Sarah E. Gergel

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Sarah E. Gergel is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah E. Gergel has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 46 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Sarah E. Gergel's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (16 papers). Sarah E. Gergel is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (16 papers). Sarah E. Gergel collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Indonesia. Sarah E. Gergel's co-authors include Monica G. Turner, Nicholas C. Coops, Gilles Pinay, Elizabeth W. Boyer, C. Lisa Dent, Emilio Mayorga, Nancy B. Grimm, William H. McDowell, Carol A. Johnston and Stephen C. Hart and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah E. Gergel

106 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

2003 1.9k citations Michael E. McClain, Elizabeth W. Boyer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah E. Gergel Canada	38	2.8k	2.2k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	110	6.1k
Baoshan Cui China	47	4.1k 1.5×	2.1k 0.9×	706 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	805 0.7×	272	7.6k
Shufen Pan United States	45	2.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.6×	921 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	612 0.6×	127	6.4k
Christopher Neill United States	46	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	863 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	139	6.4k
Michael E. McClain Netherlands	36	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	3.0k 2.3×	1.8k 1.6×	106	6.7k
Alex V. Krusche Brazil	43	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	986 0.9×	90	5.8k
Jean Pierre Ometto Brazil	43	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	552 0.4×	690 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	203	5.9k
Patrick Meire Belgium	55	6.2k 2.2×	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	960 0.7×	851 0.8×	353	11.3k
Irena F. Creed Canada	47	4.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.2×	2.7k 1.8×	3.1k 2.4×	2.3k 2.1×	214	9.3k
Guishan Yang China	41	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	791 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	461 0.4×	128	5.5k
B. J. Cosby United States	42	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.8×	2.3k 1.8×	1.0k 1.0×	156	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah E. Gergel

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Smithwick, Erica A. H., et al.. (2025). Historical land policies influence contemporary landscape patterns in agropastoral landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 40(8).

Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2025). Post-fire structural forest recovery associated with climate extremes in dry sub-boreal forests. Landscape Ecology. 41(1). 14–14.

Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2025). Spectral remote sensing reveals forest structural characteristics resilient to spruce budworm infestations. Ecological Indicators. 181. 114382–114382.

Hessburg, Paul F., et al.. (2024). Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: a way forward. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 15–15. 6 indexed citations

Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2024). Characterizing forest structural changes in response to non-stand replacing disturbances using bitemporal airborne laser scanning data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100160–100160. 3 indexed citations

Ahammad, Ronju, Stephanie A. Tomscha, Sarah E. Gergel, et al.. (2024). Do provisioning ecosystem services change along gradients of increasing agricultural production?. Landscape Ecology. 39(1). 8 indexed citations

Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2024). Early spectral dynamics are indicative of distinct growth patterns in post‐wildfire forests. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 11(2). 221–238. 2 indexed citations

Guta, Dawit Diriba, René Reyes, Hisham Zerriffi, & Sarah E. Gergel. (2024). Residential heating, fuelwood demand and tree species: Implications for native forests in the South of Chile. Energy Sustainable Development. 78. 101372–101372. 3 indexed citations

Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2023). Modeling instream temperature from solar insolation under varying timber harvesting intensities using RPAS laser scanning. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169459–169459. 4 indexed citations

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Chalifour, Lia, et al.. (2023). Using systematic conservation planning to inform restoration of freshwater habitat and connectivity for salmon. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(8). 1 indexed citations

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Gergel, Sarah E., et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of landscape indicators for explaining the variability of benthic macro-invertebrates in urban streams. Journal of Environmental Management. 342. 118130–118130. 6 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Ingrid, Hind Sbihi, Michael Bräuer, et al.. (2021). Assessing the association between lifetime exposure to greenspace and early childhood development and the mediation effects of air pollution and noise in Canada: a population-based birth cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(10). e709–e717. 32 indexed citations

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Eskelson, Bianca N.I., et al.. (2021). The occurrence of invasive plant species differed significantly across three urban greenspace types of Metro Vancouver, Canada. Urban forestry & urban greening. 59. 126999–126999. 11 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Ingrid, Mieke Koehoorn, Sarah E. Gergel, & Matilda van den Bosch. (2020). Different types of urban natural environments influence various dimensions of self-reported health. Environmental Research. 186. 109614–109614. 65 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Ingrid, Sarah E. Gergel, Mieke Koehoorn, & Matilda van den Bosch. (2019). Greenspace access does not correspond to nature exposure: Measures of urban natural space with implications for health research. Landscape and Urban Planning. 194. 103686–103686. 87 indexed citations

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Levine, Jordan, Aiganysh Isaeva, Hisham Zerriffi, et al.. (2019). Testing for consensus on Kyrgyz rangelands: local perceptions in Naryn oblast. Ecology and Society. 24(4). 4 indexed citations

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Gergel, Sarah E., et al.. (2018). Shifting gears: Diversification, intensification, and effort increases in small-scale fisheries (1950-2010). PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0190232–e0190232. 43 indexed citations

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Gergel, Sarah E. & Monica G. Turner. (2017). Learning landscape ecology : a practical guide to concepts and techniques. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 49 indexed citations

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Gergel, Sarah E., et al.. (2010). Long-term changes in river–floodplain dynamics: implications for salmonid habitat in the Interior Columbia Basin, USA. Ecological Applications. 21(5). 1643–1658. 10 indexed citations

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Grimm, Nancy B., Sarah E. Gergel, William H. McDowell, et al.. (2003). Merging aquatic and terrestrial perspectives of nutrient biogeochemistry. Oecologia. 137(4). 485–501. 123 indexed citations

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