Sebastian Pfautsch

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Pfautsch is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Pfautsch has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 34 papers in Atmospheric Science and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Pfautsch's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (42 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (29 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers). Sebastian Pfautsch is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (42 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (29 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers). Sebastian Pfautsch collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Sebastian Pfautsch's co-authors include Mark A. Adams, Mark G. Tjoelker, David T. Tissue, John E. Drake, Michael J. Aspinwall, Peter B. Reich, Brendan Choat, Sylvain Delzon, Maurizio Mencuccini and Belinda E. Medlyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Pfautsch

65 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

2018 280 citations John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian Pfautsch Australia	32	2.0k	1.1k	1.0k	862	318	67	2.8k
Francesco Ripullone Italy	27	1.8k 0.9×	753 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	972 1.1×	423 1.3×	71	2.5k
Tamir Klein Israel	33	3.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.7×	2.1k 2.0×	1.8k 2.1×	485 1.5×	95	4.8k
Robert O. Teskey United States	38	3.5k 1.8×	2.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	1.8k 2.1×	473 1.5×	85	4.7k
Gerhard Wieser Austria	35	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	2.2k 2.1×	783 0.9×	198 0.6×	99	3.3k
Sabine Braun Switzerland	30	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	622 0.7×	432 1.4×	75	2.6k
Enno Uhl Germany	21	1.7k 0.8×	339 0.3×	866 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	239 0.8×	66	2.4k
Martina Pollastrini Italy	29	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	656 0.6×	961 1.1×	394 1.2×	75	2.5k
Quentin Ponette Belgium	32	1.4k 0.7×	474 0.4×	427 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	521 1.6×	127	2.6k
José Luís Andrade Mexico	27	1.8k 0.9×	818 0.7×	983 0.9×	919 1.1×	485 1.5×	81	3.0k
Tomas Lundmark Sweden	32	1.9k 0.9×	668 0.6×	546 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	541 1.7×	90	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Pfautsch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Pfautsch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Pfautsch

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bell, Tina L., et al.. (2025). A Review of Residents’ Perceptions of Urban Street Trees: Addressing Ambivalence to Promote Climate Resilience. Land. 14(3). 576–576. 1 indexed citations

Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Kaleem Mehmood, Sebastian Pfautsch, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities. Ecological Informatics. 85. 102986–102986. 22 indexed citations

Pfautsch, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variation of intra-urban heat and heatwaves across Greater Sydney, Australia. Weather and Climate Extremes. 47. 100741–100741. 1 indexed citations

Tjoelker, Mark G., et al.. (2023). Tree Traits and Microclimatic Conditions Determine Cooling Benefits of Urban Trees. Atmosphere. 14(3). 606–606. 20 indexed citations

Tjoelker, Mark G., et al.. (2023). Tree crown traits and planting context contribute to reducing urban heat. Urban forestry & urban greening. 83. 127913–127913. 24 indexed citations

Kumar, Prashant, Jeetendra Sahani, Nidhi Rawat, et al.. (2023). Using empirical science education in schools to improve climate change literacy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 178. 113232–113232. 47 indexed citations

Pfautsch, Sebastian, et al.. (2022). Outdoor playgrounds and climate change: Importance of surface materials and shade to extend play time and prevent burn injuries. Building and Environment. 223. 109500–109500. 16 indexed citations

Domínguez, Celia M. Rodríguez, Alicia Forner, Sebastià Martorell, et al.. (2022). Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(7). 2037–2061. 96 indexed citations

Emmerson, Kathryn, Malcolm Possell, Michael J. Aspinwall, Sebastian Pfautsch, & Mark G. Tjoelker. (2020). Temperature response measurements from eucalypts give insight into the impact of Australian isoprene emissions on air quality in 2050. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(10). 6193–6206. 17 indexed citations

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Pfautsch, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Surface Cover and Tree Canopy on Air Temperature in Western Sydney. 2 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., Sebastian Pfautsch, Mark G. Tjoelker, et al.. (2019). Range size and growth temperature influence Eucalyptus species responses to an experimental heatwave. Global Change Biology. 25(5). 1665–1684. 56 indexed citations

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Blackman, Chris J., Danielle Creek, Chelsea Maier, et al.. (2019). Drought response strategies and hydraulic traits contribute to mechanistic understanding of plant dry-down to hydraulic failure. Tree Physiology. 39(6). 910–924. 120 indexed citations

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Kumarathunge, Dushan, John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker, et al.. (2019). The temperature optima for tree seedling photosynthesis and growth depend on water inputs. Global Change Biology. 26(4). 2544–2560. 50 indexed citations

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Du, Baoguo, Bin Hu, Diane E. Allen, et al.. (2019). N2-fixing black locust intercropping improves ecosystem nutrition at the vulnerable semi-arid Loess Plateau region, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 688. 333–345. 45 indexed citations

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Drake, John E., Mark G. Tjoelker, Michael J. Aspinwall, et al.. (2018). The partitioning of gross primary production for young Eucalyptus tereticornis trees under experimental warming and altered water availability. New Phytologist. 222(3). 1298–1312. 35 indexed citations

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Drake, John E., Mark G. Tjoelker, Angelica Vårhammar, et al.. (2018). Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance. Global Change Biology. 24(6). 2390–2402. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aspinwall, Michael J., Chris J. Blackman, Víctor Resco de Dios, et al.. (2018). Photosynthesis and carbon allocation are both important predictors of genotype productivity responses to elevated CO2 in Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Tree Physiology. 38(9). 1286–1301. 20 indexed citations

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Drake, John E., Angelica Vårhammar, Dushan Kumarathunge, et al.. (2017). A common thermal niche among geographically diverse populations of the widely distributed tree species Eucalyptus tereticornis: No evidence for adaptation to climate‐of‐origin. Global Change Biology. 23(12). 5069–5082. 43 indexed citations

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Larter, Maximilian, Sebastian Pfautsch, Jean‐Christophe Domec, et al.. (2017). Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genusCallitris. New Phytologist. 215(1). 97–112. 139 indexed citations

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Pfautsch, Sebastian, et al.. (2011). Diurnal patterns of water use in Eucalyptus victrix indicate pronounced desiccation-rehydration cycles despite unlimited water supply. Tree Physiology. 31(10). 1041–1051. 52 indexed citations

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