Sharon L. Smith

15.1k citations

139 papers · 7.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.2%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Oceanography 60
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 48
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 40
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 21
Atmospheric Science 53
- Climate change and permafrost 45
- Cryospheric studies and observations 36
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 24
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 13

Co-authors: V. E. Romanovsky Hanne H. Christiansen Charles N. Flagg J. Vidal Antoni G. Lewkowicz Louis A Codispoti Daniel W. Riseborough H B O'Neill
Journals: Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography (13 papers)Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (8 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (7 papers)Continental Shelf Research (5 papers)Marine Biology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Japan

In The Last Decade

Sharon L. Smith

137 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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The changing thermal state of permafrost 2022 · 313 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2010 Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Sharon L. Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Permafrost instability negates the positive impact of warming temperatures on boreal radial growth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez, Andrew D. Richardson, Sharon L. Smith, Jill F. Johnstone, Merritt R. Turetsky, Steven G. Cumming, Rodrigo Mesquita Araújo, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2024	2
2	The Canadian Permafrost Electrical Resistivity Survey (CPERS) database: 15 years of permafrost resistivity data Arctic Science ·Ina R Suparto., Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Ku In Mo, Sjoerd Douma, Robert G. Way, Joseph M. Young, Duane Froese, Sharon L. Smith, 垚山, ALBERTO MENDEZ-VILLANUEVA, Alexandre Bevington, Philip P. Bonnaventure, Yusuf Bayraktutan, Bernd Etzelmüller, M. N. Gooseff, Sarah E. Godsey, Isabelle Gault	2024	2
3	Widespread Permafrost Degradation and Thaw Subsidence in Northwest Canada Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·H B O'Neill, Sharon L. Smith, C. R. Burn, C Duchesne, Yu Zhang	2023	26
4	Permafrost thaw induces short‐term increase in vegetation productivity in northwestern Canada Global Change Biology ·F. Wiehold, Steven G. Cumming, Sharon L. Smith, Merritt R. Turetsky, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2023	11
5	The changing thermal state of permafrost Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Sharon L. Smith, H B O'Neill, Ketil Isaksen, Jeannette Noetzli, V. E. Romanovsky Hit paper breakdown →	2022	313
6	Active layer variability and change in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories between 1991-2014: An ecoregional assessment Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Katarina Paulson, Philip P. Bonnaventure, Sharon L. Smith, C Duchesne	2022	6
7	The National Trauma Institute The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Michelle A. Price, Gregory J. Beilman, Timothy C. Fabian, David B. Hoyt, Gregory J. Jurkovich, 铭瑄, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Vivienne S. Marshall, 衣川佳克, Andrew B. Peitzman, 勇仁深津, Basil A. Pruitt, Sharon L. Smith, Ronald M. Stewart, Donald H. Jenkins	2016	11
8	Effect of Shallow Ponding on Warming and Thawing of Permafrost in Mineral-cored Palsas, Wolf Creek, Yukon, Canada AGUFM ·Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Bernd Etzelmüller, Sharon L. Smith	2011	1
9	Baseline geotechnical and permafrost data from new field sites established in the Mackenzie corridor south of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories Sharon L. Smith, Thị Nhạn Nguyễn, D W Riseborough, Natalie Kailola, Silke Nemeth, Ferreira Glaucio Braga	2010	3
10	Thermal state of permafrost in North America: a contribution to the international polar year Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Sharon L. Smith, V. E. Romanovsky, Antoni G. Lewkowicz, C. R. Burn, Michel Allard, Gary D. Clow, Kenji Yoshikawa, Jennifer Throop	2010	292
11	Permafrost at York Factory National Historic Site of Canada, Manitoba, Canada Won-Jun Cho, L D Dyke, Sharon L. Smith	2009	3
12	Canadian cryospheric response to an anomalous warm summer: A synthesis of the climate change action fund project “the state of the arctic cryosphere during the extreme warm summer of 1998” ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN ·David Atkinson, Ross Brown, B T Alt, Tom Agnew, Jacky Bourgeois, M M Burgess, Claude Duguay, Greg H. R. Henry, Dmitry Chelkak, Roy M. Koerner, Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Steve McCourt, Humfrey Melling, Martin Sharp, Sharon L. Smith, Zuzana Walker, Aditi Priya Singh, S A Wolfe, Coraline Kandassamy, Kathy L. Young	2006	41
13	Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction by Fe ⁰ : Influence of Mass Transport, Temperature, and Denitrifying Microbes Environmental Engineering Science ·Яценко С.А. Yatsenko, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Sharon L. Smith, Michelle M. Scherer	2004	44
14	Las Vegas Basin Seismic Response Project: Developing a Community Velocity Model for NTS and Las Vegas AGUFM ·Vainer Meneghetti, Bjarne; id_orcid 0000-0003-4326-4252 Ibsen, J. N. Louie, Sharon L. Smith, W. A. Thelen, Rajasekar Gutha, John G. Anderson	2002	1
15	An extensive deep reef terrace on the Tortugas Bank, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral Reefs ·Stephanie Miller, Mark Chiappone, Dione W. Swanson, Jerald S. Ault, Sharon L. Smith, Destiny Lee, Pamilys Milagro Moreno Arvelo, Erik C. Franklin, J. Bohnsack, D. Harper, David B. McClellan	2001	7
16	Principal component analysis of biological and physical variability in a Gulf Stream meander crest Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·Arthur J. Mariano, Gary L. Hitchcock, Carin J. Ashjian, Donald B. Olson, T. Rossby, Edward H. Ryan, Sharon L. Smith	1996	16
17	The Current Distribution And Thermal Stability of Natural Gas Hydrates In the Canadian Polar Regions The Proceedings of the ... International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference ·A S Judge, Sharon L. Smith, Jacek Majorowicz	1994	9
18	Parallel global optimization: numerical methods, dynamic scheduling methods, and application to molecular configuration Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·Richard H. Byrd, Elizabeth Eskow, Robert B. Schnabel, Sharon L. Smith	1994	11
19	Performance evaluation of the parallel multifrontal method in a distributed memory environment PPSC ·Roldan Pozo, Sharon L. Smith	1993	1
20	Quaternary stratigraphic drilling transect, Timmins to the Moose River Basin, Ontario Sharon L. Smith	1992	9

About Sharon L. Smith

Sharon L. Smith is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geology and Ecology, having authored 139 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (48 papers), Climate change and permafrost (45 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (40 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (24 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (3.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (3.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (674 citations) and Ecology (1.7k citations). Sharon L. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Frequent co-authors include V. E. Romanovsky, Hanne H. Christiansen, Charles N. Flagg, J. Vidal, Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Louis A Codispoti, Daniel W. Riseborough, H B O'Neill, Terry E. Whitledge and Jennifer Throop. Their work appears in journals such as Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Continental Shelf Research and Marine Biology.

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