Scott L. Stephens

23.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
244 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Scott L. Stephens is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott L. Stephens has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 229 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 136 papers in Ecology and 103 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Scott L. Stephens's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (225 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (126 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (73 papers). Scott L. Stephens is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (225 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (126 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (73 papers). Scott L. Stephens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Mexico. Scott L. Stephens's co-authors include Brandon M. Collins, Constance I. Millar, Nathan L. Stephenson, Jason J. Moghaddas, Malcolm P. North, Danny L. Fry, Carl N. Skinner, Peter Z. Fulé, A. Malcolm Gill and Mark A. Finney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Scott L. Stephens

239 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: MANAGING IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY

2007 1.5k citations Scott L. Stephens et al. Ecological Applications profile →
THE DROUGHT MONITOR

2002 965 citations Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →
How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

2021 619 citations Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →
REVIEW: Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services

2015 378 citations Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →
Reform forest fire management

2015 371 citations Malcolm P. North, Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →
Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

2013 361 citations Scott L. Stephens, Malcolm P. North et al. profile →
Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

2017 259 citations Scott L. Stephens, Brandon M. Collins et al. profile →
Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity

2021 210 citations Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →
Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s

2023 75 citations Scott L. Stephens et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott L. Stephens

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Finding floral and faunal species richness optima among active fire regimes 2025 ·Conservation Biology ·Zachary L. Steel, (unknown), (unknown), Kate Wilkin, Brandon M. Collins, Ryan D. Burnett, Marc D. Meyer, Amarina Wuenschel, Scott L. Stephens	1
2	Early impacts of fire suppression in Jeffrey pine – Mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico 2024 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Scott L. Stephens, (unknown), Brandon M. Collins, (unknown)	4
3	Realignment of federal environmental policies to recognize fire’s role 2024 ·Fire Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Scott L. Stephens, Brandon M. Collins, (unknown)	7
4	Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States 2024 ·Fire Ecology ·Malcolm P. North, Sarah M. Bisbing, (unknown), Paul F. Hessburg, Matthew D. Hurteau, Leda N. Kobziar, Marc D. Meyer, (unknown), Scott L. Stephens, Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann	15
5	Vegetation type change in California’s Northern Bay Area: A comparison of contemporary and historical aerial imagery 2023 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·(unknown), Brandon M. Collins, Jamie M. Lydersen, Scott L. Stephens	2
6	How forest management changed the course of the Washburn fire and the fate of Yosemite’s giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 2023 ·Fire Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Scott L. Stephens	9
7	Climate and fire impacts on tree recruitment in mixed conifer forests in northwestern Mexico and California 2023 ·Ecological Applications ·Scott L. Stephens, Zachary L. Steel, Brandon M. Collins, Danny L. Fry, Samantha J. Gill, (unknown), Carl N. Skinner	4
8	Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands: lessons from a long-term study in the Sierra Nevada 2023 ·Fire Ecology ·(unknown), John J. Battles, Ryan E. Tompkins, (unknown), Scott L. Stephens, Brandon M. Collins	4
9	Burn Severity Drivers in Italian Large Wildfires 2022 ·Fire ·(unknown), Alessandro Vitali, Donato Morresi, Matteo Garbarino, (unknown), Scott L. Stephens, Carlo Urbinati	9
10	Ecological resilience and vegetation transition in the face of two successive large wildfires 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Zachary L. Steel, (unknown), Michelle Coppoletta, Jamie M. Lydersen, Scott L. Stephens, (unknown), Scott H. Markwith, Kyle E. Merriam, Brandon M. Collins	54
11	Overstory removal and biological legacies influence long-term forest management outcomes on introduced species and native shrubs 2021 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Joan Dudney, R.A. York, Carmen L. Tubbesing, (unknown), (unknown), Scott L. Stephens, John J. Battles	10
12	Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests 2021 ·Journal of Forestry ·Malcolm P. North, R.A. York, Brandon M. Collins, Matthew D. Hurteau, Gavin M. Jones, Eric E. Knapp, Leda N. Kobziar, (unknown), Marc D. Meyer, Scott L. Stephens, Ryan E. Tompkins, Carmen L. Tubbesing	112
13	Longer-term impacts of fuel reduction treatments on forest structure, fuels, and drought resistance in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2020 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·(unknown), Brandon M. Collins, Alexis A. Bernal, John E. Sanders, (unknown), Patricia N. Manley, Angela M. White, Scott L. Stephens	18
14	Restoring a Natural Fire Regime Alters the Water Balance of a Sierra Nevada Catchment 2019 ·Water Resources Research ·Gabrielle Boisramé, Sally Thompson, C. Tague, Scott L. Stephens	52
15	Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alan H. Taylor, Valérie Trouet, Carl N. Skinner, Scott L. Stephens	169
16	Predicting surface fuel models and fuel metrics using lidar and CIR imagery in a dense mixed conifer forest 2013 ·Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Qinghua Guo, Brandon M. Collins, Scott L. Stephens, Maggi Kelly	3
17	Iraq's Asia Cup Victory Hides Reality of Ungovernable Society 2007 ·Eureka street ·Scott L. Stephens	2
18	Predicting the Effect of Climate Change on Wildfire Severity and Outcomes in California: Preliminary Analysis 2006 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Jeremy S. Fried, J. Keith Gilless, W. J. Riley, Tadashi Moody, Clara Simón de Blas, Katharine Hayhoe, Max A. Moritz, Scott L. Stephens, Margaret Torn	3
19	Mixed Conifer Forest Duff Consumption during Prescribed Fires: Tree Crown Impacts 2005 ·Forest Science ·(unknown), Scott L. Stephens	58
20	Prescribed fire, soils, and stream water chemistry in a watershed in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California 2004 ·International Journal of Wildland Fire ·Scott L. Stephens, T. Meixner, Mark A. Poth, B. J. McGurk, (unknown)	63

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