Butler, & Marla Markowski‐Lindsay. (2016). Family Forest Owner Characteristics Shaped by Life Cycle, Cohort, and Period Effects. Small-scale Forestry. 16(1). 1–18. 40 indexed citations

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Butler, Brett J., Jaketon H. Hewes, Mary L. Tyrrell, & Sarah Butler. (2016). Methods for Increasing Cooperation Rates for Surveys of Family Forest Owners. Small-scale Forestry. 16(2). 169–177. 7 indexed citations

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Butler, Brett J., et al.. (2015). The new face of America’s family forest owners: results from the 2011–2013 USDA Forest Service, national woodland owner survey. 931. 1 indexed citations

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Allison, Jeremy D., et al.. (2011). Effect of Aerosol Surface Lubricants on the Abundance and Richness of Selected Forest Insects Captured in Multiple-Funnel and Panel Traps. Journal of Economic Entomology. 104(4). 1258–1264. 43 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah, Jerry M. Melillo, Jennifer E. Johnson, et al.. (2011). Soil warming alters nitrogen cycling in a New England forest: implications for ecosystem function and structure. Oecologia. 168(3). 819–828. 148 indexed citations

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Melillo, Jerry M., Sarah Butler, Jennifer E. Johnson, et al.. (2011). Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(23). 9508–9512. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Butler, Sarah, Alec C. Gerry, & Bradley A. Mullens. (2007). House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Activity near Baits Containing (Z)-9-tricosene and Efficacy of Commercial Toxic Fly Baits on a Southern California Dairy. Journal of Economic Entomology. 100(4). 1489–1495. 10 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah. (2006). Forest Disturbance History and Stand Dynamics of the Coweeta Basin, Western North Carolina. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University).

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Butler, Sarah, et al.. (1993). The Influence of Interfacial Tension on Liquid Mobility in Gas Condensate Systems. Proceedings of Offshore Europe. 4 indexed citations

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